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Turdacious wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K837AwoIpFI[/youtube]

Please note the improper use of chalk and multiple fashion faux pas. Not eleete.

syaigh wrote:Because when you understand that the majority of folks have never seen this stuff and are easily impressed, you can impress the majority of folks by simply deciding to be impressed with yourself.

If even half the guys on this board decided to be impressed with themselves, we'd have a mighty empire indeed.

Terry B. wrote:

syaigh wrote:Because when you understand that the majority of folks have never seen this stuff and are easily impressed, you can impress the majority of folks by simply deciding to be impressed with yourself.

If even half the guys on this board decided to be impressed with themselves, we'd have a mighty empire indeed.

This is a damn good quote.

WildGorillaMan wrote:Did nobody else notice the second pair of bumpers disappear once the bar left the floor?

Terry B. wrote:

syaigh wrote:Because when you understand that the majority of folks have never seen this stuff and are easily impressed, you can impress the majority of folks by simply deciding to be impressed with yourself.

If even half the guys on this board decided to be impressed with themselves, we'd have a mighty empire indeed.

This is a damn good quote.

Affiliate owner wrote:Corporate management at multinational gym chains are opening affiliates with the full backing and investment of the parent companies. HQ is turning a blind eye to the requirements that affiliates must be separate businesses, with separate websites and memberships. 100% CrossFit boxes run by owner-operators are being severely undercut in price by chain gyms where thousands of existing members are given direct access to an officially recognized CrossFit affiliate. In the minds of those members, CrossFit becomes just one more of the dozens of different types of classes offered by the chain, powerfully undermining the value of the CrossFit brand in those markets.

HQ is willfully failing to differentiate between committed owner-operators and corporate Globo-gyms attempting to minimize membership losses by hopping on the CrossFit gravy train. Globo-gyms don't necessarily need to grow their own CrossFit businesses in order to succeed when staunching their losses will be more than sufficient for them to recoup their investment. How can anybody reasonably expect the general public to be more discerning than HQ on this matter?

Think about the alternatives. If the Globo-gym-owned affiliate can provide high-quality CrossFit training and community at considerably lower costs than owner-operated affiliates, there is no longer any compelling reason for the owner-operated affiliates to exist in markets where consumers have a choice. On the other hand, if owner-operated affiliates are able to offer a substantially better training and community experience than Globo-gym-owned affiliates, thus motivating a difference in price that reflects the relative difference in economic realities between the two entities being compared, why should CrossFit HQ allow Globo-gym-owned affiliates into the marketplace?

. . .

HQ and the community did a great job fending off Anthos, but HQ is ignoring this more insidious danger and it is likely to continue doing so until the community notices and starts reacting. We collected signatures from 30+ affiliate owners in my area who are concerned about this and we have submitted our concerns and suggested improvements to HQ on October 19. We sent our letter to Greg Glassman, Tony Budding, Dave Castro, Nicole Carroll, Kathy Glassman and Affiliate Support but have yet to get an answer from any of them. Russell, now that the Anthos threat has been deflected, maybe you can get your fellow staff members to take this one seriously.

Dale Saran wrote:I'm probably the person to whom this should be directed (although Coach is always the highest appeal), but we ARE dealing with this. Dane's post is fine, except for his personl accusations that HQ isn't dealing with or ignoring this matter.

I don't mind Dane's complaint, but the tone is flat-out wrong. The constant assertion of Dane's opinion as fact ("HQ is turning a blind eye", "HQ is willfully failing", "HQ is ignoring") is bull$hit and an attack that has no basis in reality. You can criticize HQ, but don't tell me you know we're "willfully" doing X or Y because last I checked Dane wasn't present for some secret meeting where HQ said: "hey, let's willfully ignore our affiliates." That's horse $hit. Dont' ascribe evil motives where there are none simply because you see a problem that you feel hasn't been addressed.

Affiliate owner wrote:Dale, yours is the first response of any kind that we have had from anyone at HQ since October 19. Since then SATS has opened their affiliate and written in an online forum that they are interested in opening up to 70 additional affiliates. (Sweden currently has fewer than 40 affiliates.) 2 other chain gyms here in Stockholm as well as Gold's Gym in Åre and Östersund have announced that they will soon be opening affiliates that will be open to their regular members. Affiliates in Finland report that the same thing is happening there. As a businessperson I can't blame the chains for wanting to do so, but it is very clear that: A) Doing so under the conditions described is against the spirit of the affiliate agreement, and B) it will be at the expense of owner-operated affiliates.

A Russell wrote:Effective training, like effective law and medical practices, cannot be commoditized. This is not CrossFit HQ’s decision – it is simply impossible to commoditize effective professional practices. Consumers will choose between different CrossFit affiliates just as they choose between different dentists and lawyers.

Ed Zachary wrote:Pretty much what has happened here. Couple of good ole boys with their newly inked level 1 certifications had big plans of opening a box. But the local health club owner realized he was going to lose members if this happened. So he invested in a bunch of Rogue gear and created a Crosstraining room. One of the local boys is running a class or two out of there. I don't think he is smart enough to realize he is fucking himself.

I dig big chicks wrote:

syaigh wrote:

Mickey O'neil wrote:

kreator wrote:I don't get these people. They take a video of a power snatch that lasts a full minute , as if the weight or the technique were something to marvel at.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfyrEsDZh60[/youtube]

Ridiculous.

Jeez. A 135 lb power snatch. By a guy who probably weighs 180. Yes, horrible form. I have a 120 lb girl who can do that. Without jumping like a cheerleader.

I wasn't going to watch it. But, I couldn't help it. I'm getting more impressed with myself. Watch out.

Holley Mangold's Coach posted this video (I saw it from him first), and captioned "This is everything wrong about How Crossfit teaches and performs the lifts in slow motion"

Ed Zachary wrote:Pretty much what has happened here. Couple of good ole boys with their newly inked level 1 certifications had big plans of opening a box. But the local health club owner realized he was going to lose members if this happened. So he invested in a bunch of Rogue gear and created a Crosstraining room. One of the local boys is running a class or two out of there. I don't think he is smart enough to realize he is fucking himself.

Cave Canem wrote:
I still don't understand how these people think that a Level 1 cert is a "gold standard" for group exercise training. It's barely sufficient for an entry level position if that position was working the desk and answering the phones in a gym.

Bobby wrote:Why that big jump on the power snatch? If you watch real oly lifters the heels might leave the plattform.See for example Klokov 205kg snatch 2012 on youtube.
Mebee he hasn`t had the good fortune of being trained by an elite level 1 coach?