The couch thread

[big_t2100]

Add #metoo movement to the list of issues Couch is going to get to deal with in 2020....

[youtube]https://youtu.be/tTxzym5KHjQ[/youtube]

This real life soap opera just gets better and better this week!!!

[syaigh]

Whoa.

[seeahill]

Go to 15:20 for the start of it.

[Bram]

Greg Glassman, more of a piece of shit than we thought....well, frankly it's not surprising seeing how fucking awful he's been to anyone that has disagreed with him.

And the dude still owns 100% of Crossfit, lol, so glad I've never given that company a dime.

[Turdacious]

Greg Glassman, more of a piece of shit than we thought.

Those stories make up a big enough part of this thread that they shouldn't be much of a surprise. How he surprised the #metoo movement unscathed is beyond my understanding.

[Bram]

Turd,

Did you listen to the podcast? Telling a woman he was trying to sleep with that hopefully her deployed husband would die and become a HeroWod.

[Turdacious]

Turd,

Did you listen to the podcast? Telling a woman he was trying to sleep with that hopefully her deployed husband would die and become a HeroWod.

I listened to it. Interesting that the only detailed story he gave was one that only he, Couch, and the victim could confirm. He also said he didn't sign the restrictive NDA that @fit offered him-- so what's preventing him from going into more detail?

And Stumpf has been on multiple podcasts where he's discussed sexual harassment and #metoo and, to my knowledge, has never said shit until now-- the Metoo movement is two and a half years old, so he's had plenty of time to think about this, and lots of opportunities to say something. I'm wondering what he's angling for, or what couch has on him.

My initial thought is fuck Stumpf. I already knew Couch was a scumbag.

[Bram]

It could be bullshit, but it's likely more news will continue to drop now that the Crossfit community and many of it's leaders are turning against GG.

[Turdacious]

It could be bullshit, but it's likely more news will continue to drop now that the Crossfit community and many of it's leaders are turning against GG.

I don't know if the story is bullshit; this thread's exposed enough about couch's character for any reasonable reader of this thread to think it's within the realm of possibility. But the only way that it can be corroborated is for this woman to come forward-- which places the ball in her court. That's what this is bullshit.

Set the standard for your team every day through actions and maintaining integrity.
What you tolerate is your standard.
Resilience is the important ability to spring back from adversity stronger.
Seek adversity — take the hard road every time.
Think like and act like the leader you want to be.
Being an effective leader is the best way to change the world.

The above is what Stumpf teaches professionally. What a phony fuck.

[Bram]

Saying some of that stuff makes you a ripe target for claims of hypocrisy/being fake.

[Turdacious]

New book written by one of couch's long time enablers:

[JamesonBushmill]

So......who is here after Glassman's "FLOYD-19" tweet?

Good to see you all again!

Hard to believe that Couch found a way to top Lauren's pending nuptials to Joe Exotic's ex, but he did it.

Mrs Couch : marrying a murderer
Couch : hold my gin

[Turdacious]

Not another peep yet. Either Andy Stumpf is lying or @fitters at HQ are more afraid of couch than actresses were of Weinstein.

[Fat Cat]

How much $$$ does this cost ya reckon?

Into the millions, bare minimum. Maybe tens of millions.
I'm pretty sure @Fit was on the down slope anyway, but this will ensure a fast circling of the drain. NOBODY will want to be associated with anything even remotely construed as racist now.

Maybe they could rebrand as RaceFIT? /s

[Shafpocalypse Now]

I never saw any sexual coercion going on when I hung around the CFHQ crowd either.

[Shafpocalypse Now]

That doesn't mean it didn't happen. But holy shit, for stuff to implode now almost 15 years later is NUTS

[Fat Cat]

I'm sure there were plenty of hoes who wanted the GG limp dick and his $100,000,000 ducats, no coercion required. Then again, a wealthy Jew #metoo'ing his cronies isn't exactly a new story.

[big_t2100]

(Just reporting the weather from the NY Times)

CrossFit Owner Fostered Sexist Company Culture, Workers Say
Women report getting lewd assessments of their bodies, among other mistreatment from top male management.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/20/styl ... O7oGnQrgzE

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/20/styl ... O7oGnQrgzE

[Turdacious]

(Just reporting the weather from the NY Times)

CrossFit Owner Fostered Sexist Company Culture, Workers Say
Women report getting lewd assessments of their bodies, among other mistreatment from top male management.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/20/styl ... O7oGnQrgzE
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/20/styl ... O7oGnQrgzE

Damn the NYT moves fast. Lauren really stuck it to Castro.

[Bram]

The Times pieces are paywalled, can anyone help a trainer out?

[Turdacious]

The Times pieces are paywalled, can anyone help a trainer out?

Clear your cache and then look.

[Bram]

Thanks! I had no idea that was an option....

"Morning Chalk Up reported that more than 1,200 affiliates had plans to disassociate themselves from the CrossFit brand. "

The company's attempts at spinning the info in the article is extremely unconvincing.

[theoverman]

do bolt on varbies still get posted it here?

[Fat Cat]

GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER

[Schlegel]

He wouldn't be the first cult leader not to practice what he preaches, or to look the part. Hm... do you think that eventually some juicy sex allegations will come out? Happens to a lot of other controlling nutballs who surround themselves with hot babes.

GDG!

GDG called it in 2006