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Gin Master wrote:I play a sport that measures itself in wins and losses, not by beating Harold from Accounting on some randomly selected movements. If I get injured, it's because another player threw me on my head or shoulder, kicked my ankle, or broke my arm; not because I fell off a pullup bar. If I lose, it's because another 220-pounder threw me flat on my back, not because a tire came off my wheelbarrow. Even the indignity of being knocked out is preferable to sitting on the ground and pissing on the floor while tape is rolling.

If I throw up it's because it's because I drank too much the night before, not because a 95-pound bar got the best of me. And when I'm injured in training, I stop and take care of it rather than sacrificing my bones, joints, or kidneys to the whims of an incoherent cripple who went on a vision quest at the bottom of a Beefeater bottle.

MarcoFP wrote:I'm going to go grapple here in an hour or so. Got a couple of dudes who Crossfit. I'll have to pay attention & see if I'm any more impressed with their level of conditioning then I am anyone else's.............

Gin Master wrote:

MarcoFP wrote:I'm going to go grapple here in an hour or so. Got a couple of dudes who Crossfit. I'll have to pay attention & see if I'm any more impressed with their level of conditioning then I am anyone else's.............

I have found that lighter grapplers can get away with it better. I know several judoka in the 60, 66, and 73kg classes that do @F and seem to be fine. I know one good 81kg player that uses a less retarded version of @F (aka intervals and circuit training).

I'm following Joel Jameison's stuff to tune me up for the end of January (at -100kg). I'll report back on that.

WildGorillaMan wrote:

Pat Barber thinks it’s more likely that CrossFit-trained athletes will transition easily into other sports and dominate the playing field rather than the other way around.

Yeah, because that's happened already. Time and again.

WildGorillaMan wrote:

Pat Barber thinks it’s more likely that CrossFit-trained athletes will transition easily into other sports and dominate the playing field rather than the other way around.

Yeah, because that's happened already. Time and again.

protobuilder wrote:

WildGorillaMan wrote:

Pat Barber thinks it’s more likely that CrossFit-trained athletes will transition easily into other sports and dominate the playing field rather than the other way around.

Yeah, because that's happened already. Time and again.

BmacNch33zy can't even outrun the Diva.

And he's in CHARGE of CFE.

MarcoFP wrote:The guys with the best conditioning in our room wrestle. A lot. Do some wrestling workouts as well. Lift heavy. Don't do the @F thing. I've never really paid attention to the 3 @fitter's conditioning level, something I'll have a look at over the next week.

The assembled CrossFitters agree that while some football players and other power athletes might be capable of moving more weight, moving their own mass at body-weight movements will exhaust them at high volume. According to Tommy Hackenbruck, that type of athlete just has “too big of an engine.”

Even if someone has the talent, there’s the issue of training and mental fortitude.

“None of these guys are going to come in and do well without any CrossFit training. That will never happen,” Castro says. “They don’t have that mindset to push like CrossFitters do.”

Volume and mental fortitude blah blah blah, I doubt any of those asshats would have the balls to tell this guy that.

I just had a “Holy crap, this is why CrossFit works!” moment.

As most of you know, I’m in nursing school. We’ve been studying this thing called Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs on/off since I started last year. I was studying for a gerontology exam last night, staring at the Maslow pyramid when I had my “holy crap!” moment: There are few endeavors in life that fulfill all of our needs. CrossFit is one of them.
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Self-Actualization: This is the top of the pyramid. The books say it’s the hardest to achieve. It’s transcendence and self-affirmation (sounds Buddhist-Nirvana-ish to me). When I used to do yoga I always wondered when I’d transcend. With CrossFit, I think we transcend and self-affirm each and every time we finish a WOD, especially when we’re curled up in fetal position in a pool of sweat.

Quackmire wrote:http://www.crossfitproper.com/2010/11/23/wod-11-24-10/

I just had a “Holy crap, this is why CrossFit works!” moment.

As most of you know, I’m in nursing school. We’ve been studying this thing called Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs on/off since I started last year. I was studying for a gerontology exam last night, staring at the Maslow pyramid when I had my “holy crap!” moment: There are few endeavors in life that fulfill all of our needs. CrossFit is one of them.
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Self-Actualization: This is the top of the pyramid. The books say it’s the hardest to achieve. It’s transcendence and self-affirmation (sounds Buddhist-Nirvana-ish to me). When I used to do yoga I always wondered when I’d transcend. With CrossFit, I think we transcend and self-affirm each and every time we finish a WOD, especially when we’re curled up in fetal position in a pool of sweat.

Cult worship much?

Shafpocalypse Now wrote:Yes indeed.

MarcoFP wrote:Bmac&Cheese is just like the fackin' couch himself. No fackin' way do they hold themselves to anything resembling a standard.

MarcoFP wrote:Bmac&Cheese is just like the fackin' couch himself. No fackin' way do they hold themselves to anything resembling a standard.