I agree with Josh. When I first looked into X-Fit, I liked a lot of the exercises – pull-ups (but not kipping), use of the barbells and kettlebells, etc. But I couldn’t understand the philosophy behind randomizing the workouts. If X-Fit were not so tied up in defending it’s model as if it were ordained by God, it could actually be both popular (because of the group culture) and effective. You’ve laid out a great blueprint that they are unfortunately unlikely to adopt because of the corporate vision of the founder.
This is a well written, informative and intelligent post. You even manage to hit upon the fatal flaw within it, it’s not crossfit. Constant variation is a, probably THE cornerstone to crossfit philosophy. Crossfit will go away when the good “crossfit” coaches finally admit to themselves and the world that they are not doing crossfit and stop paying their affiliate fees to a company that promotes ineffective and dangerous training. Strength and conditioning coaches such as yourself will keep producing well meaning articles, such as this, that promote the idea of improving crossfit by not doing crossfit, but it will always skirt the problem. Crossfit is a corporation and a set of principles, with constant variation being key. If there is any doubt as to what the originators and owners of the brand had in mind with this phrase, simply see the main site wod’s. If these wod’s strike one as stupid, ineffective, brilliant or whatever, then crossfit itself is stupid, ineffective, brilliant or whatever. Any attempt to get around this is intellectual wanking.
Thanks, Josh. I appreciate you reading and taking the time to comment. I’m just hoping to reach the open-minded folks that want to improve their fitness via sound logic and planning.
I agree with Josh. When I first looked into X-Fit, I liked a lot of the exercises – pull-ups (but not kipping), use of the barbells and kettlebells, etc. But I couldn’t understand the philosophy behind randomizing the workouts. If X-Fit were not so tied up in defending it’s model as if it were ordained by God, it could actually be both popular (because of the group culture) and effective. You’ve laid out a great blueprint that they are unfortunately unlikely to adopt because of the corporate vision of the founder.
This is a well written, informative and intelligent post. You even manage to hit upon the fatal flaw within it, it’s not crossfit. Constant variation is a, probably THE cornerstone to crossfit philosophy. Crossfit will go away when the good “crossfit” coaches finally admit to themselves and the world that they are not doing crossfit and stop paying their affiliate fees to a company that promotes ineffective and dangerous training. Strength and conditioning coaches such as yourself will keep producing well meaning articles, such as this, that promote the idea of improving crossfit by not doing crossfit, but it will always skirt the problem. Crossfit is a corporation and a set of principles, with constant variation being key. If there is any doubt as to what the originators and owners of the brand had in mind with this phrase, simply see the main site wod’s. If these wod’s strike one as stupid, ineffective, brilliant or whatever, then crossfit itself is stupid, ineffective, brilliant or whatever. Any attempt to get around this is intellectual wanking.
Thanks, Josh. I appreciate you reading and taking the time to comment. I’m just hoping to reach the open-minded folks that want to improve their fitness via sound logic and planning.