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12-18-2012, 09:08 AM | #3801 | |
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12-18-2012, 09:27 AM | #3802 |
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Lmao!!!
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12-18-2012, 09:32 AM | #3803 |
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12-18-2012, 10:00 AM | #3804 |
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It's not CrossFit just lifting heavy weight
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12-18-2012, 10:03 AM | #3805 |
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12-18-2012, 10:13 AM | #3806 |
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fine, i will give up lifting in general. j/k, i know that this is actually quite common, still very embarrassing.
if that's giving 100%, i am ok with staying at 99%. |
12-18-2012, 01:04 PM | #3807 |
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Seems easy enough to laugh off. Duecing the shorts tho.
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12-31-2012, 11:22 AM | #3808 |
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Since I don't belong to a box, mostly working out at an "ordinary" gym, and then sometimes at home, I don't have the ability/equipment to strictly follow CF programming. I've got a list of all the girls/heroes workouts, and usually try to modify either one of those on a given day, or the main site WOD. But, this ends up constantly making me have to, essentially, invent a workout every day. I've been at my desk for like 30 minutes trying to figure out what I feel like doing. Ugh. [/vent]
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12-31-2012, 11:56 AM | #3809 |
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Ditch the randomness, especially with a girl/hero wod bias, screams of unbalanced cortisol hell. Too many gyms post their wods to try and come up with your own if you don't know what you're doing.
IMO, find a gym whose programming includes a strength element and a complimentary metcon, follow them and sub as necessary. |
12-31-2012, 12:06 PM | #3810 | |
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If you have a decent background in the olympic lifts and want to become a complete and total badass, I suggest Outlaw's programming: http://outlawcoach.wordpress.com/ |
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01-01-2013, 12:30 AM | #3811 | |
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01-01-2013, 01:57 PM | #3812 |
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Its probably THE program to do if you have a bias for weightlifting, which has certainly lent itself well to competing in crossfit.
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01-01-2013, 03:12 PM | #3813 |
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01-01-2013, 08:43 PM | #3814 |
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Depends what crossfit means to the individual I suppose. If you're competitive it depends on the events. Moe Kelsey comes to mind as someone who podiumed at the games while not excelling in weightlifting.
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01-01-2013, 09:11 PM | #3815 |
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It's a totally different competitive CrossFit world in 2013 than 2009 for one. And being good means just that. If someone doesn't care about being good at it, then that's fine. You can still use the workouts to get in great shape you will definitely improve some and I would argue it's likely better for staying healthy and injury free. But if you really want to be good at it, and competitive on any scale, then Rudy believes, and I agree with him, that you have to be competent in weightlifting.
Also, the 2012 games site has Moe's snatch/C&J at 220/275. While not earth shattering numbers, for a 6'2" 215lb CrossFit guy they are definitely respectable, and he wasn't even close to regionals that year finishing 195th in his region. |
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01-01-2013, 10:10 PM | #3817 | |
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To be an athlete you need to compete in an athletic event. Those events range from strongmam/weightlifting/powerlifting to marathon running (one extreme to the other). Weightlifters, in general, have good flexibility and agility. Their explosive power is second to none.
It is tough to create a program around such nebulous goals as being 'athletic' with good flexibility and strength. That is why you're having such a difficult time figuring out what you want to do. A goal like hitting 15 rounds of Cindy gives you something to shoot for. Then you can design a program to help you reach the goal. Decide on a real, actual, concrete goal. Then you'll be able to start moving forward. And that goal can be as simple as smashing P90X2 too! |
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01-02-2013, 12:16 PM | #3821 |
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That's good insight, and you're right, I agree there needs to be some kind of goal. When I first started to do some CrossFit workouts, with my impending 40th birthday this year, I established a goal of doing Angie in sub-25 minutes. I didn't know how aggressive that was, but I figured, gotta start somewhere.
As far as other athletic endeavors, I asst. coach my son's travel baseball team, and I've kinda become the 'fitness' coach, so one part of being 'athletic' is just setting an example for them. Meaning, when I make them run, or whatever, I want to be able to do it just as well (frankly, better...and I plan to start working in some CF stuff for them). I also plan to play in a men's baseball league (dabbled a bit last year) this year, which is no beer league, it's full on, 85mph pitchers, wooden-bat serious. All in all, you've definitely given me something to think about, which is to set some more short-term, concrete goals, so I can have better direction day-to-day. I'm going to really sit down and try to figure out some things. |
01-02-2013, 12:33 PM | #3822 | |
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Visit your doctor. Get blood work done with a complete hormone panel: CBC with/ Diff PSA Estradiol DHEA Sulfate T3 Uptake T4 Free FSH TSH LH Testosterone Free and Total Cortisol Lipids IGF-1 Hepatic Panel Prolactin Comprehensive Metabolic Panel Vitamin D3 B-12/Folate You want to do this now so you can track changes in the future. HRT may, or may not, be for you. But you will not know until you get this basic information. Myself, I'm trying to hold off until I'm 50. |
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I've been thinking that, too, Tim, to get a physical as my 40th approaches. Honestly, it's interesting you mention that. I've been wondering if my hormones are 'off' lately. Not to sound like I'm looking for a shortcut, but I can't help but think, given as hard as I've been working out, as much as I've been paying attention to diet...I don't really feel like my musculature has developed in kind. I'm not really getting leaner (though I've always been somewhat of a hard loser), strength is just getting 'meh'... Can't help but think that maybe the ol' systems aren't firing on full blast like days of yore. I think I may get on this stat...
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Often the days overlap (do cardio at lunch, then hit Y after work). I also divide my weight training into bite size chunks. My routine requires 45 min max on any given day. Cardio is about 45 min a day as well. The trick seems to be cycling between low rep, high weight to put on muscle, then reducing weight and doing more reps to consolidate your gains. You also want to change up your routine periodically to reduce the odds of suffering a repetitive injury. I worked with a trainer for the first year and kept the routines in a spreadsheet. Now I just pick from a menu of similar exercises and am self sufficient. If like me you don't really have any experience with weights, the trainer is invaluable because they'll help you get the form right. That's key both from the perspective of getting the most benefit from the exercise and not hurting yourself doing it. |
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