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CrossFit people tend to get wear and tear much faster than at a regular gym. I remember my box owners face wince with pain every time someone dropped to the gr

CrossFit people tend to get wear and tear much faster than at a regular gym. I remember my box owners face wince with pain every time someone dropped to the ground. Those bodies have moving parts and are expensive! http://www.outsideonline.com/1928481/crossfit-killing-us http://www.outsideonline.com/1928481/crossfit-killing-us

smegel 11y ago
> CrossFit people tend to get wear and tear much faster than at a regular gym. True! I remember a physio (who happened to work closely with a box) say that CrossFit is a great way of finding out all these niggles and problems you never knew you had, and then turning them into ailments or injuries, which of course need more treatment and attention.
briandear 11y ago
Outside as a legitimate source of anything is a joke. That publication is the National Enquirer of the outdoor sports world. As far as the 'CrossFit causes more injuries' meme (which incidentally has been promoted by people with a vested interest in CrossFit competitors,) is there any data to support the allegations? Outside is the same publication that declared Manaslu too dangerous for commercial expeditions and promotes a wide range of falsehoods and distortions about Everest. If their track record on mountaineering coverage is any indicator, their CrossFit articles are likely equally biased and inaccurate.
- ectoplasm 11y ago
  Uncle Rhabdo?
- justinator 11y ago
  As the article mentions, when you try to do as many reps of say an Olympic lift in a certain amount of time - like the squat, it's very easy to undermine proper form, which is what leads to injuries in CrossFit. Since Crossfit is gaining popularity, a lot of these types of lifts are introduced and learned within a Crossfit gym, so there's little time to be acquainted with the proper way to do the lift. Thus, when someone leaves/quits the gym, they're not leaving with much of value: the strength they gain isn't specific to any one sport (unless that sport is, "CrossFit" which is also a headscratcher), and the exercises they've learned could have been done for years improperly. That's another recipe for injury. That's a lot of strange minuses for a gym that's very expensive to belong to. My comment was a joke, but the problem with injuries due to improper form while lifting is very real. It's not specific to CrossFit, but as I've mentioned, the focus on # reps in a specific amount of time can exasperates that problem. I myself have no investment in any commercial competitors of CrossFit. I'm a very fit person, but not in any way to CrossFit would measure. What I see personally in a CrossFit physique is a lot of muscle and weight that doesn't do a lot of good in the areas of sport that I practice: running, cycling, and climbing - all of which benefit from a strength to weight ratio that would not be attainable utilizing a CrossFit regime. CrossFit ideas have been attempted to be shoehorned into these things (CrossFit Endurance), but it's seemed as somewhat of a joke, if you're anything close to an elite athlete.
- justinator 11y ago
  Will the New York Times be a better source for information? http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/22/fashion/thursdaystyles/getting-fit-even-if-it-kills-you.html http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/22/fashion/thursdaystyles/get... It is a legitimate question - I'm actually pretty wary of most main stream media outlets - not unlike yourself.

smegel 11y ago

> CrossFit people tend to get wear and tear much faster than at a regular gym. True! I remember a physio (who happened to work closely with a box) say that CrossFit is a great way of finding out all these niggles and problems you never knew you had, and then turning them into ailments or injuries, which of course need more treatment and attention.

briandear 11y ago

Outside as a legitimate source of anything is a joke. That publication is the National Enquirer of the outdoor sports world. As far as the 'CrossFit causes more injuries' meme (which incidentally has been promoted by people with a vested interest in CrossFit competitors,) is there any data to support the allegations? Outside is the same publication that declared Manaslu too dangerous for commercial expeditions and promotes a wide range of falsehoods and distortions about Everest. If their track record on mountaineering coverage is any indicator, their CrossFit articles are likely equally biased and inaccurate.

ectoplasm 11y ago
Uncle Rhabdo?
justinator 11y ago
As the article mentions, when you try to do as many reps of say an Olympic lift in a certain amount of time - like the squat, it's very easy to undermine proper form, which is what leads to injuries in CrossFit. Since Crossfit is gaining popularity, a lot of these types of lifts are introduced and learned within a Crossfit gym, so there's little time to be acquainted with the proper way to do the lift. Thus, when someone leaves/quits the gym, they're not leaving with much of value: the strength they gain isn't specific to any one sport (unless that sport is, "CrossFit" which is also a headscratcher), and the exercises they've learned could have been done for years improperly. That's another recipe for injury. That's a lot of strange minuses for a gym that's very expensive to belong to. My comment was a joke, but the problem with injuries due to improper form while lifting is very real. It's not specific to CrossFit, but as I've mentioned, the focus on # reps in a specific amount of time can exasperates that problem. I myself have no investment in any commercial competitors of CrossFit. I'm a very fit person, but not in any way to CrossFit would measure. What I see personally in a CrossFit physique is a lot of muscle and weight that doesn't do a lot of good in the areas of sport that I practice: running, cycling, and climbing - all of which benefit from a strength to weight ratio that would not be attainable utilizing a CrossFit regime. CrossFit ideas have been attempted to be shoehorned into these things (CrossFit Endurance), but it's seemed as somewhat of a joke, if you're anything close to an elite athlete.
justinator 11y ago
Will the New York Times be a better source for information? http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/22/fashion/thursdaystyles/getting-fit-even-if-it-kills-you.html http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/22/fashion/thursdaystyles/get... It is a legitimate question - I'm actually pretty wary of most main stream media outlets - not unlike yourself.