The couch thread

Gin Master · Post by **Gin Master** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:20 pm

Jay wrote:any moron who says Decathletes aren't physically prepared should be tarred and feathered... they are among the greatest athletes in the world, if not THE greatest athletes.

Come on, Jay. You know that

great exercisers > great athletes

WildGorillaMan · Post by **WildGorillaMan** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:23 pm

Zombomatic wrote:
Decathletes are amazing athletes, but they are not generally physically prepared

Wait, what?

That's a Couchism for the ages.

jgmack · Post by **jgmack** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:35 pm

All arounders need to focus on just being versatile.

TerryB · Post by **TerryB** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:17 pm

WildGorillaMan wrote:
Zombomatic wrote:
Decathletes are amazing athletes, but they are not generally physically prepared

Wait, what?
That's a Couchism for the ages.

I like the one where he said he tried to read Siff's Supertraining and couldn't understand any of it.

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:30 pm

There's a ton of shit couch et al don't know.

However, money, pussy, booze, and partying are not on that list.

Gin Master · Post by **Gin Master** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:38 pm

WildGorillaMan wrote:
Zombomatic wrote:
Decathletes are amazing athletes, but they are not generally physically prepared

Wait, what?
That's a Couchism for the ages.

I agree with Couch on this. They are specifically trained to be good at ten events, the result of which has a large crossover into GPP. The difference is that an athlete that trains to excel at many events will do well at GPP stuff, but a GPP "specialist" won't be able to kick ass at multiple events. In other words, Bryan Clay can throw a softball and push a wheelbarrow better than Khalipa can throw a javelin or run hurdles.

I found this out the hard way when I thought, like many at the time, that @F would be good for grappling conditioning.

kreator · Post by **kreator** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 6:09 pm

Gin Master wrote:They are specifically trained to be good at ten events, the result of which has a large crossover into GPP.

...that's what being "generally physically prepared" means.

buckethead · Post by **buckethead** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 6:17 pm

I'm prepared for nothing. Always, and never.

Yes I Have Balls · Post by **Yes I Have Balls** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 6:22 pm

Bryan Clay is an insect. Instead of the softball throw, why not use a hammer, shot, or javelin? Oh, those events are already measured.

WildGorillaMan · Post by **WildGorillaMan** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:39 pm

jgmack wrote:All arounders need to focus on just being versatile.

That was exquisite. Well done, m8.

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:29 pm

Lulz. Pukie point out that Tom Pappas, an Olympic decathlete, is low on the list after the burpee wod.

Like Pappas had ever even done a burpee before.

Cave Canem · Post by **Cave Canem** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:31 pm

Shafpocalypse Now wrote:Lulz. Pukie point out that Tom Pappas, an Olympic decathlete, is low on the list after the burpee wod.

Like Pappas had ever even done a burpee before.

He must be saving himself for the softball throw.

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:34 pm

Greg's never admitted that Crossfit is specialization in Crossfit.

Cave Canem · Post by **Cave Canem** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:06 pm

Shafpocalypse Now wrote:Greg's never admitted that Crossfit is specialization in Crossfit.

So by not specializing, they are specializing in non-specialization, which makes them specialists, ergo, insects.

The man in black · Post by **The man in black** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:35 pm

Cave Canem wrote:
Shafpocalypse Now wrote:Greg's never admitted that Crossfit is specialization in Crossfit.
So by not specializing, they are specializing in non-specialization, which makes them specialists, ergo, insects.

So what would someone like that do for GPP?

TerryB · Post by **TerryB** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:54 pm

The man in black wrote:
Cave Canem wrote:
Shafpocalypse Now wrote:Greg's never admitted that Crossfit is specialization in Crossfit.
So by not specializing, they are specializing in non-specialization, which makes them specialists, ergo, insects.
So what would someone like that do for GPP?

Tear their labrum.

The Ginger Beard Man · Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:59 pm

Shafpocalypse Now wrote:It's become pretty obvious that Glassman and occasionally Budding are running Pukie. In one of the late threads, they claim that Crossfit is based on science, which turns out to be the WOD comments. Then they turn around and say that all of Andrew Wilson's observations are invalid because they are a thread on the internet.

Which is exactly what the WOD comments are.

Good fun.

If Couch is Pukie, it explains why the clown pukes. I don't think it's the intensity of the exercising.

Mountebank · Post by **Mountebank** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:01 pm

Godwin's law (also known as Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies or Godwin's Law of Nazi Analogies) is a humorous observation made by Mike Godwin in 1990 that has become an Internet adage. It states: "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1."

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqkQ7azPm5c[/youtube]
If you don't pay your $20 to do 7 minutes of burpees, you're obviously a fan of Hitler.

Mountebank · Post by **Mountebank** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:34 pm

Workout 12.1
Complete as many reps as possible in 7 minutes of:
Burpees

Let me remind everyone, with some help from a fellow IGxer in searching for this past quote, of how the HMIC feels about the orthopedic safety profile of burpees.
http://www.crossfit.com/mt-archive2/001021.html

Marcus!

My analysis differs a tad:

The injury behind chronic low back pain, sciatica, lower extremity pain referral, possible disc injury/insult, etc, is a flexion wound not an extension wound.

I would expect the sagging to cause an injury to the facet joint and it generally refers locally and fairly superficially with point tenderness. The back is substantially more tolerant of hyperextension than hyperflexion.

The mechanics of the tweak are like so:

On returning from the push-up position to the squat position we throw the lower extremities towards the hands and drive a sudden and excessive degree of flexion in the lumbar spine.

I've watched burpees in slow-mo and they make me cringe. How many of us can put our hands flat on the ground and maintain nice deadlift posture? Damned few. Damned few.

The burpee has much of the charm and all of the physics of a rounded back high speed moderate load stiff legged deadlift with bar and no plates. Ouch.

I'm torn whether to ditch them or not - but they're such a favorite.

When you gonna' visit?
Comment #17 - Posted by: Coach at January 3, 2006 9:30 PM

Other lurking interwebz troublemakers may want to have some fun with this before it disappears, I can't do a screen shot right now.

Holland Oates · Post by **Holland Oates** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:40 pm

Those are some weak ass burpees.

Hymen Asshole · Post by **Hymen Asshole** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:33 am

Unfucking believable, just when I'd gotten over the stupid of wad 12.1 they toss this out. Orthopedic surgeons everywhere are reveling in the knowledge they can soon purchase a new Mercedes or Ferrari

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Jonny Canuck · Post by **Jonny Canuck** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:12 am

another fucking AMRAP. Why do they even call it a snatch? They should call it what it is, a "ground to overhead." I have a feeling we are going to enjoy some of the submission videos for this wad.

Drywall · Post by **Drywall** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:13 am

Jonny Canuck wrote:another fucking AMRAP. Why do they even call it a snatch? They should call it what it is, a "ground to overhead." I have a feeling we are going to enjoy some of the submission videos for this wad.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:17 am

that was a solid find

Hymen Asshole · Post by **Hymen Asshole** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:30 am

IGX

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