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Fat Cat wrote:He has that unmistakable, bloated colonial indifference of a gin man. You can almost feel the monocled sneer in his posts.

GoDogGo! wrote:

Fat Cat wrote:He has that unmistakable, bloated colonial indifference of a gin man. You can almost feel the monocled sneer in his posts.

White linen suit? Does UnderArmor even make those?

Banned wrote:"Boy, I said, Boy! Get me mah sloe gin fizz."

"The BJ cert is about to start and I needs mah medcine."

GoDogGo! wrote:

Banned wrote:"Boy, I said, Boy! Get me mah sloe gin fizz."

"The BJ cert is about to start and I needs mah medcine."

YET ANOTHER eerie coincidence. His "medicine?" My urologist told me about a drunk who tried to stiffen his flaccid pecker with a cocktail stirrer. (blood and surgery ensued)

Fat Cat wrote:PithFitTM

Ben Chapman;303756 wrote:He seems to value longterm "health"/ safety over performance and experience/adventure. Personally, I'd rather have some ticks later in life knowing that I did many other things well in my earlier years. I'd rather know that I put it out there and pushed hard and accomplished and experienced things than have avoided them because I was worried about my joints when I'm 60 or 70.

Joining a military or police force might not always spell out long life either, but people still do it for some darn good reasons.

This is wrong on so many levels.

If you aren't a professional athlete then there is no need for shite like this.

And I've been in the military and I've been a cop so don't pull the whole "you don't know" bowlsheet on me.

Dangerous fitness practices do not compare to responding to an armed robbery call or clearing a house in Baghdad.

Fitness means health and performance and I remember a Crossfit Journal putting forth such information.

The loss of health to the demon that is performance is not fitness and so forth is not the Crossfit.

Jim Glover
Not really a Crossfitter but so close it's scary.

Grandpa's Spells wrote:That guy pulling the military card is fucking retarded. Saying:
"I do this so I don't get killed in war, even though there may be some long-term health consequences,"
even if doing CF would have any bearing on such a thing, which it doesn't, has NOTHING TO DO with:
"I do this for no practical reason whatsoever, even though there may be some long-term health consequences."

Ben Chapman;303756 wrote:He seems to value longterm "health"/ safety over performance and experience/adventure. Personally, I'd rather have some ticks later in life knowing that I did many other things well in my earlier years. I'd rather know that I put it out there and pushed hard and accomplished and experienced things than have avoided them because I was worried about my joints when I'm 60 or 70.

Joining a military or police force might not always spell out long life either, but people still do it for some darn good reasons.

is exactly why I want nothing to do with crossfit and never will. Any debilitated 70 year old who is telling me that being riddled with arthritis, tendonitis, and what not is worth it because he or she had a great FRAN time can bite me.

If you are not getting paid to do it, then what is the point? It reminds me of the Rif rant when he called out everyone and basically said it was better to be an injury plagued has been gymnast and powerlifter who came close to greatness than a healthy, active, happy person who never "pushed the line!"

newguy wrote:My gut feeling is that Crossfit has absolutely nothing to do with holding a rifle, aiming, and shooting at people, and Crossfit has very little to do with not getting shot.

I would probably think that while "fitness" would be important, there is a whole other level/type of training needed to survive in these situations.

Gary John wrote:Banned,

Didn't want to overly pimp my brother's stuff. We talk on the phone a lot and how getting in working out with life is a bitch.

Still floored that he remembered that whole prom story.

Jim Glover wrote:My post at X-fit.

Ben Chapman;303756 wrote:He seems to value longterm "health"/ safety over performance and experience/adventure. Personally, I'd rather have some ticks later in life knowing that I did many other things well in my earlier years. I'd rather know that I put it out there and pushed hard and accomplished and experienced things than have avoided them because I was worried about my joints when I'm 60 or 70.

Joining a military or police force might not always spell out long life either, but people still do it for some darn good reasons.

This is wrong on so many levels.

If you aren't a professional athlete then there is no need for shite like this.

And I've been in the military and I've been a cop so don't pull the whole "you don't know" bowlsheet on me.

Dangerous fitness practices do not compare to responding to an armed robbery call or clearing a house in Baghdad.

Fitness means health and performance and I remember a Crossfit Journal putting forth such information.

The loss of health to the demon that is performance is not fitness and so forth is not the Crossfit.

Jim Glover
Not really a Crossfitter but so close it's scary.

I wonder if I'll be banned?

Jim,
If you do, I'll change my handle and go by my real name: Herm Arbromowitz.

Jim Glover wrote:Ben Chapman;303756

nafod wrote:

newguy wrote:My gut feeling is that Crossfit has absolutely nothing to do with holding a rifle, aiming, and shooting at people, and Crossfit has very little to do with not getting shot.

I would probably think that while "fitness" would be important, there is a whole other level/type of training needed to survive in these situations.

Just finished a great book, called Deep Survival that listed some key qualities needed to survive. I'll write a review separate, but the section where it said you need to be familiar with and accepting of pain reminded me of some of my mountain bike rides, hill runs, the last 5 miles of a marathon, Navy AOCS, SERE school, and crossfit. Crossfit/Gym Jones/mtnathlete workouts are painful. They build that tolerance and acceptance of it. Lance Armstrong echoed a similar theme in talking about surviving cancer.

Something to think about.

Paolo Di Avitabile wrote:If they think the fitness require to walk 40k carrying all your ammunition, food, water, radios etc is the same as the fitness required for a prison guard or a SWAT team member they are quite simply on drugs. Probably crack.

Paolo Di Avitabile wrote:Thats another annoying thing about Crossfit. They think it's the best system for everything and end up lumping LE, military, firefighters, prison guards etc all into the same group. If they think the fitness require to walk 40k carrying all your ammunition, food, water, radios etc is the same as the fitness required for a prison guard or a SWAT team member they are quite simply on drugs. Probably crack.