Crossfit???

Where in CO are you? I own a Crossfit gym in Denver.

 

I'm in NW Arvada. MBS Crossfit and Arvada Crossfit are both really close to me, I will check them out in a week or so.

Where are you located? BTW it's too f'n hot for October today.

 

Im in the Highlands, 38th and Federal. Stop on in if you want to give it a try!

 

Thanks for the offer! Highlands is a bit out of my way, but if I'm in the area ill take you up on it.

 

Anybody doing the open???

 

Yeah it sucked haha

 

What did you end up with ?? My back was done after ....

 

17:36 RX'd. Was pissed, I wasn't prepped for it that day, should've been about 14ish

 

Great first Open WOD! Didnt hurt the lungs so much but lit the back up. I'd like to try it again but Im not sure I can recovery in time for it.

 

Ready for 17.2!

 

Same. Being a short skinny guy gymnastics are my jam. Should be a good time.

 

Never really fell in love with "CF", so took a chance and tried a local bootcamp. It's much more of what I was after. CF was a little too much strength and one rep max biased, while my bootcamp is more Met-Con and HIIT. For my goals it was a better fit. CF certainly opened my eyes however and I am forever grateful.

I grew up in a gym doing set after set of one dimensional lifts, while CF/bootcamp trains you like an athlete. I love it and am in better shape than I've ever been.

Regarding gym cliques... unfortunately they all have them in my experience. The people who aren't in the cliques are the cool ones anyway, so talk to them!

 

Tough to beat CF for time spent/fitness gained ratio.

 

Plus it's fun!

 

I see you posted in the gym / fitness thread.... Poor choice. They all think cardio is the devil and weightlifting is the only legitimate form of exercise.

As far as CF being one rep max focused maybe it was just the gym you were at? Mine and all the ones I've dropped into go through cycles of low weight/ high reps to heavy weight/ low reps for building strength and almost always are followed with a metabolic conditioning workout, similar to HIIT.

The whole point of CF is all around fitness: Oly lifting, aerobic capacity, gymnastics, running etc.. again sounds like the programming at the box you went to was more focused on Oly lifting and not all around fitness. Just my 0.02

 

Exactly

 

Yeah, I got quite the welcome over there. It's ok, I used to be one of them too.

Yes, the CF I went to was much too competition focused and not a good fit for me. I think the majority of are NOT like this, but it was my only experience so it's all I have to go on. I'm very happy with where I am now and know without a doubt that I'm in better shape than I've ever been. Still as strong as I ever was when I was a gym only person, but much stronger in many ways - most importantly cardio vascular.

 

We don't all think cardio is the devil.
















Just crossfit.

 

Cool.


Anyway...after losing 3 family members a year and a half ago, I've been slacking in many areas of my life...especially fitness. I'm exhausted all of the time, gaining weight, and I am irritable 90% of the time. This is the first step back into the game (off of the Brand X site):

WARM-UP:
3x
20 dumbbell shoulder presses (15#)
10 dumbbell delt flys (10#)
10 incline push-ups
10 banded triceps press-downs (Green band)

TEKKERS:
10:00
Clean technique work using 175# or less

145#

CONDITIONING:
2 x AMRAP in 7:00, rest 2:00
10 kipping pull-ups
10 dumbbell hang power cleans (35#)

1: 3 rounds

2: 2 rounds + 10 reps


-then-

3x
400-meter row sprint
Rest 1:00

1: 1:48

2: 1:42

3: 1:44



Takeaway: Feels good to move with purpose again, but I have a lot of work to do. Tomorrow is going to suck.