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Crossfit and Rhabdomyolysis
- Thread starter CherryWoodFuton
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I've found one that's even worse. Watch this video and skip to around 4m 15s:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e1jcajW0gg
I had to close this after like 10 seconds... I mean, seriously?
Devolution
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People who do this should just have their child taken away on the spot.
CherryWoodFuton
Member
Dat kip
What the hell is that? Those are not pull-ups. It's crazy how few people do pull-ups properly. They either do an insane amount of kipping or do half or even quarter pull-ups.
It's used in gymnastics iirc.
Napoleonthechimp
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If Crossfit is all about functional strength training (lol), then what the hell...
That kipping pullup is puzzling as it seems 50% is the momentum of swinging back and forth. Just slowly control your movements up and down and you'll have a more intense workout as you'll be maximising the load on your muscles.
...is this?
That kipping pullup is puzzling as it seems 50% is the momentum of swinging back and forth. Just slowly control your movements up and down and you'll have a more intense workout as you'll be maximising the load on your muscles.
ohhthegore
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Devolution
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I imagine it's for movement and momentum training for the uneven bars not this.
Napoleonthechimp
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That guy is going to feel like a real champ when that bar falls forward and crushes his baby's skull.no excuses
Doesn't swinging around like that defeat the purpose of doing pullups in the first place? It's like swinging the weights to make curls easier.
Yes.
Yes and as a bonus it can fuck up your rotator cuff.
I looked it up a bit on the web and the kipping done in gymnastic is different. Crossfitters exaggerate the hell out of it and use their momentum to lift themselves up.
Properly done by a powerlifter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=boLl8rGhJvE
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Crossfit version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0MuVsFKmrE&t=2m03s
One of the comments in this video states that gymnasts use it to progress to ring work. I think that's true.
Price Dalton
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Really? I don't see why, as long as she's not hitting full range of motion.
I'm all for shitting on silly Crossfitters, but this particular exercise looks plenty safe. You don't seriously think she's banging her kid's face on the bar with every rep, do you?
Devolution
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It doesn't look plenty safe to me at all. Strapping your child to yourself while you do exercises at the gym is the complete opposite of safe to me.
Price Dalton
Member
Doing clean and jerks, squats, or walking lunges while wearing a baby? Definitely unsafe.
But smooth, controlled pullups from a bar that you can grab from standing? Pretty much the safest, most stable exercise there is. Just don't kip.
Devolution
Member
Or to avoid accidents like falling on her kid or bumping his head, the child could just be not strapped to her at all.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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crossfit always seemed like more of a marketing gimmick to me
Best part of crossfit is the gigantic light weight plates.
It's GREAT marketing because it makes it look like those people are picking up 300+ lbs when it's probably like 100.
Rookje
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They're bumper plates. They're that way so that you can drop the bar after doing OH squats, cleans etc without ruining the plates.
All of these crossfit memes are the vast vast VAST minority. I don't do crossfit anymore, but when I did I visited several boxes and never did I see anything like any of that. What you do see though is a lot of bad form on amateurs in tough WODs when they're fatigued. I think that's the biggest drawback to xfit. But the experienced members don't struggle with form even when fatigued.
It's the Atkins of workouts.
TheOctodad
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Yah, that has nothing to do with "crossfit." Those are "bumper" plates for olympic lifts. They have more bounce so you can safely drop them. Most olympic lifters use them as well. Nothing to do with "marketing."
As far as the kipping critique - anyone who thinks kipping pullups and strict pullups are the same is insane. However, most crossfitters I knew didn't think they were the same thing. Kipping pullups were seen as more of a gymnastics/cardio move and strict was seen as a strength move. Similar (not exactly) to burpees vs. pushups.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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Is there any actual set routine that defines crossfit? I did it once and it seemed to be exactly what my high school football coach made us do 15 years ago.
The big part of CF is that it changes daily. Which, in and of itself, is fine. If you're doing proper work outs with good form. Which seems to generally not be the case.
TheOctodad
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No. And that is actually one of the problems. Crossfit is so nebulous the programming can be really good or absolutely stupid. There are certain core exercises that are frequented, but that's about it.
BlueTsunami
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The painted plates made to look like 45s is hilarious. Its almost like those cartoons with the balloon 1ton weights
Avinexus
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No, that's generally the case. Its just the people that don't like it are very vocal about not liking it, just like anything else.
Mine are all black. People actually care about what color they are?
Devolution
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theytookourjobz
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Rubber is black. Also, CrossFit doesn't make bumper plates.
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A More Normal Bird
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The issue with Crossfit is that these are all movements that existed before it was even a twinkle in Glassman's eye. They're all good or even great exercises, it's just that Crossfit seems to have a way of finding the most inappropriate uses and most ineffective programming for them.
The basic idea behind Crossfit is basically "train a little bit of everything". It's a fine idea but it's nothing groundbreaking. Lots of Crossfit gyms take this idea and use it very well. Unfortunately more often than not the stuff that comes out of the HQ is a classic example of "good idea, terrible execution."
Fusion Pizza
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Crossfit is a scary cult.
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Deleted member 80556
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Haha this gem
This one is amazing.
theytookourjobz
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Can some people posting all these tired ass gifs link me to some of your badass lifts please?
This will end well.
Not sure what this has to do with anything.
It's not about "looking badass". It's about not trying to literally kill yourself.
Wrestlemania
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Bad-form lift defence force, assemble!
theytookourjobz
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I'm just saying that maybe people that live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. If you are going to constantly shit on the form of a big group of fitness enthusiasts, I'd like to see your form as well.
velociraptor
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brb crossfitting
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A More Normal Bird
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The point is that the trainers shouldn't be allowing this to take place. If someone in this thread runs a gym and allows their clients to use form similar to the gifs, then by all means call them a hypocrite.
lol I did this one. 238 pages...fuck me.
fake edit: It's at 245 pages now.
I went back to the thread where I originally posted that gif and found this other gem:
Makes me cringe.
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Deleted member 80556
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Hell, I don't need any other form to compare to say that this kind of exercise is terrible for your body.
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