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I will never understand all of the butthurt about crossfit.
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No one is butthurt about Crossfit. There's a difference between recognizing something as being potentially dangerous and being upset about it. There's also a supreme superiority complex that comes along with Crossfit (not saying you have it), which is severely off-putting.
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1. Crossfitters DO crossfit to train. 2 of the top 20 crossfitters work out at my gym and they actually do the WODs right along with everyone else. They also do other things. That's not so bad.
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But they don't JUST do the WoDs. They also have specific programming that helps them get to where they want to be, which goes against the random basis of Crossfit.
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I did crossfit + other stuff for a little over a year and I got into the best shape of my life.
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No one is saying you won't get in shape. But the "best shape of my life" doesn't mean anything. If you go from zero to doing something, you'll get in shape. I'm in the best shape of my life without doing Crossfit. Does that mean my way is ideal for everyone? Nope. It kinda feels like all the "OMG P90X is the best thing ever! Best shape of my life!" crowd switched over to Crossfit.
People wouldn't have a problem with Crossfit if their members recognized that 1) Crossfit won't make you so awesome at everything that you can just do Crossfit and beat anyone that actually trains for something, 2) Crossfit's emphasis on time promotes a sacrifice of form on Olympic lifts which can be dangerous, as evidenced by the large numbers of people that are injured doing Crossfit, and 3) there are safer, just as time-efficient, ways to get in the "best shape of your life." There's no doubt that some gyms are good. There's no doubt that there are far more which are bad.