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The Nightman wrote:
KBois wrote:wait, wait, wait - the fuckers on that thread are suggesting SS, 5/3/1 or an everett program.

don't they read the main page? couch CLEARLY states the crossfit + roids > bodybuilding + roids for hypertrophy.

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proofs in da results...this dude is JACKED

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I seriously hope this is a "before" picture

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Before pics are on the left, scroll right to see what living off of 7 blocks of paleo approved nutrients and lifting heavier weights than all the men in your gym yields.

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At least the lil guy is being trained right....Run away from the fat chix.
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T200 wrote:This is kinda LOL but I only read the first page. Dude is gonna dude a cycle of Sustanon and the faggots are getting upset: http://board.crossfit.com/showthread.php?t=52625
The whole thread was mildly interesting. So much hate for steroids over there.

The skinny weak little motherfuckers that keep saying you don't need steroids to get RESULTS are funny too, as they are prime examples of what can be achieved using @fit.

Not saying you need to take steroids, but I don't have any hate for them.

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T200 wrote:
KBois wrote:wait, wait, wait - the fuckers on that thread are suggesting SS, 5/3/1 or an everett program.
Those are ALL variations on @Fit. WTF are you thinking?
EVERYTHING is @fit. Glassman invented exercise.

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Fish Sticks in my Mouth wrote: The whole thread was mildly interesting. So much hate for steroids over there.

The skinny weak little motherfuckers that keep saying you don't need steroids to get RESULTS are funny too, as they are prime examples of what can be achieved using @fit.

Not saying you need to take steroids, but I don't have any hate for them.
One of my favorite Anthony Roberts blog pieces:
Genetics and the Olympics – steroids are the equalizer.

If you’re like me, you learned about the Declaration of Independence when you were in grade school—if not, that’s the thing that says, “All men are created equal.” You then went out into the schoolyard for recess, and for some reason, maybe you couldn’t run as fast as some of your classmates. Perhaps you couldn’t jump as high, or throw a ball as far. All men created equal? Bah! What a load of garbage!

Let’s talk a bit about genetics, ok?

There have been a ton of studies on genetics, and basically, current research from the Bouchard Labs strongly suggests that up to 50% of the variance in athletic performance, potential, and adaptation to training is genetic. In other areas such as height, the genetic contribution to inter-individual variance is around 80%. Basically, the Bouchards have suggested that athletes are born, and if they aren’t, then they are certainly born with more potential to react favorably to training. How about gaining or losing weight? Are you always struggling to gain weight? Are you always struggling to lose it? Bouchard’s work in this area states that there is familial aggregation of Body-Mass-Index (BM) and other body composition characteristics such as body fat percentage, metabolism of adipose (fat) tissue, etc. Bouchard’s work claims that genetic heritability is responsible for between 25 to 40% of these traits.

Wanna be even more depressed? Check out your fingers and which is longer, the index finger or the ring finger? The ring finger in males is usually longer than the index finger; however, the fingers are about the same length in females. This suggests the role of testosterone in early pre-childhood development (Manning, 2000). The more testosterone you produced as a fetus the longer your ring finger got, so the smaller the index/ring finger ratio.

Who cares? Men with smaller finger ratios are considerably better athletes. NO! I’m not kidding. They are more likely to become athletes and to reach much higher levels in most sports (Manning & Taylor, 2001). Professional football (soccer) players tend to have lower finger ratios than non-athletes. Starting players have lower ratios than reserve or youth team players. Footballers who have represented their country have lower finger ratios than those who haven’t. Men with lower finger ratios even run faster 800 m and 1500 m races! And that’s all clearly genetics.

Remember that kid in the schoolyard who was taller than you, and was always picked first for basketball games? Clearly he has the genetics to be taller than you. But wait, it gets worse: if he has the right genetics, you can train just as hard as him, but he’ll receive a more favorable response from it! Add in some favorable muscle tie-ins, connective tissues, the right muscle belly length, and some decent fast twitch fiber recruitment, and that kid will pretty much beat you at any sport. And those are all simply genetic traits. You can work as hard as him and lose. Even worse, you can work harder than him and still lose.

Ok, so if you are one of the genetic elite, then that’s all great for you. If you were the kid who was always picked first for dodgeball in gym class then that’s all well and good for you. If you are like me, however, one of the genetically average, keep reading because there may be a solution.

When testing for anabolic steroids wasn’t done in certain elite level track events, (a brief period in the 80’s) the results for the women’s events began to catch up with the men’s results. When testing was resumed, it began to fall off and the gap began to widen once again. Women simply don’t have the same hormones, fast twitch muscle make up and overall structure that make men more successful in those events. And, being a woman is certainly genetic (my apologies to Ru Paul). Since they were all elite level athletes, it can safely be assumed that their training and diet regimens were optimal. So, how did women begin to bridge that gap? Steroids and other performance enhancing drugs, it has been speculated, were the “X-Factor” in helping women track athletes catch up with their male counterparts.

Take away the genetic advantage, and what will you have left to decide who wins athletic events? You will have training, diet, and most importantly, the will to succeed. I’d much rather see athletes compete on an even genetic ground (even if it is “evened up” by performance enhancing drugs); a ground where the deciding factor will be heart and guts, not genetics. So, this is my effort to level the playing field and to show you how to “supplement” your genetics. Performance enhancing drugs won’t win athletic events for someone, but they’ll help to remove the inequality and accidental nature of a genetic disadvantage. What will be left if we take genetics out of the picture?

Determination.

Heart.

Guts.

And isn’t that what should decide athletic contests?
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It looks like that mop of black hair is going to go down on him, and it doesn't look like a chick's head. Is this from some kind of "Bear lovers" site?
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Nice post T2.
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JamesonBushmill wrote:It looks like that mop of black hair is going to go down on him, and it doesn't look like a chick's head. Is this from some kind of "Bear lovers" site?
I think I see one of Shaf's newsletters in the background.


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The @ffiliate blog promises lulz today.
Alcohol: What's its place in the CrossFit life? Not part of a serious athlete's diet? Or something that you can still manage if you're Paleo or Zone or just plain fun?
Very interesting topic, we just had a trainer bring beer to the gym, served and drank with athletes before the wod...professional or unprofessional, risky or safe, fun or poor timing?
Giving out bozz before the wod. Must not be an owner. Way too much liability. RRG would not cover that accident waiting to happen.
Once you completely cut alcohol out of your life, you realize all it does is cause problems, hangovers and increased estrogen.
Put anyone on a 28 day Paleo diet, with no alcohol. Guarantee they will feel the best they have ever felt!
If you're worried about the increase in estrogen levels from having a couple of beers on occasion, your estrogen levels are alreasy waaaayyyyy too high if you're a male.


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If you're worried about the increase in estrogen levels from having a couple of beers on occasion, your estrogen levels are alreasy waaaayyyyy too high if you're a male.
hahahaha

an Irongarm troll on the affiliate page?
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I'm surprised that no one has held up Couch as an example of alcohol and @fit going hand in hand.
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Alcohol has no place in the diet of an elite athlete. It will make your blood profile non-elite. If you want elite Crossfit blood and elite sports performance it will hold you back.

Comment #16 - Posted by: Serge Baldesteros at November 6, 2009 7:11 AM
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WTF blog is this?
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T200 wrote:WTF blog is this?
@F's affiliate blog.
http://www.crossfit.com/cf-affiliates/

It appears our brethren have helped themselves. Better preserved this gem before it goes off.
Seeing as only, what .01% of all cf'ers are elite at anything even remotely athletic, having a few drinks now and then should not be a problem.

Barry Cooper must drink - he's fat.
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The last 2 posts on it look like they will be deleted too:

Ben:
I drink to forget ...crossfit. And its doing wonders for coaches fitness, I mean look at the man! Hobo huge!
Larry L:
Agreed, Coach is magnificent in his ability to drink heavily whilst remaining an elite CrossFit firebreather.

ttt for alcohol
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Heavy stonelifting @Fit STYLEE:

http://crossfitflagstaff.typepad.com/.a ... de3970c-pi

Wow. Edited. That was one giant image.
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T200 wrote:Heavy stonelifting @Fit STYLEE:

http://crossfitflagstaff.typepad.com/.a ... de3970c-pi

Wow. Edited. That was one giant image.

Fuck. Is that the stonelifting equivalent of training with an empty bar?
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CultBuster wrote:
Alcohol has no place in the diet of an elite athlete. It will make your blood profile non-elite. If you want elite Crossfit blood and elite sports performance it will hold you back.

Comment #16 - Posted by: Serge Baldesteros at November 6, 2009 7:11 AM
Idiot!
I go to a D2 college where the wrestling team is ranked in the top five this year, and I see the wrestlers at the bar I work at all the time. I guarantee these guys are more elite than 99% of @fitters.

Train your ass of and kick back with a few beers or whiskey cokes once in a while. WTF is the big deal in that?


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WildGorillaMan wrote:
T200 wrote:Heavy stonelifting @Fit STYLEE:

http://crossfitflagstaff.typepad.com/.a ... de3970c-pi

Wow. Edited. That was one giant image.

Fuck. Is that the stonelifting equivalent of training with an empty bar?
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protobuilder wrote:
If you could develop PVC rocks, you could make a killing selling them to Cultfitters.
I believe Swager Strength sells a loadable stone now. No one says you absolutely HAVE to load it. Eh, @Fitters?
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C'mon guys...that guy is obviously elite and is scaling up from med ball cleans. Sheesh!

On the @F and alcohol note, from @F pics all over the web, it would seem that whenever @Fers aren't working out or PWO puking, it is a requirement to have a low-grade pisswater beer in one's hand to have a picture taken...particularly with couch. This will greatly help the RRG's case in court, no?


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Fish Sticks in my Mouth wrote:
CultBuster wrote:
Alcohol has no place in the diet of an elite athlete. It will make your blood profile non-elite. If you want elite Crossfit blood and elite sports performance it will hold you back.

Comment #16 - Posted by: Serge Baldesteros at November 6, 2009 7:11 AM
Idiot!
I go to a D2 college where the wrestling team is ranked in the top five this year, and I see the wrestlers at the bar I work at all the time. I guarantee these guys are more elite than 99% of @fitters.

Train your ass of and kick back with a few beers or whiskey cokes once in a while. WTF is the big deal in that?

A few beers will help you relax, which certainly wouldn't hurt after kicking ass all day.

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