Hi everyone, I've been doing CrossFit for 2 months and I want to continue progressing to improve my physique but I want to know which path to choose.
Should I lift heavier weights or lighter weights to move faster?

Hi everyone. I've been doing CrossFit for a little over a year. I love it and go three times a week. My goals when I started were to gain weight and become strong. My current weight is 104 lbs, up from 100 lbs when I started. I'm confused and could use your opinion on whether I should do 3 days CrossFit + 3 days gym (Day 1: chest, shoulders, and triceps; Day 2: back and biceps; Day 3: legs and core) focusing on muscle isolation and hypertrophy or just start with 5 days CrossFit?

I'm worried I might be working out too much with the new plan. My aim is still to gain weight and reach 120 lbs in the next six months.

Some other information: I'm on a vegetarian diet, try to hit 70 grams of protein every day, and eat around 2000 calories daily. My height is 5'3". I've struggled a lot with gaining weight.

Thanks!

I have bought ON micronized creatine powder. I usually dry scoop creatine. I have got ON’s creatine for the first time. I have noticed that it gives a little bit of sweeter taste, not really sweet, but a hint of sweetness as I take it, even though it’s unflavoured . Is it normal? Or do I have to stop taking it? It’s not expired either.

I recently took a vacation and havent seriously worked out in a month. I recently noticed that in the past month I have been less stressed, in a better mood, more social, less irritable, and have an increased sex drive. I thought working out was supposed to decrease stress?

In all the years that I have been working out, have I been overtraining all this time? What do you think I should do? How can I maintain the same workout schedule, but at the same time continue to experience what I am feeling now.

30YO Male - Cardio 2-4 times a week(BJJ) and weight lifting 2-3 times a week.

Not new to Reddit. Just started over with a new account….

Anyways!!!! I need to tell someone because I’m just so freakin’ excited about it!!!!! But honestly, I don’t want anyone at my box to know just yet…

I’m getting my level 1 CF certification next weekend. I haven’t really told anyone. Seriously. No one knows except my 4 dogs, and my bestie who lives in Tennessee where I’m traveling to take the course.

Mainly, I’m keeping quiet about is because I want to get my level 2 US Olympic Weightlifting certification before I tell them. (I’ve had me level 1 for two years and have kept quiet about that too).

Once I have the certifications… I want to talk to the owner about starting a barbell club at my gym. I just want to wait until I have better certifications to back it up.

We had at one point a barbell club for a few months, but the coach moved away and it stopped. I missed it because to me, properly learning the snatch and clean and jerk and knowing the difference between Oly lifting and CrossFit lifting is important! Especially for fellow lifters if they want to compete in an actual Olympic Barbell meet. There are TONS of etiquette things I never knew about until I really got into it. That and to be prepared for what a lifting meet is like… because lifting in the CrossFit competition world, where a lot of the etiquette doesn’t matter, and just a CrossFit competition, is so different!

Anyways… That’s all. I just am so dang excited, and I wanted to post somewhere and I figured this would be a good place to post!

Sorry for the rambling. Have a good day!

As a little kid, in my family curiosity was valued. No wonder that I was constantly asking "why". This served me well in my education and career as an electrical engineer. The field is rife with people making bad assumptions, when really understanding what they are doing. It is important to question everything. In civil engineering, this approach saves lives.

Imagine then, my diving into CrossFit upon retirement, where the standard coaching practice is to focus on the most important cue for a client, without the lengthy diversion that would be required to explain the reasoning behind it.

Surprisingly, I went with it, setting aside my need for "why". I got to enjoying how it eventually becomes evident - especially since the CF methodology is so consistent from box to box and coach to coach.

And yet, as I reach year five and work to refine my olympic lifts, I'm finding it helpful to understand the nuanced reason we do each of the variety of drills offered, especially in our box's OLY-specific classes. I wish I had asked sooner - it would have saved a lot of time. At first, I thought everybody else must "get it". But now I'm convinced that is not the case.

My question for the crowd: How might CF coaching be tweaked to help athletes further improve their technique. Should coaches more often hint at the reasoning, or at least encourage clients to ask?

It seems like there is room for improvement....

With the CrossFit Games recently leaving Madison and with the controversy around the heat Fort Worth where do you think would be the perfect place to host the games?

The host would obviously need adequate venues: indoor arena with at least 10k+ capacity, outdoor stadium, swimming venue (might have to be a pool considering what happened this year), maybe even a biking/running track venue? It also needs to be a town/city with a big enough infrastructure to host the games, and ideally a cooler summer climate.

I know some people will say Madison was the perfect venue and they should return their, but the one big hole they had as a host was that in my opinion they did not have an adequate outdoor venue. It was so small (looks like it could only seat a couple thousand people). Even the outdoor venue at Fort Worth looked pretty small to me, and just has bleachers with benches to sit on. The only place that had a decent outdoor venue was Los Angeles, and I'm not talking about the tennis stadium I'm talking about the soccer stadium that could seat 20k+ people. The Rogue Invitational has a really nice outdoor stadium too.

Maybe I missed it - but due to the situations, there was no rookie of the year? Although it wasn’t a normal Games, which newbie were you impressed by and would vote for Rookie of the Year?

I’m looking to start following a program so I can keep my training structured and I’ve gotten/read some good recommendations on other posts but I’d also like to read some reviews on what makes the program good. What program do you follow and what makes it good/what are some things that could be better?

After a few months of injuries, I am now focussed on improving my overall strength on my Olympic lifts. I have enough knowledge and experience on all the other lifts apart from Cleans and Snatch and I was hoping this group may be able to give a little bit of advice on improving overall clean strength?

So far I’ve just lowered reps and increased weight to get stronger and I’m also looking to add accessory lift but not sure where to start.

Thanks for any help in advance

I don't have the greatest body, but I like working out shirtless sometimes. Does it really bother people to see people not in best shape shirtless, or is it all in my head?

I competed at a local team competition today and got absolutely OBLITERATED by the heat and lack of training under fatigue. Was fighting vomiting on the field for a majority of one of our WODs and I have never once thrown up in a workout (the streak remains, thank god)

What do you do to improve your work capacity under fatigue? I have another team competition coming up that’s a 2 day competition and 7 workouts in total. I was thinking we’d run through 2 WODs whenever we have team training so that we could put that extra stress that would be similar to what we’d endure at a competition.

We are probably going to train as a team once a week maybe 2-3x as the comp gets closer but what else can I do on my own that can improve my engine without burning me out?

then the open would test those exact workouts, then regionals, and then the games.

the workouts would change every single year, but would focus on the core modalities of crossfit.

why this would legitimize the sport: this is what every elite athlete (including olympians) do every single day. they train for their specific event. they know the time period. they know the race. they know the skill. they practice then compete.

the main problem with crossfit right now, and always has been imo, the the weaponization of the unknown... it's not used to keep people on their toes. its used like the hunger games. and no one really knows if those wods are changed so certain athletes can win every single year (looking at you T7A) to create narratives around the heroes of crossfit.

I find it mad weird they cant inform the PFAA of the workouts before the games, but they can tell the demo team, who in turn tells those respective camps what the workouts are. that also creates an unfair narrative and drives a "our camp is better than thow" culture.

if the workouts truly are NOT a secret, then why not just tell everyone?

also, not because of this weekend, but most people CANNOT SWIM. I think if you want to be the fittest, this is a core skill games athletes should have. I dont think we'd see 50% of the field if they followed this type of strategy. I think most people make the games (and win) based on luck of the draw, not because they are the actual "fittest on earth"

in my opinion, this is the best way to start creating legitimacy at the games.

thoughts?

since he already stated that him and other big names like vellner, tia and with him on creating an union kinda of athletes then why don't they go for the long run and create an crossfit alternative like hyrox and go for it, I'm sure crossfit would take a major blow

Anyone working out of a box that still follows CompTrain?

My old box used to do it and then switched to PRVN.

No hate from me as I had no issues with it, but just wondering as I travel full time and haven’t seen it ANYWHERE.

Mostly, I’m a fan of outsourcing the programming, no matter to whom, since programming is an art and just because someone owns a box it doesn’t mean they’re any good at writing it.

Edit: the main theme of this post is supposed to be whether you’re following CompTrain or not…

I'm a very active person (W, 32). I go to crossfit 5-7 days a week, dance 3-5 days, and run 1-2 days. I'm a vegetarian and I take vegan protein powder, creatine, BCAAs, and preworkout.

I am currently focused on strength building and muscle growth. I'm looking into other supplements that might help with performance and muscle growth. I came across HMB (beta-hydroxy beta-methylbutyrate), that when paired with creatine can help with this. I'm looking for any advise on other supplements that may be out there that I could try.

NOTE: Of course I will research for myself any advise given here but I thought this would be a good place to get some ideas from people who've tried different things and what's worked for them.

So HQ is doing their own investigation into everything that happened at the Games.

Is this just simply for show or is this the typical protocol by organizations in these instances? What will be the findings other than “we messed up and this is who we are blaming internally”?

I would assume there is a separate investigation going on by the Fort Worth PD or other local / state group that will be able to actually bring a lawsuit?

P.s. For males, it may be easier, but this is particularly about women. How can they build the strength to lift their body up?

It's been 7 months of CrossFit. I started from below cero level (post cancer treatment!). So proud of myself, we're currently working on heavy squats (both front and back). Last week I hit a PB of 3 rm back squat at 30 kg!! Last time I tested this was at 22.5 kg a couple of months ago. I'm feeling much more confident and part of my gym. I just let go of all expectations and not looking at what others are doing anymore. Overall feeling much happier!! Can't wait to see what my new 1 rm benchmark will be after this training cycle!

Do you do any specific training for murph? I’d like to decrease my time to complete the workout. I’m considering do 3-5 rounds of Cindy 3 times a week after my regular trainings just to build more endurance but I’m not sure if there’s anything else better. Thoughts?

I am nowhere near a high level athlete. I go consistently three days a week (I work jn the ER for 12 hrs days so before and after is difficult to go with my family commitments and stuff). On Sundays my box is closed.

I commit on my days off, but sometimes I am so drained from my shift that I take a rest day. These past two weeks have been especially draining that even on my training days I struggled.

The problem is that sometimes I do not know if it is just a mental block or my body needs to rest more than in the past.

I am stuck in a rut 😵‍💫

It’s astonishing to me to see that people are surprised at Dave’s behavior. He had always been this way. And so has CrossFit, if you did it back in the day you will remember how Robb Wolf cut banished for the grave infraction of not promoting the zone diet. Similarly Greg Everett becusse he said the med ball clean was a bad way to teach cleans. It’s ALWAYS been this way, and why it’s been labeled a cult

I can never go more than 5-10 minutes on the c2 rower without my lower back getting smoked and over fatigued to the point it’s unbearable. I have pretty decent hamstring strength & mobility, I’m also tall. I would love to get on the rower more but my lower back is the limiting factor. I’ve been in the gym since 2008, have seen the CrossFit craze from the beginning all the ups & downs, but this damn rower has never been friendly to my lower back. Any areas or imbalances I should look into? Any tips or advice to be more comfortable on the rower?

https://thebarbellspin.com/fitness/rogue-fitness-is-developing-an-echo-rowerg-rower/

Thoughts on rogue making their own rower? What’s next? A rogue ski erg?