The couch thread

[Holland Oates]

Ahahahahahaha

Sweet Baby Gorilla Jeebus! I've covered this extensively, and people still don't get it. In Pulp Fiction, when Marcellus Wallace says he's going to call up some "Hard, pipe-hitting niggers." He doesn't mean guys who hit people with actual pipes, he means guys who smoke crack and then act all psycho.

You need a chainsaw to cut the irony here.

You realize that is Freddy Comacho in that pic?
Hehehe

[WildGorillaMan]

You realize that is Freddy Comacho in that pic?
Hehehe

We all make mistakes.

[baffled]

I mean seriously. Who in the fuck could possibly think that drinking coconut water, taking fish oil pills and having a paleo meal can stop a serious, potentially life threatening kidney condition from happening?

Crossfit: Rx for Idiocy

The healing magic is compounded when mixed with the medicine made from juniper berries.

I see what you did there.

[The Crawdaddy]

The healing magic is compounded when mixed with the medicine made from hemlock.

Corrected for maximum effect.

[Mountebank]

Reebok's contempt for @fit is already apparent. They're clearly openly mocking their new customers.

http://shopcrossfitreebok.com/mens-1/ha ... black.html

"Hard rounds for big guns."

Yeah, that sentence isn't even remotely gay. Not at all.

@F, through their gay.com article a while back and shirts like this, are really trying to branch out on the only thing they are good at: vanity and getting both men and women abzzzz.

Wouldn't want to forget how couch feels about teh gays though:
http://www.crossfit.com/mt-archive2/004644.html

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[FRKCTL]

Going over yesterday's results from USAW Nat'ls in Council Bluffs, Iowa, I noticed AllisonNYC Bishop lifted for Lost Battalion Hall. 58kg class, 5/6 attempts, 61kg/71kg 132kg total.

Placing 10th out of 13 finishers demonstrates that her domination of other athletes is proven on the field of battle, not in debate.

actually she finished 9th out of 16 and three of those 16 bombed out. she did well. she had to train and compete to qualify, which is no mean feat (I know lifters who have gotten close but never qualified for nationals in their careers) and she held it together to make 5 out of her 6 lifts which is a far sight better than making none of one of the lifts and bombing. as has already been pointed out, for having taken up the sport as an adult and getting to this level in as short a time as she has is impressive.

[ThespianDouche]

From puddings twitter account

"The human brain is hard wired for myth. Myths can be effective even if they're not necessarily "true.""

It's like they are trolling themselves.

700 lb deadlift, bigger than natural body builders, lack of rhabdo, intelligent programming, a sober leader.

[Cave Canem]

I mean seriously. Who in the fuck could possibly think that drinking coconut water, taking fish oil pills and having a paleo meal can stop a serious, potentially life threatening kidney condition from happening?

Crossfit: Rx for Idiocy

The healing magic is compounded when mixed with the medicine made from juniper berries.

I see what you did there.

Nice catch...I would have missed that.

[I'd Hit It]

actually she finished 9th out of 16 and three of those 16 bombed out. she did well. she had to train and compete to qualify, which is no mean feat (I know lifters who have gotten close but never qualified for nationals in their careers) and she held it together to make 5 out of her 6 lifts which is a far sight better than making none of one of the lifts and bombing. as has already been pointed out, for having taken up the sport as an adult and getting to this level in as short a time as she has is impressive.

It's this "rah rah rah we're all winners let's hold hands and scream GURL POWER" attitude that takes all the fangs out of women's lifting. Nobody gives handies to subpar men's performers, men set up fierce rivalries with each other, and the men somehow do just fine and keep performing. Yet women have to be treated with kid gloves and any mention that a performance sucks in the scheme of things gets shushed.

Every woman I know who Olympic lifts who is not in the top three of their weight class has taken it up as an adult, and they keep qualifying for Nationals again and again, just like Ms. Bishop there. That is not a fucking big deal or a show of intense commitment or athleticism--Nationals totals for women are pathetically low to encourage participation. I believe this year some of the totals are lower than the totals for the American Open.

The result of holding low standards for women's lifting is our population of female lifters are content to continue Crossfitting and doing roller derby and mud runs and whatever the fuck else along with their training instead of realizing they're shooting their potential in the foot by not buckling the fuck down and focusing on the sport. I would fucking love to see more focus on female lifters who are as dedicated and fucking crazy about their training as some of the guys at Cal Strength or Average Broz but the fact is they're few and far between. Instead we get the half-assing Allison Bishops of the world who think because they qualified for the United States Nationals--the Nationals of the worst fucking country in the world at lifting--they deserve a pat on the back. Congratulation, you got to sit at the best seat on the short bus. It's sad and lauding this weak-ass lifting is a goddamn insult to the potential women have to be strong.

Start lifting more than fucking ten-year-olds in China and I'll take notice.

[FRKCTL]

IHI
Your ignorance is astounding and matched only by the obvious chip on your shoulder. Not quite got a qualifying total yourself I gather? The great thing about weightlifting is yes, there are rivalries, but no one wants to win at the expense of someone having a bad day. I think your characterization of weightlifting competition comparing the approaches of men and women to competition is a gross caricature.

I'm proud to count three female Olympians as friends as well as a 4 time World Team and Pan Am member. The three Olympians have been lifting since they were kids. They still have to qualify for Nat'ls like everyone else and sometimes they have a bad day and don't. One of my friends this weekend tried to make another Pan Am team and World Team (and possibly Olympic team) this time in a lower weight class (for age reasons) and she bombed. Her long and distinguished competitive career is likely now over. (So fuck you and your rah rah no consequences shit.)

There are many considerations by the High Performance Director that go into qualifying totals for both the men and women for the big national meets. As a matter of fact the qualifying totals for the 2011 American Open aren't even out yet. If they are lower than the year before, it is generally to increase participation in a particular weight class.

The Nationals aren't as tough as Worlds, Pan Ams or Olympic Trials. But it's a big deal to qualify and a step along the way. ANYC may never go any further in Oly WL than she did this weekend, but for an athlete that's hardly the point, is it?

[Spider Monkey]

What I find kind of sad is that female strength athletes are not identified in primary/secondary school. There are a lot of very strong girls that never touch a barbell until they are in their 30's.

[Dan Martin]

What I find kind of sad is that female strength athletes are not identified in primary/secondary school. There are a lot of very strong girls that never touch a barbell until they are in their 30's.

Lifting is not the issue, is it?

[I'd Hit It]

As a matter of fact the qualifying totals for the 2011 American Open aren't even out yet. If they are lower than the year before, it is generally to increase participation in a particular weight class.

They are indeed out. Interesting you interpret my response as sour grapes, shouldn't I be complaining that totals should be lower, not higher than they already are? My anger is not directed at the excellent international women's lifters we have, my anger is because we don't have enough of them compared to men and thus we're relegated to celebrating totals (132kg at 58kg) that in the scheme of things are nothing special. And by celebrating those totals, and setting our totals low to encourage participation, we create low standards and contentment among girls and women who think that they're doing a great job just because they qualified for the too-low totals at Nationals. I would like to see Nationals be the sort of competition only people who have been training for years and/or are genetic freaks get into. I would like an aggressive recruitment program and many young girls with fierce dreams of the Olympic podium. It is a damned shame that we miss so many strong women with so much potential because we only caught them in their 20s or 30s, and even more of a shame when those women waste the potential they have left with Crossfit and cross-training because USAW is terrified that if we tell a woman she's not good enough she'll run away crying instead of rising to the challenge.

Yes, the best rivalries are love-hate--but we rarely even see that among women because we tell them they're supposed to be "nice" and are afraid a little rivalry will make them fold. Women are stronger than USAW and many coaches give them credit for, but there is not a culture that encourages that true, rabid, rivalry-inducing strength.

ANYC may never go any further in Oly WL than she did this weekend, but for an athlete that's hardly the point, is it?

I should hope she goes further, because that is the point. She's still young enough to make progress among US lifters and a baby to the sport. She has a lot further she can go if she's focused on it instead of flirting with SLAP tears and burpees. Otherwise go back to the sport of exercising.

[Shafpocalypse Now]

Randy seems very touchy.

Would you like to comment on the condition of the live-in lifters at the Colorado Springs facility, Randy? I heard that old Pole broke many of them.

[Mountebank]

Even R@@bok won't go all in. A search of R@@bok.com for @F comes up with:
http://www.reebok.com/US/search?t=crossfit&x=0&y=0
Nothing, not even a redirect to the @F store.

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[WildGorillaMan]

http://www.reebokcrossfitone.com/

You guys are part of out Reebok CrossFit ONE family now...we care about you! All we ask is that you come, give your all, and be the best and biggest version of yourself.

[Mountebank]

http://www.reebokcrossfitone.com/

You guys are part of out Reebok CrossFit ONE family now...we care about you! All we ask is that you come, give your all, and be the best and biggest version of yourself.

More brilliance from the flagship franchise...er, affiliate:
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3. When fear creeps in ask yourself, "What's the worse that can happen?" Then accept it and carry on.

Well, since you asked:
Death
Permanent kidney damage
Permanent muscle damage
SLAP tears
Meniscal tears
Herniated discs
Rotator cuff tears
etc. etc. etc.

[WildGorillaMan]

3. When fear creeps in ask yourself, "What's the worse that can happen?" Then accept it and carry on.

Well, since you asked:
Death

Hey, that only happened the one time, and HQ barely even acknowledged that it happened at all, so it doesn't really count.

[Damien]

More brilliance from the flagship franchise...er, affiliate:
http://www.reebokcrossfitone.com/New-Me ... Stuff.html

3. When fear creeps in ask yourself, "What's the worse that can happen?" Then accept it and carry on.

What's the worse that can happen?

What's the worse

the worse

THE WORSE

[Songjabong]

i knew i'd seen that symbol somewhere before. took me a couple of days before i saw a bumpersticker that reminded me...

[WildGorillaMan]

i knew i'd seen that symbol somewhere before. took me a couple of days before i saw a bumpersticker that reminded me...

So they couldn't be bothered to make up their own trademark?

[WildGorillaMan]

http://www.activerideshop.com/

[tough old man]

Thats it! Active skate shop in Escondido CA. Its over in Targets mall by the Vans store.

[TerryB]

I wouldn't be surprised to find it as a graphic in The Wrestling Encyclopedia.

[WildGorillaMan]

I wouldn't be surprised to find it as a graphic in The Wrestling Encyclopedia.

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