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rjudo wrote:
You are clearly a supid motherfucker. Try reading her opening paragraph one more time. Look for the word "SQUAT."

Clearly. Oh wait, "Higher level of proficiency" =/= "learn."

dead man walking wrote:

CultBuster wrote: On a front that will be more fun to watch, I got word from a so/so source that Reebok will be taking over ALL @fit merchandise for everyone and anything with @fit printed on it will come from them in the next year...no more affiliate's printing their own shirts. reebok is going to take that off their hands so they can focus on coaching!

if an affiliate cannot improvise, does that make it a franchise?

I do know that the owner of a coffee shop I used to frequent had her franchise yanked for serving Unapproved pastries. Getting a slapdown for selling vulgar t-shirts is probably similar.

Has Dale Saran weighed in on this yet?

Video on main page at Reebok "sports liscensing division". 700,000 sq/ft that is "servicing the partnership w/ @fit". They will be "handling the affiliate gear program". The word is that nothing is being enforced and it will be offered as a means to help the affiliates with shirts ect. but with the $$$ Reebok puts into this I can't imagine them letting thousands of affiliate shirts be printed and sold with them getting nothing. In the video they also said that the ONLY thing an athlete can wear at the gaymes is what is in the box...shirts and board shorts I can see...but headgear, socks, shimmles (arm sleeves) and compresion gear will all be provided and will be the ONLY thing the "athletes" can wear !!!!!!!

CultBuster wrote:Video on main page at Reebok "sports liscensing division". 700,000 sq/ft that is "servicing the partnership w/ @fit". They will be "handling the affiliate gear program". The word is that nothing is being enforced and it will be offered as a means to help the affiliates with shirts ect. but with the $$$ Reebok puts into this I can't imagine them letting thousands of affiliate shirts be printed and sold with them getting nothing. In the video they also said that the ONLY thing an athlete can wear at the gaymes is what is in the box...shirts and board shorts I can see...but headgear, socks, shimmles (arm sleeves) and compresion gear will all be provided and will be the ONLY thing the "athletes" can wear !!!!!!!

CultBuster wrote:Video on main page at Reebok "sports liscensing division". 700,000 sq/ft that is "servicing the partnership w/ @fit". They will be "handling the affiliate gear program". The word is that nothing is being enforced and it will be offered as a means to help the affiliates with shirts ect. but with the $$$ Reebok puts into this I can't imagine them letting thousands of affiliate shirts be printed and sold with them getting nothing. In the video they also said that the ONLY thing an athlete can wear at the gaymes is what is in the box...shirts and board shorts I can see...but headgear, socks, shimmles (arm sleeves) and compresion gear will all be provided and will be the ONLY thing the "athletes" can wear !!!!!!!

I can't imagine R@@bok not:

Turning affiliates into franchises
Standardizing the training so that the mainpage WAD is what people will be guaranteed to get at any @F they go to
Taking over all the merchandising
Raising the stake/$$ to buy-in and the quality of operation of their new franchises
Adding required R@@bok-supplied gear to the WAD Rx

I can still imagine the corporate meeting between @F and R@@bok on the WAD programming:
"So, what's the basis of how you program the WAD?"
"Well, we pretty much just do random stuff for random rep ranges. There is no formula."
"So, technically anyone could program it?"
"Well..."

That ties into what I've heard, that after the Games the 'Bok is going to be taking a hard look at the salaries at HQ and start asking, Office Space-like "What DO you do here?"

Wow, took the back way home today and this had popped up since the last time I went that way:

http://www.push511.com/home

Despite the lack of name, it is a @fit joint.

X-fit is now what is never was. A Reebok 30-second commercial during an Arena Football game.

Sweaty babes and smurf guys in a collage of jumpcuts doing silly shit.

at some point reebok has to do the risk assessment regarding potential costs of lawsuits based on injuries resulting from doing workouts? the consequence of that assessment will be to eliminate the dumbfuck from programming. which means the end of x-fit as we know it.

sad.

He is a good coach at what he couches.

Subtle dig or IGX infection?

I think the Reebok take over could be the super nova of CF before it turns into a bland, corporate excersize program (PX90 with weights). You will have a mass exodus of CF faithful as their tatted up, pink haired hardcore training program trades her suggestive booty shorts for a clinton pant suit. Hell, even Barry may be stirred enough to turn his verbose tirades against the teat he has sucked for so long. You'll have the good CF gyms with decent programing and non dumbass coaches either split off or form their own community.

The Crawdaddy wrote:

rjudo wrote:
You are clearly a supid motherfucker. Try reading her opening paragraph one more time. Look for the word "SQUAT."

Clearly. Oh wait, "Higher level of proficiency" =/= "learn."

When one admits they squat incorrectly and travel to a coach who specializes in raw beginners, that would equal "learn." You are being a troll and a shitty, uninteresting one at that. Run your newbie ass on back to Rips board and suck his nuts like a good little submariner.

dead man walking wrote:at some point reebok has to do the risk assessment regarding potential costs of lawsuits based on injuries resulting from doing workouts? the consequence of that assessment will be to eliminate the dumbfuck from programming. which means the end of x-fit as we know it.

sad.

Did I miss something here? I thought they simply were sponsoring the Gaymes? Did the Couch sell a %-share to the corporate 'Bok?

Edit: And not trollin' there rjudo. Simply pointed out that your post was BS. Don't be all butt-hurt.

The Crawdaddy wrote:I think he pretty much said Gillian went there to learn to squat from Rippetoe. Did I mis-quote him? Not so much. I don't give a fuck about his credibility. My point was simply that what he posted was bullshit. Bother to read shit so you know what you are talking about or STFU.

As for my opinion of Rip's experience level, he's got quite a bit imo. He also has some decent weight-lifting connections in Bill Starr and Tommy Suggs. If that makes me a fan, so be it. Do I think he's great or anything. No personal experience by which to judge, which is probably more honest than dickhead's comment.

The point is that you're a noob riptard forum reject coming on here whiteknighting for him and insulting long standing members. That's great that rip was probably your first lifting guru but no one gives a fuck

WildGorillaMan wrote:

dead man walking wrote:

CultBuster wrote: On a front that will be more fun to watch, I got word from a so/so source that Reebok will be taking over ALL @fit merchandise for everyone and anything with @fit printed on it will come from them in the next year...no more affiliate's printing their own shirts. reebok is going to take that off their hands so they can focus on coaching!

if an affiliate cannot improvise, does that make it a franchise?

I do know that the owner of a coffee shop I used to frequent had her franchise yanked for serving Unapproved pastries. Getting a slapdown for selling vulgar t-shirts is probably similar.

Has Dale Saran weighed in on this yet?

This depends on what the franchisor wants and how the documents are written. We belong two separate franchises, neither of which require standardized training, we are giving training systems, but are allowed to use or add what whatever we want. The advantage is having the "business systems in a box" which sets you up for success, if you put them in place. By not providing the business systems @fit is avoiding the 'franchise' tag. They also dont require royalties on top of the lic fee and the filing of monthly sales reports and yearly audits by the states they are in.

I would be easy for them to convert affiliates to franchises, once/if they get approval in each individual state by simply saying they are now going with that model, here's what it cost to buy in. they could then provide the biz systems, national marketing and a list of preferred/approved vendors for things lie equipt and POS sales systems. At the same time they could easily hang some affiliates out to dry if they are in states that are tougher to get approval in, like Cali, Illinois, Wi, and MN

Herv100 wrote: The point is that you're a noob riptard forum reject coming on here whiteknighting for him and insulting long standing members. That's great that rip was probably your first lifting guru but no one gives a fuck

Noted. The fact that he's been here longer doesn't make him (or you) any more correct. About anything.

Edit: and if questioning the veracity of someone's comment is insulting (no matter who they are), then you need to dig your panties out of your butt.

Herv100 wrote:

The Crawdaddy wrote:I think he pretty much said Gillian went there to learn to squat from Rippetoe. Did I mis-quote him? Not so much. I don't give a fuck about his credibility. My point was simply that what he posted was bullshit. Bother to read shit so you know what you are talking about or STFU.

As for my opinion of Rip's experience level, he's got quite a bit imo. He also has some decent weight-lifting connections in Bill Starr and Tommy Suggs. If that makes me a fan, so be it. Do I think he's great or anything. No personal experience by which to judge, which is probably more honest than dickhead's comment.

The point is that you're a noob riptard forum reject coming on here whiteknighting for him and insulting long standing members. That's great that rip was probably your first lifting guru but no one gives a fuck

Nobody gives a fuck about Rip here, his surliness and his gaggle of noob cocksuckers, this dude needs to stfu with his Rip asslicking.

There is a reason why noobs flock to Rip like moths to a light, people who actually squat REAL weight look at his "hip drive" with laughter....

kreator wrote:

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Dan Martin wrote:

Jay wrote:

Dan Martin wrote:Rip doesn't wreck folks.

No he doesn't. But he also isn't the second coming either.

Don't define the prophet by his acolytes.

This, Jay. You know for a fact that he isn't like the jackasses on the SS forum and that those types don't populate his gym. So he disagreed with you on DL start position. Let the shit go.

Gin Master wrote:

Dan Martin wrote:

Jay wrote:

Dan Martin wrote:Rip doesn't wreck folks.

No he doesn't. But he also isn't the second coming either.

Don't define the prophet by his acolytes.

This, Jay. You know for a fact that he isn't like the jackasses on the SS forum and that those types don't populate his gym. So he disagreed with you on DL start position. Let the shit go.

It isn't about rip... its his online disciples that need a clue.

And I do know, rip is a good dude, he just cultivates a crew of idiots online that think he's the messiah.

Jay wrote:

Gin Master wrote:

Dan Martin wrote:

Jay wrote:

Dan Martin wrote:Rip doesn't wreck folks.

No he doesn't. But he also isn't the second coming either.

Don't define the prophet by his acolytes.

This, Jay. You know for a fact that he isn't like the jackasses on the SS forum and that those types don't populate his gym. So he disagreed with you on DL start position. Let the shit go.

It isn't about rip... its his online disciples that need a clue.

And I do know, rip is a good dude, he just cultivates a crew of idiots online that think he's the messiah.

I said prophet, not the son of god.

Dan Martin wrote:I said PROFIT, not the son of god.

Fixed.

Rip encourages those dipshits. That's the problem. Plus Rip spawned those 70s Big guys.

Also, Rip's a horny dude. Eva T's a horny lady. There may be dots to connect.

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kreator wrote:

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Dan Martin wrote:

Jay wrote:

Gin Master wrote:

Dan Martin wrote:

Jay wrote:

Dan Martin wrote:Rip doesn't wreck folks.

No he doesn't. But he also isn't the second coming either.

Don't define the prophet by his acolytes.

This, Jay. You know for a fact that he isn't like the jackasses on the SS forum and that those types don't populate his gym. So he disagreed with you on DL start position. Let the shit go.

It isn't about rip... its his online disciples that need a clue.

And I do know, rip is a good dude, he just cultivates a crew of idiots online that think he's the messiah.

I said prophet, not the son of god.

You didn't, but all his internet minions probably pray to Jesus, Mary and Rip every night

Kreator: The WOD was posted earlier somewhere...maybe even as early as 2002