I wont go into great detail, or reveal his name, but one of our members emailed me this and I thought it was pretty concise. This guy ins't a hardcore CrossFitter and hasn't been doing it for 50 years or anything, but he's a smart dude and both the original article and his email made grin. There IS still hope.
I randomly came across this old article last night. Argues that Crossfit was only cool and seemingly effective when it was "underground" and now that it is popular it will go to shit. Really fuck wad?? If you look at the history of athletics, the more popular a sport becomes, the more people play it and the higher the competitive bar is raised. When snowboarders started to pick up big sponsorships, snowboarding became an Olympic sport and was plastered all over ESPN 2 the entire freaking winter, did the sport go to shit? Heck no. The guys and gals got better and better and then freakishly better. It has now evolved to a point that I'm sure nobody had ever imagined. The same argument could be made for every professional sport which were all at sometime just a bunch of guys using their bodies to throw, kick, jump, score, fight etc...
Crossfit isn't for everyone and will never be that way. It's not easy and it's not the magical pill that out-of-shape Americans want. The more popular it gets, the more people will take part and everyone will improve. In ten years people will look back and shake their heads in astonishment at how far the sport has come. The guy that wrote that article should absolutely not do Crossfit-- he would never be able to squeeze into his skinny hipster jeans again and would surely perish.
Rant.
-Gambit Member
1) front squat: 5x60%, 3x5@70%
2) back squat: 10@60%, 8@65%, 6@70%, 4@75%
3) a) snatch high-pulls (floor to chest height), 5x6 @ 80-90%
b) strict & wide ring row, 5x10 (add weight if necessary)
4) AMRAP 7:00
6 hang split snatch, 115lbs
14 lateral jumps, 24"
10 KTE
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