The couch thread

szczepan · Post by **szczepan** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:19 pm

http://www.crossfit.com/discus/messages/21/30518.html

It seems that RM@X and @fit are competing for the title of Stupidest Internet Fitness Cult, I bet that it comes down to a photo finish.

Pinky · Post by **Pinky** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:22 pm

szczepan wrote:http://www.crossfit.com/discus/messages/21/30518.html

It seems that RM@X and @fit are competing for the title of Stupidest Internet Fitness Cult, I bet that it comes down to a photo finish.

They'd better get to the tanning salon and practice the smiles for their "after" photos.

Grandpa's Spells · Post by **Grandpa's Spells** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:38 pm

szczepan wrote:http://www.crossfit.com/discus/messages/21/30518.html

It seems that RM@X and @fit are competing for the title of Stupidest Internet Fitness Cult, I bet that it comes down to a photo finish.

Had a big LOL at RMax banning Lynne P.

Fat Cat · Post by **Fat Cat** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:02 pm

"I don't understand how anyone could bash Crossfit, ever. I would imagine that the trash talking is due to financial interests."

Priceless.

TomFurman · Post by **TomFurman** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:41 pm

"Why would take RKC when Crossfit gives you FREE workouts?"

Here is a free workout. Chase a truck into town everday.

It works.

johno · Post by **johno** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:26 pm

TomFurman wrote:"Why would take RKC when Crossfit gives you FREE workouts?"

There are a bazillion FREE workouts on DD & Pavel's blog. Too many, for those with ADD.

An apples to apples comparison is the RKC v. the Crossfit trainng
certification. Each costs a small bucket of $$$.

johno · Post by **johno** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:08 pm

Bump. This thread must never fall from page 1.

bill fox · Post by **bill fox** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:16 pm

johno wrote:Bump. This thread must never fall from page 1.

The gift that keeps on giving.

Having Sonnon jump in the fray has only made the whole thing that much richer.

johno · Post by **johno** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:14 pm

Bill, as "father" of this thread, you must be filled with pride.
This far surpasses your elevator beatdown of that crippled thirteen year old.

Batboy2/75 · Post by **Batboy2/75** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:06 pm

johno wrote:Bill, as "father" of this thread, you must be filled with pride.
This far surpasses your elevator beatdown of that crippled thirteen year old.

He was crippled?

That's some harsh shit. I only thought Bill had put a beat down on a mongaloid kid, I had no idea the kid was crippled too.

BB2/75

Crust Bucket · Post by **Crust Bucket** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:17 pm

Batboy2/75 wrote:He was crippled?

That's some hash shit. I only thought Bill had put a beat down on a mongaloid kid, I had no idea the kid was crippled too.

BB2/75

Yeah I heard he was like that Jimmy kid on South Park with crutches and no working legs and shit.

johno · Post by **johno** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:06 am

Batboy2/75 wrote:
johno wrote:Bill, as "father" of this thread, you must be filled with pride.
This far surpasses your elevator beatdown of that crippled thirteen year old.
He was crippled?

That's some hash shit. I only thought Bill had put a beat down on a mongaloid kid, I had no idea the kid was crippled too.

BB2/75

In Bill's defense, the kid looked all of 14, and was husky. With advanced MS.
Sort of a chunky Stephen Hawking.

stosh · Post by **stosh** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 1:12 am

johno wrote:Sort of a chunky Stephen Hawking.

That is a classic visual.

bill fox · Post by **bill fox** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:50 am

He was the special olympics Tae Kwon Do heavy weight champ, and deceptively fast in that chair. Like Mark Zupan with a backfist.

bill fox · Post by **bill fox** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 10:41 am

Shapecharge · Post by **Shapecharge** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:49 pm

Well I need to add my 02. Bravo to the last seven posts or so. Great laughs gentlemen.

___________ · Post by **___________** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 5:28 pm

bill fox wrote:He was the special olympics Tae Kwon Do heavy weight champ, and deceptively fast in that chair. Like Mark Zupan with a backfist.

Was it the flying triangle or armaber you destroyed him with?
Or did you push his wheelchair down the stairs?

Crust Bucket · Post by **Crust Bucket** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:41 pm

Marc wrote:Was it the flying triangle or armaber you destroyed him with?
Or did you push his wheelchair down the stairs?

Nah...He asked him to multiply 4x3 and that threw the kid into a seizure..Easy pickins, easy pickins.

powerlifter54 · Post by **powerlifter54** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:53 pm

My HS Football Coach Brother told me some Boosters, a husband and wife, who happen to be @fit cult members want to train the football team.

Very effective answer was to offer to see how far they could push the blocking sled, race the team in 40s, and do their football conditioning. They didn't do so well, but they looked marvelous.

The goal must be remembered that we are here to stop the couch from doing any more damage to people who are not weak minded, bodyfat obsessive, self flaggellating, and wanting daddy's love.

___________ · Post by **___________** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:30 am

powerlifter54 wrote:My HS Football Coach Brother told me some Boosters, a husband and wife, who happen to be @fit cult members want to train the football team.

Very effective answer was to offer to see how far they could push the blocking sled, race the team in 40s, and do their football conditioning. They didn't do so well, but they looked marvelous.

The goal must be remembered that we are here to stop the couch from doing any more damage to people who are not weak minded, bodyfat obsessive, self flaggellating, and wanting daddy's love.

But how did the Mrs. do in the post work out shower gang bang with the team?

I bet @fit prepared her well. Probably just walked a little sore the next day, but all in all was aright.

bill fox · Post by **bill fox** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:16 pm

Marc wrote:
bill fox wrote:He was the special olympics Tae Kwon Do heavy weight champ, and deceptively fast in that chair. Like Mark Zupan with a backfist.
Was it the flying triangle or armaber you destroyed him with?
Or did you push his wheelchair down the stairs?

In a very low dragon stance I pushed him just outside the elevator and in one swift motion put on the wheel brake. He was forced to watch in vain as the elevator door slowly closed and I calmy blended into the crowd on the casino floor.

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:47 pm

Football isn't a very good candidate for xf-style training. Of course, since XF encompasses everything from kettlebells to deadlifts to gymnastics, you can pretty much just have an open ticket to say it works for whatever sport you want.

My definition is that the WOD is basically XF. If the WOD doesn't fit the sport, and you have to modifiy it significantly to do so, then it's not XF anymore.

But that's just me.

DeFranco does a very good job with his football guys. Look to those successful at the task, not to those who haven't proven themselves yet but whom insist they can.

powerlifter54 · Post by **powerlifter54** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:52 pm

Shaf,

Yeah, he uses DeFranco, Wake Forest, and WSB ideas. But believe me talent is king, not the weightroom.

jack

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:57 pm

Oh yeah. I understand that.

At the HS level, though, there's a lot of stuff you can do between 9th and 12th grades to make them better athletes, and also to help them avoid those oh-so prevalent "high school football" injuries. I think proper S&C makes a bigger difference the lower you go down the ladder. With the proper development, I think you could take a mediocre high school freshman and have him play Div III or Div II ball.

The first step is not being stupid about it. You'd think that'd be easy, but it isn't.

DikTracy6000 · Post by **DikTracy6000** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:12 pm

Shaf wrote:Oh yeah. I understand that.

At the HS level, though, there's a lot of stuff you can do between 9th and 12th grades to make them better athletes, and also to help them avoid those oh-so prevalent "high school football" injuries. I think proper S&C makes a bigger difference the lower you go down the ladder. With the proper development, I think you could take a mediocre high school freshman and have him play Div III or Div II ball.

The first step is not being stupid about it. You'd think that'd be easy, but it isn't.

Your point is well taken on S&C, but not sure I agree with you on making a college player out of a mediocre freshman.

At the H.S. level, football skills and SPEED are King. Our local H.S. has a great feeder program from Rinks, Ponies. Jr. HS on up, and have been district champs and state semi's qualifiers several times. We've beaten bigger and stronger teams regularly. Cases in point, we beat Jon Witman's(Steeler) huge team and Ricky Watter's team two diff. years we were district champs. Ricky had the speed and Jon the strength, but overall our f.b. skills and overall team speed won out. Good football at the H.S. level is probably my favorite sport.