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Barbells = Good. Cult of Work Past Exhaustion = Injuries.

• IkmoIkmo 11y ago
  The other horrible part (besides exhaustion) is that I see so many people with horrible form on the first rep when they're totally fresh, nowhere close to exhaustion, and the trainer just screams '1, 2, 3!' etc, as opposed to 'dude holdup, here's what you're doing wrong'. And this isn't just at local small shitty gyms which couldn't find decent trainers and are run by a novice trainer... I mean if you want to laugh and cry and watch a slightly offensive video, check this out: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22p3g0_deadlifts-from-the-washed-up-loser-olympics_fun http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22p3g0_deadlifts-from-the-... If you have no time, just check the single lift that starts at 2:30, and consider that the judges passed it, and that they passed it according to the rules of the crossfit event. I mean that's criminal negligence if you ask me!
  • mathattack 11y ago
    Yes. Lift to exhaustion encourages poor form, which in turn encourages injuries. One size fits all also encourages injuries. It's just stupid. It's one thing getting hurt in something like football or jiu jitsu where it's part of the sport, but weightlifting shouldn't have such a high injury rate.