FAN, the worst possible thing has happened to my gym.

["Gentleman" AJ Powell]

I went home over summer, so wasn't able to go, finally went yesterday and...and.....

It's become a crossfit gym. Jumping table things, a giant climbing frame thing in the middle, it sucks major ass.

Hell, they even took away my favourite machine, the tricep pushdown. I used to f***ing love that thing, and now all they have is a shitty little tricep machine.

I mean, the leg press is better, but f***, everything else sucks. Not a fan.

[Push R Truth]

Do people doing crossfit in a crossfit gym go out of the way to tell others in the gym that they do crossfit?


seems like some sort of twilight zone shit potential

[Vice honcho room temperature]

They're after the elusive Seth Rollins market.

[Sephiroth]

I once saw a guy doing squats with blood pouring out if his anus. Your story doesn't phase me.

[Brood Lone Wolf Funker]

Crossfit is some serious stuff trust me, its a lot of cardio and lifting though.

[StormanReigns]

People have been doing cross training since the 60's.

Once it became branded as "crossfit" everyone became afraid of it, or fell in love with it.

Weird what branding can do

[JTH]

I thought you were going to say they put a McDonald's & Burger King on either side with a Dunkin' Donuts across the street.

[anticonscience]

Oct 8, 2015 16:44:45 GMT -5 Sephiroth said:

I once saw a guy doing squats with blood pouring out if his anus. Your story doesn't phase me.

You go to the same gym as X-Pac?

[Deleted]

My gym added some of that stuff, but still retained all the free weights and most of the machines.

The jumping platforms get some use but the monkey bars don't really.

[Evil Homer]

Oct 8, 2015 16:44:45 GMT -5 Sephiroth said:

I once saw a guy doing squats with blood pouring out if his anus. Your story doesn't phase me.

uhh why were you looking at his anus ?

[Sephiroth]

Oct 8, 2015 19:44:39 GMT -5 Evil Homer said:

Oct 8, 2015 16:44:45 GMT -5 Sephiroth said:

I once saw a guy doing squats with blood pouring out if his anus. Your story doesn't phase me.

uhh why were you looking at his anus ?

Not clear on the whole story, but I believe the guy had just had some kind of surgery. Like a moron he promptly decided to pump some iron and ripped his stitches open. I remember hearing a scream and all head's snapping around-and there it was. Worst part is some real muscle head types started cheering the lunk on and he was getting ready to do another set with blood oozing out from where the sun don't shine.

[Evil Homer]

Oct 8, 2015 19:54:54 GMT -5 Sephiroth said:

Oct 8, 2015 19:44:39 GMT -5 Evil Homer said:

uhh why were you looking at his anus ?

Not clear on the whole story, but I believe the guy had just had some kind of surgery. Like a moron he promptly decided to pump some iron and ripped his stitches open. I remember hearing a scream and all head's snapping around-and there it was. Worst part is some real muscle head types started cheering the lunk on and he was getting ready to do another set with blood oozing out from where the sun don't shine.

holy shit thats insane !

[Red Impact]

Oct 8, 2015 17:19:42 GMT -5 StormanReigns said:

People have been doing cross training since the 60's.

Once it became branded as "crossfit" everyone became afraid of it, or fell in love with it.

Weird what branding can do

Cross training is just a term to refer to working out different parts of the body than the primary one an athlete uses, however that may be. Crossfit is a specific type of training that seems to has led to this trend of people working out with atrocious form in front of a lot of trainers that may actually be uncertified, leading to a rise in injuries.

Don't get me wrong, Crossfit is a workout and, when done right, will lead to improved health and wellness. But often you see people doing exercises in ways that are torture on the body, because they're more amped up about finishing the workout faster or lifting more weight than they are about not blowing a disk out. And since they seem to have taken the reverse Fight Club method of self promotion along with aggressive vegans, it's no wonder that they get the bad rap they do.

[StormanReigns]

Oct 8, 2015 20:20:55 GMT -5 Red Impact said:

Oct 8, 2015 17:19:42 GMT -5 StormanReigns said:

People have been doing cross training since the 60's.

Once it became branded as "crossfit" everyone became afraid of it, or fell in love with it.

Weird what branding can do

Cross training is just a term to refer to working out different parts of the body than the primary one an athlete uses, however that may be. Crossfit is a specific type of training that seems to has led to this trend of people working out with atrocious form in front of a lot of trainers that may actually be uncertified, leading to a rise in injuries.

Don't get me wrong, Crossfit is a workout and, when done right, will lead to improved health and wellness. But often you see people doing exercises in ways that are torture on the body, because they're more amped up about finishing the workout faster or lifting more weight than they are about not blowing a disk out. And since they seem to have taken the reverse Fight Club method of self promotion along with aggressive vegans, it's no wonder that they get the bad rap they do.

If crossfit is done wrong, it is really dangerous, but so is basic weight training.

I don't see a difference between how douchy crossfitters can be, and regular weight lifters.

["Mr Wonderdick" Dick Dastardly]

Oct 8, 2015 17:31:29 GMT -5 anticonscience said:

Oct 8, 2015 16:44:45 GMT -5 Sephiroth said:

I once saw a guy doing squats with blood pouring out if his anus. Your story doesn't phase me.

You go to the same gym as Jerry Lawler?

FTFY.

["Mr Wonderdick" Dick Dastardly]

Oct 8, 2015 19:54:54 GMT -5 Sephiroth said:

Oct 8, 2015 19:44:39 GMT -5 Evil Homer said:

uhh why were you looking at his anus ?

Not clear on the whole story, but I believe the guy had just had some kind of surgery. Like a moron he promptly decided to pump some iron and ripped his stitches open. I remember hearing a scream and all head's snapping around-and there it was. Worst part is some real muscle head types started cheering the lunk on and he was getting ready to do another set with blood oozing out from where the sun don't shine.

How would you rate it on the Muta Scale?

[Deleted]

My mind immediately went to "someone shit out their intestines while squatting too much"

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

Oct 8, 2015 19:54:54 GMT -5 Sephiroth said:

Oct 8, 2015 19:44:39 GMT -5 Evil Homer said:

uhh why were you looking at his anus ?

Not clear on the whole story, but I believe the guy had just had some kind of surgery. Like a moron he promptly decided to pump some iron and ripped his stitches open. I remember hearing a scream and all head's snapping around-and there it was. Worst part is some real muscle head types started cheering the lunk on and he was getting ready to do another set with blood oozing out from where the sun don't shine.

I hope someone at least set a bucket under him.

[crash1984]

Oct 8, 2015 17:26:09 GMT -5 JTH said:

I thought you were going to say they put a McDonald's & Burger King on either side with a Dunkin' Donuts across the street.

There is a Gym here and if you leave and walk a few feet you can go to a Korean Resturant, a Taco Bell, a McDoandls, or a Burger King. Oh wait its a Planet Fitness that explains everything.

There is a Gold's here that across the parking lot is a buffet.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

Oct 9, 2015 3:25:33 GMT -5 crash1984 said:

Oct 8, 2015 17:26:09 GMT -5 JTH said:

I thought you were going to say they put a McDonald's & Burger King on either side with a Dunkin' Donuts across the street.

There is a Gym here and if you leave and walk a few feet you can go to a Korean Resturant, a Taco Bell, a McDoandls, or a Burger King. Oh wait its a Planet Fitness that explains everything.

There is a Gold's here that across the parking lot is a buffet.

I'd imagine that's a pretty good description of most gym locations. There's fast food on nearly every street corner in any major city, so where would the gyms go if they couldn't be near fatty food?