The couch thread

[lesser_rebelangel]

The incidences of "overtraining" from these Gaymes will be incredible and undeniable after the dust settles.

I've heard of @Fers trying a workout 4 times in a week to see if they can better their score. Going "real" competition full-speed 4 days in a week on these 10-15 minute metcons, layered on top of the overtraining that is likely already present (because getting ready for the Gaymes means training even more and harder) will leave many people broken and wondering WTF just happened to them.

@FHQ doesn't believe in or address the fact that their program "exceeding the capacity" of their folks is a problem, so @Fers will be left in the cold.

I sure wish there was someone out there who knew how to deal with this problem... :-"

There are too many @fitters that are doing this. Some are working out 2-3 times a day for an extended period of time to get ready for these games, not realizing they are doing so much more harm than good.

I've seen people (not here) do the qualifier workouts 2-3 times in a couple days to try to get a better score, each time they are frying themselves a little more.

I know you can train your CNS to do more work, but this isn't what they mean.

Seriously, fuck 'em. The more I'm around fucktards who train that way expecting shit not to break, the more I just don't care. You can't talk sense to religious, kool-aid drinking zealots.

[CFB]

Tee-hee:

CrossFit Games Open 11.4

Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 10 minutes of:
60 Bar-facing burpees
120 pound Overhead squat, 30 reps
10 Muscle-ups

I'm going to enjoy watching the 140 lb girlie-men get crushed by this, and not even come close to getting a single round accomplished.

Agreed.
Another fine example of clusterfuck nonsense programming. This wad is probably a big "fuck you" from c@stro for all the bitching and complaining about the gaymes.

[TerryB]

Furthermore, on a personal level, Mark Bell is one of the most approachable positive, not shit talkingingest guys in PL. And yes, his total was fucking awesome, the 1003 squat was as you'd guess...SPF-ish but deeper than many I've seen and he looked fooking solid. A friend of mine was side judge and he said it was plenty convincing and this is a guy who has served time in the USAPL/IPF. Plus Mark had a lifetime PR Sumo pull. Lifetime PR's exempt you from criticism for one week at least. Platform PR's for a month . So fuck along. We're done with your Mark Bell and Pixie hate for the week.

Mark Bell is not the issue here, Dude. I'm talking about drawing a line in the sand. Across this line, you! DO! NOT! ...

[powerlifter54]

if anybody wants to tap into @fit money spenders i have no problem with that, as i have no problems with the average person who does those workouts. If Mark Bell wants to draw new folks into PL, and as a meet promoter that is what he should do, that is great, but giving them their own division is not such a good idea.

Let them compete as an Open, Novice, Police and Fire, Military, Raw, or Master. There are enough divisions in PL and they need to see how they match up in the real world.

Betting raw is best as db factor is highest.

[Hymen Asshole]

Tee-hee:

CrossFit Games Open 11.4

Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 10 minutes of:
60 Bar-facing burpees
120 pound Overhead squat, 30 reps
10 Muscle-ups

I'm going to enjoy watching the 140 lb girlie-men get crushed by this, and not even come close to getting a single round accomplished.

This disaster will be fun to watch :-"

[Bobby]

It would be fun to watch the 11.04 wod if they did real muscle ups and not the pitiful excuse of a muscle up that they showed in that clip.
Doing 10 real muscle ups (for a non gymnast/climber) is real hard work.I used to be able to do real ones,but then I had to rest a while after a cluster of 3`s.Now I mmanage 1 or 2,but then the elbows hurt like hell.

[TerryB]

Whatever happened to the silly PVC parallettes and L-sit bullshit? Is it safe to say Cultfit has abandoned all the silly psuedo-gymnastics crap that Glasshole was so hard for a few years ago?

That's really surprising to me because I thought for sure that the key to elite fitness was doing L-sits on PVC parallettes in your living room. I had worked all the way up to the frog sit.

[clutch]

if anybody wants to tap into @fit money spenders i have no problem with that, as i have no problems with the average person who does those workouts. If Mark Bell wants to draw new folks into PL, and as a meet promoter that is what he should do, that is great, but giving them their own division is not such a good idea.

Let them compete as an Open, Novice, Police and Fire, Military, Raw, or Master. There are enough divisions in PL and they need to see how they match up in the real world.

Betting raw is best as db factor is highest.

I thought that Crossfit promised that within a couple years, their athletes would be better at powerlifting than powerlifters, b/c PL'ers don't know how to train.

So why do they now need their own division?

Why aren't they dominating the PL world, smashing all the previous records, and making the traditional PLer look like detrained sacks of shit?

I might be confusing "walk" with "talk" again.

[Shafpocalypse Now]

Ah, nostalgia. I wonder if Bony cries sometimes because his ex-gf became the HQ pass around receptacle.

[Dan Martin]

if anybody wants to tap into @fit money spenders i have no problem with that, as i have no problems with the average person who does those workouts. If Mark Bell wants to draw new folks into PL, and as a meet promoter that is what he should do, that is great, but giving them their own division is not such a good idea.

Let them compete as an Open, Novice, Police and Fire, Military, Raw, or Master. There are enough divisions in PL and they need to see how they match up in the real world.

Betting raw is best as db factor is highest.

I thought that Crossfit promised that within a couple years, their athletes would be better at powerlifting than powerlifters, b/c PL'ers don't know how to train.

So why do they now need their own division?

Why aren't they dominating the PL world, smashing all the previous records, and making the traditional PLer look like detrained sacks of shit?

I might be confusing "walk" with "talk" again.

Good call. There has been enough time for a lot of 750 deadlifters to have emerged.

[KingSchmaltzBagelHour]

Ah, nostalgia. I wonder if Bony cries sometimes because his ex-gf became the HQ pass around receptacle.

Who?
That's the thing about the Couch, man. For all the dumbshit self important thesaurus trash he talks, dude must have a decent rap with chicks.

[Blaidd Drwg]

if anybody wants to tap into @fit money spenders i have no problem with that, as i have no problems with the average person who does those workouts. If Mark Bell wants to draw new folks into PL, and as a meet promoter that is what he should do, that is great, but giving them their own division is not such a good idea.

Let them compete as an Open, Novice, Police and Fire, Military, Raw, or Master. There are enough divisions in PL and they need to see how they match up in the real world.

Betting raw is best as db factor is highest.

Honestly could not figure out how it was different from raw. maybe just so they could compete against each other? and the squats were universally too deep.


The only guy pulling over 750 was Mark Bell.

[Yes I Have Balls]

Tee-hee:

CrossFit Games Open 11.4

Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 10 minutes of:
60 Bar-facing burpees
120 pound Overhead squat, 30 reps
10 Muscle-ups

I'm going to enjoy watching the 140 lb girlie-men get crushed by this, and not even come close to getting a single round accomplished.

So I just found out that if you didn't get any reps on 11.3 then you can't submit 11.4-11.6 - waste of my $10 since they don't let you submit a 0 if you couldn't complete a rep.

Guess the rest of the workouts will be for fun then, will scale the OHS just so I can get to the muscle ups!

Your whole participation in the "Open" was a waste of your $10. Fuckin' couch is a genius.

[Yes I Have Balls]

if anybody wants to tap into @fit money spenders i have no problem with that, as i have no problems with the average person who does those workouts. If Mark Bell wants to draw new folks into PL, and as a meet promoter that is what he should do, that is great, but giving them their own division is not such a good idea.

Let them compete as an Open, Novice, Police and Fire, Military, Raw, or Master. There are enough divisions in PL and they need to see how they match up in the real world.

Betting raw is best as db factor is highest.

I thought that Crossfit promised that within a couple years, their athletes would be better at powerlifting than powerlifters, b/c PL'ers don't know how to train.

So why do they now need their own division?

Why aren't they dominating the PL world, smashing all the previous records, and making the traditional PLer look like detrained sacks of shit?

I might be confusing "walk" with "talk" again.

Good call. There has been enough time for a lot of 750 deadlifters to have emerged.

Oh, they're all over the place -- they are just doing reps at 225 with a HR of 170 bpm instead.

[Holland Oates]

The incidences of "overtraining" from these Gaymes will be incredible and undeniable after the dust settles.

I've heard of @Fers trying a workout 4 times in a week to see if they can better their score. Going "real" competition full-speed 4 days in a week on these 10-15 minute metcons, layered on top of the overtraining that is likely already present (because getting ready for the Gaymes means training even more and harder) will leave many people broken and wondering WTF just happened to them.

@FHQ doesn't believe in or address the fact that their program "exceeding the capacity" of their folks is a problem, so @Fers will be left in the cold.

I sure wish there was someone out there who knew how to deal with this problem... :-"

There are too many @fitters that are doing this. Some are working out 2-3 times a day for an extended period of time to get ready for these games, not realizing they are doing so much more harm than good.

I've seen people (not here) do the qualifier workouts 2-3 times in a couple days to try to get a better score, each time they are frying themselves a little more.

I know you can train your CNS to do more work, but this isn't what they mean.

Seriously, fuck 'em. The more I'm around fucktards who train that way expecting shit not to break, the more I just don't care. You can't talk sense to religious, kool-aid drinking zealots.

This. I quit talking to @fitters about their injuries a long time ago. If one starts talking to me and they start talking about their injuries I tell them they know the reason they are hurt and they need to fix it.

[Gin Master]

CrossFit Games Open 11.4

Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 10 minutes of:
60 Bar-facing burpees
120 pound Overhead squat, 30 reps
10 Muscle-ups

Here is the genius of Couch. The majority of the flock won't be able to compete one round of this. HQ can simply draw a line at two rounds to see who will be competing in regionals. Couch's timing ensured he got $30/lamb from the past three workouts while not having to waste one damn minute watching online submissions.

Here's what I don't understand...Coug, maybe you can answer this...is why so many people who can't even do these workouts paid $10 to "enter" online? I could understand if this was a physical event; at least you're there. But why film yourself exercising poorly and pay $10 for nobody to watch it?

[Damien]

http://games.crossfit.com/ranking/overall/mens

Wow... one guy did all of 12 burpees in the 10min time frame!

10$ well spent...

[TerryB]

Couch's timing ensured he got $30/lamb from the past three workouts while not having to waste one damn minute watching online submissions.

[The man in black]

Here is the genius of Couch. The majority of the flock won't be able to compete one round of this. HQ can simply draw a line at two rounds to see who will be competing in regionals. Couch's timing ensured he got $30/lamb from the past three workouts while not having to waste one damn minute watching online submissions.

And if that doesn't cut down the numbers enough the final workout will probably be something like deadlift AMRAP, women use 275, men use 405.

[Gin Master]

The level of humiliation these people are willing to not just endure BUT PAY FOR is staggering. It's like paying your own way to as an uncredited stunt double in Human Centipede.

[WildGorillaMan]

I can't believe they're just going to turn off the spigot after only three workouts. It would make sense to lob slow creampuff workouts across the plate for at least a dozen WODs or more.

[Holland Oates]

. . . why so many people who can't even do these workouts paid $10 to "enter" online? I could understand if this was a physical event; at least you're there. But why film yourself exercising poorly and pay $10 for nobody to watch it?

Because they want to belong to something.

[Yes I Have Balls]

Here's what I don't understand...is why so many people who can't even do these workouts paid $10 to "enter" online? I could understand if this was a physical event; at least you're there. But why film yourself exercising poorly and pay $10 for nobody to watch it?

Indeed. I PROMISE you that not a single back of the pack, AG'er in ANY triathlon in the country would pay $10 for a camera crew to follow them as they struggle through a 2 hour sprint distance race.

Much less pay to have themselves taped and then POST IT ON THE INTERNET FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD TO SEE!

[Spider Monkey]

. . . why so many people who can't even do these workouts paid $10 to "enter" online? I could understand if this was a physical event; at least you're there. But why film yourself exercising poorly and pay $10 for nobody to watch it?

Because they want to belong to something.

This.

[rjudo]

. . . why so many people who can't even do these workouts paid $10 to "enter" online? I could understand if this was a physical event; at least you're there. But why film yourself exercising poorly and pay $10 for nobody to watch it?

Because they want to belong to something.

This.

Absofuckinglutely.