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[Shepard]

I know we've got a few guys here doing Crossfit. Anyone care to post up your total (if you've been doing it long enough to do that WOD)?

[eternaltraveler]

I don't do the total. Too much risk of injury IMHO

[Shepard]

I'm pretty much the oppsosite. I'm more concerned with people injurying themselves trying to finish one of the workouts in the shortest amount of time (plenty of the online videos show form going to hell by the end).

Any particular movement out of the three you don't feel comfortable working up to a single?

[Live Forever]

What exactly is Crossfit? Sorry I am a bit clueless on some of this training stuff.

[Shepard]

www.crossfit.com

[Live Forever]

www.crossfit.com

Thanky. Looks good.

[eternaltraveler]

I'm pretty much the oppsosite. I'm more concerned with people injurying themselves trying to finish one of the workouts in the shortest amount of time (plenty of the online videos show form going to hell by the end).

If my form starts going to hell that means I'm done.

Any particular movement out of the three you don't feel comfortable working up to a single?

I won't do a max single rep attempt on anything. I was in a gym once when some guy was doing a max rep attempt on the bench and torn his pec.

[Shepard]

If my form starts going to hell that means I'm done.

Which any smart non-competing person would do. But, I don't see the danger in max attempts on certain movements for a smart person training correctly. (I probably shouldn't say this in case someone that's never trained before takes that as a go-ahead to try to deadlift his car.) To further this thought, it does require a solid amount of training history to really know how to react when things start going bad on a max single (how to correct, when to abort the lift, etc.).

I was in a gym once when some guy was doing a max rep attempt on the bench and torn his pec.

It's understandable to be scarred from that. How bad was his reaction? There are usually lots of factors going on in injuries like that, though.

Edited by shepard, 04 December 2007 - 04:57 AM.

[eternaltraveler]

His reaction was his pec curled up into a little ball and he needed surgery

didn't know the guy.

[jaydfox]

His reaction was his pec curled up into a little ball and he needed surgery

See, here's one drawback to the forum upgrade. Where's the puke smilie when you need it?

[Shepard]

His reaction was his pec curled up into a little ball and he needed surgery

See, some people just can't handle stress.

Bunch of weaklings afraid of a little weight.

[eternaltraveler]

I have a feeling AASs might have been involved (ie muscle outgrew the tendon too quickly)