The couch thread

[Kenny X]

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DON'T LET TERRY AND PROTO FUCK UP YOUR RAQUEL WELCH PARTY.

[Mickey O'neil]

Raquel is fucking awesome.

[baffled]

[baffled]

[syaigh]

I think Raquel Welch has won the couch thread. There really is no rebuttal to that. ^

[Bobby]

More interesting than crossfit,that is for sure.

[Kenny X]

If I were a Catholic man, I'd feel guilty for fapping to this after my morning walk.

But I'm not Cartholic, I don't feel guilty, and I'm gonna do it again when I get home from work this evening.

[tonkadtx]

Raquel at 73. Still would, and would, and would, and would until I was a dessicated husk.

[Kenny X]

Raquel at 73. Still would, and would, and would, and would until I was a dessicated husk.

Four mmmgoods, four clappys, four happys.

[theoverman]

Witness the future death of Crossfit. When the crowd that's toting the BBC genetics start playing in the sandbox, all the people named Britney, Todd, Krissy, and Jed are going to get pushed down the leader board. 30-something late bloomer fantasies of eliteness and awesomeness will be shattered. What started out as a fun social experiment grounded in bravado and false validation, will be crushed in the whimpering realization of "fuck...it's just like back in high school".

It was fun while it lasted, whitey. I guess now it's back to focusing on your job, and playing Texas Hold 'Em on the weekends.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsRqP9EYCNU[/yutube]

this is what i've been sayin all along. all the d1 not-quite-good enoughs who bench 405 in a t-shirt and muscle cleaned 355 when they were 20 are gonna catch wind and shit is gonna get very real.

[Shafpocalypse Now]

$120+ a month keeps away a certain type.

[Cave Canem]

$120+ a month keeps away a certain type.

$120 a month? Maybe in East Bumfuck. The STARTING rate around here is $185

[Shafpocalypse Now]

I haven't checked around Houston because I don't care

[Hymen Asshole]

I haven't checked around Houston because I don't care

Very few niggers in Houston that would pay $120 a month to hang out with whitey

[Holland Oates]

New @fit gym opening next town over. $115 a month but they are offering a $25 discount the first month.

[Cave Canem]

If you look at the affiliate map, in and around the 5 boroughs of NYC, you see clusters of affiliates and then some wide open territory from Elmont down to Flatbush. It seems that with the exception of @fit Harlem, affiliates avoid the darker neighborhoods. Interesting to note that there is not a single affiliate in the Bronx today. I guess when they say "Elite", they're talking about their clients' take home pay.

[Cave Canem]

New @fit gym opening next town over. $115 a month but they are offering a $25 discount the first month.

I'm starting to see a lot of affiliates offering specials on Groupon. I guess with these guys building right on top of one another, pricing will become more of an issue. But after the 30 day special, you're asked to go up to their standard rates.

[milosz]

All it would take to fuck with the Gaymes are a couple of people willing to offer free training to the aforementioned former college athletes to promote their gym by fielding a Gaymes team, or one person willing to pony up affiliate fees and bring in a bunch of them together.

[Shafpocalypse Now]

Something needs to be said about the Games.

The way they are gaming them is that nobody who doesn't develop some very @F specific skills is going to win. So, that collegiate running back might be strong and fast and explosive, but they are going to grind him down on some of the metcon stuff that he's not going to have time to work on. Those decathletes? Same damn thing. Wrestlers might come closest.

The handstand push ups, the ring shit, the kipping pull ups...the rowing...there is a lot of shit that is going to kill a good athlete whom hasn't specifically spent time preparing for it.

Saying "Just you wait until the good athletes get involved because of money" or whatever is a fucking pipe dream.

[T200]

There are a ton of very specific @Fitting skills at this point.

[Fuzzy Dunlop]

There are a ton of very specific @Fitting skills at this point.

[syaigh]

Actually, its not that hard. Strong athletes can do a lot of things very easily. Seen it happen regularly, they just think its too stupid to waste time on.

[CrapSammich]

Older New Orleans residents rushing to @Fit gyms. . . . What could possibly go wrong?

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1 ... 1880382800

He's just Sean at the box. That's the idea. That's one of the things that Sean Payton loves about @Fit. He's another guy doing Burpees, pull-ups, box jumps, double-unders and whatever other sweaty deliciousness gets cooked up for what @Fitters call the workout of the day, or WOD. He's there at the box, on the mat, getting it done, pacing, pushing, plowing through like everyone else.

And then he gets on to his quiet little nondescript day job: head coach of the New Orleans Saints.

By now you've probably heard a thing or two about @Fit, the stripped-down, few-frills fitness and weight-training regimen that has exploded in popularity over the past decade. (Think about your gym. Now remove all of the nonsense you don't need in your gym, and add back all of the really good movements and lifts you're not doing at your gym for whatever reason. That's basically the idea of @Fit. Get back to basics. Do the work. Improve as a group. Lift stuff you've never lifted before.)

Payton became immersed in @Fit began last year, in Dallas, amid that lost season which wasn't really a season, at least not for him, since he was suspended from football amid New Orleans's Bountygate scandal. Even before that mess, Payton was recovering from a freak injury he'd suffered during a 2011 game against Tampa Bay, when a Saints player collided with his leg, tearing his meniscus and fracturing his tibia.

He needed to get better and stronger. He found an outlet. Payton started coming to a @Fit gym in Dallas, Tiger's Den, where the owner, J.D. Thorne, didn't recognize the NFL celebrity. "I know this sounds dumb, but I don't watch football at all," Thorne said. "I had a couple guys say, 'Dude: That is Sean Payton.'" Thorne looked up a photo of the gym visitor on his phone. "I was like, 'That's an actual famous person.'"

But there was no special treatment. @Fit is known for its check-your-ego, egalitarian ethos, and the Super Bowl-winning coach soon blended in with the crowd. That's exactly what Payton wanted. He was hooked. He liked how the routines changed and challenged him. "You just kind of disappear somewhere, not knowing what the workout is," Payton said. "And it's a lot different than I think many would expect—there's a very welcoming attitude."

Payton is back coaching the Saints but remains a devoted @Fitter, talking passionately about the "wall-balls" and the pull-up techniques and epic @Fit workouts like "Fight Gone Bad." At 49, he compares his fitness level to his college-football playing self. He's even experimented at times with the @Fit-popular "paleo" diet. "It basically keeps you from walking down any of the aisles in the grocery stores," he said. "You're just on the outer ring."

He's also spread the word to other members of the Saints coaching staff. "We've got a handful of guys now," Payton said. "I think if we were competing against other NFL staffs, we wouldn't do very well in golf. I think we'd have a pretty good chance with regard to fitness."

Is there a @Fit effect brewing in New Orleans? After's last year's forgettable 7-9 campaign, the Saints are having a revival season. New Orleans is 5-0, atop the NFC South, heading into Sunday's showdown with the New England Patriots. The Saints have relocated their mojo, and a lot of credit has been given to equilibrium brought by their head coach. @Fit has become part of the Payton résumé. Apparel company and @Fit sponsor Reebok is partnering with Payton. There was Monday Night Football's Jon Gruden, joining Payton for an early morning workout at Big Easy @Fit gym in New Orleans. There was Gruden, swinging a kettle bell during the game. Big Easy @Fit owner Zack DiBenedetto said that after the Saints' Week 4 Monday Night win over Miami, there was a small rush of visitors at the gym from older New Orleans residents, curious to see what Payton's beloved regimen was all about.

Last week Payton and a few of his coaches dropped in at a @Fit gym in Chicago before a road game against the Bears. They arrived at 7 a.m. Saturday and did a routine of hang power cleans and wall climbs. "He moves really well," said the owner of O'Hare @Fit, Angelo Sisco. "Nice, good lumbar, no bad movements." The next day Payton and the Saints treated Sisco and his coaches with tickets to the Bears-Saints game at Soldier Field.

"You can tell he does this because he wants to," said Sisco. "Not because it's cool."

[WildGorillaMan]

Did you seriously Ctrl+H that whole document to insert @fit everywhere?

[OCG]

Actually, its not that hard. Strong athletes can do a lot of things very easily. Seen it happen regularly, they just think its too stupid to waste time on.

Plus there is the risk of injuries from doing stupid @fit shit. Is winning a calvinball competition really worth a SLAP tear and a blown achilles tendon?