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That radio broadcast was gay as shit. FUCK YOU CROSSFIT

powerlifter54 wrote:Neil Anderson...

"Matthew, It wasn't my intention to engage MB on philosophic or theoretical issues (we will let Coach and the other crossfit Titans do that). I invited him on the show to substantiate the claims he made during his podcast. I made this very clear to him. He accepted the invite and stated he could substantiate his claims. If you remember, he made many claims that were completely wrong, misinformed and downright nasty. In short, he treated all of us "like crap" and didn't have cause to do so. He owed the CF Nation, and it's founders an apology. Instead, he tried to divert attention from his shameful accusations and turn the show into a grandstand for his theoretical dogma.

I was having none of it.

For future reference, ANYONE who wants to come on CrossFit Radio and discuss differences in opinion will be welcomed with the utmost respect and courtesy. However, anyone who wants to come on CFR and try to smack down my beloved CrossFit, the CrossFit Nation, and its founders will be offered a chance to retract. After that they'd better have game, because I am going after them. Frankly, I find it suspect that you'd disagree with this. "

Later on the drones basically insist that to understand cultfit you need to do it and go get certified. Mike Boyle's observation of their posts, videos, and literature about pukie, rhabdo, poor lifting form, and the cavalier attitude toward all of the above was dismmised until he goes to the Cultfit Vatican and spills the puke of an innocent dupe.

i would love to go on and give Mr Anderson a quick PL54 deconstruction of their money making scheme. As somebody pointed out, cultfit imports studs, it doesn't make them.

i am shocked DJ associates with these nimrods.

Oh, PL, you and I are always on the same page.
If you got on that sham of a "radio show," their listenership would go up to about 100 and I would be one of them.
Many of us have called them out on the claims to "make" elite athletes. I think Chuck Liddel is one good example of an elite athlete who went into the tank when he employed the @fit way. Others merely use the workouts once in a while to boost GPP (see oly lifters in Burgener's camp, Rippitoe, etc.). Even the Great Waffler, Greg Everett, only uses @fit as metcon (more or less) and to bring in the clients. Bottom line here is @fit is a schtick, gimmick, and snake oil to bring in the masses who want a "hardcore" plan to get ripped.
It worked on me for a while. Then I decided I'd like to be able to use my elbow again.

BTW, DJ was associated with @fit. Hasn't been that way for over 2 years. He's smarter than that, as you know.

"CrossFit Nation", snicker.

"But, now I am at least aware of my deficiencies and I look forward each week, with great delight, to see what type of pain and suffering you're going to throw my way."

-Cultfitter whose life was inspiration for The Gimp in "Pulp Fiction"

Neil Anderson is apparently the latest of the spin doctors. Tony must not have been able to handle it. It's a hallmark of both smallness of intellect and of character to act the way he does.

The Radio guy is a douche. He think he stuck it to Boyle, but just managed to come off like a dick. I can't wait for the AlliTitty stuff to blow up in his face.

In other news. There's another article about the Ruthless Case in the Washington Post.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 03032.html

Stillwater wrote:The Radio guy is a douche. He think he stuck it to Boyle, but just managed to come off like a dick. I can't wait for the AlliTitty stuff to blow up in his face.

In other news. There's another article about the Ruthless Case in the Washington Post.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 03032.html

Holy shit, the dude was permanently injured. And Couch made fun of him? What the fuck?

Verdict tomorrow (Wednesday) according to the crossfit message board.

Capt. Carl Redding, a Marines spokesman ... "The key is supervised coaching," he said.

This is what's going to assfuck Cultfit eventually. In their rush to snatch a grand off anybody dumb enough to pay for a "Certification", they're turning out hundreds and thousands of "certified" cultfit trainers who aren't qualified to teach dodge ball to paraplegics much less coach/manage a high-intensity training program for housewives.

A while back in CJ Murphy's Total Performance Sports newsletter was the following writeup:

TPS Smokes Boston CrossFit!
On Sunday 8/24, TPS participated in the Corporate Challenge (Sponsor's Relay Race) at the 2nd Annual N.E. Firefighter Combat Challenge© (FFCC)Series in Haverhill, MA. Competing against other businesses that helped sponsor the event, the Corporate Challenge was a 5 man relay team that completed the same course obstacles, but without having to run it in full firefighter gear. Paul Weinburg, who promoted the event, decided to pair us against CrossFit Boston in the Best Gym category since both teams would have a distinct advantage over the other 6 companies.

CrossFit is the "unofficial" fitness representative to the FFCC, so naturally, with the gym's reputation on the line, we took this challenge very seriously and asked TPS' own Steve DiLello to coach the group then put together a solid team of specialized athletes: Rob Gregorio - conditioning sadist, Cory Davis - conditioning expert extraordinaire, Mike "Mailbox" Pelosi - super hero strength maven and Dave Pietrantonio - UnderArmour'd mega athlete. We only need 4 athlets as opposed to the 5 allowed!

The difficulty with this competition is the highly specialized equipment that is used: a five-story stair tower, donut roll hose hoist, Keiser Force machine sled and mallet, a "Rescue Randy" victim doll and live, water filled hoses. Without any of these implements to train on, we improvised what we could at the gym and then entered the day's competition with only a few moments to warm up on the actual course.

Needless to say, it boiled down to a battle of training methodologies, CrossFit's "endurance" methods to TPS' strength based methods, and the winner was overwhelmingly TPS! With a blazing time of 1:33 (which included 4 seconds of added penalties for falling on the course) to CrossFit's time of 1:38, we took home 1st Place and garnered a lot of interest for FFCC training advice.



I wonder if that mde it onto the Crossfit Boards..........................

sanchezero wrote:imagine how huge crossfit would be if cooch could actually walk the talk as opposed to being able to barely walk; if he didn't just spew random, belligerent idiocy ad nauseam and instead spoke rationally and added a dose of humility (even if only for the sake of marketing) to his efforts.

qft. Srsly, having a fucking limp is no excuse to not train at all. I know guys in WHEELCHAIRS who could tear his gin saturated ass in half. The worst part though, besides all that is the fact that he still insists (despite all of his non-training) that he could outperform damn near everyone. He's not a legend in his own mind: he is GOD.

From the xfit board:


The jury returned its verdict and it is in favor of Mr. Mimms, finding Javier Lopez, Ruthless Training Concepts, LLC and the World Gym in which Ruthless was located, liable for damages in the amount of $300,000.

Link: http://www.board.crossfit.com/showthrea ... ict&page=4

Sorry, not true. I just got off the phone with Dino.

Interesting thread.

I called Dino too early. The guy was right. It seems that the jury bought some interesting claims. Interesting stuff. It is going to change the way I welcome people to my gyms, that's for sure...

The articles states that troops struck with rhabdo are more likely to be from Army and Marine units, that cases tend to occur in the summer, and that blacks and other non-white service members are at a higher risk of suffering from the ailment.

Moral of the story: When breeding a race of super-soldiers, make sure they're white.

So in the Radio Circle Jerk with couch and the gang, he goes on and on about how they take Rhabdo seriously and do more than anyone else to educate people and how Uncle Rhabdo isn't to make fun of the people who get it. And then goes on to say hey would never make fun of a serious disease. Did they forget the video they posted making fun of the guy getting it from doing a "kids" workout.

http://www.crossfit.com/mt-archive2/004059.html

Maybe Makimba should sue couch for mental anguish.

jscratch wrote:

sanchezero wrote:imagine how huge crossfit would be if cooch could actually walk the talk as opposed to being able to barely walk; if he didn't just spew random, belligerent idiocy ad nauseam and instead spoke rationally and added a dose of humility (even if only for the sake of marketing) to his efforts.

qft. Srsly, having a fucking limp is no excuse to not train at all. I know guys in WHEELCHAIRS who could tear his gin saturated ass in half. The worst part though, besides all that is the fact that he still insists (despite all of his non-training) that he could outperform damn near everyone. He's not a legend in his own mind: he is GOD.

whatever, shitstirrer, i use my limp as an excuse for all sorts o'shit.

Funny seeing those crossfitters so full of themselves. Now they're ragging on servicemen. Maybe they should go to Iraq and see how well they hold up.

Associated Press
Published: October 9, 2008

MANASSAS, Va. (AP) - A former Navy information systems technician has been awarded $300,000 after suing a Manassas gym over an exercise program he says left him permanently disabled.
Twenty-nine-year-old Makimba Mimms of Bristow says the CrossFit workout he did in 2005 caused him to urinate blood and his legs to swell.
Mimms sued Manassas World Gym, where he did the workout; Ruthless Training Concepts, a CrossFit affiliate at the time; and a Ruthless employee who administered the workout. A Prince William County jury found all three defendants liable Wednesday.
The CrossFit program is popular in law enforcement and military circles but has been criticized as dangerous. It involves timed, high-intensity strength training with little or no rest or water between sets.


http://www.wnct.com/nct/news/national/a ... out/20725/

Rant wrote:Associated Press
Published: October 9, 2008

MANASSAS, Va. (AP) - A former Navy information systems technician has been awarded $300,000 after suing a Manassas gym over an exercise program he says left him permanently disabled.
Twenty-nine-year-old Makimba Mimms of Bristow says the CrossFit workout he did in 2005 caused him to urinate blood and his legs to swell.
Mimms sued Manassas World Gym, where he did the workout; Ruthless Training Concepts, a CrossFit affiliate at the time; and a Ruthless employee who administered the workout. A Prince William County jury found all three defendants liable Wednesday.
The CrossFit program is popular in law enforcement and military circles but has been criticized as dangerous. It involves timed, high-intensity strength training with little or no rest or water between sets.


http://www.wnct.com/nct/news/national/a ... out/20725/

Is this even being discussed over at @fit? My guess is no.

What I think is interesting is the back peddling going on. much like the "program" has evolved, so has the line of boolsheet.

First it was "we do what you do almost as well as you, you cannot do what we do, and we do what neither of us does better than you".

now it is "we cannot do what you do as well as you, you don't want to do what we do (kill people and make the survivors piss blood), and we are afraid to take on something that neither of us does but we have excuses why we wouldn't do well anyway."

Rant wrote:Is this even being discussed over at @fit? My guess is no.

Some atty/cultfitter attended some of the trial and posted about it.

I found this amusing:

CrossFit was not a party in the case. No person from CFHQ (or any other place in an official capacity on behalf of CF) was present at the case testifying as an expert, nor were any articles from the CF Journal allowed to be introduced as evidence by the parties - having been deemed that the probative value of the articles was outweighed by the potential prejudicial effect of Uncle Rhabdo and Pukie the Clown (and the Skull and Crossbones) would have on the Jury, and the Journal was deemed to not be authoritative because it was not a scientific, peer-reviewed journal.

the Journal was deemed to not be authoritative because it was not a scientific, peer-reviewed journal.

LMAO! Funny how they suddenly care about peer review.

This is very bad news for @fit. They can spin this anyway they want but of the 3 defendants liable one was a @fit affiliate and one was a @fit couch. It looks like Couch just cut the guy loose and told him he was on his own. So much for all the loving and supportive community bullshit. This sleazy move may have saved Couch’s ass for now but now there’s precedence on the books. This will effect the whole badass shtick at @fit. Affiliates and couches will be scrambling for ways to cover their asses. Word of this will spread like wild fire in fitness circles and be used as fodder for those looking to bring down Couch and his bullshit methods. I am very pleased about this outcome.

Grandpa's Spells wrote:

the Journal was deemed to not be authoritative because it was not a scientific, peer-reviewed journal.

LMAO! Funny how they suddenly care about peer review.

It must have killed couch to have to keep hit fat mouth shut when the court agreed that the Journal was unscientific.