The couch thread

TerryB · Post by **TerryB** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:28 pm

WildGorillaMan wrote:I've never seen someone get fired on an Internet forum before. That's got to be a first.

Jonny Canuck · Post by **Jonny Canuck** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:57 pm

you know @bok is lurking on these forums. We need someone from the inside posting their thoughts about @fit and couch. That would be some good shit right there.

Jonny Canuck · Post by **Jonny Canuck** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:06 pm

THis is from the same thread...

CrossFit HQ needs to do a much better job of keeping us affiliates in the loop.

The message board is NOT the way to do it.

We pay fees every year to be associated with CrossFit (with no problem btw) - but it would be really nice to have HQ keep affiliates up to date on things.

FGB, Reebok CrossFit affliates, prices to affiliate, etc - there is NO communication from HQ.

This does need to be addressed - I'm tired of rumors, searching the message board, etc - we pay good money - we need to be kept in the loop.

one would think with the number of people at HQ and the clout that they carry that they would be able to keep us up to date.

Gets old getting my info from the discussion board and not from HQ directly.

This is a communication problem and needs to be addressed. I'm tired of finding things out after the fact. CrossFit is a professional organization and needs to keep us affiliates in the loop.
Steve
Top Gun CrossFit
Mpls, Mn

Hymen Asshole · Post by **Hymen Asshole** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:16 pm

so Phil, if couch asked you to suck his cock in public to make it all better?

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I dig big chicks · Post by **I dig big chicks** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:16 pm

Jonny Canuck wrote:you know @bok is lurking on these forums. We need someone from the inside posting their thoughts about @fit and couch. That would be some good shit right there.

From what I hear about corporate Reebok, they don't give a shit. They're incredibly disorganized, lack leadership, and have no clue what the people outside Boston think. I have two clients we've worked with them on projects the list few years.

Jonny Canuck · Post by **Jonny Canuck** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:18 pm

a couple comments from the naked crossfitter blog. http://www.thenakedxfitter.com/2012/03/ ... ntion.html

I am an affiliate owner, after blasting WOD 1 on both my personal Facebook page, am friends with a few HQ people, and on my affiliate Facebook page I suddenly received 2 comments from Pukie on my affiliate website regarding articles I linked to and the fact that I did not dispute the articles vigorously enough in regards to any negativity about CrossFit...

Fuck man, big brother is watching and they don't like people talking shit... good thing we have people like you, BeastModal, Drywall and GorillaMan to keep shit honest!

Pukie is a fucking muppet. The argument Pukie is trying to make is so asinine there is no response any reasonable person can present that will make sense. It's like watching a functional retard throwing a tantrum and everyone around him trying to placate him.

Yes, Functional Retard. You are right. No one is even close to your retard strength

Jonny Canuck · Post by **Jonny Canuck** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:19 pm

I dig big chicks wrote:
Jonny Canuck wrote:you know @bok is lurking on these forums. We need someone from the inside posting their thoughts about @fit and couch. That would be some good shit right there.
From what I hear about corporate Reebok, they don't give a shit. They're incredibly disorganized, lack leadership, and have no clue what the people outside Boston think. I have two clients we've worked with them on projects the list few years.

if this is true then i think it will be easier to hear from someone on the inside. Hey interns, what do you got for us?

Fuzzy Dunlop · Post by **Fuzzy Dunlop** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:25 pm

kreator wrote:As for their so-called World Fittest Man Rich Froning, he is certainly a talented guy but he can't C&J 350 and strongly doubt he does a 5:30 mile with a 5k PR of 21:20 from last year.

I beat this dude at the 2011 CRASH B sprints by 5 seconds. Neither of us put up respectable times.

Jonny Canuck · Post by **Jonny Canuck** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:39 pm

i just finished reading the Pukie thread about OPT. I think Pukie is losing the battle on his own FB page. 66 comment so far and Pukie and Russel Berger are on the defense.

I'd Hit It · Post by **I'd Hit It** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:17 am

Holy motherfuck, Lindsey Valenzuela has doubled the size of her jaw since last year . . .

The Nightman · Post by **The Nightman** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:47 pm

Jonny Canuck wrote:THis is from the same thread...

CrossFit HQ needs to do a much better job of keeping us affiliates in the loop.

The message board is NOT the way to do it.

We pay fees every year to be associated with CrossFit (with no problem btw) - but it would be really nice to have HQ keep affiliates up to date on things.

FGB, Reebok CrossFit affliates, prices to affiliate, etc - there is NO communication from HQ.

This does need to be addressed - I'm tired of rumors, searching the message board, etc - we pay good money - we need to be kept in the loop.

one would think with the number of people at HQ and the clout that they carry that they would be able to keep us up to date.

Gets old getting my info from the discussion board and not from HQ directly.

This is a communication problem and needs to be addressed. I'm tired of finding things out after the fact. CrossFit is a professional organization and needs to keep us affiliates in the loop.
Steve
Top Gun CrossFit
Mpls, Mn

They pay a once a year fee to AFFILIATE and use the name. You want better communication and direction.... join a franchise and pay a monthly royalty fee, plus your franchise fee to "buy in".

What do they think they are paying for?

Their affiliate fee is nothing compared to what I pay in royalties.... idiots. But then again I get support and dont get ridiculed by the people taking my money.

WildGorillaMan · Post by **WildGorillaMan** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 3:03 pm

Jonny Canuck wrote:
WildGorillaMan wrote:At least they're losing the bar behind them. That shows that they're committing to the pull and staying with the bar.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k0NTB2DTGs[/youtube]
Best Video ever! Diemond Dave is hilarious!

The video has been locked as "Private." Fortunately, it's been saved elsewhere:

http://www.weebly.com/weebly/apps/gener ... ng_448.jpg

kreator · Post by **kreator** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 3:39 pm

This is so strange.

http://crossfitwedding.wordpress.com/

lasalle · Post by **lasalle** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 3:46 pm

The Nightman wrote: They pay a once a year fee to AFFILIATE and use the name. You want better communication and direction.... join a franchise and pay a monthly royalty fee, plus your franchise fee to "buy in".

What do they think they are paying for?

Their affiliate fee is nothing compared to what I pay in royalties.... idiots. But then again I get support and dont get ridiculed by the people taking my money.

Absolutely solid point. They pay about $2 grand, don't have to tithe a portion of their gross and get to attach themselves to the marketing juggernaut that this has somehow become.

Yes, it must suck to be mocked by the people you send the check to, and not many CEO's make a barely concealed FB sock puppet from which to post drunken rants, but you had to know what you were getting in to when you signed on with these tools.

I'm way out of the loop relative to a few years ago, but the handful of affiliate owners I connect with are running very lucrative and successful gyms-they just roll their eyes at all of this noise and keep cashing the $225/month membership checks.

Hymen Asshole · Post by **Hymen Asshole** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 5:32 pm

WildGorillaMan wrote:
Jonny Canuck wrote:
WildGorillaMan wrote:At least they're losing the bar behind them. That shows that they're committing to the pull and staying with the bar.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k0NTB2DTGs[/youtube]
Best Video ever! Diemond Dave is hilarious!

The video has been locked as "Private." Fortunately, it's been saved elsewhere:

it's also here
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ3HOY27_10[/youtube]

WildGorillaMan · Post by **WildGorillaMan** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:00 pm

If you're going to miss, miss a big attempt, not a 60kg snatch. This is the most inspirational compilation of misses I've ever seen.

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

BigAngry · Post by **BigAngry** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:18 pm

Hymen Asshole wrote:For Quack

Seriously? I watched it twice checking to see if that was male or female. Then I realized that any female doing @fit has bigger arms than that fuck of an excuse for a man. Headband... gay. Knee socks... gay. Slapping mat like a queer... gay. Putting ur hands on ur hips in such a feminine way... gay. Another shining example of why this country is fucked.

Mickey O'neil · Post by **Mickey O'neil** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:39 pm

I don't believe they are from the USA.

BigAngry · Post by **BigAngry** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:57 pm

Maybe not these specific "men". But these @fit men all look alike its hard to distinguish.

SAR · Post by **SAR** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:27 am

WildGorillaMan wrote:<null>

How much weight is that?

syaigh · Post by **syaigh** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:08 am

What happens when a real scientist evaluates the shitstorm:

http://www.scienceofrunning.com/2012/01 ... s-and.html

WildGorillaMan · Post by **WildGorillaMan** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:25 am

syaigh wrote:What happens when a real scientist evaluates the shitstorm:

http://www.scienceofrunning.com/2012/01 ... s-and.html

Also known as:

What happens when an exercise science blogger decides to boost his site traffic and put himself on the map.

Writing a takedown on @fit is the new way to get noticed but really his arguments, as sound as they are are all footnotes to the couch thread.

WildGorillaMan · Post by **WildGorillaMan** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:29 am

SAR wrote:
WildGorillaMan wrote:<null>
How much weight is that?

Which?

Cave Canem · Post by **Cave Canem** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 3:05 am

WildGorillaMan wrote:
syaigh wrote:What happens when a real scientist evaluates the shitstorm:

http://www.scienceofrunning.com/2012/01 ... s-and.html
Also known as:

What happens when an exercise science blogger decides to boost his site traffic and put himself on the map.
Writing a takedown on @fit is the new way to get noticed but really his arguments, as sound as they are are all footnotes to the couch thread.

He did have one of the best lines I've read about @fit referring to it as a "randomized non-system of training".

Dan Martin · Post by **Dan Martin** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:08 pm

I thought the the the original "Tabata" involved already very fit Japanese Olympic Speed skaters? And was done on ergometers (exercise bikes) so that everything could be measured and to get them (the skaters) off the ice.

IGX

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