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http://www.board.crossfit.com/showthread.php?t=53349

Destroying the community, one locked thread at a time.
Hopefully Keith sacks up and tells them to fuck off.
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Joe wrote:http://www.board.crossfit.com/showthread.php?t=53349

Destroying the community, one locked thread at a time.
Hopefully Keith sacks up and tells them to fuck off.
Is there some rule that you have to have a picture of your pet as your avatar in order to post over there?
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Alfred_E._Neuman wrote:
Joe wrote:http://www.board.crossfit.com/showthread.php?t=53349

Destroying the community, one locked thread at a time.
Hopefully Keith sacks up and tells them to fuck off.
Is there some rule that you have to have a picture of your pet as your avatar in order to post over there?
hmm good point, I suspect Keith will now keep his posts well within the AUP.
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Sofa King wrote:
Quack Attack wrote:A new birdie came to roost and told me this, some new info, some old by this point:
here's some stuff for the garm:
dave (who is married, has kids) was boning nicole, nicole was boning couch, couch and lauren were boning titty-nyc, couch has been boning lisa lugo. Nicole told lauren about both lisa and her boning greg. Nicole has been demoted to dave's "assistant".
No, Attilla, I don't have video. Would pron with couch in it still be watchable???
And let us not forget, Bony Pudding brought Nicole to the harem as his girlfriend back in 04. Fed her to the lions is more like it. Probably traded Nicole's ass for his gig as @fit minister of propaganda.
Ahhh yes, another educated soul speaks forth with solid information. I can confirm all of this, as can many others. The trading of Nichole Barrels ass for a pay raise or vertical career move is a close held secret, kudos to you for allowing it to see the light of day!
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I suppose it won't be including the nutrition portion now.


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Joe wrote:http://www.board.crossfit.com/showthread.php?t=53349

Destroying the community, one locked thread at a time.
Hopefully Keith sacks up and tells them to fuck off.
HAHAHA
Mainly because people can't keep it civil. The other reason is that it is a huge drain on the time of the admins/moderators. Believe it or not, we are all volunteers here.
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Beezlebub wrote:
Sofa King wrote:
Quack Attack wrote:A new birdie came to roost and told me this, some new info, some old by this point:
here's some stuff for the garm:
dave (who is married, has kids) was boning nicole, nicole was boning couch, couch and lauren were boning titty-nyc, couch has been boning lisa lugo. Nicole told lauren about both lisa and her boning greg. Nicole has been demoted to dave's "assistant".
No, Attilla, I don't have video. Would pron with couch in it still be watchable???
And let us not forget, Bony Pudding brought Nicole to the harem as his girlfriend back in 04. Fed her to the lions is more like it. Probably traded Nicole's ass for his gig as @fit minister of propaganda.
Ahhh yes, another educated soul speaks forth with solid information. I can confirm all of this, as can many others. The trading of Nichole Barrels ass for a pay raise or vertical career move is a close held secret, kudos to you for allowing it to see the light of day!
when you say nichole barrel do you mean this girl? I can't believe that she was banging teh couch.
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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-d ... g-crossfit

I can't believe onbly 14 signatures. The lack of video from his rant is pissing me off


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Looks like he Everett broke down the form of both @F poster grrrlz...
http://www.cathletics.com/wod/index.php ... ilyID=1016
Next, Greg showed us a still image of Annie Sakamoto doing a barbell clean superimposed next to what looked like a competitive Olympic lifter cleaning upwards of 200 kilos. Greg used this comparison to pick apart the form Annie was displaying, and the techniques CrossFit uses to teach the lifts. He claimed, while looking at a still image, that Annie had shrugged the bar up instead of generating the force with her hips, and said that this was incorrect, pointing out the low shoulders of the competitive lifter. He then showed us how the shoulders should float up naturally as an after-effect of the violent hip-extension in the clean, finishing his point with “I guess I go back and forth on this one”

Greg then moved to the next image, Nicole Carroll cleaning a Dynamax medicine ball superimposed next to another competitive lifter mid-clean. Greg laughed mockingly and said “I’m not even going to get into that”.

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CultBuster wrote:http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-d ... g-crossfit

I can't believe onbly 14 signatures. The lack of video from his rant is pissing me off
Why would any of us want Castro out of Cultfit? He is single handily improving the level of viewing pleasure by leaps and bounds.

I'm serious when I say I think I love him. And with all the poontang being passed around I almost regret not going to a cert many moons ago.

It's a perfect storm. The kool aid drinkers will never believe Castro is poison no matter what video comes out and I for one think we should start a petition to keep Castro for our own amusement.

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Ed Zachary wrote:I for one think we should start a petition to keep Castro for our own amusement.
This.

The only value of @Fit is hot chicks (and those will always exist elsewhere) and stupid entertainment.

There is nothing about the entity itself worth saving.
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Ed Zachary wrote:
CultBuster wrote:http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-d ... g-crossfit

I can't believe onbly 14 signatures. The lack of video from his rant is pissing me off
Why would any of us want Castro out of Cultfit? He is single handily improving the level of viewing pleasure by leaps and bounds.

I'm serious when I say I think I love him. And with all the poontang being passed around I almost regret not going to a cert many moons ago.

It's a perfect storm. The kool aid drinkers will never believe Castro is poison no matter what video comes out and I for one think we should start a petition to keep Castro for our own amusement.

I finally understand what it means to experience Schadenfreude.
The genius of Couch shows through again. Black Box Summit FOR affiliates and BY affiliates. Couch speaks glowingly about the non-HQ event while a top minion publicly burns at the stake speakers selected by "the community" to present. At first I thought Castro fucked up, now I'm thinking he did his job of reminding the affiliates of their low place in the @fit world very well. A public example is made of the heretics and Couch's hands remain clean. It's a move worthy of Stalin himself.

The more I know about @fit, the more it looks like it follows the Scientology model. Pay pay pay for certs/audits, submit to HQ/FLAG, blindly follow Couch/Hubbard, and condemn de-affiliated/suppressive persons. "MY community" says the Couch as he praises the attending affiliates and don't you forget it - ever!
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Small point of order--it was not Nicole on the med ball clean:
http://www.cathletics.com/wod/index.php ... ilyID=1016
Following the discussion of the shrug (during which I recall making the point that I love Annie and in no way was intending to single her out or insult her; she just happened to be in the perfect photo for my purposes), I presented a slide that put the medicine ball clean photo alongside a photo of a well-executed barbell clean in the same phase, the finish of the second pull. (By the way, this med ball clean was not of Nicole Carroll as some have said—it was another staff trainer I’ve never met, and who I likewise had no intention of insulting personally. I could have had a photo taken of me performing a med ball clean instead, but then someone would have made the argument that I was misrepresenting the way it’s actually taught—better to use the official demo, I reckoned.)
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An attorney weighs in on the confrontation and liability on the part of @FHQ...it's not looking pretty.
http://robbwolf.com/?p=976#comments
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Latham:

I first want to disclose that I don’t know you. I also don’t know Greg, though I met him once a number of years ago. I do know Robb, to an extent, as I work out at his gym, (which is why I am here).

As a practicing civil and corporate attorney, I generally find that such an “incident” as described by the various participants and witnesses, generally falls into the position of, “everyone was at fault to a degree”. However, your postings on this issue simply shock me. I can only deduct that you are not a licensed Attorney and have no concept concerning corporate requirements for avoiding hostile work environments and workplace violence. Your statement that, “Dave’s behavior is not relevant here”, is not only wholly unsupported by both case and statutory law, but also could be viewed as an admission that CF Inc., does not believe it has an affirmative duty to avoid workplace violence.

As the 2nd man at HQ, Dave represents the Business Entity of CF Inc. As such, both California Corporate and Civil law impose certain responsibilities upon him when he is acting on behalf of the corporation, (and given that Dave was here in California representing CF Inc., California law would apply). (YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS)

One of these responsibilities is to enforce a Non-Violent and Non-Hostile work environment. You concede that Dave had a ‘tantrum’. You concede that he, “probably heard what he wanted to hear”. You concede that he used demeaning and offensive language, (fat fuck). You concede that he initiated the ‘heated confrontation’ by using the above referenced language. Any one of these items could make the Corporation as a whole, each individual officer, and each individual director PERSONALLY liable for both civil as well as punitive damages, IF this situation is not handled correctly. Taken together, (if you speak on behalf of CF Inc., or if your written admissions were to be found by a court to represent the general knowledge of the officers and directors of the corporation), you have admitted that you KNOW that you have a ’supervisor’ employee that is creating a hostile and potentially violent work environment.

Please note that Greg has indicated that Dave physically assaulted him by employing a ‘control maneuver’ to his neck. There are apparently at least 2 witnesses that also saw this assault. Again, I don’t know Dave, but if his military background really does include being trained as a SEAL, (and CF Inc. knows this), then this loss of control you admit, combined with the deadliness of his training, SHOULD give EVERYONE concern about how much damage he could do to someone. So obviously, both Greg’s and Robb’s actions and purported statements would HAVE to be reviewed under such a light. Which makes Dave’s actions not only relevant, but highly probative. This fact alone WOULD be used by an attorney to prove HOW grave the threat Greg and Robb felt, (and the increased duty for CF Inc. to do something to make sure that Dave could never do such again.

Any corporate counsel worth their pay, hearing even one bit of what you have admitted, would have instructed you and everyone else at CF Inc. to keep your bloody mouths shut and hire outside counsel to do a complete and thorough investigation. So either you guys don’t have effective legal counsel, or you are not listening to them. At a minimum, California case law, (and based on the Act to Prevent Workplace Violence), Federal law REQUIRES, CF Inc. to have an independent 3rd party investigation of this incident, (typically an independent law firm specializing in such investigations). CF Inc. should also suspend Dave pending the outcome of this investigation. Failure to follow all of these steps could lead to CF Inc, its officers and directors, becoming personally liable for Dave’s actions, (because they did not use reasonable prudence to investigate the incident and protect their workers and business associates from such violence in the work place).

As to your laments about Robb not ’supporting’ CF programs, diets, etc., one wonders HOW a well run corporation could embark on a diet plan that IS NOT fully supported by the very expert they refer to as their “Nutrician Guru”. If Robb is telling Corp. that there is a better way, or that an unweighed Paleo Plan has some advantages, why is Corporate not listening and promoting such information? Typically, there are only 3 basis to support such Corporate governance. First, is that the Corporation has an invested interest in promoting a particular “product”. Such as maybe the owners, officers, directors, or even the corporation itself, may have an investment in the Zone Diet, such that there is a financial benefit from such cross-promotion. Second, that the decision to support the “product” was made at some point in the past, and the Corp. is reluctant to change their position simply because it costs more and takes longer to “change or adjust” such messages. Third, the corporation has other independent information/evidence that makes them believe their inside expert is not correct.

Your posting expressly states that Robb’s nutritional insight and advice may be right, (”probably is true”). You try to downplay the problem of Corp HQ pushing the Zone even if it is not the best choice, by specifically highlighting the fact that each gym and owner, is free to advise their clients as they see fit. No where do you indicate that you have outside information that contradicts Robb’s recommendations. So there does not appear to be any basis that the Third explanation fits. Rather, you simply focus on CF Inc., wanting to promote the Zone Diet, and Corporate HQ not liking the fact that Robb was recommending a variant. Again, corporate counsel should be screaming at you. IF CF Inc. is primarily dedicated to its athletes, and improving their health, performance and lives, then it MUST always strive to promote the best nutritional and exercise information and instruction available. Rather, your statements seem to clearly indicate that this is simply a CONTROL issue, where Corporate HQ wants to DEMAND that their “Nutritional Guru” tells people what Corporate HQ wants them to hear, (even when you admit Robb’s advice is probably better than the corporate message).

I don’t know what leverage or position you may hold in CF Inc., Latham, but CF has grown because people are seeing results. I ignored Robb’s nutritional advice for 2 years. CF still improved my performance and allowed me to lose some weight, but it was not until I started following his nutritional advice a year ago, that my life really changed. THAT is what people are seeing. THAT is why a number of my friends and business associates have joined CF. When CF Inc., starts to care more about controlling its BRAND, than the success of its MEMBERS, that is when CF Inc., will start its long and slow decent that has captured most of your competition. And sadly, that is what your posts clearly seem to be indicating.

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That bit with attorney went over has the biggest potential to fuck shit up.

I, for one, think Castro should soldier on. He's the perfect mindless thug for Glassman. I don't want it to end. Fuck, I want to nominate Glassman as "IGx Man of the Year".

Think about it.

1. Makes 7 figures a year doing speaking engagements.
2. Drugs and alcohol.
3. Gets more pussy than he can handle, despite being a bit of a pot bellied Otis.

If Couch was an IGx regular, he'd be more popular than Kraj and Rant put together.


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Shafpocalypse Now wrote:That bit with attorney went over has the biggest potential to fuck shit up.

I, for one, think Castro should soldier on. He's the perfect mindless thug for Glassman. I don't want it to end. Fuck, I want to nominate Glassman as "IGx Man of the Year".

Think about it.

1. Makes 7 figures a year doing speaking engagements.
2. Drugs and alcohol.
3. Gets more pussy than he can handle, despite being a bit of a pot bellied Otis.

If Couch was an IGx regular, he'd be more popular than Kraj and Rant put together.
Revelations of the past week have given me a new-found respect for the guy too. He's not hurting for money, he's surrounded by hot chicks that he's boning, seems to have a "you keep me rich, you fuck who you want" agreement with his wife (much like politicians and coaches of real sports), and he has a cult that'll defend him to the grave no matter what he does. Genius.

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The Below is very well stated. I agree with what is written. I am not a per se "human resources" attorney, but I have tried hostile work environment cases. And I have no understanding of California law other than "it's out there."

My only question would be is whether the premise of the franchise/affiliate is tight enough for their to be a true corporate structure. I have no clue as to how these organizations are set up. If there is a direct relationship between HQ and the affiliates, then yes what is written is 100% on point.
Quack Attack wrote:An attorney weighs in on the confrontation and liability on the part of @FHQ...it's not looking pretty.
http://robbwolf.com/?p=976#comments
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Posted November 27, 2009 at 8:35 pm | Permalink

Latham:

I first want to disclose that I don’t know you. I also don’t know Greg, though I met him once a number of years ago. I do know Robb, to an extent, as I work out at his gym, (which is why I am here).

As a practicing civil and corporate attorney, I generally find that such an “incident” as described by the various participants and witnesses, generally falls into the position of, “everyone was at fault to a degree”. However, your postings on this issue simply shock me. I can only deduct that you are not a licensed Attorney and have no concept concerning corporate requirements for avoiding hostile work environments and workplace violence. Your statement that, “Dave’s behavior is not relevant here”, is not only wholly unsupported by both case and statutory law, but also could be viewed as an admission that CF Inc., does not believe it has an affirmative duty to avoid workplace violence.

As the 2nd man at HQ, Dave represents the Business Entity of CF Inc. As such, both California Corporate and Civil law impose certain responsibilities upon him when he is acting on behalf of the corporation, (and given that Dave was here in California representing CF Inc., California law would apply). (YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS)

One of these responsibilities is to enforce a Non-Violent and Non-Hostile work environment. You concede that Dave had a ‘tantrum’. You concede that he, “probably heard what he wanted to hear”. You concede that he used demeaning and offensive language, (fat fuck). You concede that he initiated the ‘heated confrontation’ by using the above referenced language. Any one of these items could make the Corporation as a whole, each individual officer, and each individual director PERSONALLY liable for both civil as well as punitive damages, IF this situation is not handled correctly. Taken together, (if you speak on behalf of CF Inc., or if your written admissions were to be found by a court to represent the general knowledge of the officers and directors of the corporation), you have admitted that you KNOW that you have a ’supervisor’ employee that is creating a hostile and potentially violent work environment.

Please note that Greg has indicated that Dave physically assaulted him by employing a ‘control maneuver’ to his neck. There are apparently at least 2 witnesses that also saw this assault. Again, I don’t know Dave, but if his military background really does include being trained as a SEAL, (and CF Inc. knows this), then this loss of control you admit, combined with the deadliness of his training, SHOULD give EVERYONE concern about how much damage he could do to someone. So obviously, both Greg’s and Robb’s actions and purported statements would HAVE to be reviewed under such a light. Which makes Dave’s actions not only relevant, but highly probative. This fact alone WOULD be used by an attorney to prove HOW grave the threat Greg and Robb felt, (and the increased duty for CF Inc. to do something to make sure that Dave could never do such again.

Any corporate counsel worth their pay, hearing even one bit of what you have admitted, would have instructed you and everyone else at CF Inc. to keep your bloody mouths shut and hire outside counsel to do a complete and thorough investigation. So either you guys don’t have effective legal counsel, or you are not listening to them. At a minimum, California case law, (and based on the Act to Prevent Workplace Violence), Federal law REQUIRES, CF Inc. to have an independent 3rd party investigation of this incident, (typically an independent law firm specializing in such investigations). CF Inc. should also suspend Dave pending the outcome of this investigation. Failure to follow all of these steps could lead to CF Inc, its officers and directors, becoming personally liable for Dave’s actions, (because they did not use reasonable prudence to investigate the incident and protect their workers and business associates from such violence in the work place).

As to your laments about Robb not ’supporting’ CF programs, diets, etc., one wonders HOW a well run corporation could embark on a diet plan that IS NOT fully supported by the very expert they refer to as their “Nutrician Guru”. If Robb is telling Corp. that there is a better way, or that an unweighed Paleo Plan has some advantages, why is Corporate not listening and promoting such information? Typically, there are only 3 basis to support such Corporate governance. First, is that the Corporation has an invested interest in promoting a particular “product”. Such as maybe the owners, officers, directors, or even the corporation itself, may have an investment in the Zone Diet, such that there is a financial benefit from such cross-promotion. Second, that the decision to support the “product” was made at some point in the past, and the Corp. is reluctant to change their position simply because it costs more and takes longer to “change or adjust” such messages. Third, the corporation has other independent information/evidence that makes them believe their inside expert is not correct.

Your posting expressly states that Robb’s nutritional insight and advice may be right, (”probably is true”). You try to downplay the problem of Corp HQ pushing the Zone even if it is not the best choice, by specifically highlighting the fact that each gym and owner, is free to advise their clients as they see fit. No where do you indicate that you have outside information that contradicts Robb’s recommendations. So there does not appear to be any basis that the Third explanation fits. Rather, you simply focus on CF Inc., wanting to promote the Zone Diet, and Corporate HQ not liking the fact that Robb was recommending a variant. Again, corporate counsel should be screaming at you. IF CF Inc. is primarily dedicated to its athletes, and improving their health, performance and lives, then it MUST always strive to promote the best nutritional and exercise information and instruction available. Rather, your statements seem to clearly indicate that this is simply a CONTROL issue, where Corporate HQ wants to DEMAND that their “Nutritional Guru” tells people what Corporate HQ wants them to hear, (even when you admit Robb’s advice is probably better than the corporate message).

I don’t know what leverage or position you may hold in CF Inc., Latham, but CF has grown because people are seeing results. I ignored Robb’s nutritional advice for 2 years. CF still improved my performance and allowed me to lose some weight, but it was not until I started following his nutritional advice a year ago, that my life really changed. THAT is what people are seeing. THAT is why a number of my friends and business associates have joined CF. When CF Inc., starts to care more about controlling its BRAND, than the success of its MEMBERS, that is when CF Inc., will start its long and slow decent that has captured most of your competition. And sadly, that is what your posts clearly seem to be indicating.
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Fucking Leo S.
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23. 2009-11-25 So how long till the CF spin-off originated by the Robb the Liar & Greg The Jokester sees light?

By the way if they didn't let you know - I'm the person who's responsible for writing this article. Makes me feel all warm & fuzzy inside.

"Suffice to say, I love CrossFit and I love the community, which is why I have remained involved for almost six years, despite receiving similar treatment the entire time while happily being used (without compensation) for coaching at certifications and various other duties, and continued attempts to shut down my business and discredit me."

That was very weak, Greg. Very weak.
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CultBuster wrote:Fucking Leo S.
Leo S
23. 2009-11-25 So how long till the CF spin-off originated by the Robb the Liar & Greg The Jokester sees light?

By the way if they didn't let you know - I'm the person who's responsible for writing this article. Makes me feel all warm & fuzzy inside.

"Suffice to say, I love CrossFit and I love the community, which is why I have remained involved for almost six years, despite receiving similar treatment the entire time while happily being used (without compensation) for coaching at certifications and various other duties, and continued attempts to shut down my business and discredit me."

That was very weak, Greg. Very weak.
Gregg should beat his bitch ass just to warm up.
Link?

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Really Big Strong Guy wrote:The Below is very well stated. I agree with what is written.
Yea, but still...doesn't it make you want to kill all the lawyers? Assuming you're not one yourself, of course. My bad for actually reading it.
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JohnnyBadAss wrote:
CultBuster wrote:Fucking Leo S.
Leo S
23. 2009-11-25 So how long till the CF spin-off originated by the Robb the Liar & Greg The Jokester sees light?

By the way if they didn't let you know - I'm the person who's responsible for writing this article. Makes me feel all warm & fuzzy inside.

"Suffice to say, I love CrossFit and I love the community, which is why I have remained involved for almost six years, despite receiving similar treatment the entire time while happily being used (without compensation) for coaching at certifications and various other duties, and continued attempts to shut down my business and discredit me."

That was very weak, Greg. Very weak.
Gregg should beat his bitch ass just to warm up.
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http://www.cathletics.com/wod/comments.php?dailyID=1016

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Re: The couch thread

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Oh, we need Castro and Leo S. to stick around for a loooong time. They supply endless hours of entertainment.

As for the legal eagle and his opinion, it would be dead on if @fit, Inc. was a true corporate entity. @fit, Inc. exists only as a shell to protect its founder from the slings and arrows of his enemy. If one was to pierce the corporate veil (probably doable), one could find his way to the @fit riches (and possibly the black book containing the secrets to the harem). I believe the corporate entity exists solely to accredit affiliates, run the certs, and operate the website. The RRG is under a separate LLC and each affiliate is encouraged to be either a small corp or an LLC. It's all part of HQ's avoidance of federal franchise regulation. Therefore, I really do believe that California hostile work laws would not apply. And for the record, the laws are based on similar federal laws and not really any more liberal that other states.

Now, enough of talking like a lawyer. I need another beer.

Besides, PT is a Jew attorney who's way better at this shit. I'm just an ambulance chaser with a little employment law experience.
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Re: The couch thread

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Sofa King wrote: I'm just an ambulance chaser with a little employment law experience.
I'm the converse of you from a legal standpoint with equally little employment law experience (other than trying the cases - other lawyers in my firm did the leg work (briefs, motions, etc.), I just tried the cases).

And agreed. I would bet that the affiliate/HQ relationship is very minimal. My question is, what does an affiliate pay to be a "crossfit" facility? Or does it, I have no idea?
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Re: The couch thread

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Shafpocalypse Now wrote:That bit with attorney went over has the biggest potential to fuck shit up.

I, for one, think Castro should soldier on. He's the perfect mindless thug for Glassman. I don't want it to end. Fuck, I want to nominate Glassman as "IGx Man of the Year".

Think about it.

1. Makes 7 figures a year doing speaking engagements.
2. Drugs and alcohol.
3. Gets more pussy than he can handle, despite being a bit of a pot bellied Otis.

If Couch was an IGx regular, he'd be more popular than Kraj and Rant put together.
Who is Rant? I forget.
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