The couch thread

bill fox · Post by **bill fox** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:28 pm

Nice Animal House pull.

I have nothing against Terry at all. Rob and I came and reffed Nationals for him and he came and reffed a TSC for us. I meet Terry through Agent K and Rob. Rob, Dave and I all work in town so I see those guys all the time. Steve K and Sean keep in email contact. Terry dropped out of all that. What I meant was I'm not privy to any Terry inside info, never was. Lopa was Ts main 'bro, ax her as we say here in Philly.

powerlifter54 · Post by **powerlifter54** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:51 am

Does @fit and the couch remind anybody else of Stiller's Gym in "Dodgeball"?

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:00 am

powerlifter54 wrote:Does @fit and the couch remind anybody else of Stiller's Gym in "Dodgeball"?

Couch reminds me of Patches O'Houlihan.

"Is there any reason for me to drink my own urine? No, but it's sterile and I like the taste."

powerlifter54 · Post by **powerlifter54** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:26 am

Just an observation, @fit loves Oly lifting. A good reason to consider the wisdom of both...

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 4:10 am

I've been watching some of videos from that place. I find it very weird that Glassman will edit sleazy hip-hop sexploitation music into some of the workouts that feature the women at XFHQ.

Aren't these his cherished "girls"? Why does he feel the need to "tart" them up?

Kick ass displays of strength-endurance, though.

Fat Cat · Post by **Fat Cat** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:54 pm

Shaf wrote:Aren't these his cherished "girls"? Why does he feel the need to "tart" them up?

Same reason all men do?

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:10 pm

It's a matter of acknowledging what's going on or everyone just pulling the wool over their eyes and pretending it's something else.

stosh · Post by **stosh** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:13 pm

Shaf wrote: pulling the wool over their eyes

Blindfolded chicks? Now that's getting kinky.

stosh · Post by **stosh** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:15 pm

Anybody scroll thru yesterday's 5k times at CF? Most all are comfortably over 20:00. You'd think with all the CV work there'd be a slew around 18:00 or so. Once again, you'd be wrong.

And one dude asks how far 5k is. Heh.

Crust Bucket · Post by **Crust Bucket** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:20 pm

elrodjr wrote:And one dude asks how far 5k is. Heh.

See, the public school systems are working.

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:24 pm

Don't bother looking at the 10 sets of 2 reps for the squat WOD...nothing to see there. I mean, a few are ok, but many are subpar, as in lower than than the average "weak" P&B guy.

bill fox · Post by **bill fox** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:21 pm

This was the root (or should I "Darth it" and say route) of my problems there when I was actually doing CF. With very little "crosstraining", and an oldster at that, I was right into the top 10% on average daily.

I kept arguing that if a person wanted to get REALLY stronger, or REALLY faster, or REALLY bigger, CF "as perscribed" wasn't the answer. This meet with overwhelming disgust. When Mike Rutherford, one of the smart guys there, came up with his "black box" for strength, basically a modified straight foward strength cycle with a couple of CF style workouts a week, it was O.K. because it was still a "subset" of CF.

The P&B comparison is apt. I asked someone about some start up throwing numbers and the answer was in terms of National records for my age group, I like that.

Rif · Post by **Rif** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:15 pm

I'm still scared to visit HQ. I know its only ten minutes from my house but I'm scared, thats why I dont go.couch is intimidating.

powerlifter54 · Post by **powerlifter54** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:47 am

Rif wrote:I'm still scared to visit HQ. I know its only ten minutes from my house but I'm scared, thats why I dont go.couch is intimidating.

Rif,

He invented Girya, didn't you know that? He is also the inspiration for your studio.

He is amazing?

LOL!

GoDogGo! · Post by **GoDogGo!** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:51 am

I'd be intimidated by cooch too. He's got the moobs to seriously tit-whip you and cause neck damage.

GDG!

Renegade Doughboy · Post by **Renegade Doughboy** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:19 pm

Rif wrote:I'm still scared to visit HQ. I know its only ten minutes from my house but I'm scared, thats why I dont go.couch is intimidating.

To quote Cousin Eddie,

"You serious, Clark?"

Rif · Post by **Rif** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:42 pm

RD,

my tongue is firmly in my cheek.who could couch intimidate? plus HQis 45 minutes away .

mrzero · Post by **mrzero** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:38 am

*bump* cause this thread is classic

bill fox · Post by **bill fox** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 11:20 am

20k bitchos

stosh · Post by **stosh** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:05 pm

21.5k and now they're into gay beach soft porn.

Pinky · Post by **Pinky** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:33 pm

Clearly they're wrestling and that's a piledriver. Doing piledrivers for reps though is just another example of how Crossfit is likely to lead to injury.

mrzero · Post by **mrzero** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:40 pm

For a second I thought this was the 'prison lifting' thread...

stosh · Post by **stosh** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:18 pm

Interesting (for me at least, and that's really all that matters) is Ethan Reeves post at DD today. 85% of his team deadlifts over 400#. Compare these stats to any day's workout comments at CF. His ideas evidently kick CF's ass and require no Kool-Aid.

From: Ethan Reeve
Subject: Fitness
Date/Time 2006-03-15 10:35:34
Remote IP: 152.17.55.211

Message
Guys,
Here are some winter lifting results:

Out of total 80 guys lifting:

Power Clean-45 @ 300 lbs. or higher(56%) Avg. 295 lbs.
Squat Clean-30 @ 300 lbs. or higher(36%)Avg. 284 lbs.(we started doing this 4
weeks ago to replace the Hang Clean)
Power Clean-n-Jerk-58 @ 264 lbs. or higher(72%) Avg. 275 lbs.
Dead Lift-69 @ 400 lbs. or higher(85%) Avg. 454 lbs.
Back Squat-63 @ 352 lbs. or higher(78%) Avg. 383 lbs.(well below parallel)
Standing Press-47 @ 198 lbs. or higher(58%) Avg. 199 lbs.

GoDogGo! · Post by **GoDogGo!** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 11:05 pm

What has happened to WFU's football record since Reeve came on board? I ask because I don't follow it and have no idea where to start.

Along the same lines, it will be interesting to see what happens to the 49er's after Cotter got them using KB's. Get better, get worse, stay the same... whatever.

GDG!

Mickey O'neil · Post by **Mickey O'neil** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:28 am

Reeves came over from Ohio University with Jim Grobe. Wake was so so before and have improved quite a bit although their record doesn't always reflect it. They have been around .500 or a little better but they are always in games and play tough as hell.

It has a lot to do with the size of the school (Wake being the smallest in the country), academic standards, etc. With not being able to get the top recruits and best athletes I think Ethan has done an outstanding job. I would definitely say he is one of the best S&C coaches in the country.

Jim Grobe's name is always being mentioned for a position with the bigger football schools when there are coaching openings but he has stuck with Wake so far.