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Dirt Diva is the Sarah Palin of IGx.

and for you lefty wackos think about it a little while before you melt down.
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powerlifter54 wrote:Dirt Diva is the Sarah Palin of IGx.
Palin = B-Mac. Catra wouldn't DNF her first term in the Governor's mansion.
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Besides jacking up my laptop, that endurance link had nuggets of knowledge.
when programming for a triathlete, the athlete is
essentially competing in four sports: CrossFit, running,
biking and swimming.
The general prescription for the multi-sport athlete is to
again perform four to six CrossFit workouts per week.
In this case, however, supplementation will include two
workouts per sport per week maximum. Furthermore,
due to the number of sports that are being trained simultaneously,
we prescribe performing no more than one to
two stamina-based workouts per week—maximum—as
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powerlifter54 wrote:Dirt Diva is the Sarah Palin of IGx.

and for you lefty wackos think about it a little while before you melt down.

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tough old man wrote:Besides jacking up my laptop, that endurance link had nuggets of knowledge.
when programming for a triathlete, the athlete is
essentially competing in four sports: CrossFit, running,
biking and swimming.
The general prescription for the multi-sport athlete is to
again perform four to six CrossFit workouts per week.
In this case, however, supplementation will include two
workouts per sport per week maximum. Furthermore,
due to the number of sports that are being trained simultaneously,
we prescribe performing no more than one to
two stamina-based workouts per week—maximum—as
well.
So the CFE "prescription" for a triathlete is to do @fit and not run, bike or swim very much. Let me know when that produces a win at Kona or a professional contract for a cyclist.
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Indeed.

That "prescription" for endurance training using XF is fucking ludicrious.

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Shapecharge wrote:I've posted a couple of times on her blog asking her to come over and she says she will. Don't fucking run her off if she does.
Coming from you, Shape, that is the fucking funniest thing I've read in quite some time.

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Shafpocalypse Now wrote:Indeed.

That "prescription" for endurance training using XF is fucking ludicrious.
Well, to be fair, if Macca had known that by switching to CFE and having a 350lb BS he could have dominated Kona this year ..... oh wait

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Yes I Have Balls wrote:
Shafpocalypse Now wrote:Indeed.

That "prescription" for endurance training using XF is fucking ludicrious.
Well, to be fair, if Macca had known that by switching to CFE and having a 350lb BS he could have dominated Kona this year ..... oh wait
If Chris McCormack came to you and said "I want to win Kona this year (again)" how would you train him?

I’d tell him I can’t train him. An athlete like that is such a specialist that it would take me 2-3 years just to get him moving correctly enough to handle what I wanted to do to him. If I had 2-3 years and we could change his nutrition, and put some size and strength on him, all the while he still could move efficiently, then I would never let him do an unnecessary mile or minute of training again. Unfortunately, he probably wouldn’t be able to wrap his head around that, and have a break down, and secretly go out and swim/bike/run real long. I can’t give you his code for training because they are all different, but I can tell you he would not only not survive with me but would not win Kona if I only had a year.

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powerlifter54 wrote:Dirt Diva is the Sarah Palin of IGx.

and for you lefty wackos think about it a little while before you melt down.

Cause we want to knock the bottom out of that shit. Thats the only thing I can think of.

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Shapecharge wrote:I've posted a couple of times on her blog asking her to come over and she says she will. Don't fucking run her off if she does.
Fact is, trail running for ten hours a day doesn't leave a lot of time for goofing off on Internet training forums.
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WildGorillaMan wrote:
Shapecharge wrote:I've posted a couple of times on her blog asking her to come over and she says she will. Don't fucking run her off if she does.
Fact is, trail running for ten hours a day doesn't leave a lot of time for goofing off on Internet training forums.
Which is EXACTLY why she needs CFE!!


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kreator wrote:
Yes I Have Balls wrote:
Shafpocalypse Now wrote:Indeed.

That "prescription" for endurance training using XF is fucking ludicrious.
Well, to be fair, if Macca had known that by switching to CFE and having a 350lb BS he could have dominated Kona this year ..... oh wait
If Chris McCormack came to you and said "I want to win Kona this year (again)" how would you train him?

I’d tell him I can’t train him. An athlete like that is such a specialist that it would take me 2-3 years just to get him moving correctly enough to handle what I wanted to do to him. If I had 2-3 years and we could change his nutrition, and put some size and strength on him, all the while he still could move efficiently, then I would never let him do an unnecessary mile or minute of training again. Unfortunately, he probably wouldn’t be able to wrap his head around that, and have a break down, and secretly go out and swim/bike/run real long. I can’t give you his code for training because they are all different, but I can tell you he would not only not survive with me but would not win Kona if I only had a year.

http://www.gotrimax.com/TriMaxBmac.htm
These guys are awesome. It's not that they COULDN'T train these people ...it's just that they need YEARS to do it...and since no athlete is willing to do that....Crossfit trainers are never put to the test and can schlep off with their hubris intact.
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protobuilder wrote:
kreator wrote:
Yes I Have Balls wrote:
Shafpocalypse Now wrote:Indeed.

That "prescription" for endurance training using XF is fucking ludicrious.
Well, to be fair, if Macca had known that by switching to CFE and having a 350lb BS he could have dominated Kona this year ..... oh wait
If Chris McCormack came to you and said "I want to win Kona this year (again)" how would you train him?

I’d tell him I can’t train him. An athlete like that is such a specialist that it would take me 2-3 years just to get him moving correctly enough to handle what I wanted to do to him. If I had 2-3 years and we could change his nutrition, and put some size and strength on him, all the while he still could move efficiently, then I would never let him do an unnecessary mile or minute of training again. Unfortunately, he probably wouldn’t be able to wrap his head around that, and have a break down, and secretly go out and swim/bike/run real long. I can’t give you his code for training because they are all different, but I can tell you he would not only not survive with me but would not win Kona if I only had a year.

http://www.gotrimax.com/TriMaxBmac.htm
These guys are awesome. It's not that they COULDN'T train these people ...it's just that they need YEARS to do it...and since no athlete is willing to do that....Crossfit trainers are never put to the test and can schlep off with their hubris intact.
Has anybody ever trained CrossFit 2-3 years continuously? I mean without ending up on I/R or skid row?
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Couch Crassman kicked off Facebook again?
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Dan Martin wrote: Has anybody ever trained CrossFit 2-3 years continuously? I mean without ending up on I/R or skid row?
Yeah, that Connor Martin has supposedly done CrossFit for years since he was 14 or something like that. Apparently it's not enough because he didn't make the CF games when he tried to qualify.

All those people who keep saying "oh just wait until real CF athletes start doing this from a young age, wait until they dominate everyone" -- yeah, right.

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Dan Martin wrote:
protobuilder wrote:
kreator wrote:
Yes I Have Balls wrote:
Shafpocalypse Now wrote:Indeed.

That "prescription" for endurance training using XF is fucking ludicrious.
Well, to be fair, if Macca had known that by switching to CFE and having a 350lb BS he could have dominated Kona this year ..... oh wait
If Chris McCormack came to you and said "I want to win Kona this year (again)" how would you train him?

I’d tell him I can’t train him. An athlete like that is such a specialist that it would take me 2-3 years just to get him moving correctly enough to handle what I wanted to do to him. If I had 2-3 years and we could change his nutrition, and put some size and strength on him, all the while he still could move efficiently, then I would never let him do an unnecessary mile or minute of training again. Unfortunately, he probably wouldn’t be able to wrap his head around that, and have a break down, and secretly go out and swim/bike/run real long. I can’t give you his code for training because they are all different, but I can tell you he would not only not survive with me but would not win Kona if I only had a year.

http://www.gotrimax.com/TriMaxBmac.htm
These guys are awesome. It's not that they COULDN'T train these people ...it's just that they need YEARS to do it...and since no athlete is willing to do that....Crossfit trainers are never put to the test and can schlep off with their hubris intact.
Has anybody ever trained CrossFit 2-3 years continuously? I mean without ending up on I/R or skid row?
I think Rant had an issue with skid road or something.
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coop wrote:
Dan Martin wrote:
protobuilder wrote:
kreator wrote:
Yes I Have Balls wrote:
Shafpocalypse Now wrote:Indeed.

That "prescription" for endurance training using XF is fucking ludicrious.
Well, to be fair, if Macca had known that by switching to CFE and having a 350lb BS he could have dominated Kona this year ..... oh wait
If Chris McCormack came to you and said "I want to win Kona this year (again)" how would you train him?

I’d tell him I can’t train him. An athlete like that is such a specialist that it would take me 2-3 years just to get him moving correctly enough to handle what I wanted to do to him. If I had 2-3 years and we could change his nutrition, and put some size and strength on him, all the while he still could move efficiently, then I would never let him do an unnecessary mile or minute of training again. Unfortunately, he probably wouldn’t be able to wrap his head around that, and have a break down, and secretly go out and swim/bike/run real long. I can’t give you his code for training because they are all different, but I can tell you he would not only not survive with me but would not win Kona if I only had a year.

http://www.gotrimax.com/TriMaxBmac.htm
These guys are awesome. It's not that they COULDN'T train these people ...it's just that they need YEARS to do it...and since no athlete is willing to do that....Crossfit trainers are never put to the test and can schlep off with their hubris intact.
Has anybody ever trained CrossFit 2-3 years continuously? I mean without ending up on I/R or skid row?
I think Rant had an issue with skid road or something.

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Already got a shout-out to the couch thread in the comments: http://www.slate.com/id/2281700/

Hello to our new friends from Slate I guess - if any read this far.

Article was meh... not nearly as much fun stuff as the NYT article a while back; no remarks on Couch's physique or anything. But these days they're keeping him locked away like some sort of drunken, senile uncle so it's not surprising.

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kreator wrote:
Dan Martin wrote: Has anybody ever trained CrossFit 2-3 years continuously? I mean without ending up on I/R or skid row?
Yeah, that Connor Martin has supposedly done CrossFit for years since he was 14 or something like that. Apparently it's not enough because he didn't make the CF games when he tried to qualify.

All those people who keep saying "oh just wait until real CF athletes start doing this from a young age, wait until they dominate everyone" -- yeah, right.

](*,)
Wasn't there a girl who was the same age as him that also didn't make it in and had basically the same amount of years doing @F?

It's great when they use anecdotal evidence to support their claims, but when someone fails (repeatedly sometimes) - it's never the fucking programs fault.
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I'm sick of @F

We have 3 now at the gym. I was wearing my vibrams and swinging a 'bell around so obviously he thought I was kindred, he didn't notice I was doing skillful work with no slop.

Seriously, I'm just fucking sick of arguing about it. Weak, skinny @Fers seem to breed like maggots on the corpse of legit S&C principles.

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Shafpocalypse Now wrote:I'm sick of @F

We have 3 now at the gym. I was wearing my vibrams and swinging a 'bell around so obviously he thought I was kindred, he didn't notice I was doing skillful work with no slop.

Seriously, I'm just fucking sick of arguing about it. Weak, skinny @Fers seem to breed like maggots on the corpse of legit S&C principles.
I hear that, I am just about up to here with @fit as well.

Its a marketing juggernaut and clueless people who think they are getting a great workout by working themselves to the bone constantly while trainers don't correct bad form, encourage speed over technical precision and who think laying on the floor looking like they just got hit by a truck is the end to a solid workout.

I am ashamed of myself for ever doing it, encouraging it and taking part in it... I should have known better and I regret it.

Now we are seeing sports teams use CF to get ready for the season??? For an untrained HS kid that may work short-term but it will do more harm than good in the long term.

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friedquads wrote:
kreator wrote:
Dan Martin wrote: Has anybody ever trained CrossFit 2-3 years continuously? I mean without ending up on I/R or skid row?
Yeah, that Connor Martin has supposedly done CrossFit for years since he was 14 or something like that. Apparently it's not enough because he didn't make the CF games when he tried to qualify.

All those people who keep saying "oh just wait until real CF athletes start doing this from a young age, wait until they dominate everyone" -- yeah, right.

](*,)
Wasn't there a girl who was the same age as him that also didn't make it in and had basically the same amount of years doing @F?

It's great when they use anecdotal evidence to support their claims, but when someone fails (repeatedly sometimes) - it's never the fucking programs fault.

There you have it. Even CrossFit cannot turn chicken shit into chicken salad.
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