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It's ironic that Gregg, whom professes science has never done anything for the art and science of improving human performance, is attempting to use pseudoscience to make his meager little points. There are two main uses for science, to explain and to predict . Over the course of the fitness world, ...

Both the basis of the "experiment" and the "tools" he's using to measure are fundamentally flawed. Because it's fundamentally wrong, it's pseudoscience. Your argument is flawed, because you are confusing training for something with measuring it. You seem to keep thinking that wh...

I'd say they are doing hard science as the very basic definition of the word. They are measuring that which can be measured, and only drawing the conclusions that can be drawn. Bob can generate X watts for Y seconds. That's not science. As long as you are google-monkey today, look up "Scientif...

I'd say they are doing hard science as the very basic definition of the word. They are measuring that which can be measured, and only drawing the conclusions that can be drawn. Bob can generate X watts for Y seconds. That's not science. As long as you are google-monkey today, look up "Scientif...

This is what happens when a lawyer tries to understand Physics. So let me ask you, if you compare your max rep count doing kipping pullups versus max rep count doing non-kipping, what is the ratio? If the answer is 2 or close to it, then he is correct. That's as stupid as what he wrote. Initially I...

Nafod: The intricacies of biomechanics really don't allow simple physics equations to be applied. AT BEST, you can compare a very general bastardized "power" output using those methods with the same individual...it doesn't apply to other individuals. Be careful about what is being measure...

TODAYS COMPLETE AND UTTER BULLSHIT "The kipping pull-up integrates upper and lower extremities, and doubles the work capacity of the pull-up." "doubles" I imagine the response is "Well, it increases the workload, that's what he really meant" or "it's a different k...

Look at the latest pic. It looks like Glassman is attempting to "quantify" a movement by using a tape measure. Well, the total work done in a lift = mass x distance x gravitational constant. And he measuring the distance the center of mass of the lifter travels and the distance the weight...

Shaf wrote:The last statement about Crossfit athletes is just plain stupid. It's basically saying "If they wanted to they could" reach those advanced levels.

Uhhh, that's not what he said. To quote, he said, "I would imagine most hard core CrossFit athletes might hit the “Advancedâ€

Just finished A Confederacy of Dunces . It's very good, and very funny. Heartily recommend A Confederacy of Dunces . I reread last winter and it was as good as it was twenty some years ago which can't be said for many comic novels. I also read it years and years ago (1982?). Have to read it again. ...

Bill Fox wrote:I'm off to stir some shit.

You asked for it, dumbass. You got it.

Edit: I read back another thread and saw the public wire brushing @ssman gave Hillis. I'm not going to defend that. Say what you want about him.

MSGFL training video. Becoming familiar with goats...

Not to nit-pick with my first post, but Ali-esque performance in any sport is probably beyond the capabilities of 99.999999999999% of the population. There are many paths to eliteness. I'm counting on the fact that 99.999999999999% of the population won't want to join my Mongolian Style Goat Fuckin...

I'm going to start up a new Mongolian-Style Goat Fucking League (MSGFL) so I can be it's best athlete and finally be considered elite. I'm currently working on the S&C protocols. A man is sitting at a bar, drinking, and he says to no one in particular, "A man can spend his life building bri...

I think it's cute that the previously hashed into the ground realtive merits/weaknesses of @f are being rehashed for a new generation of IGXers. You remind of nothing so much as newly diaper-trained 2 year old who just made his first poopy in the toilet (this thread) and wants to invite all his bud...

Hah, ol' greg's been at the bottle again: @man is his own worst enemy, and would do well to STFU more often, or at least take it to email. I ignore his spells. You said "my sports" and then listed a laundry list of activities. You are not specialist in any field and can not be considered ...

@fit (or cross training as it used be called when Bo Jackson was around) is a great method for the average joe that doesn't have any specific goals or involved in a sport. That's just dumb. Browse the Testimonials forum and you'll see goal-oriented. You'll also see how people modify crossfit for th...

Since I'm banned there, I'll answer them: I checked out the thread, and didn't see much difference between what the "koolaid drinkers" said and what you said, once you get past your bias. You tend to think the WOD is crossfit and vice versa (or so you said previously), which is not true, ...

...it appears that some exercises are not very suitable for circuit/Xfit high rep type workouts...like deadlifts & squats. Exercises more suited to circuits: pushups, situps, pullups, rockup squats. Opinions? When I did the hi-rep deadlifts, I reset after every rep. Too high a potential for let...

Let's get this baby to a 1,000 posts, c'mon sucka's. Hey, XFit gang, in case you didn't know, I got a BIG GREEN EGG for Father's Day!..."feel the burn!" You could make some side money by strapping some steel dragon-looking handles onto it, and charging martial arts wannabes to carry it ar...

When you pushup to absolute failure without resorting to the "Front Leaning Rest/Plank," which fails first: tris/front delts/pecs, or core? If you are trying to max the rep counts of pushups, you're going to go fast and the arms/chest will go first. If you are trying to max the number of ...

Well, I think that is the point. He's coaching people to attend to their form in the pushup. No, he's saying pushups are chiefly a core drill. You're a lawyer? Your statement and mine aren't mutually exclusive. And besides, to be precise what he said was, "The push-up's little recognized yet c...

Nafod, I'll give you this: In sets of lots of pushups, you see degradation towards the end of the set. In populations that are weak, you probably see shitty fucking pushups all over, however, in the population that Crossfit is supposed to be training, there better not be bad pushups unless fatigue ...

I bet there's well over 100 people on this message board who can do a push up without deformation. So, shove that up your ass. Congrats, Shaf. But this is a pretty small, self-selected group compared to the rest of the folks in the universe. News flash: Most people aren't so passionate about fitnes...

Shaf wrote:I found this statement to be, not only ridiculous, but indicative of how often high school athletes' training is observed.

Very few people can perform full range push-ups without deformations of posture."

Twenty years of watching Navy PRTs tells me he has a point.