The couch thread

ultracool · Post by **ultracool** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 1:30 am

Batboy2/75 wrote:
ultracool wrote:Oh man, thatâ€™s funny as hell. Really well said, too.
The guy that wrote that must be one good looking dude. I bet he's getting massive pootang.

JMO

BB2/75

HA! HA! EXCELLENT!

ultracool · Post by **ultracool** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 1:31 am

Fat Cat wrote:FWIW, I'd be happy to even out Glassjaw's limp. As a service.

ROFLMAO!

DARTH · Post by **DARTH** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 1:33 am

STFU.

ultracool · Post by **ultracool** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 1:34 am

Actual link on Crossfit:

http://www.crossfit.com/cf-photos/pukie-ripped-2c.jpg

szczepan · Post by **szczepan** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 1:46 am

I thought the "Uncle Rhabdo" mascot was embellishment on the part of the NYT. Apparently, according to google, I was wrong. Even if fat boy doesn't do the WODs(

) He should still man up and post whatever workout his weak ass can manage AND THE NAME OF THE GUY(OR GIRL) WHO PULLED 750#

ultracool · Post by **ultracool** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 1:56 am

Glassman has a lot of freedom to be imprecise with his rhetoric.

DD marketing is constantly being criticized. Fair enough. But look at this:
Here is another Glassman quote:

â€œDD is network marketing http://www.mlmwatch.org/â€

ultracool · Post by **ultracool** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:00 am

I'd be pleased as punch to wear the Rhabdo shirt at any funeral that didn't happen because this new awarenes prevented it.
Posted by: BrianO at July 14, 2005 04:46 AM

http://www.crossfit.com/mt-archive2/000846.html

szczepan · Post by **szczepan** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:03 am

DD affiliates(of which I am one) do have the option of using tiered marketing(which I do not). The grapevine tells me that Jeff Martone has accepted an invitation to a future CF cert.

ultracool · Post by **ultracool** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:03 am

Also, anybody ever thought of making crossfit-type wallpapers ? I think it would be great to spark some interest at work .(what's that clown doing ?)
Posted by: David at July 13, 2005 09:56 PM

Grandpa's Spells · Post by **Grandpa's Spells** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:04 am

[quote="ultracool"]DD marketing is constantly being criticized. Fair enough. But look at this:
Here is another Glassman quote:

â€œDD is network marketing http://www.mlmwatch.org/â€

ultracool · Post by **ultracool** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:06 am

szczepan wrote:DD affiliates(of which I am one) do have the option of using tiered marketing(which I do not). The grapevine tells me that Jeff Martone has accepted an invitation to a future CF cert.

Got it. This will be recognized as the huge problem that it clearly is.

ultracool · Post by **ultracool** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:10 am

In light of brother rhabdo's introduction to the crossfit scene, anyone got any good suggestions for introducing some moms to crossfit? I'm teaching some things at a commercial facility and trying to break the mold, expecting that it will take a little while for them to make the switch in their thinking and their concept of "fitness". I don't expect them to be elite right off the bat and expect to do a lot of teaching, but I also dont want to dumb thngs down so much that it doesn't resemble crossfit anymore. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Will also post to messae board. Thx.
Posted by: Tim T at July 14, 2005 08:38 AM

ultracool · Post by **ultracool** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:13 am

CF crowd -- I wouldn't usually post, I'm realtively new to CF and my time seemed sort of abysmal today anyway.
The rhabdo topic can't be ignored, though. As a critical care MD and prior military, I have treated quite a bit of rhabdo. I haven't read the emedicine site, but I will tell you that SERIOUS rhabdo is commonly incited by exercise, particularly with associated heat stress. The 6% figure may take all comers, but rhabdo serious enough to put you in the ICU is usually due to overexertion +/- heat stress, drugs or toxins, or trauma such as a crush or pressure injury. Some studies say eccentric stress with an exertional stretch like running downhill (to the quads) or reversing a kettlebell at the bottom of the motion (to the lower back) seems particularly apt to produce this injury.
I personally DONT feel the recent article in the journal or coach's words are reactionary. Even if not lethal (and death IS uncommon with exertional rhabdo if medical attention is sought), who wants the time out of training, the lost work or the bills of this kind of injury? Rhabdo is one of the answers to the "what could happen" question asked by the uninitiated.
CF trains smart -- I say stay smart. . .
then suck it up and do the last set!
;)
PS Pukie is cool. . .
Posted by: David T. at July 14, 2005 12:23 PM

ultracool · Post by **ultracool** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:14 am

PS Pukie is cool. . .

szczepan · Post by **szczepan** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:17 am

For the record... I train hard but do so in the 3 up 1 back format. I also believe that CF is a very good program IN FACT SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS DO CF. My problem is with the unneccessary BLATANT LYING ABOUT RESULTS, THE ONE TRUE WAY ATTITITUDE, AND THE HYPOCRISY OF CF'S FEARLESS(AND APPARENTLY GUTLESS) LEADER.

hth,

Steve

ultracool · Post by **ultracool** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:20 am

These guys need a steady diet of zhan zhuang for a year. Holy crap.

ultracool · Post by **ultracool** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:32 am

â€œIn the past few weeks, trainees at several other CF gyms have had serious cases of rhabdomyolysis, or, as we affectionately call it, Uncle Rhabdo. Rhabdomyolysis is basically caused when very large numbers of muscle cells break down, releasing their contents into the blood stream and overwhelming the liver, which temporarily shuts down.â€

Grandpa's Spells · Post by **Grandpa's Spells** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:06 am

[quote="ultracool"]â€œIn the past few weeks, trainees at several other CF gyms have had serious cases of rhabdomyolysis, or, as we affectionately call it, Uncle Rhabdo. Rhabdomyolysis is basically caused when very large numbers of muscle cells break down, releasing their contents into the blood stream and overwhelming the liver, which temporarily shuts down.â€

Renegade Doughboy · Post by **Renegade Doughboy** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:20 am

Mother Fucking Hell,

The Renegade has pointed out all along that Cross Fit is stupid and its adherents like cult memebers. Or course I was accused of just stirring shit, which I was, but it was based on a real opinion on the matter.

szczepan · Post by **szczepan** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:21 am

RDB, you were correct. Again.

szczepan · Post by **szczepan** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:26 am

Will someone with CF posting privileges at CultFit please ask the about DL maxes. I would do it myself but I have been banned PROBABLY BECAUSE GLASSMAN LACKS THE BALLS TO ADMIT THAT NONE OF HIS ATHLETES HAVE PULLED THE WEIGHT HE HAS CLAIMED !

szczepan · Post by **szczepan** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:19 am

http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/inde ... 4#comments

Grandpa's Spells · Post by **Grandpa's Spells** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:41 am

Renegade Doughboy wrote:The Renegade has pointed out all along that Cross Fit is stupid and its adherents like cult memebers. Or course I was accused of just stirring shit, which I was, but it was based on a real opinion on the matter.

You, of all people, must appreciate the mushroom cloud that has erupted over this. Veils have been dropped, frauds exposed, apologists embarrassed, and Jack Reape is "incredibly weak."

Grandpa's Spells · Post by **Grandpa's Spells** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:43 am

5100 hits. Holy shit. If we added 'Steve Freides' into the thread header the Internet would crash.

Hank Scorpio · Post by **Hank Scorpio** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 7:26 am

Ross Enamit's stuff is oriented towards the Ultra-GPP inclined and is scalable to the trainee. Furthermore, he is not an asshole or a cultist. In fact, he is very responsive over email and seems to be all around good guy.

In the past, whenever one of my buddies was telling me about this cool Matt Furey faux-kombat shit they were psyched about, I would always tell them to borrow my Enamiat boook instead. Now when they tell me about how they just heard that XFit is badass, I'll lend them the same book. Fuck those psychos.