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Paolo Di Avitabile wrote:You jest of course?!?

That's obviously.
2 of my JJ homies are a cop & a ranger.
The cop is about 60# overweight, has decent cardio, & is reasonably strong.
The ranger is a fucking animal physically.

2 totally different worlds.

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Coach, welcome to IGX. Question: Why is going down deep so freekin' hard?
Will this be covered in the new cert?
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Feudal Pliny wrote:Coach, welcome to IGX. Question: Why is going down deep so freekin' hard?
Will this be covered in the new cert?
I doubt he gives two shits how deep you go as long as the $500k+/year in affiliate fees alone keep rolling in.

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DannyNC wrote: I doubt he gives two shits how deep you go
He may care about how deep the ladies go on Little Cooch, though.
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lol, ginny is prolly right..."in the eyes of the CrossFit crowd "

The enemies in the eyes of the CrossFit crowd are “Stairmaster chumps” (who log long, drowsy hours on the machines but huff and puff on actual stairs) and myopic “specialists” — athletes or exercisers who neglect versatility in order to refine one or two skills.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/23/magaz ... fit&st=nyt
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NYT wrote:CrossFit represents a ministry for Glassman, who is intent on drafting and redrafting his program — so intent, in fact, that he has said he works out inconsistently.
Well, that explains that. Hope you haterz are satisfied. BTW, I'd say by the looks of things, he's very consistent in his workout routine.
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God's Workout? Seriously?
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You faggots can bitch all you want about cooch. I am going back to WOD.

http://www.board.crossfit.com/showthread.php?t=31489

... and moving to Tampa.
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Does anyone happen to go to the Tampa/Westchase YMCA on Linebaugh? I can't afford to join a group CrossFit (want to, but not in the budget), and I was wondering if anyone would be interested in meeting up for some WoDs?
I'm sure she'd have zero problems working out a trade.

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DannyNC wrote:
Does anyone happen to go to the Tampa/Westchase YMCA on Linebaugh? I can't afford to join a group CrossFit (want to, but not in the budget), and I was wondering if anyone would be interested in meeting up for some WoDs?
I'm sure she'd have zero problems working out a trade.
. . .and cue the "chicka-wah-wah" guitar.
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God's Workout? Seriously?
Shit yeah. Try timed sets of Hail Mary's. Also doing the Apostle's Creed for time will make you cough up a hairball.
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MarcoFP wrote:
Paolo Di Avitabile wrote:Thats another annoying thing about Crossfit. They think it's the best system for everything and end up lumping LE, military, firefighters, prison guards etc all into the same group. If they think the fitness require to walk 40k carrying all your ammunition, food, water, radios etc is the same as the fitness required for a prison guard or a SWAT team member they are quite simply on drugs. Probably crack.

Aren't they?

On a tenuously related point, I got argued down when I tried to suggest the wod's weren't the most important thing in the world for a firefighter. I was soundly beaten with pseudo-philosophical comments such as; "excellence is not a finite pursuit...". This is what happens when you stick around there too long - you begin to mistake Blair-esque aphorisms and soundbite for intelligent debate. In the end I conceeded they were right, and I have probably been fighting fires incorrectly.
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Banned wrote:. . .and cue the "chicka-wah-wah" guitar.
What do you mean? - oh look at the profile shot, lol her myspace page... "trampa" which one of you clowns is Danielle?
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POST THE MYSPACE PAGE!!!

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Well, if anyone's needing a new pick-up line:
Danielle Boobford wrote:I was wondering if anyone would be interested in meeting up for some WoDs?
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http://www.board.crossfit.com/member.php?u=14407

It's all there, you can even IM "her", it's a myspace private page tho.
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This is interesting. The USMC is changing their PT requirements

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/20 ... s_042008w/
The all-new CFT

The test is separated into three parts:

* The 880-yard sprint. Designed to simulate “movement to contact,” Marines will be timed running in a straight line. How difficult is it? Think of it as a half-mile run. To put it into Olympic terms, that’s roughly two laps around a standard outdoor track, 800 meters. World records in the 800-meter sprint come in at less than two minutes for men and women.

* The “ammo can lift.” Marines will lift a 30-pound ammunition box from a starting position of chest level to above the head with both arms extended. Need a weight comparison? A Modular Tactical Vest, loaded with front, back and side plates, weighs about 25 pounds. Marines will repeat the lift for a set time period, likely two minutes. Scores are based on the number of lifts performed in that set time period, but the scoring system is not yet approved.

* The “maneuver under fire” drill. The most comprehensive section of the CFT will be a four-part obstacle course that will include sprinting, throwing a grenade, running with two ammo cans and moving a mock casualty.


“Extra [physical training] time isn’t going to be necessary. But Marines should re-engineer their own fitness routines for greater benefit,” McGuire said.

For example, interval training — quick sprints mixed in with brief cool-down exercises — will better help Marines prepare for the intense, anaerobic demands of the CFT. The latest fitness research suggests that shorter, more-intense bursts of exercise are a better form of conditioning than long-range, low-impact endurance training, McGuire said.

“We see Marines starting to incorporate this into their training. The value in the CFT isn’t necessarily in the test itself, but the value is in preparing for it and incorporating these elements into their combat conditioning,” McGuire said.

During preliminary testing in recent months, the second part of the CFT — requiring the repeated lift of the ammo can — proved to be “a surprise to some Marines,” McGuire said..

“They looked at 30 pounds and they think, ‘This isn’t a fully loaded-up bar.’ But doing it for two minutes is a challenge that some Marines aren’t familiar with,” McGuire said. “Lifting something might seem light, but over time, it becomes heavy.”
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I'm fucking IP banned from the Crossfit forum, therefore I cannot access any "extras" on it.

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IP Banned? - bizarre!

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Shaf wrote:I'm fucking IP banned from the Crossfit forum...
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newguy wrote:I just cannot imagine that Crossfit would help you deal with the adrenaline rush/stark fear of a battle.
From the USMC stuff on functional fitness...

http://www.crossfitripper.org/images/do ... 061120.pdf
The link in humans between the physiological and the psychological realms has been
well established in science and medicine. This link has particular relevance to the
development and preparation of Marines for battle. Combat stress is both physical and
mental—and very real. Marines can sustain both physical and mental injuries in combat.
Rigorous exercise can prepare Marines for these forms of battlefield stress by making
them physically and mentally tougher.
The stress of functional fitness can elicit both
physiological and psychological adaptation. The principle here is that body can be
conditioned to better handle combat stress. A Functional Fitness Program can play an
important role in this pre-combat conditioning by applying a “combat-like” form of stress
on the human system—using rigorous exercise that mimics or mirrors combat function.
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Crossfit is 'tarded
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I mean, if you're gonna do that type shit, at least make up your own circuits.
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nafod wrote:
newguy wrote:I just cannot imagine that Crossfit would help you deal with the adrenaline rush/stark fear of a battle.
From the USMC stuff on functional fitness...

http://www.crossfitripper.org/images/do ... 061120.pdf
The link in humans between the physiological and the psychological realms has been
well established in science and medicine. This link has particular relevance to the
development and preparation of Marines for battle. Combat stress is both physical and
mental—and very real. Marines can sustain both physical and mental injuries in combat.
Rigorous exercise can prepare Marines for these forms of battlefield stress by making
them physically and mentally tougher.
The stress of functional fitness can elicit both
physiological and psychological adaptation. The principle here is that body can be
conditioned to better handle combat stress. A Functional Fitness Program can play an
important role in this pre-combat conditioning by applying a “combat-like” form of stress
on the human system—using rigorous exercise that mimics or mirrors combat function.
Good to know.

Although, in terms of mental toughness, nothing beats "holding the balloon" for time. The agony of thinking "I am going to be standing in this position for 10 f***n minutes. Then the calm that comes. Then the panic as your legs and shoulders start to burn and you think, "whats this been, five minutes? Good God what if it has only been three minutes. I cannot stand for 7 more minutes." Then the calm that comes again and the satisfaction when the timer beeps.

I am going to start Tactical Standing Qui Quong for Combat and High Stress Environments. I will post workouts of the day (Today: Holding the Balloon - 12 minutes. Yesterday - Holding the Balloon - 12 minutes. Tomorrow - Holding the Balloon - 12 minutes.)

In hindsight, I am renaming the position from "holding the balloon" to "holding up drum of ammunition."

I am also going to start offering certifications.

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