Comments on: CrossFit http://www.marksdailyapple.com/crossfit/ Serving up health and fitness insights (daily, of course) with a side of irreverence. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:23:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Julie http://www.marksdailyapple.com/crossfit/#comment-530805 Julie Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:32:21 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/crossfit/#comment-530805 Gotta tack on to that that bench press doesn't just isolate your pecs. It works your pecs, your anterior delts, your biceps, triceps, and I think a couple more minor supporting muscles. Yes, you feel it more in your pecs, but the other muscles are also engaged as stabilizers or assisting with the press. Gotta tack on to that that bench press doesn’t just isolate your pecs. It works your pecs, your anterior delts, your biceps, triceps, and I think a couple more minor supporting muscles. Yes, you feel it more in your pecs, but the other muscles are also engaged as stabilizers or assisting with the press.

]]> By: Jodi http://www.marksdailyapple.com/crossfit/#comment-524440 Jodi Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:46:48 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/crossfit/#comment-524440 I'm a 42 year old Crossfit convert. After running for years, I was slowly starting to creep up in weight and softness. Cutting sugar and most grains while doing CF has me in the best shape of my life. I LOVE that many of the workouts are short. Workouts for loads are longer (30 minutes) but the short ones are really intense and efficient. I couldn't do a second workout the same day; I'm exhausted every time. It's hard to use a busy schedule as an excuse when I can do a workout in 10-15 minutes. I’m a 42 year old Crossfit convert. After running for years, I was slowly starting to creep up in weight and softness. Cutting sugar and most grains while doing CF has me in the best shape of my life. I LOVE that many of the workouts are short. Workouts for loads are longer (30 minutes) but the short ones are really intense and efficient. I couldn’t do a second workout the same day; I’m exhausted every time. It’s hard to use a busy schedule as an excuse when I can do a workout in 10-15 minutes.

]]> By: Zach@CFLV http://www.marksdailyapple.com/crossfit/#comment-510844 Zach@CFLV Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:28:55 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/crossfit/#comment-510844 It would depend on what the actual CrossFit workout was... Some days, the CrossFit WOD is a strength routine; others, it is cardio-based. Really hard to plan off MainSite WODs because they are so varied. They are only intended to be combined with sport-specific training, really. It would depend on what the actual CrossFit workout was…

Some days, the CrossFit WOD is a strength routine; others, it is cardio-based. Really hard to plan off MainSite WODs because they are so varied. They are only intended to be combined with sport-specific training, really.

]]> By: Zach@CFLV http://www.marksdailyapple.com/crossfit/#comment-510842 Zach@CFLV Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:25:26 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/crossfit/#comment-510842 The bench press is a functional, compound movement.... Multi-joint and heavy weight. How is it NOT functional? What if you were walking through the jungle and some big log fell from the tree tops and pinned you down....BENCH PRESS to the rescue!! No? Ok...maybe that was over the top. The bench press is a functional, compound movement….

Multi-joint and heavy weight. How is it NOT functional?

What if you were walking through the jungle and some big log fell from the tree tops and pinned you down….BENCH PRESS to the rescue!!

No? Ok…maybe that was over the top.

]]> By: Zach@CFLV http://www.marksdailyapple.com/crossfit/#comment-510840 Zach@CFLV Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:21:54 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/crossfit/#comment-510840 Just so you know, they are referring to "functional" mass...not the superfluos crap that bodybuilding produces. CrossFit isn't JUST a brilliant marketing scheme that utilizes blogs -- they have taken old age training principles and applied them differently. Yeah, the principles aren't NEW, but the way CrossFit methodology utilizes those principles is their own. Take, for instance, your comment that CrossFit is just "metabolic work with no rest" or that it "can't help you train for a specific sport." You would be incorrect on both occasions; CrossFit metabolic conditioning is only ONE aspect of their programming (they include heavy strength days and other single modality/skill training as well). As for SST - you take ANY athlete and combine their sport-specific training with CrossFit = they will perform better for it during their competition. Try it and see what happens...prove them wrong, then tell us why. Of course, I may be biased...ha. Just so you know, they are referring to “functional” mass…not the superfluos crap that bodybuilding produces.

CrossFit isn’t JUST a brilliant marketing scheme that utilizes blogs — they have taken old age training principles and applied them differently. Yeah, the principles aren’t NEW, but the way CrossFit methodology utilizes those principles is their own.

Take, for instance, your comment that CrossFit is just “metabolic work with no rest” or that it “can’t help you train for a specific sport.” You would be incorrect on both occasions; CrossFit metabolic conditioning is only ONE aspect of their programming (they include heavy strength days and other single modality/skill training as well).

As for SST – you take ANY athlete and combine their sport-specific training with CrossFit = they will perform better for it during their competition. Try it and see what happens…prove them wrong, then tell us why.

Of course, I may be biased…ha.

]]> By: jonah http://www.marksdailyapple.com/crossfit/#comment-510277 jonah Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:10:48 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/crossfit/#comment-510277 THANK YOU. most people are enamored with crossfit, but it's mostly just metabolic work with no rest. It can't help you train for a specific sport or competition, and their hierarchy for building muscle is ridiculous. (from their Faq) "Here is a hierarchy of training for mass from greater to lesser efficacy: 1. Bodybuilding on steroids 2. CrossFitting on steroids 3. CrossFitting without steroids 4. Bodybuilding without steroids " crossfit may help a person who has a weak program lose weight, but to claim that it is superior for mass building above a sensible (read: non AAS) bodybuilding routine is straight lying. THANK YOU. most people are enamored with crossfit, but it’s mostly just metabolic work with no rest. It can’t help you train for a specific sport or competition, and their hierarchy for building muscle is ridiculous.

(from their Faq)

“Here is a hierarchy of training for mass from greater to lesser efficacy:
1. Bodybuilding on steroids
2. CrossFitting on steroids
3. CrossFitting without steroids
4. Bodybuilding without steroids ”

crossfit may help a person who has a weak program lose weight, but to claim that it is superior for mass building above a sensible (read: non AAS) bodybuilding routine is straight lying.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.marksdailyapple.com/crossfit/#comment-506648 Daniel Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:43:02 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/crossfit/#comment-506648 Anyone able to answer me if a CrossFit session is counted as a strength training session? Like if I was to do a traditional weight lifting routine like Bench -> Deadlift -> Squats with 1-2 mins rest between sets then finish up, do I replace that routine with a CrossFit one or just add it into a rest day? I would be worried about overtraining or something if I did CrossFit as well as my weights routine.. Anyone able to answer me if a CrossFit session is counted as a strength training session? Like if I was to do a traditional weight lifting routine like Bench -> Deadlift -> Squats with 1-2 mins rest between sets then finish up, do I replace that routine with a CrossFit one or just add it into a rest day? I would be worried about overtraining or something if I did CrossFit as well as my weights routine..

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