The couch thread

Boris · Post by **Boris** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:41 am

Tirofijo wrote:
Shafpocalypse Now wrote:The cunts talking about Crossfit being anti-fragile make me howl with laughter...mostly due to the fact that they've sucked Taleb's dick so hard that his jiz is coming out their asshole.
Pavel lays claim to Simple & Sinister being anti-fragile, too.

The term is the title of a best-selling book, so I suppose it's possible that both Pavel and CF independently decide to co-opt it for their use. If the term had just been introduced on the first page and not the title, I'll call BS and assume that either CF or Pavel got the idea from the other one.

I don't think it was a matter of copying - just that every pseudo-intellectual trainer/life coach got on the boat at about the same time. Literally, half of all the trainers on FB were calling themselves anti-fragile for a while there.

WildGorillaMan · Post by **WildGorillaMan** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 1:10 am

For a self-professed highbrow who makes no secret of his contempt for his readers Nassim Taleb is really good at coining buzzwords that get adopted by business and media people who have no idea what he's talking about.

Dan Martin · Post by **Dan Martin** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 5:30 am

I can remember when the term "rugged" was used to describe basic routines.

Beer Jew · Post by **Beer Jew** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 9:19 pm

Let's be honest... you remember the Ark.

Dan Martin · Post by **Dan Martin** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 12:40 pm

Beer Jew wrote:Let's be honest... you remember the Ark.

Ageist.

Kenny X · Post by **Kenny X** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 7:27 pm

It's getting to the point where you can play Buzzword Bingo with the fitness crap being touted, too.

When we talk about being "UnFuckWithable," or "AntiFragile," what do we mean? What's the 300 ft. view?

What we're talking about is system so complete, so synergistic, that when the rubber meets the road, Operators, Law Enforcement Officers, competitive athletes and soccer mom's alike can attain elite levels of fitness, strength and over-all performance regardless of their specificity.

Fuck.

Bud Charniga's grape ape · Fri Aug 08, 2014 7:39 pm

Dr. Agkistrodon wrote:It's getting to the point where you can play Buzzword Bingo with the fitness crap being touted, too.

When we talk about being "UnFuckWithable," or "AntiFragile," what do we mean? What's the 300 ft. view?

What we're talking about is system so complete, so synergistic, that when the rubber meets the road, Operators, Law Enforcement Officers, competitive athletes and soccer mom's alike can attain elite levels of fitness, strength and over-all performance regardless of their specificity.
Fuck.

Fuck is right -- they correctly pluralize three nouns in a row, and then screw up on soccer moms?

THE INMATES ARE RUNNING THE ASYLUM!!!

Kenny X · Post by **Kenny X** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 7:56 pm

Bud Charniga's grape ape wrote:
Dr. Agkistrodon wrote:It's getting to the point where you can play Buzzword Bingo with the fitness crap being touted, too.

When we talk about being "UnFuckWithable," or "AntiFragile," what do we mean? What's the 300 ft. view?

What we're talking about is system so complete, so synergistic, that when the rubber meets the road, Operators, Law Enforcement Officers, competitive athletes and soccer mom's alike can attain elite levels of fitness, strength and over-all performance regardless of their specificity.
Fuck.
Fuck is right -- they correctly pluralize three nouns in a row, and then screw up on soccer moms?

THE INMATES ARE RUNNING THE ASYLUM!!!

It smacks of slap tears and blown-out Achilles' tendons, Bud. It's a fucking horror show.

Protobuilder · Post by **Protobuilder** » Sat Aug 09, 2014 3:32 am

Dr. Agkistrodon wrote:It's getting to the point where you can play Buzzword Bingo with the fitness crap being touted, too.

When we talk about being "UnFuckWithable," or "AntiFragile," what do we mean? What's the 300 ft. view?

What we're talking about is system so complete, so synergistic, that when the rubber meets the road, Operators, Law Enforcement Officers, competitive athletes and soccer mom's alike can attain elite levels of fitness, strength and over-all performance regardless of their specificity.
Fuck.

It makes me feel better about the world to believe that you made that up.

Kenny X · Post by **Kenny X** » Sat Aug 09, 2014 8:54 pm

Phaedrus wrote:
Dr. Agkistrodon wrote:It's getting to the point where you can play Buzzword Bingo with the fitness crap being touted, too.

When we talk about being "UnFuckWithable," or "AntiFragile," what do we mean? What's the 300 ft. view?

What we're talking about is system so complete, so synergistic, that when the rubber meets the road, Operators, Law Enforcement Officers, competitive athletes and soccer mom's alike can attain elite levels of fitness, strength and over-all performance regardless of their specificity.
Fuck.
It makes me feel better about the world to believe that you made that up.

Keep right on telling yourself that...

chi · Post by **chi** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 5:37 pm

http://d3dsacqprgcsqh.cloudfront.net/ph ... 0sa_v1.gif

I'll just leave this here

Stillwater · Post by **Stillwater** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 6:20 pm

Apparently nerds love crossfit now.

http://boingboing.net/2014/08/12/nerdfi ... e-cro.html

Instead of taking in a round of golf after our meeting, we walked over to CrossFit South Philly to hit a WOD. I would love for that to be A Thing."

Anybody read this book they are talking about?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385348878/

Yes I Have Balls · Post by **Yes I Have Balls** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 6:34 pm

"hit a WOD"

*sigh*

stanley_white · Post by **stanley_white** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 10:09 pm

http://youtu.be/jn8KwUNLdkI

I have no idea how it embed YouTube.

-Stan

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 10:11 pm

I too, thought it was real until I saw the guy pick up the light barbell and throw it down

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 10:23 pm

stanley_white wrote:http://youtu.be/jn8KwUNLdkI

I have no idea how it embed YouTube.

-Stan

http://irongarmx.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=225982

Fuzzy Dunlop · Post by **Fuzzy Dunlop** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 1:07 am

stanley_white wrote:http://youtu.be/jn8KwUNLdkI

I have no idea how it embed YouTube.

-Stan

I NEED THOSE FUCKIN SLAYER PANTS, STAT!

Stillwater · Post by **Stillwater** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 6:32 pm

How much does it cost to put on an even at Madison Square Garden?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6FJ6MYZz7Y[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jiNdBipTSQ[/youtube]

http://breakingmuscle.com/sports/grid-a ... -new-sport

I'd been following the politics associated with the new fitness league for the months leading up to the premier, and was aware that CrossFit HQ had issued an edict forcing their staff to choose between employment with them and competing in GRID. I had also become aware that the major supplement sponsor to CrossFit had began a campaign of persuading their sponsored athletes to stay away from GRID - and when that failed, they outright threatened athletes with loss of sponsorship or worse. I've no stomach for the latter, and it should suffice to say that this company ought to be more concerned with RICO than GRID.

kreator · Post by **kreator** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:22 pm

Stillwater wrote:How much does it cost to put on an even at Madison Square Garden?

I don't know. But my office is literally right next to the Garden and I didn't know this happened until the day after when Drywall posted it. So, ya, not exactly the biggest deal. They have graduations there too.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZG_MPx4i40[/youtube]

The locker room speeches starting at 10:40 in are pretty hilarious, almost a self-parody.

The media side of it is extremely well put together, though. I tried watching some of it, but it's boring as heck.

j-cubed · Post by **j-cubed** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 2:02 pm

InfiniteElgintensity's take on Crossfit Self Defense - unfortunately he has to post on Daily motion instead of youtube

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2379z ... rogram_fun

TerryB · Post by **TerryB** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 4:44 pm

I think I may care less about that Elgin fellow than I do about Crossfit.

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 6:23 pm

He's another attorney.

JamesonBushmill · Post by **JamesonBushmill** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 6:47 pm

When crossfit keeps talking about operators, they mean the chicks who answer "911, what's your emergency?" right? training for people who sit on their asses all day.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 6:59 pm

Elgin is a moron, he is funny in spurts but he can go fuck himself as well.

syaigh · Post by **syaigh** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 1:16 am

Jay wrote:Elgin is a moron, he is funny in spurts but he can go fuck himself as well.

(He's not really funny. At all.)

IGX

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