Not only that, but inflicting pain on yourself raises your stature in the eyes of others, he adds. Suffering through a grueling endurance race or difficult workout can make you seem tolerant, persistent, and strong in the minds of your friends and colleagues.
In the end, a complicated mix of some or all of these factors may explain the drive to push workout routines to the limits. Consider all of this food for thought the next time you double down on your boot-camp class pack. Contact us at letters time. By Markham Heid. Related Stories. Already a print subscriber? There are much more complex and in-depth certifications which CrossFit offers if you would like to get serious.
Helpful resources:. If you pay for a cert, it will accelerate your learning curve. Having been a huge part of CrossFit, I know saying anything bad about CrossFit is like playing with a loaded gun. Yes, there are dangers to high intensity functional movement. I wrote an semi-controversial article on Rhabdo in which when viral during the CrossFit Games Open, specifically It results from the death of muscle fibers and release of their contents into the bloodstream.
This can lead to complications such as renal kidney failure. This occurs when the kidneys cannot remove waste and concentrated urine. In rare cases, rhabdomyolysis can even cause death.
However, prompt treatment often brings a good outcome. I got a flood of emails and a few comments from people who had gotten rhabdomyolysis from competing in the CrossFit Games Open workout It happens, especially with poor programming put in an open-to-all competition. Rhabdo is singled out because it is a pretty rare occurrence in any other form of fitness, and perhaps the most dangerous, but yes, there are other dangers….
You could roll your ankle, you could overuse a joint, you could get sore…Ok, that was my best attempt at sarcasm. Keep Rhabdo in mind, but all of those other injuries can be mitigated by smart training or programming. You can look at all the other aches and pains as the price you pay for not having sat on your butt.
There are also freak accidents which can happen, like in the case of Kevin Ogar , paralyzed during the OC Throwdown. A competition unsanctioned by CrossFit, yet doing the sport of CrossFit see where the legalities of CrossFit get ridiculous. People do get injured in CrossFit. Some injuries are avoidable and some are inevitable. Investing in your health and fitness is just like investing your money. You have to determine the level of risk you want to take.
Being more aggressive could lead to a big pay off, but it could also lead to having to start all over. Some make it extremely complex and some make it very simple.
CrossFit will make you stronger not exceptionally strong…ever if you are weak, and CrossFit will make you weaker if you are already strong. You can get stronger for a while doing random exercise, but everyone who has tried it knows that at some point you have to put more weight on the bar and lift it on a regular, programmed basis that obeys the rules of adaptive physiology and logic.
So are we all in agreement? Maybe a little stronger, but not a lot stronger depends on where you start. People argue with me much less on this topic now that Mark Rippetoe has said the same thing. They created their definition of fitness and now they relentlessly test their definition of fitness and prove to find the fittest within their definition.
While I do believe it is a pretty awesome definition, I just like to point that out because triathletes, decathletes, etc.
It is only natural. While not impossible, the CrossFit Games has come a long way since its inception. Originally, CrossFit Games competitors were people with normal jobs, lives, etc. Now, the top competitors in the world are professional athletes with big contracts and they have a lot of time to train. In , they started the CrossFit Games Open format where anyone in the world with a video camera and internet connection can compete.
In nearly , people competed. So, the bottom line is that you can literally be addicted to CrossFit. In addition to increasing testosterone levels, growth hormone will also rise in correlation with increased dopamine secretion.
So to all of the game developers out there—go home, everybody. The best game ever has already been created and nothing you ever make will be quite as impressive. WODS are fun and healthy, they challenge you to achieve physical and mental goals you never thought possible, and the pleasurable feeling you get following a successful workout releases chemicals into your brain which actually help you burn fat, build muscle and bust stress out of your life.
Very interesting and makes a lot of sense. I love to workout and be active but my wife is bored doing any exercise for exercises sake. Thanks for the post. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Sign in.
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