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WildGorillaMan wrote: Because they want to look at her ass. Duh.

theoverman wrote:Is no season sacred from shirtlessness? It's funny how they try to pass off shirtlessness as a gimmick with a name like "lumberjack". Won't be long before we see "The IceFran Cometh" and "Fight Gone Cold".

ButterCupPowerRanch wrote:

theoverman wrote:Is no season sacred from shirtlessness? It's funny how they try to pass off shirtlessness as a gimmick with a name like "lumberjack". Won't be long before we see "The IceFran Cometh" and "Fight Gone Cold".

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Yes I Have Balls wrote:

ButterCupPowerRanch wrote:

theoverman wrote:Is no season sacred from shirtlessness? It's funny how they try to pass off shirtlessness as a gimmick with a name like "lumberjack". Won't be long before we see "The IceFran Cometh" and "Fight Gone Cold".

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Running shirtless in the snow is surely a tactical domain? Maybe the 'volume under the curve' protects them from frostbite?

Sofa King wrote: Yes I have Balls=Eva T.?

Sofa King wrote:

Yes I Have Balls wrote:

ButterCupPowerRanch wrote:

theoverman wrote:Is no season sacred from shirtlessness? It's funny how they try to pass off shirtlessness as a gimmick with a name like "lumberjack". Won't be long before we see "The IceFran Cometh" and "Fight Gone Cold".

????????

Running shirtless in the snow is surely a tactical domain? Maybe the 'volume under the curve' protects them from frostbite?

Yes I have Balls=Eva T.?

T200 wrote:...

JohnnyBadAss wrote:

T200 wrote:...

I am infinitely mesmerized by your sig.

protobuilder wrote:An excellent crosspost from Dan John's Q&A forum on Dave Draper's site:

I remember when I first was introduced to CrossFit.

I was in Iraq, and stumbled upon their website after becoming disheartened with random BB crap I was getting in magazines.

I did the Austere Environment Program and made pretty good gains. I liked it so much that I made my whole platoon do it.

I decided I wanted to get stronger, so I did Starting Strength for about a year before moving on to doing Rip's TM and now Wendler's 5/3/1. I do sprints and KBs for "cardio," "METCON," whatever.

My friends in the CF community kept telling me how unfit I was becoming.

A couple of months ago I got the opportunity to work out at a CF affiliate for free while I was on TDY with the Army. I knew the guy running it, and I don't like lifting in a Globo Gym environment. He kept on saying that I should get on his programming to get back to my old level of "fitness." I said I wasn't interested. He insisted. So we started with the CFT...

I had the highest total ever in his box.

He had me do some "metcons." Every time, I had either the fastest or second fastest time. He kept trying to find a way that I was inferior to his athletes. Every time he failed.

It was as if I had told him everything he believed in was a lie. That is why CF has become a joke to me. All of their braggart claims of elitism are inane. It is like a religion to these people. The CF fundamentals are dogma, the science infallible, and their definition of fitness the true gospel. They disdainfully look down on those who train for "specificity." I guess being slightly better than average at a bunch of things is better than being an Olympic medalist in one thing. Whatever.

After all of the reasoning back and forth with my friend I finally said this to him:

"I am better than all of your gym at doing CF, yet I don't do CF. What does that say about CF?"

I am still waiting for an answer.

Shafpocalypse Now wrote:OVERMAN! Nice first post.

It's been pointed out repeatedly in this thread that

-XF has ALWAYS been about appearance first, performance second.
-XF has never done what it was supposed to do.

I will say that the good XFer are, if not injured, in very good condition, and that the group support is excellent, and that the intensity of the workouts (intensity of effort) is high, and the trim is often delish.

However, except for Starrett and his crowing over some fucking rowers, the high level athletes aren't there.

JohnnyBadAss wrote:

T200 wrote:...

I am infinitely mesmerized by your sig.

http://www.concept2.com/us/company/search.asp?

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WildGorillaMan wrote:Great first post, weak second post.

Moar Andro Babes, less philosophizing.

T200 wrote:POD, I have never been so happy to see a post you made.

Shave, do you see what you have done?

Impaired Vision after WOD

I have been CFing for a few years. I have on occasion had blurred vision after a Wod. Most of the time it is an 1 hr to 1.5 hrs after the wod. It usually lasts 40 min to 1 hr. The workout is usually very heavy and taxing. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks Matt

Shafpocalypse Now wrote:Nice.

My guess is blood sugar issues.

Or cerebral aneurysm.

Anon wrote:intraabdominal...intracranial...It's all good when you are testing the limits of human performance every day, you do what it takes, then you do some more. That is the way of the @ssfitter. Can't stand the heat, get out of the box.