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Joe wrote:

WildGorillaMan wrote:This new fucknuckle has been training for what, six months, and now he's the Mini-Couch?

I hope he sticks around and doesn't flame out. He's like a breath of really stupid fresh air.

Barry Cooper
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With the above resume, he is beyond novice, more like a level 14, shit, he should be credited with co-creating the situp. Co-creating with Cooch that is.

Joe wrote:How can you guys read Barry Cooper posts, I usually can't get past the first fucking sentence? When you say, boring day, is that just short of shoot yourself in the head boring? fuuuuuuuck

Dano wrote:

tough old man wrote:I liked this injury too.

Just as I was locking out on deadlift PR, I heard a snap. It didn't hurt, but didn't feel right. Even now, it isn't really a pain as much as it is just a discomfort. I have ok ROM but bicep really wants to tighten up if I don't keep it completely relaxed. It has definitely pulled away from elbow joint some.
Advice on what I should do?

I wonder what that PR deadlift was poundage wise. Probably 300#. But it wasn't a form issue. Blowing a bicep pulling a light ass weight=shit form. Just like tearing the fuck out of your hands with every godamn exercise you do.

Resident Quack wrote:True to @F form, Barry Cooper is in about as good of physical shape as couch himself--funny thing is, Barry has no "rings injury" excuses.

Joe wrote:

WildGorillaMan wrote:This new fucknuckle has been training for what, six months, and now he's the Mini-Couch?

I hope he sticks around and doesn't flame out. He's like a breath of really stupid fresh air.

Barry Cooper
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Louisville KY
Posts: 2,140

With the above resume, he is beyond novice, more like a level 14, shit, he should be credited with co-creating the situp. Co-creating with Cooch that is.

JohnnyBadAss wrote:

Resident Quack wrote:True to @F form, Barry Cooper is in about as good of physical shape as couch himself--funny thing is, Barry has no "rings injury" excuses.

The man, the myth, the legend.

Barry Cooper wrote:here is NO program--repeat, NO program--which is weighted as heavily as CrossFit towards doing the basic functional movements correctly. Not the NSCA (in my own experience), the ACSM (in my observation), and not Poliquin, in my estimation.

He's a bodybuilder who branched out. That is my personal assessment. No doubt he's strong and big. BFD.

Barry Cooper wrote:I have no gripes with people doing their own thing. CrossFit is not for everyone.

Barry Cooper wrote:Also, show me where Poliquin is putting thousands and thousands of pictures and videos from around the world on his website, with universally perfect form during demanding metabolic conditioning.

Barry Cooper wrote:We expect minor form breakdowns at peak effort. You see them in the Olympics. You see them at powerlifting meets. You push to the limit, you get minor breaks, quite often.

Barry Cooper wrote:I've done high rep workouts at least 50 times, likely more, with no problem.

WildGorillaMan wrote:

Joe wrote:

WildGorillaMan wrote:This new fucknuckle has been training for what, six months, and now he's the Mini-Couch?

I hope he sticks around and doesn't flame out. He's like a breath of really stupid fresh air.

Barry Cooper
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Profile:
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Louisville KY
Posts: 2,140

With the above resume, he is beyond novice, more like a level 14, shit, he should be credited with co-creating the situp. Co-creating with Cooch that is.

So what you're saying is that he's a clear-level thetan or some shit?

Method of Delivery
Training can be delivered in three ways:

1) In your home, for which I will provide the weights;

2) In an inexpensive public gym in Hike's Point.

3) Downtown at Derby City CrossFit

I come to you, or you come to me.

My preference is to train groups of two, who know each other. You provide one another motivational support, and I can charge less per person per hour.

In the 6 years our family has been involved in CrossFit every family vacation has been a CrossFit vacation. Traveling to certs or visiting friends that we have met through CF. This summer we took our first "Non CrossFit" vacation. Never again.

Comment #8 - Posted by: Jeff at November 2, 2009 8:03 AM

Barry Cooper wrote:All I did was Google World Record Deadlift. I knew damn well he would not have a proper lordotic arch, because THEY NEVER DO. Powerlifters hamstrings are too tight.

Are you going to whine about this guy too? Are you going to whine about guys lifting 350 lb. Atlas Stones, or doing 500 lb. Zerchers?

Barry Cooper wrote:Give it a break. She knows her body. If you were trying to move stones after the building collapsed, your form would lapse too.

Barry Cooper wrote:So it's OK to round your back if you're doing a max effort and you have trained for it? Please point out to me how that differs from the CrossFit position.

Barry Cooper wrote:Coach and Lauren are adults. They made a decision. The woman who did this workout is an adult. She made a decision. If you all want to make different decisions, have at it. Just quit complaining about others decisions. If you dont like them, don't copy them. Show us all a better way. Lead by example.

Fish Sticks in my Mouth wrote:

Barry Cooper wrote:All I did was Google World Record Deadlift. I knew damn well he would not have a proper lordotic arch, because THEY NEVER DO. Powerlifters hamstrings are too tight.

Are you going to whine about this guy too? Are you going to whine about guys lifting 350 lb. Atlas Stones, or doing 500 lb. Zerchers?

Comparing Bolton's WR deadlift to @fit? His deadlift alone beats most people's "@fit totals." Interesting too that Mr. Cooper is an authority on powerlifting, claiming that they NEVER have proper lordotic arches.

KBois wrote:holy shit WGM, where does one find such fine honeys?

i must visit this affiliate.

Fish Sticks in my Mouth wrote:I hope Barry keeps posting this frequently. He is a funny guy.

I will make this post and leave the floor to Greg to respond. Thanks to everyone for chiming in. I appreciate the intelligence and care you all showed. No, I did not train or injure anyone including myself, no I'm not Mark Twight (but thanks!), yes it matters VERY MUCH Greg is unfit (he was the original CF'er therefore his "data" is the most precise and has the longest history-and yes the data after his injury is quite pertinent). At my level 1 cert they told me this was an open forum. That was a lie and they (it was Andy Stumpf who said it, in fact) cannot make that claim. I also feel that as I plopped down $1,000 and have never once posted on here, I have a right to do so. Those who don't like my posts can simply move past them, not insult me or tell me to go away. I raised legit questions and got harassed, blocked, and deleted-not to mention the people who saw my questions and completely ignored them, showing a distinct lack of critical thought. Furthermore CrossFit is NOT empirically driven. As stated, CF defines fitness as super-wellness. It has defined metrics to measure super-wellness and I have never once seen any blood panels or those metrics posted, including those of Greg Glassman's. I will not just take what I want from this website and leave everything else when there is the potential to save someone else the cash required to get certified, not to mention the satisfaction of exposing false claims. Yes I know this is getting old, but if someone (someone who speaks for crossfit.com and someone with enough personal knowledge of and experience with my questions) would have simply answered my questions this wouldn't be necessary. To repeat my questions:
1. Why my post was deleted
2. Why Greg Glassman is unfit (IT MATTERS)
3. The Multi-Level Marketing nature of CrossFit
4. The lack of "super-wellness" aka fitness hard data (i.e. biological markers-cholesterol, etc.) to support Greg's claims, despite constantly harping on empiricism.
So to sum up, no this is not an open forum, no this forum is not open to all opinions and ideas, no CrossFit is not scientific and emperically driven, no crossfit is not a program designed for longevity, and no cf will not express your highest genetic potential. I challenge all of you to unplug from crossfit.com for a week or two, meditate on what I have said, and make your own conclusions. There is, in my opinion, only one conclusion to arrive at after thinking critically on these things. I'll leave that to you though.

I have saved all of my posts, so if anyone wants I can post any of them again. Just ask. I await your response Greg!
Comment #106 - Posted by: Park3r at October 28, 2009 7:21 AM

Fish Sticks in my Mouth wrote:I hope Barry keeps posting this frequently. He is a funny guy.