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Perhaps. My understanding is that what makes crossfit crossfit is the PEOPLE. And the dumb exercise shit. But definitely the PEOPLE doing the dumb exercise shit. That's not going to change as long as HQ keeps charging the usual crossfit premium. It will stay attractive to the same sort of people, I don't see them changing THAT business model considering it is quite lucrative. But go on, tell me the point that I have missed - I didn't find that wall o text very readable admittedly

the point is that the appeal of crossfit to the PEOPLE you refer to is that it is special and kind of secret and totally not corporate and outside the mainstream and better than what most pussy-ass pink-dumbbell-and-machine-loving gymgoers do. once crossfit is taken over by an enterprise whose main objective is unrelated to the production of THE MOST ELITE FITTEST HARDCOREST RAWEST ATHLETES ON EARTH, that appeal will diminish. there was a similar but much less hysterical reaction to the reebok sponsorship deal. "are we selling our soul?" kind of whining.

crossfit has been a fringe thing for its whole life, and while that status has been eroding for a few years (ESPN telecast of the WSE, the aforementioned reebok deal, etc.), it's clung to its roots pretty well. until now. gold's gym and LA fitness will start offering watered-down group-exercise "crossfit" classes, it will become about as cool as zumba and spinning, and the core audience will move on to the next thing.

that's the fear among the ELEET, anyway. and TBH i think they're right. the shark has been jumped.

I don't think crossfit has anything to worry about, it's still attractive only to the white yuppie with more money than sense. Except for Charles Barkley that is, but he's not even human.

you seem to have missed the point.

Quote from: Raptor on August 05, 2012, 02:33:46 pm

I also wonder what would happen with a similar thread on Rippetoe's forum.

search "incorporating the half squat into an athletic program"

oh man, that takes me back. halcyon days, those were.

lol, toad.

BW = ???
SORENESS = none
ACHES/INJURIES = none
FATIGUE = very high

- warm up

- DLRVJ x 4
nothing. CNS d-e-d dead.

- squat 310 x 1
not happening.

- pause squat 225 x 3,3

- futzed around a bit with inverted rows and bench

was utterly dead. i could barely get myself to descend with 225 on my back. this week has been rough at work and i haven't gotten enough sleep. also, today was the day my body decided that i've been eating to much. i haven't been hungry all day, despite not eating lunch. going to force some food down now and try to figure out how to make these days come on days when i'm not supposed to train. fuck it. i'm away this weekend (again) and will hopefully get plenty of sleep and be back on monday. this summer has been rough from a training standpoint, recent PR notwithstanding.

where are you measuring for each? are you really that short? you seem taller on vids. maybe it's the long legs. damn my 5-11 height and 5-11 wingspan.

^^^not quite the same, my SLRVJ is a horror show 

Quote from: LBSS on August 01, 2012, 03:42:26 pm

Quote from: T0ddday on August 01, 2012, 01:40:02 pm

Quote from: LBSS on July 31, 2012, 10:13:33 pm

- triple broad jump

- DL bound x 3,3
not as far as triple broad jump, although i'm sure that's because i'm pretty good at pulling my feet forward and stabilizing if i don't have to rebound.

Do you know the measurements and differences between the two?  

Your RDLVJ is much greater than your standing right?  

not exactly. it was the first time i'd tried it and kind of a whim. the difference between the first set of bounds and the second was pretty dramatic, too, for what that's worth. if i had to guess, i'd say the 3 x broad jump was about 26.5 feet, and the second set of bounds was about 24.5 feet. will actually measure next time. also, my single broad jump PR is something like 9'2.

DLRVJ is 5-8 inches higher than SVJ. DLRVJ is more variable. i think SVJ is about 25 unless i'm extremely amped or extremely tired, but recent DLRVJ varies from 30-33 workout to workout. when i'm in a better groove with it, as i was in may, it's more like 32-35. all-time PR is about 35.

Yeah I thought I remember you gaining huge out of an approach.  8 inches in amazing.

Since it's the first time trying bounding... you might improve a lot with practice then and you will soon bound farther than muli broad jump.  Last time I tested on the vertec I was stuck at 35 SVJ, 36 RVJ, still really frustrating.  I do 4xbroad jump and go just over 40 feet, but when I bound I always get 2 feet farther, or 3 feet farther if I depth drop into the first bound.  For some reason I seem to score reactive on multiple jumping tests but can't seem to get what you can out of a running vertical jump...  Maybe I just hate the carpet where the vertect is and the results would be different if I could test on grass or track! 

bizarre. for the record, the broad jumps and bounding were performed on a hardwood basketball court. all the jumps i do are, except when i do tuck jumps or pogos; those are on the rubber matting in the weight room. it's odd to me that i get so much out of the DLRVJ -- 5 inches at a minimum, on a terrible day -- but otherwise would consider myself relatively slow, un-powerful, and un-reactive.

so your single broad jump is well over 10 feet? strange to me that your DLRVJ would be so close to mine, given how much more powerful and springy you are.