Crossfits Dirty Little Secret

Here's an article replying to the recent article going around bashing Crossfit because they overtrain their students.  "Crossfits Dirty Little Secret"

http://www.sweetlifeericka.com/2013/09/crossfit-doesnt-have-dirty-little.html

I think the reply pretty much sums up the attitude at a Crossfit school which is, "keep your hands up and protect yourself at all times chump!"


"Rhabdomyolysis -- an extreme condition thwarted upon oneself -- is not the fault of CrossFit. It's not the sport, the organization or even the coaches. It's your own fault."

No, it is your coaches job to protect you, that is what a coach does. You have a coach to teach you stuff that you dont know and one thing you definitely do not know is how hard you can push yourself safely.  This is  why even the strongest and most successful athletes in the world listen to their coaches.  Fucking ridiculous.

"But use your common sense! Don't do something that will hurt yourself. Listen to your body. Go slowly when you start. Learn correct form. Don't lift too heavy. Scale down if you need to. Take it seriously -- weightlifting isn't a joke."

How does a beginner know what too heavy is?  How do I learn correct form on an exercise like,  lets say, the barbell clean and snatch in the 5-10 minutes you show it to me before class?  Do you know how long Olympic weightlifters spend becoming proficient at this exercise?  Years, they spend years before they do what you see them doing on the platform.

"Another part of this article that irritated me, he talks about women peeing during double unders and says, "No, peeing during a workout is not alright. Ever." First of all, marathoners and triathletes do this regularly"

Marathoners and triathletes may pee their pants DURING AN EVENT, but I do not think they would pee their pants while training for this event!    Crossfit treats every class as if it is a competition EVERY TIME.  And for most students it is a competition that is never coming. 

If you are doing well at CF congrats, you are in a very small percentage of the population, you have the right motivation,  genetics and lifestyle for this training.  For the rest of us there are many other modalities that  will give you the same or better results  in a safer manner,  in a fraction of the time you will spend at a CF school.