What's wrong with Crossfit?

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it focusses on calisthenics which is good

I dont have a problem with people who do crossfit. Alot of the guys that have been doing it for a while have pretty great physiques. I do have a small problem with alot of the coaches though. Alot of them take a course over the weekend and then they think its okay to make untrained 40 year old women to high intensity training involving alot of complex movements like snatching/deadlifting/overhead squatting, cleaning. It just is irresponsible alot of times because these beginners have no true grasp of technique and end up bending and snapping due to the high intervals. Its just kinda irresponsible but if youre already an advanced lifter, by all means go crazy on crossfit.

Shitty qualification process for owners.(which leads to bad trainers and a whole host of issues)

Not particularly "beginner friendly"
The sacrifice of form for speed.
Poorly structured events.
Pseudo Science is rampant.

Honestly gets a bad rap because of the small% of shitty locations/trainers

Also it's goal seems to be turning weight lifting into a cardio work out. Instead of practicing proper and form, you're trying to do as many reps as you can at a fast pace. It's a recipe for broken bones, muscle tears, joint damage, etc.

Been going to the gym for 3 years, and every new skeleton girl or skinny fat guy that comes in and starts with crossfit gets injured within a month and never come back.

High intensity is good
Bad form is bad

>>39438646
It's a cult that shills badly structured badly thought out workouts and working themselves into the ground, nearly killing themselves and setting themselves up for permanent life destroying injuries as a good thing.

It's basically evil.

It seems like a tragic corruption of 'no pain no gain' where novices think the further and faster they push themselves into discomfort, they MUST be making progress.

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>>39438646
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hjeb1YCR3M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viQnHOXyqEg

>>39438878
So you've never done it then. Cool.

>>39438646
The same thing that's wrong with feminism. It's fine when it's what it says it is. but, It's gotten so big that the inevitable morons started to join and come up with their own ideas without anyone to slap them in the face and tell them to stick to commonsense.