Opinions on Crossfit?

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I personally like crossfit, but I'm also bias as I do it..

I do know however that it can be a VERY dangerous sport as a lot of Olympic weightlifting movements are Strenuous. And crossfit in general is strenuous. But it's challenging and has helped me fight my depression, anxiety and ED.

And generally (from MY experience) out of the 5 people that were hurt (all minor injuries) 3 of them were because they didn't listen to the coach... so I think another reason it's dangerous may just be that people aren't listening. But that doesn't apply to everyone:

Here's some picture:

My coach photo (I'm a volunteer coach for kids crossfit)

My boyfriend and I at our first competition. My barbell is 55lbs..

But ya, what are your opinions?

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There are a lot of people teaching Crossfit who have no business coaching at all. Any exercise is good, but it's effectively training with no real goals in mind, and too many coaches push people beyond their safe limits - hence all the injuries.

It's so highly dependent on the individual gyms that I couldn't recommend it to anyone unless I knew the coach personally.

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I'm sure its an excellent workout but sometimes it seems cultish to me

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Crossfit can be really great. But so can regular weightlifting and cardio. For me it just really depends on the instructors. I'm a licensed massage therapist in a chiropractic office and I see a lot of crossfit related injuries. And the reason the injuries happened is because the instructor was more focused on getting the reps vs quality and proper form. You get hurt by doing too much too fast and improperly. As long as you can listen to your body and get the right form you'll do fine.

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For anyone who wants an honest assessment of Crossfit, there's an excellent article on T-Nation by Mark Rippertoe that goes into it in depth.

Crossfit: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

https://www.t-nation.com/training/crossfit-the-good-bad-and-the-ugly

It's well worth reading.

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I'm very into fitness...
Crossfit itself can be dangerous because people who have no business teaching it are attempting to do so.
I see nothing wrong with weightlifting as long as it's done safely.
I'm an avid weight-lifter, but I specifically don't associate myself with crossfit because of the negative stigma associated with it.

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I personally am not a fan. Probably because I physically couldn't do it due to back and hip problems and partially because I had a bad run in with a few people who did it regularly.

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Any exercise is dangerous if done incorrectly, cross fit is amazing because it's so dynamic, something people tend to forget about when they are trying to keep fit and healthy in the gym is that most novents they are doing aren't that dynamic It's good to do a mix and try new things. People make allot of jokes about it and I do agree some things are bizarre but you'll find that with most things, not all cross fit is like he memes you see

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From what I've seen, a lot of the injuries come from people who think they can lift more than they can, as well as from using improper technique. Any sport can result in injuries if you push too hard and don't listen to your body or coaches/instructors.

I'm personally very athletic and can pick things up very quickly, either by watching others or by instruction. Not everyone is like this though. I wouldn't recommend XF to those who have never participated in a physical activity/sport but that's not to say that they couldn't be successful at it.

I love Crossfit but had to quit when I first got pregnant because of some bleeding I was having. Completely unrelated to XF but I didn't feel comfortable with the heavy lifting at that point. I'm doing group classes instead right now but will return to XF after my baby comes.

Opinions on Crossfit?

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