Also, the misdirected resentment likely comes from some Crossfit people preaching it like a cult. Just like anything, there's people that take it too far.
With that being said, if the movements are done correctly, I don't see how Crossfit is all that bad
This. As a powerlifter I used to hate everything about crossfit, but now I realize it's a great way to get people away from pseudo body building and into the rack / onto the platform. I think a lot of people find technical lifts like the squat or clean to be very intimidating, but crossfit helps people get over this fear in a group environment. Once this has been accomplished and someone gets comfortable, it's fairly easy to steer them towards olympic lifting or powerlifting.
> More places for me to train, suddenly people understand you why its fun
It's so nice to now be able to travel and not have to worry about being stuck in some crappy commercial gym where people yell at you for using chalk and making noise while deadlifting.
A lot of these people are more or less wasting their time grinding out workouts that have no real rhyme or reason to them when they could be putting all that perspiration into good linear progression and actually increasing their strength and performance.
There's also a pervasive smugness in a lot of these boxes. It almost seems to be part of the workout; thinking you're some kind of superhuman and better than everyone else.
That said, many newbies will make _a lot_ of gains when they start out doing crossfit or any form of barbell training.
The main problem, as I see it, is that it's near trivial to get a Coach Level 1 certificate (my mom could do it). This results in a lot of bad coaching, resulting in bad form, resulting in unneeded injuries. You could argue that an easy certificate makes it easier to open up a box. Interesting trade off.
There are plenty of crossfit boxes, although I do not know if this is a majority, that hire real weightlifting coaches.
I can't help but think that much of the hate crossfit gets is just some form of resentment. Barbell training used to be unique, now it's getting more popular, and people feel attacked on a personal level.
All that said, good coaching, especially with big weights, is very important. It's a shame not every crossfit box owner thinks that way. Some of the injuries are bad. https://medium.com/@ericrobertson/crossfits-dirty-little-sec...