They can have fun breaking down the data on the number of SLAP tears and bouts of rhabdomyolysis they collectively experience.
CrossFit was a good idea until it gave up on QCâing their coaches. Any fool can become a âLevel 1 Instructorâ for a thousand bucks and a weekend of time.
If you are looking to recruit code monkeys to pull 80+ hour weeks until they burn out I can imagine that going hunting at voluntary-boot-camp-with-dubious-safety-record is actually a good strategy. It should help weed out the ones that are less easily motivated and allow you to observe who easily succumbs to group pressure and who doesnât. The next step probably involves a frat-style hazing ritual to separate the people who get stock options from the people who donâtâŚ
Oh oh oh⌠I know⌠is it because both are insufferable?
This article confirms my existing bias that crossfit attracts a-holes and dudebrahs. In other words, another stupid trend that I can completely ignore. 
To quote a much more insightful person than myself:
âCrossfit is the result of a generation of people growing up watching Goku and Vegeta work out in 100x earthâs gravity.â
anything to distract them from the ephemerality of their âvalueâ i suppose. itâs going to be great fun watching this bubble pop. iâm sure these âlibertariansâ will come up with really good reasons why theyâre entitled to free government cheese in a few years. maybe they can âdisruptâ the USDA.
It amazes me how many people love to criticise othersâ workouts. A perfectly reasonable article on Crossfit, which doesnât present it as being better than anything else, brings a slew of sneering responses. Itâs not for everyone, it might not be for you - but why the need to critique?
FWIW for me, and my GF, Crossfit has been an amazing, game-changing fitness programme. Itâs made us both fitter than weâve ever been and we love doing it. For me WODs and class-based workouts are so much more fun and interesting than running, or trying to motivate myself to use a weight machine in a more traditional gym. More fun=more training. I am so much fitter in every respect - and happier as a result.
That might not be for you (although I think Crossfit can be brilliant for most peopleâŚ) but I donât see why that brings the need to decry it.
i was doing CrossFit before it was cool by writing down my resistances and reps using a ânotebookâ and a âpenâ.
Fitter. Happier. More productive.
OK OK, youâre right, it was a cheap shot for an easy laugh. Iâm just teasing.
Itâs like anything that attracts a cult-like followingâthe zealots and evangelists are the most visible adherents. It shares a lot with the tech industryâyoung people looking for a magic bullet solution, being Agile and Disruptive and all that.
If it motivates you to be fit and healthy, good for you. Just be aware of some of the legitimate long term health problems that can come from too much overly intense exercise. And donât get too defensive 
Itâs great youâve found a workout you enjoy doing, but the people in the article are using this latest exercise trend for icky corporate HR âbondingâ activities.
Wasnât really sure what crossfit is, other than some kind of workout regimen. Still am not after the article, but then I gave up on a few paragraphs in because it assumed I knew too much already and didnât bother even with a lead-in description of the subject at hand (like the pros do.)
Guess I could research it myself, then come back, but----squirrel!
Itâs a fitness regime where you read forums and blogs until you get all worked up and cross, and then presto, rock hard abs.
If that were true, Iâd be Mr. Universe by now.
It seems to me that there is a little too much variation between CrossFit gyms that they can all be universally praised or shunned â though that doesnât seem to have stopped anyone from doing so.
But there are definitely other kinds of group fitness classes out there, and many of them are almost certainly safer.
The problems that people mention most often have to do with two major problems that are very common in crossfit gyms.
First: the throwing away of proper form and control for the idea of 'MORE REPS MORE FAST CONFUSE YOUR MUSCLES", which can lead to significant and long-lasting injury.
Second: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhabdomyolysis - this huffpo article (as much as I hate giving them bandwidth) does a good job of overviewing the problem http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-robertson/crossfit-rhabdomyolysis_b_3977598.html which mostly comes down to âwhen people treat crossfit exercise as DBZ-style workouts, you end up with some insane injuryâ.
Now, are these preventable problems? Sure. But as many people who have either done crossfit themselves or have friends into it can attest, the idea of âmore weight, harder, faster, forget formâ is widely practiced and any weightlifter will tell you itâs a great way to end up with a crippling injury.
Edit: For instance if this article were about hot yoga or some random martial arts, then sure, whatever knock yourself out. But as far as myself and many others are concerned, Crossfit is a good way to end up with a potentially crippling injury.
âŚwell protected by a gelatinous cushioning layer.
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