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WildGorillaMan wrote:WOD12.4: Spirit Fingers. For Time!

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Shafpocalypse Now wrote:Lookit the spin machine go.

http://dearpukie.com/

You can't compare the statistic of 1 injury in one thing to the statistics of all injuries, in all things, which is the wonderful little attempt being made here.

Compare the rate of achilles tendon ruptures in the gen pop, and then compare it to the made up number that's thrown out to get a general kind of comparison.

Same with SLAP tears, same with rhabdo, hell, even STD transmission.

Jonny Canuck wrote:
I wonder what Reebok thinks of couch and his newest make work project?

jgmack wrote:

The Crawdaddy wrote:I'm good with us not having footage of said action.

Gary John wrote:X-fit isn't smart enough to catch on about box jumps.

Much better results with depth jumps. Jump off a platform of at least six feet and bound up. No landing on another box. 50-60 of those a work-out and you are ready for the gaymes.

Shafpocalypse Now wrote:

Someone needs to make a Crossfit Innsmouth: Forging Elite F'tagn tee shirt. I would totally buy one.

This.

Didn't you know Rawlings, Jay? Jesus, broken fucking back AND achilles rupture. Holy fuck, that poor bad bitch.

Anyway, fuck 'em. Due diligence and all that. If you didn't do your own research on programming and injuries, then, oh well, have fun with your broken body for the rest of your life.

Cave Canem wrote:http://crossfitlisbeth.com/2012/03/08/b ... elentless/

What is it with @fitters incessant need to spout this self affirmation crap ? And lulz at the comment "We are Rockstars"!
We have only one "motivational" quote at my gym, it's "STFU and train."

Jay wrote:Lis picked up where Gilson left off

The reasons for the injuries include increased activity on days off without proper conditioning, a lack of warm-up, or overdoing one activity rather than working the various muscle groups through cross-training — mixing cardiovascular with resistance training. The popularity of TV programs like The Biggest Loser, which provides an edited version of reality, and the popularity of CrossFit programs that stress strenuous strengthening routines, have an impact on injuries.

“The biggest issues are calisthenics programs like CrossFit, not that there’s anything wrong with the program, but people jump in so enthusiastically they overdo things,” said Kaplan, who works as head team physician for the Miami Hurricanes and medical director for the Miami Marlins.

“People used to do just the basic workout, but would get bored with that. The recent fad of CrossFit Olympic-style lifting or boot camp classes and these type of fitness things, with no screening for health or injuries, you will see a lot of people getting hurt,” added Dr. Luis Feigenbaum, chief of service at UHealth in the department of physical therapy at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

“It’s been an interesting shift these past three to four years with the advent of these boot camps, which have surged in popularity. Even on ESPN, you see CrossFit games and there’s really no mechanism of teasing out who should be in it or not in it. If you pay your membership you’re in, and so you’ve got couch potato weekend warriors with no foundation or baseline. They try Olympic-style lifts and they are back worse than before, even when they were inactive, because they are hurt.”

Dr. Carla Cupido of Baseline Health (www.baselinehealth.ca) in West Vancouver, BC, Canada sees quite a few injuries sustained doing Crossfit workouts. Cupido states that most of the injuries she sees are a result of poor exercise technique, poor functional patterns and too many reps performed on an “ill-prepared body.” She adds the “aggressive training structure” doesn’t help matters. Most of the injuries Cupido treats include shoulder impingement-type injuries, low back and neck strains and wrist sprains.

COLUMBUS, Ohio --
Six Ohio State women's lacrosse players were hospitalized this weekend for the same medical issue after one player reported not feeling well.

According to The Ohio State University, the student athletes were admitted to school's Wexner Medical Center with symptoms of rhabdomyolysis on Friday, March 9.

"Most coaches know how much an athlete can do, and they up the intensity gradually," says Clarkson, whose work on the committee that added mention of rhabdomyolysis to the NCAA Sports Medicine Handbook predated the South Carolina case. "And if it's a new exercise they haven't done, then it starts out slow, with fewer repetitions and then increases gradually. What happened in Iowa is that the intensity was increased too much, too soon."

Though rare, rhabdomyolysis is most often manifested in team sports, where conditioning often requires all individuals to perform the same tasks at the same level of intensity. According to certified athletic trainer Paul Ullucci, president of Ullucci Sports Medicine in East Providence, R.I., and a National Athletic Trainers Association board member, "Team training by definition does not take into consideration each individual's capabilities and tolerances, let alone if there are underlying medical conditions that prevent an athlete from performing at his or her best."

Are certain individuals more susceptible to the condition than others? After all, for every Iowa football player hospitalized with rhabdomyolysis, six completed the workout unharmed. "It does appear there are people who are more susceptible," says Clarkson, who adds there is no conclusive evidence to date indicating that steroid or supplement use plays a role in rhabdomyolysis risk. "It could be that some people push themselves beyond what we call the tolerable limit."

"It is important to stress that those who have this condition are not weak or not up for the challenge, but rather that the exercise routine was not properly designed to meet their needs and capabilities on that particular day," Ullucci says. "The factors that make an athlete more or less susceptible to this condition are numerous and can vary from day to day. They can range from the simple — how much water the athlete drank that day — all the way to preexisting medical conditions such as kidney disease and sickle cell trait. As individuals we all have varying tolerances to activity. To assume all can perform the same workout at the same intensity is going against the very foundation of everything modern medicine and sports conditioning have found over the past two decades."