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Dr. Agkistrodon wrote:I dunno, fuck. Maybe it's because the guys I lift with are always busting my balls about one thing or another, or the fact that every single time I think I'm getting good at this Jiu Jitsu shit one of my team mates fuckin smashes me- but I seriously don't get how anybody could be anything other than humbled by the process of pushing their own limitations. Who knows, maybe it's because, at the end of the day, slogging through a mud pit, getting zapped with cattle prods, or just plain old waaaay-stupid-high-rep snatches with shitty form and baby weight till you puke and get handed a t-shirt just isn't really all that difficult or challenging at the end of the day. Not challenging enough to beatdown your ego. Or maybe it is, but the fact that everybody's there cheering you on like youre some kind of amazing "athlete," and telling you you're "elite" (compared to what?) builds that ego up worse.

What I dislike, is this self-perpetuating lie that this ilk has any gravitas whatsoever.

Shafpocalypse Now wrote:A classic couch...like when he attempted to character assassinate Mel Siff after Siff died.

David Tate: I take the "Fraud" comment as an insult. I have spent most of my life studying training theory and methodology and have spent thousands of hours of my life reading and researching everything and anything that deals with strength development including a degree in the field. I guess ALL those THOUSANDS of hours I have spent (as well as many others) as well as the THOUSANDS of hours training myself and others are all worthless and yielded zero education and experience and thus I'm a fraud. Would I still be the same "Fraud" if I had a crossfit certification? I work, live, and cater to a niche market made up of those who place training as one of their top 4 priorities and would not trade it for anything! It is statements like these that make me thankful for staying true to this market.

David Tate: Eric Lain - I do not feel I am even qualified to offer or teach a certification let alone debate anyone on strength and conditioning. Like yourself I am constantly studying and learning and the more I learn the more I discover how much I do not know. I respect all viewpoints and think you can learn something from just about everyone. However the Fraud comment crossed the line for me because there are MANY of us who have worked our asses off help others.

nafod wrote:I did the local HARDCORE(tm) Mud Run, which was a fun group experience. But it reminded me of the difference between riding a crazy wild roller coaster where it makes you feel like you could die, and flying aerobatic plane where you could die. Still, there was exercise, puzzles, friends, and cold beer.

The whole thing was utterly chaotic, and completely unprofessional. I truly believe that other Outlaw Training Camps in some of the other locations have had such good reviews merely because they had more coaches on staff, such as Spencer Arnold. Rudy you are an entertaining, comical speaker, statistical nerd, and genius programmer, and I do give you props for that, however, when it comes down to coaching I’m really starting to have doubts. Granted this is my opinion from a less than ideal three day experience, which left me feeling as if I vomited a little in my mouth. Shit happens, I get it, but you have to do a reality check, a gonad check if you will. THIS IS YOUR JOB, THE JOB YOU CHOSE, CAMPS YOU ADDED!! If you are burned out, cancel the camps and refund people their money. You advertised a quality product, and delivered a fucking cheesy alternative.

Chessman wrote:http://blog.spartanrace.com/tales-from- ... -coaching/

Not just anyone can apply to be a Certified Spartan Coach, the mandates include training specific from one or the major organizations (ACSM, NSCA, NASM or ACE) or a four year degree in Exercise and Sports Science. Yes, this is a no joke certification. It was even asked for proof of this certification. All applicants were required to have five years working experience and a resume to back this up. We were each required to write two different essays the first of many more essays to come regarding our ideas on coaching and training.

To prove we weren’t just gym rats we were asked if we had completed in the last five years this short this: 30 Day Bikram Yoga Challenge, Marathon or longer, Century bike ride, or 50 mile mountain bike ride, 2 mile swim, Super Spartan or greater. Again here we needed to include proof of results from races. A major part was do you live by the Spartan Code which included a list of several aspects of life.

Finally, the most rewarding part of the application was the letters of recommendations, eight from former or current athletes and an additional five character letters of recommendation.

Koko, Beware wrote:http://roguevalleygirl.wordpress.com/20 ... -faux-pas/

The whole thing was utterly chaotic, and completely unprofessional. I truly believe that other Outlaw Training Camps in some of the other locations have had such good reviews merely because they had more coaches on staff, such as Spencer Arnold. Rudy you are an entertaining, comical speaker, statistical nerd, and genius programmer, and I do give you props for that, however, when it comes down to coaching I’m really starting to have doubts. Granted this is my opinion from a less than ideal three day experience, which left me feeling as if I vomited a little in my mouth. Shit happens, I get it, but you have to do a reality check, a gonad check if you will. THIS IS YOUR JOB, THE JOB YOU CHOSE, CAMPS YOU ADDED!! If you are burned out, cancel the camps and refund people their money. You advertised a quality product, and delivered a fucking cheesy alternative.

Outlaw Training Camp – Fuck Yeah!……..uh, FUCK NO!!

130211 – 130213

I think it would be very fitting to start off by saying that Rudy should cock punch himself 50 times.

Notes: Reps should be alternating fist so you have to put down your fucking phone, and the force of the punches is to be maximal. 100 burpee penalty for touching your beard.

After following the Outlaw way programming for almost a year, and cracking up at the posts written with your rude sense of humor, and watching the Outlaw athletes killing events, needless to say the opportunity of attending a training camp with you and the staff members you had recruited, was pretty exciting. This was, however, when I was under the impression that a “training camp” was an organized period of training where people learn and develop skills in a sport. Oh yes, and as the website advertises, (insert drum roll and trumpets…duh duh da dah) this is all “under the watchful eye of Rudy”. Hmmm….funny shit, watchful eye, my ass! Maybe if the mannerless oaf wasn’t looking at his phone! It became very clear the first night that if you weren’t hitting a big PR, you might as well put your shit away, grab a beer, and go stick your thumb up your ass. Of course there were approximately 70 people crammed into the overbooked “training camp” aka: Bankroll.



Thank goodness for the integrity and professionalism of TJ and the talented coaching staff at TJ’s Gym in Novato. TJ and Marcus Filly, you rock!! Rudy, you should man up and do the right thing and compensate them for putting on an impromptu clinic and lecture after you shit on them the last day, leaving them to announce to a gym full of athletes that you may be there 4 hours late, or you may not be coming at all…which ended up being the case. WTF? And still none of the athletes have gotten an explanation or apology on your behalf, no blog post, nothing! Not to mention the change of camp dates that were originally set for Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Who fucking changes the dates by a day and doesn’t bother to send out an email to those who have signed up, or even make an announcement on the daily post. So you do the math, since you are the self proclaimed statistics nerd. You were 20 minutes late the first night, 20 minutes late for the morning session the next day, and 15 minutes late after lunch…..how much did that cut into our training time with you? Oh, and that’s right….you didn’t even show up on the last day! It’s YOUR FUCKING JOB; you get paid to “train” us. Here is a direct quote from you during the handstand session when a few people trying to find space and not kick other people because it was crowded, went into the wrestling room to practice. “Everyone should be in this room…you paid good money to have our eyes on you, that is why you are here” Yes Rudy, you fucking arrogant asshole, we did, and you didn’t even bother to show up on time once, or at all on the last day, or put your phone down hardly at all!! Not to mention there were people who paid a lot of money to change their airline tickets due to the unknown date change, in addition, to people who requested time off from work, or coaches making sure their classes were covered while they were gone. Well, no special equation, or statistics nerd needed here……….. Plain and simple “we got fucked”!




The whole thing was utterly chaotic, and completely unprofessional. I truly believe that other Outlaw Training Camps in some of the other locations have had such good reviews merely because they had more coaches on staff, such as Spencer Arnold. Rudy you are an entertaining, comical speaker, statistical nerd, and genius programmer, and I do give you props for that, however, when it comes down to coaching I’m really starting to have doubts. Granted this is my opinion from a less than ideal three day experience, which left me feeling as if I vomited a little in my mouth. Shit happens, I get it, but you have to do a reality check, a gonad check if you will. THIS IS YOUR JOB, THE JOB YOU CHOSE, CAMPS YOU ADDED!! If you are burned out, cancel the camps and refund people their money. You advertised a quality product, and delivered a fucking cheesy alternative. Hey, if you have a legit family emergency, food poisoning, or another illness that causes you to shit yourself and puke simultaneously, I get it; it’s hard to be present. What happened to be prepared for the unknown, isn’t that part of what crossfit is all about? What about mental toughness, isn’t that something you require of your athletes? At some point some integrity, self sacrifice, and professionalism have to surface, or the validity of your “training camps” is going to be void. I can’t imagine you would bail on your athletes during competition at the games, but from what I have experienced this weekend, who knows. Although, when I replay a lot of the things that were said during the time that you were present at the camp, it seems as though you are only interested in catering to the sport’s top prospects, the elite. That leads me to another topic of slight disgust from the weekend. In your lecture you talked about not repeating the Open wods, “fuck the open” well, we thought it was funny, and even want to have shirts made for our Open wod nights that say “fuck the open”. Your idea behind it was basically if you are struggling to qualify for Regionals, you sure as shit aren’t going to the games, so the Open doesn’t matter. While this is true, I think back to last year’s open and what an amazing experience it was for our crossfit family. Sure, there were numerous people competing that had no chance of qualifying for regionals, let alone the games, but they were participating in the competition and proving things to themselves and some even surpassing their expectations. In all honesty, I had only been doing crossfit for three months when the open started, so much to your dismay; it was my “goal” to qualify for regionals. I wouldn’t change a thing…for me it was all about learning. Regionals was my second crossfit competition, and I would not have wanted to be at my first regionals as a top seeded competitor. HUGE learning experience and I am so glad I got the opportunity to go and compete and learn. Learn about myself, my abilities, my weaknesses, the mental game, being no-repped, the coach – athlete cues, etc. All I’m saying is that there are so many people within the crossfit community, and each and every one of us has our own set of aspirations. Whether it’s to compete at the games, or to complete your first unassisted pull up, so what, it’s ok. So Rudy that is what makes me question your intent as a “coach”, or “training camp guru”, and not just a programmer. Just like each member of a box being at different levels and having different goals, so were the people that were at the camp this weekend. Our intent was to come and learn and better our skill set and movement patterns to help us achieve our individual goals. Yes there were a lot of very talented athletes there, but each one, not just the ones you honed in on as potentially elite, should have been given your attention. Even at that, they should have gotten your full, not a half assed, hold on a minute, I’m looking at my phone attention.

I know a lot of people will be shocked I wrote this, but if they’ve read any of your posts they will understand the satirical nature of a lot of it. I have no qualms whatsoever as I know that if you were to have an experience like we did this weekend you would publicly deface and rip the camp director a new asshole, if not worse.

milosz wrote:What do these people mean by "genius programmer"?

milosz wrote:What do these people mean by "genius programmer"?

tzg wrote:

milosz wrote:What do these people mean by "genius programmer"?

open source, yo.