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Posted: 7/11/2014 4:32:31 AM EDT
So I've been following this off and on for a few months:
I know CrossFit(tm) isn't super popular here, for many diverse reasons, but what does Arf SD&F think? I like the format, and I feel like it could be unique among team sports in that there are both males and females competing together. OTOH, the last-minute name change and naming the sport "Grid"...kind of has fizzle written all over it. Thoughts? The inaugural pre-season match is streaming live now:  |
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Posted: 7/11/2014 6:10:31 AM EDT
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Looks like good viewing to me.
How is it "not-CrossFit" (or is that a way to keep those that are anti-everything CrossFit interested)? The event sure looked to have a large overlap in movements to the regional CrossFit event we watched a few weekends ago - which was done as teams of 2 male/2 female competitors. |
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Posted: 7/11/2014 6:29:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How is it "not-CrossFit" (or is that a way to keep those that are anti-everything CrossFit interested)? The event sure looked to have a large overlap in movements to the regional CrossFit event we watched a few weekends ago - which was done as teams of 2 male/2 female competitors. But yeah, this whole thing was started by an ex-CFHQ employee, so you're gonna see a ton of similarity in movements and formats and athletes, but it isn't CrossFit(tm). |
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Posted: 7/11/2014 7:05:35 AM EDT
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The Anti-CF sentiment from most of us here revolves around the piss poor nonexistent programming and lack of a strength component with CF. The proliferation of shitty coaches and make money not athlete boxes doesn't help either. I've said it before. If I lived closer to Skyline I'd be an Outlaw.
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Posted: 7/11/2014 9:11:22 AM EDT
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Crossfit isn't as unpopular here as you think, though it gets poked fun at. ;)
Npfl or whatever as I understand was created as an alternative to CF and the things people saw as wrong with CF competitions (which are often legitimate criticisms) Don't know much about it. Doubt there's room for 2 large size CF like competition series but who knows? |
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Posted: 7/11/2014 2:51:31 PM EDT
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Watching people exercise just isn't very interesting to me. Also the whole kipping any movement you can to make it easier is meh.
I prefer this Strongman's also fun to watch. |
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Posted: 7/11/2014 3:36:48 PM EDT
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Looks kind of boring to watch.
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Posted: 7/11/2014 3:55:18 PM EDT
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Crossfit isn't as unpopular here as you think, though it gets poked fun at. ;) Npfl or whatever as I understand was created as an alternative to CF and the things people saw as wrong with CF competitions (which are often legitimate criticisms) Don't know much about it. Doubt there's room for 2 large size CF like competition series but who knows? Near as I can tell, the only criticism I have for either of these activities...hell, sports...is that they spend time televising the men at all. I'd watch Crossfit and Grid women competitions all day long. 
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Posted: 7/11/2014 4:17:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Looks kind of boring to watch. |
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Posted: 7/11/2014 5:18:38 PM EDT
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Near as I can tell, the only criticism I have for either of these activities...hell, sports...is that they spend time televising the men at all. I'd watch Crossfit and Grid women competitions all day long. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Crossfit isn't as unpopular here as you think, though it gets poked fun at. ;) Npfl or whatever as I understand was created as an alternative to CF and the things people saw as wrong with CF competitions (which are often legitimate criticisms) Don't know much about it. Doubt there's room for 2 large size CF like competition series but who knows? Near as I can tell, the only criticism I have for either of these activities...hell, sports...is that they spend time televising the men at all. I'd watch Crossfit and Grid women competitions all day long. No shit. The "Women of Crossfit" in the BOTD Forum is my all time favorite. Of Arfcom. Not BOTD. Fucking leghumpers. 
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Posted: 7/11/2014 6:50:20 PM EDT
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Looks kind of boring to watch. i want it to take off but they are gonna have a tough time getting people outside of CF to watch. |
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Posted: 7/11/2014 7:16:42 PM EDT
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No shit. The "Women of Crossfit" in the BOTD Forum is my all time favorite. Of Arfcom. Not BOTD. Fucking leghumpers.
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Crossfit isn't as unpopular here as you think, though it gets poked fun at. ;) Npfl or whatever as I understand was created as an alternative to CF and the things people saw as wrong with CF competitions (which are often legitimate criticisms) Don't know much about it. Doubt there's room for 2 large size CF like competition series but who knows? Near as I can tell, the only criticism I have for either of these activities...hell, sports...is that they spend time televising the men at all. I'd watch Crossfit and Grid women competitions all day long. No shit. The "Women of Crossfit" in the BOTD Forum is my all time favorite. Of Arfcom. Not BOTD. Fucking leghumpers.
Knew I wasn't the only one that looked forward to new posts there. |
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Posted: 7/12/2014 4:12:33 AM EDT
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The movements were diverse enough that I was interested enough not to close it during the "races". But then, the movements interest me, while they may not interest other people. But hell, if people watch fucking GOLF, this oughta be a piece of cake. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Looks kind of boring to watch. That's because you can be out of shape and play golf. Weight training takes effort. |
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Posted: 7/12/2014 4:55:20 AM EDT
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i want it to take off but they are gonna have a tough time getting people outside of CF to watch. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Looks kind of boring to watch. i want it to take off but they are gonna have a tough time getting people outside of CF to watch. I've been into fitness pretty much my entire life - weights, competitive cycling, etc. and I've been watching the CrossFit games the past few years. I never really got the kip/butterfly pullups stuff, but as I've started doing a bit of cross locally, realized that most of the time, workouts involve strict movements during the strength portion of a session, and kip type stuff might come into play during the conditioning portion of our workouts (at least this is the case at the gym I go to). |
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