Any Fitness Freaks Out There?

[FarBeyondDriven]

Cutting Wood & Drinking Beer... sign me up! (LOL).

I just read some hunting-washington guy's opinions that CrossFit coaches only know CrossFit (I own a CrossFit gym by the way), that Carl Lewis and other Olympic track athletes do isolation lifts, that bicep curls are not an isolation lift, CrossFit will hurt you, and that this thread is about CrossFit... sigh. 

For those that are reading these posts... please go find out for yourself what works for you and run with it.  There are many paths, but the framework needs Variety, Continuity, Functional Organic Movements, and of course the CrossFit in me says Executed at High Intensity.  Make it somewhat uncomfortable so you can make yourself physically & mentally stronger.

Also, anyone in the Spokane area, look me up and I'll do your workout with you, but then you have to do workout with me.

[400out]

  I wish I was in the area  I would like to look into this!

[MikeWalking]

I used to be...

A good weekend saw me on the road bike pedaling up to Snoqualmie Pass from North Bend one day or the Mt. bike going up some old logging road and speed walking Mt. Si the next.  A flat 65 mile ride after work or a couple hours of local hills.

Couldn't  not do it.  After  L5-S1 went pop in several spots at once it's been had to re-light the furnace.

[400out]

I used to be...

A good weekend saw me on the road bike pedaling up to Snoqualmie Pass from North Bend one day or the Mt. bike going up some old logging road and speed walking Mt. Si the next.  A flat 65 mile ride after work or a couple hours of local hills.

Couldn't  not do it.  After  L5-S1 went pop in several spots at once it's been had to re-light the furnace.

I am recovering from the same thing! had surgery end of nov. I hope I get good again To damn young for being in pain every day 

[MikeWalking]

I did two of my toughest hikes and rides after the injury, but I never got back to the same level of motivation.  Long story.  The pain never went away 100%  and it never will.  If your nerve root got hit like mine did you're gonna have reminders all your life.

[DBHAWTHORNE]

Cutting Wood & Drinking Beer... sign me up! (LOL).

I just read some hunting-washington guy's opinions that CrossFit coaches only know CrossFit (I own a CrossFit gym by the way), that Carl Lewis and other Olympic track athletes do isolation lifts, that bicep curls are not an isolation lift, CrossFit will hurt you, and that this thread is about CrossFit... sigh. 

For those that are reading these posts... please go find out for yourself what works for you and run with it.  There are many paths, but the framework needs Variety, Continuity, Functional Organic Movements, and of course the CrossFit in me says Executed at High Intensity.  Make it somewhat uncomfortable so you can make yourself physically & mentally stronger.

Also, anyone in the Spokane area, look me up and I'll do your workout with you, but then you have to do workout with me.

I think it would be inaccurate to say CrossFit coaches only know CrossFit but CrossFit professionals are the only ones I have heard say that CrossFit is a complete system (and I have heard some CrossFit coaches admit that it isn't)

"For those that are reading these posts... please go find out for yourself what works for you and run with it.  There are many paths, but the framework needs Variety, Continuity, Functional Organic Movements, and of course the CrossFit in me says Executed at High Intensity.  Make it somewhat uncomfortable so you can make yourself physically & mentally stronger."

 

CrossFit or not I hope people understand the massive benefits gained by high intensity exercise.

 

[44 Flattop]

CrossFit or not I hope people understand the massive benefits gained by high intensity exercise.

Well.......yes.  HIT does allow for massive benefits but not true strength potential.  I realize that few are looking for the most strength gains genetically allowed however, as I personally have been driven toward for the past 3 decades of lifting.  When I was younger, mostly in my 30's I enjoyed the occasional cycle of HIT but if I, as a true blue iron head can be burned out from HIT, the neophyte wannabe lifter who dreams of strength gains but has a hard time following through is going to give up the gym long before he is able to be hooked by the exercise bug.   

For beginners I always like to start them with 2X weekly working at something very simple like the 5 basic movements, squat, bench, dead, military and chins.  Only once some basic foundational strength is built and the weight lifting hook is firmly set in our young neophyte should he/she be allowed or encouraged to start the mentally and physically brutal work of high intensity training.
 
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[AKBowman]

"For those that are reading these posts... please go find out for yourself what works for you and run with it.  There are many paths, but the framework needs Variety, Continuity, Functional Organic Movements, and of course the CrossFit in me says Executed at High Intensity.  Make it somewhat uncomfortable so you can make yourself physically & mentally stronger."

   Well said!

[DBHAWTHORNE]

Good inputs guys.

[head hunter]

I try to get in four miles a day on my lunch break and through iron around in the evenings after my son goes to bed works really well for me so far. dont need a membership to any club if your dedicated.

[firedog]

I work out daily with a mix of different stuff. Do Spining intervals when I am at work which consist off  on the spin bike doing 2 minutes sitting then 3 standing at about the highest gear for a total of 15, then off the bike for a series of weight routines. Usually either a Chest/Tris workout or Chest back. Day before yesterday was Wide grip pullups, Decline Pushups, Lawn Mowers, Incline bench 1 1/2s, Narrow grip pullups, flat back bench with leg lifts at the same time. Repeat all of it three times for just over an hour workout. I also do some of the P90X and insanity workouts at home.  When the weather is good I ride my bike, trying to do aprox 25 miles in just over an hour. I like mixing things up and trying to keep the intensity up. I have my resting heart rate down in the mid 40's and feel great. Elk season is my biggest motivation, well that and my health. I would love to try crossfit but with the issues I have with my low back (herniated disk, bulging disk and transverse process broke of one vertebre)  I try to stay a away from power clings and those types of workouts. The biggest thing is getting out and doing it.

[coachcw]

Cross fit kicks arsse ! we have doing it  with my daughters 14 u fastpitch team. when it comes to hunting though , just a steedy pase with wieght on my back works well , hunt slow enough to see critters and reconize habitat . I can walk all day but when I have to kick into a run at my size it kicks my butt. steady pace and the dream of a elk on the next ridge works for me.

[wraithen]

Went to the surgeon today and he told me that I'm just a loose jointed person. One of the worst he's seen. Told me flat out that my shoulders are way too loose and no surgeon would risk trying to tighten them up because they wouldn't be able to do anything but make it worse. Any good workouts for a shoulder that basically dislocates with 20 lbs of weight at the wrist?

[MikeWalking]

Went to the surgeon today and he told me that I'm just a loose jointed person. One of the worst he's seen. Told me flat out that my shoulders are way too loose and no surgeon would risk trying to tighten them up because they wouldn't be able to do anything but make it worse. Any good workouts for a shoulder that basically dislocates with 20 lbs of weight at the wrist?

Swimming.

[wraithen]

I wish! Swimming allows the ball of the shoulder to rotate too much inside the shoulder. It bangs up on the bursa and everything else. Eventually I get to where I get halfway through a rotation of my shoulder and it sticks and won't move with a stabbing pain. I kind of feel like I just got a small death sentence.