People who actually want to work out should stay away from crossfit altogether. Doing deadlifts has a better risk/reward ratio than anything I've seen come out of a crossfit gym. See kipping pull-ups as a prime example.
I think about this a lot. I go to a gym that does group fitness classes. Way way back in the beginning it was very different from crossfit, then people broke away and started their own gym. The gym has slowly evolved over the past few years to being A LOT of crossfit things. One of the trainers is OBSESSED with crossfit.
Some of the movements are just WILD and I don't get it. I don't get why me flinging and flopping and jumping and kicking and squatting to do one movement is somehow better for me than focusing on squats with proper form and then overhead presses with proper form.
Even burpees. You will get way more out of doing pushups and squat jumps on their own than doing them together.
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u/slyfox7187 23h ago
People who actually want to work out should stay away from crossfit altogether. Doing deadlifts has a better risk/reward ratio than anything I've seen come out of a crossfit gym. See kipping pull-ups as a prime example.