Goes without saying that if you can't correctly squat or deadlift, then there's no way you should be attempting to catch a barbell above your head. There's certainly worse places for beginners than his Starting Strength to learn the fundamentals.Exactly and that's good to hear too about where you train.
The concept of crossfit is going to attract extremists and wherever there are extremists willing to chuck their money around, there'll be an idiot there willing to snap their hands off.
I can't recall but I will try and dig it out.
Aye
I don't agree with everything Ripptoe says, but he's bang on with a lot of stuff and has been around for f***ing years
Exactly my point, walk into an ordinary gym, and the vast majority, even a lot of those who lift reguarly will not be able to perfom a normal back squat. They are too used to the standard bodybuilder type workout/split mainly focussing on upper body development which is why you see so many quarter squats/squats on the Smith Machine, but even the ones who can won't even necessarilly have the flexibility to manage something like an overhead squat, which also requires a degree of technical skill, regardless of how strong they are. Add on how the modern gym goer tends to prefer lat pulldowns to pull-ups - never mind a muscle up or some of the more complicated gymnastics moves - and who prefer tricep kickbacks to deadlifts, it would certainly leave me with the impression that even someone who trains five times a week in most cases would probably benefit from classes/corrective training/some form of periodisation before starting a programme of Crossfit's nature, nevermind a beginner.
Jacana? I'll no doubt see you thereJust doing an "on ramp" at a crossfit gym in Durham. Seems like a decent set up. All the lifts and techniques are demonstrated and practised with lengths of poly pipe. Hand positions are marked on the pipes and explanations of feet and body positions are given for each lift. I have wondered what it will be like once the WOD's get under way and I'm interested to see if form goes out of the window or trying to push too much weight becomes as issue (not from me of course - other people
I'm doing it to improve my fitness, build core strength and flexibility for triathlon so hopefully I can keep a lid on it, practise good form and stay injury free.
Yes Jacana. On ramp finished yesterday and first WOD done today. Nothing to technical today but I need to work on my oly skills and upper body strength, having mostly run and cycled for the last few years.
Did you do a taster session on Monday night with lee howe? Or are you the older lad who did the on ramp?
You seen the WOD today? Thankfully I'm busyDid my taster last Saturday. Yes I'm am the owld git who was doing the on ramp. The younguns couldn't keep up though
Broken man today. Hero WOD - Rx'd it and still buzzing.
aye mate, that was me.Got physio tonight (thank God). Saw the picture on facebook of my mates lass doing it, looks like she's doing long division as well. Loads of numbers chalked on the floor next to her
Did you do the on ramp about 9 -10 weeks ago. My mate john said you might have been on the same one as him. Said there was a git big lad called Ross, so I assume it was you?
I he's alright for a black n white.
Think I'll be in tomorrow's 11am class like. Hopefully summit I can manage!
more practice required.
