First ride, I'm at 310 pounds 6'2". My quads burn

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hi all! Can anyone help me out and give me programs/tips to improve assault bike or rowing (I understand rowing is very technique oriented). For the most part, I am your average crossfitter. Not that strong and not too weak. I am able to Rx workout weights but certain gymnastics elements are not yet there- c2b, muscle ups, et. In general for my age 45, F, I am able to finish the WOD fairly upper 30% of my box but for the life of me, when there is running, bike or rowing, I always am very weak there. Even the coaches at times put the cals on the bike less for me.

Aside from spending more time on them, anyone has tips for some kind of program. What I have seen there seems to be more targeted for someone better at these already. It seems while I am ok-ish in a general wod, the other elements are really my achilles heel. Thanks!

Hey yall. I've been on and off of training crossfit for a couple years now and while I really enjoy it my poor mobility makes doing Olympic lifts feel impossible. This usually means that many classes while everyone else is getting a workout in I'm working on technique with a pvc pipe. This has frustrated me in the past and I've quit so that I could focus on what I can do. Definitely not a great growth mindset.. but I don't feel like I ever got any better with the Olympic lifts that way. I'd really like to start crossfit again but I think I'm going to have to do a whole lot of stretching and mobility work on my own to progress.

Front squats: major wrist pain, can't get my elbows up very high, can't hit much depth with any weight.

Oh squats: can't hit much depth with any weight, even with a pvc pipe I can't get very deep.

These are the major issues I have that present blocks to doing snatches and cleans.

Sorry for the long winded post but basically what are some good methods to gaining the required mobility. Is there a good mobility program I should follow? Should I wait to gain this mobility before joining another gym?

Thanks

The 5am morning crew at my box are looking to get tees made for us and we’re looking for suggestions for dirty slogans that we can put on our tees.

What’s the best / worst we can do?

Hey everyone, need some advice on whether CrossFit may be for me, I’m a below the elbow amputee when I was a teenager I loved sports and was a competitive runner and in the football team, I left school and picked up bad habits.. smoking etc & stopped doing sports

Fast forward to the age of 28 I want to get back into sports, I joined a standard gym last year with the hopes of gaining strength and muscle but found the environment quite intimidating and struggled too figure out how to adapt the machines and free weights (I don’t have a prosthetic) and hated the idea of going on my own! so kind of stopped going as I found the process more frustrating more than enjoyable, my left side was also looking progressively stronger than my right due to not exercising my right upper body, which as you can imagine looked odd!

I happen to be shadowing a physiotherapist at the minute who has suggested CrossFit due to its ability to be adaptable and the nice sense of community and reckons it would be good for me, any suggestions? Do you know of any disabled people? 😄

Hey guys! I use hokas for the more cardio focused parts of the workouts but I’ve noticed that I always get really bad shin splints. Do you guys recommend any shoes for the cardio workouts (I use vans for the lifting)? Also, if you guys could share your shin splints treatments that would be awesome too! Thanks!

What do you believe are the biggest community killers within the gym? And, what remedies could you offer?

or....

What do you believe are the biggest community builders? And, how would you encourage more of it?

I can't break the parallel when I'm doing OHS, plus Squat Snatch.

And I'm very frustrated... I think I need to be born again.

I’m building a sauna 6 x 7. I was going to get an 8 kw heater but I want the room to be 180+ degrees

What heater do you guys have? How many kw? And what temp does your gets up to?

The guy seems to be in pretty good shape again. What do you think? And if not, who would bet on?

We all join CrossFit for various reasons—fitness, strength, community—but I'm curious about the unexpected benefits that have made a significant impact on your life.

Whether it's mental health improvements, unexpected friendships, or surprising skills you've developed, what keeps you hooked on CrossFit beyond just the workouts?

Let's share our stories and maybe inspire others who are thinking about joining or sticking with it!

I am a 30 F & I am having the hardest time losing baby weight + marriage weight. I attend CrossFit work outs 4x a week; I eat fairly clean & I am pretty active throughout the day.

From the beginning, I gained about 40 pounds throughout college. Once I graduated, I lost it all and was in the best shape of my life. Covid hit & I gained some back, but not to an extreme.

I was pregnant in 2021 starting at 190, I ended up at 230. I am currently at 195 (note I am 5’9. I don’t know what to do. I am currently battling myself. Should I try doing more cardio? When I’m at the gym, I am lifting heavier than I was before I was pregnant, but nothing is changing. I don’t care what the scale says, I just want to be happy with how I look.

I’ve tried doing calorie deficit & fasting.

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1. I think it’s great that CF hands out big penalties. So people hopefully will finally actually pay attention to the standards and redo workouts if they have questionable reps, just so that they don’t get major penalties.

2. Tia got a major penalty on workout 1. I think her HSPU on workout 3 are even worse than the step ups. So another major penalty? Where would it put her?

3. What’s wrong with judging at PRVN? Something must be in the water that srews up people’s optics. I mean Luis Oscar Mora’s HSPU are horrendous, how can a judge validate that?

This is awkward. I thought he is all knowing and always correct. Always pissed off CrossFit isn’t enforcing. What happened here….

I am two months in. Very consistent at going 5 days a week. I go M/T/W then take Thursdays off back in class Fridays and Saturdays.

My pull-ups suck so I do negative pull up reps on Wednesdays and Saturdays after class.

I am picking up from not going to the gym for 3-5 years and working a desk job.

What can I do to improve faster? Start going Thursdays? My cardio and endurance suck should I walk or run? Should I start doing sit ups and pushups at night?

I am looking for that next thing to add in like the negatives twice a week which has been really helping.

Should I see if the coaches at the gym will do an evaluation and make recommendations?

Second I am taking Creatine, lots of protein, BCAA’s after lifting, and drinking lots of water. I take preworkout while lifting as well.

Anything I am missing supplement or nutritionally?

Thanks!

Anyone know what was wrong with her 24.1 score?

Which do you prefer and why? Any other options?

Will CrossFit ever mandate BTWB to block competition?

hey all

i use creatine and im quite satisfied nt i think to add beta alanine

what do you say ?

So I joined Crossfit a little while ago and now I'm facing a real dilemma.

I joined the open while on TRT. I didnt realizing I was cheating, because I didnt realize it was an actual competition. Don't worry, I completely bombed, and had alot of fun doing it, but I still feel really guilty now.

Additionally, I was actually really gifted size and strength wise before my accident, that lead to my needing trt. Now the combo of my genetics and reintroducing my body to healthy T levels is leading to staggering progress, and I think it's making some of the athletes, including the owner, a little envyouse. I really hate this because they are amazing people I look up too, but I don't want them to think I tried to lie to them.

I don't want to be competitive and I honestly don't care about beating anyones PRs but my own, but I just don't know how to approach the subject. I would also get off if I could, but unfortunately I will actually lose some VERY important functions if I do.

Has anyone else been in this situation? I've really gotten attached to these people, and I even might start dating one of the other athletes, but I'm terrified how they might view me after. Looking for some advice.

Looking for advice on what to do with my macros.

I have a one year old daughter and since having her and the pregnancy I did put a bit of weight on.

In November I was 168 I started working with a trainers and counting macros. Initial goal was 2400 as I was still breastfeeding a lot. 5 strength workouts a week.

I continued to eventually 1900 calories 5 workouts per week 10 000 steps And now I’m down to 149

Now for the last month this has been my program

2000 calories /day 5 strength workouts per week 10 000 steps per day And I haven’t seen any fat loss in this month

My goal is to keep losing fat but I’m thinking of switching to a CrossFit gym where I would do 3 classes per week and then continue with getting 8 k + steps a day and then maybe one workout in my home gym per week

What would you guys recommend as macro goal for body recomp at this point? I would like to have one cheat meal per week also and I’m still breastfeeding 2-3 times a day but I’m thinking it’s mostly for comfort and not actually maintaining a milk supply at this point.

Also looking to try a different tracking app than my fitness pal so let me know what you recommend for that

My old rpm speed rope fell apart today after serving for 8 years. I started looking for a new rope. I’d like to have another rpm rope but their shipping is a bit much to where I live (both time and moneywise).

So: does anyone a) know if there is a store that sells rpm ropes with a reasonable EU delivery or b) can recommend another brand that has very fast, light, durable ropes?