On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Judah McAuley wrote: > That's curious, the local gym's website and videos are all about form and > safety over speed and reps. I wonder if there is a lot of regional > variation or if it's just a glossy response to criticism.
I know a few people who've done CrossFit, including my wife. From what I gather there is a little bit of an explosion on CrossFit over the past few years and that means that there are lots of people starting CrossFit gyms. Some of those companies do it right, some do it wrong, some are just out to make a quick buck etc... My observation is that if they are doing it right they SHOULD be making a big deal out of form and knowing how to do the workouts properly. My wife was not even allowed to go to a class at her gym till she attended a full afternoon of training on the exercises she would be asked to do. Even after that she says the trainers are constantly helping everyone do things safely. Before each workout she looks at their website to review what's going to be in that day's workout and sometimes reviews videos or other things about an exercise she hasn't done in awhile. This happens less now that she's been going more but at the start she did it a lot. I think it's probably true of any intense workout that there are dangers of injury and CrossFit is definitely a very intense form of workout. I would be selective on which gyms you join and you may want to try a few out before you choose one that you think matches you. Many have a free day class that anyone can take without joining that's a specific day of the week or month. Warm up properly, eat right, etc etc... -Cameron ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371885 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
