Dan John Gets REAL on CrossFit 

Much appreciated

Thank you for sharing that

Nice work! It's nice to see you doing ES.

Well, I blush

Agreed

Perhaps that is why people with former lifting experience and a good foundation tends to do "less bad" in crossfit than people without this experience?

or the age/conditioning level of its participants in it. Pavel, Dan, Mark Wildman...they have saved me.

Huh? What do you mean by “CrossFit doesn’t”? The methodology as a whole or some gym or person you’ve seen? I don’t think your statement could be further from the truth, from my experience.

@@PrimalPetersen Specific boxes and athletes may have good programming and methodology, but Crossfit at large has inconsistent quality of instruction.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you for sharing that

Agreed

You bet!

Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you for sharing that

This was my reason for stopping crossfit and focusing on powerlifting exercises. I feel so much better that way as well.

Done well, I have no objections. "Done well" is the issue.

I haven't talked to someone who "does this" or "practices this," the "this" meaning your third word, in quite a while. People tell me they love it but don't do it.

@@DanJohnStrengthCoach it's been two years since In haven't practiced it. I'm looking forward to going back to it. After the lock downs I bought my own equipment and turned my garage into a mini crossfit. Not the same. So right now it's more continent to workout out of my garage. I do love it. It's structured I don't have tu think as to what the workout is going to be. The workouts are subtle so they don't look hard initially but after some experience you learn not to take it for granted. I'm 50... so I'm no spring chicken and been around the block. I am grateful for it because of what it exposed me to. To be fair crossfit put Olympic lifts on the map for the masses. Outside of watching it on the Olympics it is a little known sport. I never got injured but I scaled. What people doing talk about is that they do have a scale which makes movements that your aren't comfortable with you can replace it with something you can. People that critique it the most never lived crossfit. I did for four years. I been working out and into active most of my life. To be frank it's the best bank for buck. With the drama you are faced with in regular gyms these days, you go in and you are out in an hour. You can stay longer to work on technique if you like. Coaches if they are good will help you. You will always find crossfitters attending clinics for Olympic or kettlebell lifts because they are always looking to improve on their technique. We are people with regular day jobs but we still want to get the most out of a 1hr workout. Which for an average Joe is hard to do. Since you drawing conclusions about me because I might have said something you may not agree. I respect the opioni of this video? I didn't critique the opioni. I am saying if it wasn't for crossfit a video like this would not have gotten my attention. I learned the value of kettlebell workouts because of crossfit. Look how lucky I am. Now I'm a student trying to learn from true masters and appreciate the value on this channel. Life is about growing and sometimes anomalies like crossfit are channels people walk through to be exposed to things other wise they wouldn't have.

Thanks for sharing this...good point. I remember those Naut ads in Scholastic Coach, like 16 pages!, that were never a complete sentence. I remember asking my high school coach about using them instead of barbells and he gave me a review of "cost to benefit." I will never forget that.

Thank you

Thanks for sharing this. Injuries are a tough one.

It's a cult. Cults generally don't handle criticism well because everything feels like a personal attack rather than objective criticism on technique.

I’m a big fan of Lebe’s work

@@DanJohnStrengthCoachLebe Stark is German for Live Strong. His name is Gregory, not Lebe 😄

Well, this is a question for the podcast. But basically hypertrophy training is good for longevity, but you also need to practice learning how to fall in a bunch of other small things. Send this question to the podcast.

​@DanJohnStrengthCoach ah thank you. I just figured out I should email my question to you to get it on the podcast. I will modify it a bit, since I think I misunderstood one of your videos after just rewatching it.

@DanJohnStrengthCoach haha I thought some more, did some calisthenics and realised my questions don't make sense! I should just combine everything, keep improving, and have some fun. The answers are obvious. Thanks a lot for putting your workshops out for free.

That would be one of the more common criticisms. I am frankly amazed we still even talk about it.

I think it would work for a lot of things, but let me know if you see any studies on this. At the schools I have been at, VO2 Max is usually measured with the simple bikes or the treadmills because it is just so complex to hold everything together.

@@DanJohnStrengthCoach I think it's the students reaction to incorporating Kettlebells into programming for conditioning and strength purposes. They don't quite understand it until I break it down for them. As for VO2 max, I would assume it would improve due to the sheer amount of cardiovascular stress that occurs. Anyway, I love your videos. They are extremely insightful, I learn something new everyday.

I talk about this a lot on my RU-vid channel here. In fact, Pat Flynn and I just discussed this on his podcast. The biggest issue is it doesn’t cure very quickly. I would prefer a total hip replacement over an elbow injury. I know that sounds crazy, but I can almost guarantee you’ll be fine in six months after a total hip replacement. I still like hanging from a bar, but other than that it seems like rest is the best cure. And, I know that’s not a very good answer.

Strict

@@DanJohnStrengthCoach ah shucks, will have to work on that, thanks for the reply!

I would say "no." But...the GS people think it is the answer, but it's a whole skill set that needs lots of fine tuning. Comp techniques are always valuable to know and learn, but they are for competitions.

I'm actually working on a new workshop idea explaining this all better. Your point, the last two sentences, is really the key.

About 20 years ago, we were supposed to hold it over head for like one second. I don’t know if that’s still part of how some people measure it.

All true

Pretty good logic

Well played.

I appreciate that. I get a lot of negative when I talk about that group.

Well played

I have the original template. It was a bodybuilding hybrid.

@@DanJohnStrengthCoach The Murph WOD 1 mile rule, 100 pullups, 200 push-ups, 300 air squats and 1 mile run is a Navy SEAL workout they were doing long before crossfit came into existence.

Definitely something pretty cool about watching Mat Fraser but then I go out to my garage and am quickly reminded I am nowhere near his level

I certainly hear you on this

But also, watching the Crossfit Games is a bit like watching the Tour de France... I have a bike as well, and I ride it..but I would die on a tour de france stage. The same for Crossfit Games level workouts....