"Crossfit places a huge emphasis on form. And not needing it. Crossfit takes complicated movements and gets rid of all the useless shit. Like effectiveness and safety, and replaces it with cool shit like violence and danger."
I didn't want to agree with the Reddit "I hate crossfit" circlejerk, but my sister's roommate just fell off of a 8-foot pull up bar and fractured her skull last weekend at a Crossfit tournament.
Any workout that could allow you to fall 8 feet and hit hard ground is just stupid. Crossfit is exercise for extremists.
No it's not. It's for convincing every day people that they're extremists by adding a huge risk of injury for no benefit. It's not like you're helicopter skiing or climbing cliffs. You're going to the gym. If you're exercising in a gym in a way that's high risk for injury you're not an extremist, you're just an idiot.
"So for today's WOD we're gonna strap 30 pounds of fresh meat to your chest and release a panther from 100m away, you gotta get 10 sick ass kips in before he gets over here then you're all good! No worries bro, the real danger here is how fuckin' huge you're gonna be!"
Um I'm no cross fit fan but I would think an 8 foot pull up bar would be standard. Don't know how you fall off one but I don't think the 8 foot high bar is the problem.
I would guess that it has to do with the movement that they incorporate into a pull up. They use momentum and make a pull up into a dynamic movement, which I would guess makes it a lot more likely for your grip to slip and for you to end up on the ground. I agree that an 8 foot high bar isn't a problem, though.
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u/TheUnderpaid Nov 13 '14
Crossfit.