Crossfit Inc. suspends use of Facebook and associated properties

Re:Crossfit Inc. suspends use of Facebook and associated pro... by michaelbrooks on Friday May 24, 2019 @02:55AM (#19999112)

Most CrossFit gyms aim for good form and control. All workouts can be scaled, if you can't lift a certain weight, or perform a certain movement you scale it down to a weight or movement you can do comfortably.

For instance, if you were asked to perform a workout which required handstand push-ups and you couldn't do them, you could scale to a box and do a more triangular movement, or you could grab some dumbbells and push-press. If a movement said 100kg deadlift and you can only comfortably deadlift 40kg then you would use 40kg instead.

Most coaches will talk through this and if you have questions, they'll mostly be happy to answer. Of course there are some coaches out there which aren't doing their job correctly, but most of them are really good at what they do.

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Re:Crossfit Inc. suspends use of Facebook and associated pro... by gamblor956 on Friday May 24, 2019 @03:22AM (#19999227)

Crossfit now aims for good form and control.

That wasn't true several years ago during the Uncle Rhabdo phase, and Crossfit only changed its tune because of the overwhelming bad press about injury rates. Back then, it was about doing exercises as fast and as many times as possible.

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Re:Crossfit Inc. suspends use of Facebook and associated pro... by sweeeety on Friday May 24, 2019 @09:58AM (#20001514)

and as any other transition, it takes time to incorporate. A lot of gyms and coaches I still see those days know/care very little about proper form and exercise individualization, periodization to make it safer.

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