If CrossFit Where To Start Over - What Is One Thing They Could Do Better?

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I have spent the last 20 years in the fitness industry, with a primary focus on functional fitness. I created the interval bodybuilding trend (HIIB), 'BuddyBuilding,' and I operate some of the biggest nutrition challenges on social media including:Carb Cycling, Keto Cycling, and IntermittentFasting. My workout programs have recently been part of the physical fitness protocols for the U.S.Military, used by large corporations, and have helped thousands of gym owners and individual athletes around the globe.

[cielostack]

Lifting is cool. Running is cool. CrossFit is cool. Walking is cool. Hiking is cool. It’s all good. Anything that gets you off the couch is a good thing.

[RogueCylon]

There’s a thing called scaling. Your ego gets in the way of progress.

[shawnthomasbrown]

When crossfit began, form and technique were a huge deal. Completing the reps correctly was a huge deal. I remember literally being told to do the movement correctly and finish the reps no matter how long it took me. Things changed when anyone and everyone could become a crossfit instructor by taking a test on a computer.

[jmanunc]

The high skill movements are part of what makes me enjoy it. It's things I've never done before, and I've always got something else to work on. People are over training because they are driven to do more and do better. Runners overtrain all the time, because they know if they run more, they will perform better. Ultimately, it is about learning your boundaries, and not making the same mistakes while training.

[ELCHICOBOMBAOFFICIAL]

Bro just described regular resistance/bodybuilding training and cardio

[lightningmcqueen]

Mobility and flexibility is just as important as muscle mass and strength if not more so
You train yourself and prepare yourself for those types of movements
You start easy then move up to those movements once you get better and more flexible

[miguelmarlowe]

“Three to six months to learn a movement.” It’s been years and my snatch still sucks 😂

[Portyhouse]

Agree to a point. Volume is the biggest killer especially if you're getting into the sport. I remember going to my first CrossFit gym, one of the workouts was 150 wall balls for time...no intermediate numbers or movements...thats exactly how you injure backs and knees!

[jmfu]

You just came full circle to the conclusion of what all the old-skool gym guys in the 80s and 90s knew long before CrossFit was ever concocted. Teach a Millennial, save a life . 🦖

[Seattleporch]

He's got a point. Still, the high skill movements are fun, too. That keeps me motivated.

[sdhokie]

Treat CrossFit like a season if you have other goals like strength and gains. I split the emphasis into annual quarters: Functional - Hypertrophy - XF - Strength, and repeat.

[mattynffc]

All you need to get in shape is
Deadlift
Squat
Bench
Barbell Row
Military Press
Pull ups/Push ups. Progressive overload with each movement. Simple

[Bombsuitsandkilts]

All exercises have skill limitations, skill and technique is one of the most important things worth testing. Ring muscle ups, proper running form, olympic movements, lifting a sandbag from the ground, hand stand pushups. I think one of the things we miss is actually testing people's ability to learn movements. What I mean is if you asked people to compete in shotput if no one had ever done it or knew how to do it, then it would just be power, coordination, and your ability to quickly learn a movement pattern, but if one of them threw shot in high school it is a huge advantage. If someone rowed in college that's a huge advantage, if they did olympic lifting its an advantage, if they got proper coaching on running form it's an advantage, but when you put enough things in those advantages in one even don't mean a lot because the variety is so high.

[prescottosegie]

Well said 💪 compound movements are the best movements to start training with

[NilsdeRooij]

Learning the new skills is why most people love CrossFit. Going through the scaling variations to get stronger en build the skill is what I enjoy. If you have people coming in instantly trying high skill movements, that’s an issue with the coaches/gym, not the methodology.

[jennifermueller]

Also, it is more fun because you can develop skills. There is always a progression.

[ssjrose]

So basically, do weightlifting circuits 😂😂😂😂😂 stuff that's been around since the 80s

[simonreilly]

The learning new and difficult movements definitely helps with athlete retention though. I love CrossFit because I’m always striving to improve at all the difficult movements.

Always learning is what makes it fun, and fitness being fun makes people more fit because they’re more likely to workout more often.

[RiPnShtUp]

Agreed. This is also on a gym to gym basis. You train how your coaches train you. If they aren’t holding you accountable for your training then you need to exit that gym and find another. All these crazy lifts can be scaled, so the framework is there.

[MilkByCow]

Been practicing CrossFit for almost a decade but the allure for isn’t so much the workouts but the high skill movements - which introduced me to calisthenics and gymnastics, that I’ve been doing for the last year (still keeping up with CrossFit for maintenance tho) which I would never do in a WOD 😂