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Yes I Have Balls wrote:Oh lookie, @Fit panders to another sponsor to rake in $$$$ and the rank and file are shitting bricks.

http://journal.crossfit.com/2010/07/sup ... l#comments

Until quite recently, supplementation was not part of the collective CrossFit consciousness. This was, perhaps, part of the CrossFit community’s generalized disdain for hyper-consumerism.

I'll say this once, and say it as eloquently as I can. This is hypocrisy. On one hand you are preaching "better living through food" and on the other hand "supplementation MAY push you to be a better athlete".

I've been around the lifting world long enough to know that supplements work... when combined with a balanced diet, and I've ALSO been around long enough that an endorsement like this doesn't come "free". You are pushing Progenex and At-Large down our throats just like you push the Zone down our throats.

Maybe you need supplements to ward off muscle atrophy after eating 11 blocks a day? Maybe some people are too naive to realize the double message here.

This isn't a random guy posting an article, like say me, about the benefits of egg white protein powder for an athlete. This is the owner of a supplement company writing an article for the company who's "games" he is sponsoring. This reminds me of an ad in MuscleMag for MuscleTech but this time the bottom footer of "advertisement" is missing on this one.

This, like the Glassman evolution article, is a joke. I don't care about what Mason says, hell... he isn't wrong in saying that supplementation works, but he is a paid sponsor, the agenda is PLAINLY clear. Its like "dude, sponsor the games and we'll publish an article about at large on the journal so every firebreathing follower who does as we say can spend their money with you".

Don't take this as an attack on supplements, I take some and they help. Take this as an attack on your so-called "anti-hyper-consumerism" and the blatant hyprocrisy you are now showing by SHOWCASING a consumer product, and not because they may be good... but because they are a sponsor.

And save the HQ posturing and rationale, again. That's exactly what this looks like or why would you have changed your stance so quickly as soon as 2 supplement companies get involved with the games.

Mike Caviston wrote:As for the andro broads… You know those chicks are used to @F dudes with sloppy technique who shoot their WOD in 5 minutes. They’re just not equipped to handle a guy with my control and endurance.

Ed Zachary wrote:Isn't Jay Ashman on the outs anyway?

I believe he may be mutual friends with some of our cohorts here.

Yes I Have Balls wrote:

Shapecharge wrote:What kind of times are some of the supposed elite @fitters running for a 5K?

Apparently the average for the men's 'competitors' at the Gaymes is 19:44. Of course last years winner (Miko Salo), who is a very fit fucker who had hardly heard of @Fit before has these current stats:

Age 30
Height 5' 8"
Weight 175
Hometown Pori, Finland
Fran Time 02:12
Max Clean & Jerk 297
Max Snatch 220
Max Deadlift 539
Max Back Squat 418
Max Pullups 67
5K run time 17:34

Yes I Have Balls wrote:

Shapecharge wrote:What kind of times are some of the supposed elite @fitters running for a 5K?

Apparently the average for the men's 'competitors' at the Gaymes is 19:44. Of course last years winner (Miko Salo), who is a very fit fucker who had hardly heard of @Fit before has these current stats:

Age 30
Height 5' 8"
Weight 175
Hometown Pori, Finland
Fran Time 02:12
Max Clean & Jerk 297
Max Snatch 220
Max Deadlift 539
Max Back Squat 418
Max Pullups 67
5K run time 17:34

Cowboys and Aliens wrote:Not to forget all the camera and recording equipment that they need to flood the web with countless videos of their shitty performances.

At the Top of every Hour for 24 Hours, Do 10 Minutes of Maximum Distance Possible, Rest 50min and repeat for 24 Hours

Use the 50min between every effort to eat, sleep and recover.

milosz wrote:

Cowboys and Aliens wrote:Not to forget all the camera and recording equipment that they need to flood the web with countless videos of their shitty performances.

Of all the stupid shit CF does, this is one thing I think they (often) get right. What passes for gym marketing today is pathetic. Hire a semi-pro photographer with a flash and get an entire website's worth of photographs in an afternoon. Put it on a Wordpress blog. Update on occasion to say what's going on at your gym.

I understand that a lot of gyms aren't run by people with a great deal of business sense, but I should be able to pull up the website for any gym in my area and have a solid idea exactly what equipment they have and what the facilities look like.

Icarus wrote:Todays Xfit endurance workout:

At the Top of every Hour for 24 Hours, Do 10 Minutes of Maximum Distance Possible, Rest 50min and repeat for 24 Hours

Use the 50min between every effort to eat, sleep and recover.

Whos in?

Crossfit.com wrote:Bike 30K

Icarus wrote:Todays Xfit endurance workout:

At the Top of every Hour for 24 Hours, Do 10 Minutes of Maximum Distance Possible, Rest 50min and repeat for 24 Hours

Use the 50min between every effort to eat, sleep and recover.

Whos in?

Dan Martin wrote:I starting to think one of the WOD's should be the Wonderlic Test.

kreator wrote:

Icarus wrote:Todays Xfit endurance workout:

At the Top of every Hour for 24 Hours, Do 10 Minutes of Maximum Distance Possible, Rest 50min and repeat for 24 Hours

Use the 50min between every effort to eat, sleep and recover.

Whos in?

If you're training for a 24 hour thing, this might be a worthwhile idea. I'm not exactly sure why it's superior to a 240 minute run at 2 in the morning, but whatever.

Except that 99.999% people on that site aren't. So you're being sleep deprived for no reason, and therefore it's stupid.

Charismatic megafauna wrote:that 24 hour workout is nearly the exact opposite of the successful training strategies used by ultra distance competitors. most of whom train pretty much like marathon runners or distance cyclists, just a little more. and more focused on the mental acclimation to extreme boredom, staying alert while in a groove and dealing with the time altering effects of darkness.

sanchezero wrote:goddammit, grilla! wtf is with these white fuckin' shirts?

like most underdeveloped primates, i'm a sloppy eater and a dirty motherfucker and i can't be bothered to do laundry more than once a month or so. that means earth tones and other darker colors, nigga! i have to be able to hide all the rotten fuckin' salsa that ran down my chin from the monkeys with the ladyparts. goddammit...