Squats the story - the Off Topic Thread...

MrPain

Used a TRX for the 1st time today, i was shaking like a leaf and the straps left a red mark on my arm:mad:. I will conquer it.

Parsley

i have invented a new deadlift programme... do f*ck all for about 3-4 months, pull a 10kg PB.

Inspector Coptoor

Scrambled eggs & Franks Hot Sauce can be improved upon by adding avocado.
Nom Nom Nom!

itsallaboutheL

Liam Henners257 wrote: »

Scrambled eggs & Franks Hot Sauce can be improved upon by adding avocado.
Nom Nom Nom!

Are you seriously drunk and eating that?

Parsley

one thing i've been meaning to ask about crossfit... haven't they essentially just taken circuit training and called it a sport?

jive

Parsley wrote: »

one thing i've been meaning to ask about crossfit... haven't they essentially just taken circuit training and called it a sport?

yes and by making it competitive have sacrificed technique. it's a poor mans circuit training

Barry.Oglesby

Parsley wrote: »

one thing i've been meaning to ask about crossfit... haven't they essentially just taken circuit training and called it a sport?

Wellllllll....

Sort of.

What they've actually done is taken metabolic conditioning work, which is around since forever but first really documented in and around 40 years ago, and branded it. They've done a really good job, and a lot of people have discovered the barbell, the kettlebell and the pull up bar thanks to them. They've been a really significant player in the shift away from machine weights and treadmills, but they are so far gone now that I don't think they'll ever come back.

When you look at paradigm shifts like this in health and fitness there are cycles and swings happening all the time. There big ones like aerobics, machine weights and now barbells are back, and there are small ones in the middle like kettlebells, step aerobics, spinning and so on. They all fit into the continuum they just do so in a microcycle. Anyway Crossfit is on the extreme end of this particular one, and it was kind of cool when they were hardcore guys training out of garages and setting up rowers in their attics. I dug it back then it was what I was looking for.

Now though, it's big business and it's not just 10 hardcore guys setting up a "box" and swinging sledge hammers. Back then if you were Crossfitting chances are you were an athlete or someone with experience looking for something different. Now all populations are in from the neophytes to the just plain broken, and I don't think they do that right. You can't be hardcore with 100 people in the room.

So now you have a guy falling and breaking his face doing a muscle up because the rings broke. If I were assessing that situation as a peer coach, I would ask the following questions in this order: 1) was there appropriate measures in place in case of an equipment or technique failure? ie. was there a safety mat or a spotter/catcher? 2) was your equipment serviced and checked recently? When was your last inspection? 3) Was the trainee trained properly in the movement?

Now if you can answer all 3 with 1) yes, 2) yes, 3) yes, then NOW it's an accident. If you can't answer yes to even one of those, then you as the coach are the problem. You can piss and moan about the equipment all you want but it's your equipment, you're responsible for it and if you bought stuff for €40 and didn't get a manufacturer's guarantee, didn't assess it and didn't have some sort of guarantee it wouldn't break, then you are at fault. I mean, who would have thunk that those translucent plastic rings were potentially weak?

Every time a crossfitter hurts himself it's the world that isn't hardcore enough. :rolleyes:

dartstothesea

Started reading Beyond Brawn, having seen it mentioned around a few times but most recently on Martin Berkham's blog.

I think I'm gonna not bother with the remaining 2/3 of it because the amount of times he's already lumped everything into either 'hard gainer' or 'easy gainer' is getting worrying.
Open to differing opinions on it, though. Most of everything else in the book seems sensible so far though. Hmm.

JJayoo

Getting ready for the big day

Edwardius

'if the idea of falling out of a sled and getting trampled by reindeer is foreign to you, we don't want you in our ranks'

Inspector Coptoor

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

Liam Henners257 wrote: »

Scrambled eggs & Franks Hot Sauce can be improved upon by adding avocado.
Nom Nom Nom!

Are you seriously drunk and eating that?

I ate that before I went out drinking.
Then I had burgers & beers.

COH

Its great having the keys to the gym... off to get my pre-turkey-coma swole on. Merry Christmas f*ckers

discus

GOAL Christmas mile coming up... Right after a full fry up. In Santa suit... And fully laced up boots. Something tells me this will be regretted!!

dave80

aiming for 200+ grams of protein at dinner

Phill Ewinn

4 Frozen lamb and rosemary steaks in Tesco, were €3 something now 50c.

NotExactly

Phill Ewinn wrote: »

4 Frozen lamb and rosemary steaks in Tesco, were €3 something now 50c.

I'm surprised you could get 4 steaks for €3 something never mind 50c. :eek:

Mauricmo

Just got gifted a slick set of body-weight scales. Whats the ideal time to weigh yourself? Or should I just weigh myself at roughly the same time everyday?

COH

Mauricmo wrote: »

Just got gifted a slick set of body-weight scales. Whats the ideal time to weigh yourself? Or should I just weigh myself at roughly the same time everyday?

PMD

NotExactly

Mauricmo wrote: »

Whats the ideal time to weigh yourself? Or should I just weigh myself at roughly the same time everyday?

Morning time because you're on am empty stomach and it's easier to do it at the same time if it's in the morning.

jive

Mauricmo wrote: »

Just got gifted a slick set of body-weight scales. Whats the ideal time to weigh yourself? Or should I just weigh myself at roughly the same time everyday?

wake up and knock out a banging poo. weigh yourself and god speed

gymsoldier

What's the craic ya'll.

I haven't been online in an age, and I've got to start the New Year off with a negative comment:

What is going on with the huge down turn in this forum, I'm in a state of cringe spasm here reading some of the "advice".

JJayoo

cringe spasm

I cracked one of those out earlier while on the phone to L

Parsley

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1515

Brian?

Thought some of you might appreciate this. I just moved to Phoenix, Arizona for a while. Joined a supermarket called costco, where you can buy a lot of things in bulk:




That right there is a US gallon of Franks Hot Sauce. Modeled by my good lady wife.

Inspector Coptoor

THAT is just AWESOME

Brian?

Liam Henners257 wrote: »

THAT is just AWESOME

It really is. In the same trip I bought 360 fish oil capsules for $15. I don't even care if they work they were so cheap

the drifter

briankeating wrote: »

It really is. In the same trip I bought 360 fish oil capsules for $15. I don't even care if they work they were so cheap

dont mind that....do they have big trucks and guns?

G86

Sitting on the dart from Blackrock yesterday, there were 3 l12/13 year old lads in front of me discussing how to inject steriods... and talking about their mate who got massive calves from it. TWELVE YEAR OLDS!

Jesus. Christ.

dartstothesea

I hear serious juicers are almost indistinguishable from 12 year olds though.
We're talking about testicles here, right?

Brian?

the drifter wrote: »

briankeating wrote: »

It really is. In the same trip I bought 360 fish oil capsules for $15. I don't even care if they work they were so cheap

dont mind that....do they have big trucks and guns?

Do I really need to answer that?

This place is mad, once I get a social security number I can buy an ak47 and carry it ANYWHERE perfectly legally.

Brian?

G86 wrote: »

Sitting on the dart from Blackrock yesterday, there were 3 l12/13 year old lads in front of me discussing how to inject steriods... and talking about their mate who got massive calves from it. TWELVE YEAR OLDS!

Jesus. Christ.

I wouldn't pay any attention. As a reformed 12 year old young fella, they'll say anything to sound cool or knowledgable.

the drifter

briankeating wrote: »

Do I really need to answer that?

This place is mad, once I get a social security number I can buy an ak47 and carry it ANYWHERE perfectly legally.

I was born in the wrong country...

Brian?

the drifter wrote: »

I was born in the wrong country...

Sounds like it. You should do what I did, get your employer to pay you to move to the US for a couple of years. Easy peasy.

Orla K

Note for future reference:
Don't imply Robb Wolfs cat is fat, no use of the words chunky, chubby or pregnant, also don't say he(the cat) has a daft name

The cat is 'lean and muscular'!




Also lol I don't even know what to think, people going around a gym with tubes attached, I'd love to laugh if I see it but I think that would be too cruel.

JJayoo

Has anyone seen this? Worth watching?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MX0BluP93A

cc87

Might be a few interested in this

http://www.mikereinold.com/2012/01/a-free-and-amazing-opportunity-to-learn-from-11-experts-in-the-fields-of-sports-rehabilitation-and-performance.html#

Cant sign up right now so not sure if there is a catch in it or not.

gymsoldier

G86 wrote: »

Sitting on the dart from Blackrock yesterday, there were 3 l12/13 year old lads in front of me discussing how to inject steriods... and talking about their mate who got massive calves from it. TWELVE YEAR OLDS!

Jesus. Christ.

They were talking about calves? Weird, most kids are like "I want massive arms, and be able to bench 200kg".

token

Crossfit Parody

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw8JBdVZ5IU

I'd give more of an intro but my bloody pause button got jammed at 0:52

itsallaboutheL

Myself and the ed were trying to figure out if it was an ad or not

Brian?

token wrote: »

Crossfit Parody

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw8JBdVZ5IU

I'd give more of an intro but my bloody pause button got jammed at 0:52

Was that supposed to be funny?

Inspector Coptoor

It was funneh

Mellor

briankeating wrote: »

Do I really need to answer that?

This place is mad, once I get a social security number I can buy an ak47 and carry it ANYWHERE perfectly legally.

I have a SSN, can I get a gun?

Brian?

Mellor wrote: »

briankeating wrote: »

Do I really need to answer that?

This place is mad, once I get a social security number I can buy an ak47 and carry it ANYWHERE perfectly legally.

I have a SSN, can I get a gun?

Yes, you can. It's fecking crazy.

Mellor

Wow, I would of thought you'd at least need a residents visa or something.
That's bizarre.

Brian?

Mellor wrote: »

Wow, I would of thought you'd at least need a residents visa or something.
That's bizarre.

Actually if you an Arizona drivers licence everything is easy. You only need to have a SSN to get that.

token

briankeating wrote: »

Was that supposed to be funny?

L and Ed are right on it being more of an Ad than anything. Good looking people getting sweaty together in intense workout scenes. Another year of mainstream exposure and we'll have the first CF porn vids on the market. Reebok will set up a child company under the radar to peddle it. $$$$. :pac: :pac:

DamienH

AMRAP - As many rides as possible

JJayoo

We need some of these

nbrady20009

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccpjTyTpxVM

Brian?

Haven't hit a tennis ball in years, but I have tennis elbow. Stupid elbow.

That's me out of action lifting wise for a while. Time to start running i suppose.