The Official TS Workout & Nutrition Thread
#1351
No, clearly we can't. As for your competitive bodybuilding good luck with that. It still does not clarify the multiple posts where you've contradicted yourself. I'll take functional strength over a polished turd any day of the week.
#1354
Competitive bodybuilding is an entirely different genre from what I'm doing which is simply two things, stay healthy and train for a "competitive" race.
Good luck with that, ECB. I didn't see the postings that Ben was referring to, only the part where you said that Xfit was the basics. I can tell you however that Xfit is NOT for competitive bodybuilding. Not by a long shot.
Good luck with that, ECB. I didn't see the postings that Ben was referring to, only the part where you said that Xfit was the basics. I can tell you however that Xfit is NOT for competitive bodybuilding. Not by a long shot.
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#1357
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#1359
Just because you do power cleans, use kettle bells, and run doesn't mean you're the most functional person in the world. It's a great basic and functional workout, keyword being "basic" since you can go much much further than what crossfit offers to develop functional strength. Don't even get me started on those garbage kipping pull ups which were developed by gymnasts as a skill for getting on the bars. FYI, elite gymnasts practice dead hang pull ups because that is what builds the strength they need. That is straight out of a former Olympic coach's program.
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#1360
I think some of you overestimate the benefits of crossfit vs. a different structure of workout. I think this is mainly due to the fact that a lot of it depends on HOW you do the workout, form, and so on. Now I have read that "crossfit would never stress time over form" but I know almost positively that every poster in this thread is human and therefore "perfect form" just isn't happening in every situation.
Just because you do power cleans, use kettle bells, and run doesn't mean you're the most functional person in the world. It's a great basic and functional workout, keyword being "basic" since you can go much much further than what crossfit offers to develop functional strength. Don't even get me started on those garbage kipping pull ups which were developed by gymnasts as a skill for getting on the bars. FYI, elite gymnasts practice dead hang pull ups because that is what builds the strength they need. That is straight out of a former Olympic coach's program.
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Last edited by slord; 01-17-2012 at 10:26 AM.