The couch thread

[WildGorillaMan]

Those chopped up hands belong to this hot idiot by the way...

then I guess that she's not a totally worthless dipshit

[CultBuster]

Well, the S&C game has the same sort of bandwagon jumping. To bring up BJ Penn again, for years, people touted the effectiveness of Crossfit because BJ Penn supposedly used it. BJ was a winner, and Crossfit was a winning S&C program. Yet nobody said anything bad about Crossfit when BJ was coming into fights under-prepared, conditioning-wise. And in this past fight against Jens Pulver, where BJ looked the best he had in quite a while (again, conditioning-wise), it was highly publicized that he had hired a S&C coach for his fight prep. Nobody came out and said that Crossfit wasn’t getting the job done anymore. Funny how Crossfit was such a good program and such a big part of BJs preparation when he was winning, but nobody said anything bad about it when he was losing. How is it one way, but not the other?

Funny Shit

http://www.mikemahler.com/articles/wigg ... _kids.html

[Fuzzy Dunlop]

Well, the S&C game has the same sort of bandwagon jumping. To bring up BJ Penn again, for years, people touted the effectiveness of Crossfit because BJ Penn supposedly used it. BJ was a winner, and Crossfit was a winning S&C program. Yet nobody said anything bad about Crossfit when BJ was coming into fights under-prepared, conditioning-wise. And in this past fight against Jens Pulver, where BJ looked the best he had in quite a while (again, conditioning-wise), it was highly publicized that he had hired a S&C coach for his fight prep. Nobody came out and said that Crossfit wasn’t getting the job done anymore. Funny how Crossfit was such a good program and such a big part of BJs preparation when he was winning, but nobody said anything bad about it when he was losing. How is it one way, but not the other?

Funny Shit

Where'd that come from?

[CultBuster]

http://www.macssistance.com/2009/07/01/ ... t-is-crap/

1. CrossFit is not for athletes. All a CrossFit workout will do is make you better at a CrossFit workout. Take for example the power clean. This is a power movement, meaning it must be performed at high speeds, which is why (for the most part) no well-educated strength coach will have his athletes perform more than 6 reps per set on this lift. In CrossFit workouts, you may do as many as 25 reps per set on power clean. Yes, this will get you tired, and yes, this will get you in better aerobic shape–but is that the purpose of power clean? Absolutely not! Cleans build explosive power from the ground up which directly correlates to jumping ability and sprinting speed. In no way should cleans be used for aerobic improvement because the lower back will tire out, thus causing an injury. Additionally, to do 25 reps on a power clean means you will have virtually no weight on the bar. This is my first reason why CrossFit is crap.

Pretty spot on

[GoDogGo!]

http://www.macssistance.com/2009/07/01/ ... t-is-crap/

1. CrossFit is not for athletes. All a CrossFit workout will do is make you better at a CrossFit workout. Take for example the power clean. This is a power movement, meaning it must be performed at high speeds, which is why (for the most part) no well-educated strength coach will have his athletes perform more than 6 reps per set on this lift. In CrossFit workouts, you may do as many as 25 reps per set on power clean. Yes, this will get you tired, and yes, this will get you in better aerobic shape–but is that the purpose of power clean? Absolutely not! Cleans build explosive power from the ground up which directly correlates to jumping ability and sprinting speed. In no way should cleans be used for aerobic improvement because the lower back will tire out, thus causing an injury. Additionally, to do 25 reps on a power clean means you will have virtually no weight on the bar. This is my first reason why CrossFit is crap.

Pretty spot on

But... but... don't they have @fitters do power cleans followed by deadlifts? How can this be?

[JohnnyBadAss]

But... but... don't they have @fitters do power cleans followed by deadlifts? How can this be?

Only weak performers don't like that. Makes me think of the ridiculosity of this workout:

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of the triplet:

Deadlift: 1 1/2 body weight
Bench press: body weight
Clean: 3/4 body weight

"Develop the capacity of a novice 800 meter track athlete, gymnast, and weightlifter, and you'll be fitter than any world class runner, gymnast, or weightlifter." - Greg Glassman.

So what kind of numbers do a novice 800m runner, gymnast, and weightlifter put up? We can compare those to @F to see how Glasshole is doing with getting people there.

[Botototo]

This is really the best.

http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/Game ... railer.mov

[JamesonBushmill]

Those chopped up hands belong to this hot idiot by the way...





She dares to have a whole blog about hand care on her site. http://www.crossfitmac.blogspot.com/

She has hands?

It would be great if this one, or Medina stole B Boi away from Titsnyc. Barky would probably end up hanging herself.

[GoDogGo!]

Who's "Barky?"

[Crust Bucket]

Who's "Barky?"

[GoDogGo!]

The doe-eyed, gorgeously betitted ANYC is known as "Barky?"

Barking mad?

[Crust Bucket]

The doe-eyed, gorgeously betitted ANYC is known as "Barky?"

Barking mad?

She says she was considered ugly in school and was given that name by all the meanie weenie kids. But it all kinda stopped when her boobs popped out and greeted the world...Can't imagine why?

[Dano]

The doe-eyed, gorgeously betitted ANYC is known as "Barky?"

Barking mad?

She says she was considered ugly in school and was given that name by all the meanie weenie kids. But it all kinda stopped when her boobs popped out and greeted the world...Can't imagine why?

That about explains all the obsession with photographing herself at every opportunity and whoring it up on the @fit forums. Psychologists better come up with a new chain of events predicting addiction to Cultfit vs serial killing. They probably parallel each other.

[GoDogGo!]

That about explains all the obsession with photographing herself at every opportunity and whoring it up on the @fit forums.

As well as the bouncing around (mmm, bouncing) from douchebag to douchebag. Gotta PROVE she's not Barky anymore!

[Mountebank]

http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/Game ... railer.mov

@Fers are so athletic that they never even learned how to bail a (bastardized, improper) snatch correctly.

Now, after watching that, how could any insurance companies continue to deny them coverage?

Wonder what the difference is...the USAW can get insurance coverage for everybody in their own organization.

[Damien]

This is really the best.

http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/Game ... railer.mov

What the fuck?
There was not one good snatch in that video.
Even the few who didn't fail pressed the fucking weights out. Did they at least call this event "muscle snatch" or something?

[Stillwater]

Crossfit. Discovering new ways to be a douche every day.

[Mountebank]

This is really the best.

http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/Game ... railer.mov

What the fuck?
There was not one good snatch in that video.
Even the few who didn't fail pressed the fucking weights out. Did they at least call this event "muscle snatch" or something?

The comments section on this pseudo-snatch video can be mined for some golden quotes:

We didn't use USAW/IWF standards because that sport already exists. CrossFit is not the international sport of Weightlifting. We were not worried about CrossFitters' ability to perform the lift to international standards. If those had been the standards for the event, the athletes would have met them. Would the numbers have been the same? Who knows? Probably not, though.

This is also one of the main reasons we don't have a track, don't do free throws, put the shot, throw the discuss, or play racket sports. Those competitions already exist.

Summary: There are REAL sports, and there is @F. Do not confuse the two.

[WildGorillaMan]

This is really the best.

http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/Game ... railer.mov

What the fuck?
There was not one good snatch in that video.
Even the few who didn't fail pressed the fucking weights out. Did they at least call this event "muscle snatch" or something?

Hey, these are the most elite athletes on the planet! I've never seen such virtuosity.

[sanchezero]

for truth. not one exceeded the 20% slop factor.

[Anon]

"Develop the capacity of a novice 800 meter track athlete, gymnast, and weightlifter, and you'll be fitter than any world class runner, gymnast, or weightlifter." - Greg Glassman.

So what kind of numbers do a novice 800m runner, gymnast, and weightlifter put up? We can compare those to @F to see how Glasshole is doing with getting people there.

He said "fitter" not faster, stronger, more flexible or better in any measurable way.

[TerryB]

What happened to, "We can do what you do, at least as good as you do"?

[Gin Master]

I don't have a problem with the snatch event because, well, mainly because it's @F and I don't give a damn about it. It is good that they have evolved to the point where they are no longer claiming technical dominance in every discipline they touch.

[JohnnyBadAss]

"Develop the capacity of a novice 800 meter track athlete, gymnast, and weightlifter, and you'll be fitter than any world class runner, gymnast, or weightlifter." - Greg Glassman.

So what kind of numbers do a novice 800m runner, gymnast, and weightlifter put up? We can compare those to @F to see how Glasshole is doing with getting people there.

He said "fitter" not faster, stronger, more flexible or better in any measurable way.

But the precursor to that is to "Develop the capacity of a novice 800 meter track athlete, gymnast, and weightlifter". So they have to develop those capacities before being fitter than the elites. I'm just wondering what a novice 800m runner or weightlifter can do?

[Anon]

You are a novice if you have never won a prize (1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th) in that event. Seems like an appropriately low bar, and a spectrum of fittness levels with the novice category, so yea, they can make you fitter than a novice.