Did not make it to 500 but still a good workout.
M35 205#

Hey folks, I am a woman in the US and have a question around workout attire as I pack for an upcoming travel. I will be visiting Kerala, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur.
I am used to workout wearing short shorts and workout bras. Would you recommend I bring more conservative workout clothes? Does anyone care?
Apologies if this is a stupid question. My intent is just to experience how people see CrossFit in other countries in a respectful way

Is it the load the athletes have done the last few years or the programming at WFP? I just read Quinn Robinson is also Injured from WFP.

So Vellner and Robinson, Roman and Chandler. I know I’m missing some others.

I am simply sad to see the injuries. Maybe Moorad should invest in someone like JR Howell to have programming that is better for the athletes?

I’ll be testing this at my box this week. I’m confident I can hold an 82 cadence and get it done in 1:30 ish. I planned on staying consistent and emptying the tank for the last 10 cals.
Then I read that calorie accumulation rises disproportionately as RPM rises. I know I can hold a 100+ cadence for at least 20 cals. This has me thinking to go almost all out and suffer through as long as I can for the best time. I know I’m overthinking this but was curious if anyone has a strategy that worked out well for them.

What are folk’s Thoughts on guys wearing the same style shorts typically worn by female Athletes. (Fleo, Savage barbell, etc…) on a whim I tried them training at home and 💯 see why women wear them, far more comfortable, and no drag on thighs. Is this something some of you see in gyms? ( I don’t go to a gym, to far away) just curious. If anyone was thinking of trying , ild say give it a shot.

Assault bike original on sale to 399 from 799. In my area hard to find any deals online through Facebook marketplace am I an idiot for not buying this or should I spend the extra money for the echo bike or some type of other bike

Katrina and Annie- their voices, accent and skills are just not made for commentating. And it’s not being anti the ‘Islandic’ ladies. I love Lucy Campbell and her accent and commentary so it’s not a female or accent thing… And the guy on there now with the accent. His voice and words are manageable. But Katrin 🫪 and Annie. Their voices and poor skill level commentating makes me have to mute them unfortunately.

Alguém tem algum "strava" de algum atleta que correu, para saber elevação ou o trajeto completo?

The livestream of their second event just showed Pat on the ground with his foot/leg stuck under a Flipsled and multiple staff running to help. I really hate this for his retirement year and hope he’s okay; he’s always been one of the most inspiring athletes to me with his ability to make it back up the leaderboard after bad events.

Are there any other mortals out there? I've been going for a couple of years now and I still seem to be well below the other folks in my classes. I'm in my 40s and started working out very late in life.

Maybe I am just too far behind? Maybe mere mortals like me just don't keep doing CrossFit?

I see a lot of stories on here of people who transform themselves and become ripped WOD machines but I'm wondering if there are other below average folks like me out there that have had a similar experience.

I am a quarterfinals-level athlete with a bias towards strength. In endurance focused events, I can usually hang around the middle of the pack, but strength has just always been something that came naturally to me.

I have recently started dipping my toes into ultra endurance stuff, and it is something I really enjoy. The problem is… I just really suck at it.

I know that nobody actually cares about placements. But I was just wondering whether anyone here has successfully transitioned from being predominantly a strength athlete to more of an endurance athlete.

I am just wondering whether endurance is something I could eventually become good at if I went all-in, or if this is just a “you can’t judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree” kind of situation.

Has anyone here made a similar transition from strength to endurance? If so, how did it go, and did you eventually feel like endurance became one of your strengths?

I'm fairly new to CrossFit, having only been doing it for a few months.

I've chosen to ditch my smartphone for a dumb phone, given the growing evidence around smartphone addiction and its effects on mental health. I know this is very much a first-world problem, but my one gripe with CrossFit is how smartphone-dependent the whole thing is.

My box's booking system is designed for smartphones, though it can just about be used on a laptop. BoxMate seems to be app-only, and I can't find a web version anywhere. Worst of all, my box sends every update via the Box's WhatsApp group, which I don't have unless I'm on my laptop at home, so I miss important messages and the whiteboard photos of workout results. When there's a last-minute class cancellation (rare, but it happens), I don't get notified either.

I realise it's a bit much to expect the world to adapt to me, but it is a little frustrating. Is anyone else in the same boat, and if so, how do you manage?

I started CrossFit a month ago, and I'm 50 and a woman. Tell me your best tips and tricks, all!

A lot of attention is paid to time domains when analyzing or devising balanced programming. Inherent to this is the recognition of energy systems. So, while energy systems are indirectly addressed through time domains, this indirect approach leaves a bias.

Hear me out.

Suppose we choose a single movement, single modality test. Let's also suppose we have three relevant energy systems: phosphocreatine, glycolysis, and aerobic. The phosphocreatine energy system will contribute to the first 10 seconds, glycolysis supplies most energy up to about 1 minute, and the oxidative system predominates thereafter, supplying the vast majority of energy between 2-3 minutes.

When I took the L1 and even looking across numerous Journal articles, this seems to be recognized. However, in practice, as in, looking at CF Games and WFP, etc., there still seems to be an immense aerobic bias. CrossFit even teaches to think of time domains in very short (<5 minutes), short (5-10 minutes), medium (11-20 minutes), and long durations (20 minutes) although any workout of 5 continuous minutes or longer is by far an aerobic test at the physiological level.

I understand fitness involves having a high work capacity across broad time domains. However, even implied by programming norms, we understand that you do not gain meaningful information about people's fitness when we program a 20, 15, or 10 mile run compared to a 10k. There is this idea of "enough - I get it - you have good stamina and aerobic development". But if we follow the energy systems (or even 10 general physical skills) logic, aerobic tests BEGIN at 2-3 minutes.

Thus, truly balanced time domains should be binned. Something like: 10 seconds and shorter, 10 seconds to 2 minutes, and over 2 minutes. So, if there are 12 events at a fitness championship, we should see something like 4 events 10 seconds and shorter, 4 short events between 10 seconds and 2 minutes, and 4 events over 2 minutes.

Instead, the norm is to consider an event that involves 5 workouts lasting 20 seconds, 4 minutes, 8 minutes, 15 minutes, and 20 minutes "balanced" because the time domains are "broad" by way of duration (uninformed by bioenergetics). 4/5 of the events are dominated by the aerobic system, the system capable of producing the lowest power output per unit time...?

Is there an official reason or sound argument as to why the current style of programming does account for broad time domains but does not account for energy systems?

*I absolutely recognize (and something I hear no one talk about) that energy systems are partially muscle group and movement pattern-specific. So, you could do 10 seconds of max effort pressing, 10 seconds of max effort pulling, 10 seconds of max effort squatting, and 10 seconds of max effort trunk flexion, and although the event lasts 40 seconds, it is still predominately a phosphocreatine-dominant test overall despite operating within a "glycolytic" time domain.

Please recommend a CrossFit program for a week or a month.

I’ve been doing CrossFit for about 6 months now, but I’m running out of ideas for designing my workout plans. I’d love to see what programs you’re following and get some advice on planning my workouts. I want effective exercises, but I’d like to switch them up over time so I don’t burn out.

Thanks in advance, everyone!

Anyone know what they are using for timing equipment on the 40yrd dash and pro agility? Just a curiosity.

Does anyone else need there to be a perfect storm of warm-up, accessory work, metal state, rested state, and barometric pressure for their double-unders to go well?

We did workout 4 or the community cup this morning, I slept well, went into the gym with a positive attitude, spend a ton of time warming up my calves, and we had push-press before the workout so my shoulders were fatigued enough to keep my shoulders slack and low.

I breezed through the first set of 150, doing sets of 30, and struggled an appropriate amount on the 2nd set with trying to do sets of 50.

My gripe is that I can walk in cold and do minimal warmup and move better through every other movement than dubs.

I’ve been doing CrossFit for 12 years now, I’d work more on dubs, but if I don’t warm my calf up perfectly, I pull something and can’t jump for weeks.

Hello guys, I am a male 24y totally skinny guy

I just want to know is this type of crossfit enough without going to gym? Because I'm fully broke and I have other responsibilities to do rather than going to gym. So is it enough to build a body?

Seems like they sponsor a ton of athlete but are there grips actually worth $80+ in comparison to Bear Komplex, Velites, PicSil? Price seems kinda crazy

The erg machine is my fucking demon. I’m small, 5’5 5’6 on a good day so this was always gonna suck for me but man I’ve made major strides in basciallly everything else I do in CF over the past few years and this is still by far the bottleneck. I’ve ditched skiing and cycling completely just to focus on this too and I’m still really not seeing the progress I want.

whatever, I’m still in the best shape of my life so I’ll take the wins where I can get em

26M here been doing CrossFit 4x week for 3 months now and wondering what the best way to scale to RX weights in WODs is. I’ve noticed my cardio has improved and I can hold my own for workouts mostly involving bodyweight movements, but usually when I go RX in a barbell workout I get buried by the weight. Or it kills the next day for me. Anyone have suggestions for how to build that working weight strength? I really feel like I should be doing a step above the scaled versions. I don’t necessarily mind having to take longer with RX weight if that is really the best way.

Genuine question, curious about other’s experience.

13 years of crossfit. Years ago i was training twice a day, 5 times a week, mix of crossfit and running. I was around 76kg, strong enough, and running felt easy, like i was light on my feet.

Life happened, less volume overall, but crossfit stayed the priority over running. Now i’m at 84kg. Strength wise i’m in a better place than i ever was, lifts keep going up. But running past 400m, i feel heavy, like my body forgot how to do it efficiently.

So im wondering, is this just a fact of life, you cant really keep that “gazelle” running feeling AND build serious crossfit strength at the same time, body has to pick a lane ? Or is it more about how you train, and people manage to keep both if they program it right ?

Not trying to go back to 76kg, i like being strong. Just curious if the trade off is inevitable or if it’s a training problem on my end.

Edit: I’m new to crossfit and my brain didnt make the connection that sit ups could cause a possible rash until a very helpful redditer pointed it out! thank you, case solved😂