Wow, I enjoyed following their Instagram account and am sad to see it go, but good for them for making that decision.
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#42Wow I had heard Crossfit was a bit of an obsession for some people and a quirky approach to fitness, but I had no idea their official spiel was this level of paranoia - attacking academia as an unholy alliance of the establishment? > The voluntary CrossFit community of 15,000 affiliates and millions of individual adherents stands steadfastly and often alone against an unholy alliance of academia, government, and mult…
If you've ever been an athlete, and have spent 30 seconds watching crossfit - it becomes obvious the goal is to see how dumb of an "exercise" you can do before getting hurt. There are two type of crossfitters - those who have gotten a permanent and serious injury, and those who are going to get one.
I was a multi sport athlete and loved crossfit when I did it. Guess it all depends on where you go.
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#43Wow I had heard Crossfit was a bit of an obsession for some people and a quirky approach to fitness, but I had no idea their official spiel was this level of paranoia - attacking academia as an unholy alliance of the establishment? > The voluntary CrossFit community of 15,000 affiliates and millions of individual adherents stands steadfastly and often alone against an unholy alliance of academia, government, and mult…
Academia has a pretty bad track record when it comes to nutrition advice. "Food science" is mostly the study of how to maximize food manufacturer profits, not how to construct a healthy diet.
[citation needed]
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Academia has a pretty bad track record when it comes to nutrition advice. "Food science" is mostly the study of how to maximize food manufacturer profits, not how to construct a healthy diet.
[citation needed]
Citation? Snort. Let me know when they figure out whether or not eggs are going to kill me.
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#45Wow I had heard Crossfit was a bit of an obsession for some people and a quirky approach to fitness, but I had no idea their official spiel was this level of paranoia - attacking academia as an unholy alliance of the establishment? > The voluntary CrossFit community of 15,000 affiliates and millions of individual adherents stands steadfastly and often alone against an unholy alliance of academia, government, and mult…
If you've ever been an athlete, and have spent 30 seconds watching crossfit - it becomes obvious the goal is to see how dumb of an "exercise" you can do before getting hurt. There are two type of crossfitters - those who have gotten a permanent and serious injury, and those who are going to get one.
Just wondering here --
Isn't crossfit different depending on where you go?
I believe it was invented by some European guy... who did stuff with kettlebells. And most of those exercises are good.
I think the American variant is the one that's dangerous. (Or am I misinformed here?)
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
great conversation here guys
What would you say about other intentionally anti-intellectual dogmas? I do think they are worth considering, but also worth criticizing when they're proven beyond a reasonable doubt to be worse than useless.
> worse than useless
what is anyone's goal when partaking in exercise? And how about joining a club? Look at the CrossFit Games winners - do you think they've achieved nothing?
I don't partake in it, for the record. And I do acknowledge that many of the exercises seem ill-advised. But I made an account after like 6 years of lurking to point out that you're being pretty dogmatic in your criticisms of dogmas.
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#47There’s some ridiculous stuff going on where users come into a group, post bad stuff, then report the group. Boom, group deleted. Facebooks gotta do something about it...
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#48Uh this is typical cultish reaction to being called out: accuse others of doing exactly what you yourself are doing.
I'd like to remind everyone here, in case you are considering crossfit, that several years ago they caused a rash of cases of rhabdomyolysis. So in response they created a clown character called "Uncle Rhabdo" which they attached to propaganda that tried to convince their members that this possibly fatal condition isn't serious. Seriously:
http://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-rhabdomyolysis-...
"There is a lively online community posting selfies from hospital and who consider a rhabdo diagnosis as a badge of honour, showing their dedication to exercise."
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#50CrossFit is fucking bananas, as an "exercise" as well as a cult/religion. Not trying to sound defensive of facebook at all but holy shit, CrossFit is crazytown. The company, the idea, and the customers.
That you're getting downvoted means that people here don't know about CrossFit's history. (c.f.: the 'uncle rhabdo' shit from a few years ago http://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-rhabdomyolysis-... )