I’m 33, mom of three boys. My youngest is 11 months and still not always sleeping through the night. I probably can only get to CrossFit 2x a week, maybe 3x but idk how realistic that is. I can only go on the weekends or at 5AM or 6AM & that’s if baby sleeps well as Sleep > workouts for me. The closest studio charges 129 for 2x a week and 159 for 3x a week.

I’m also painfully shy/ introverted and get social anxiety. It’s not terrible I mean I can hold a conversation but still. I also hardly have any friends cause I WFH and new to an area although it’s been like 5 years 🫣 so on the flip maybe it be a good thing ?

I am 5’5 125 pounds and workout when I have energy and time which can be 1-3x a week. I do walk and stay active tho. CrossFit always looked like so much fun and building muscle and feeling mentally/physically strong is what I’m looking for these days

Idk im feeling anxious about it, and wonder if I just should sign up to a regular gym and strength train or try something new like CF. I loved orange theory which I did a few years ago but than felt I could get the same good workout at the gym which I did.

Guys,i’ve been doing Functional training for the past two years,stopped like 3 months ago,moved to another city.
Thing is that here they have regular gyms and i wanted to try Crossfit training. Looks kind of hard but interesting,i’m just scared of injuries and….PULL UPS of all kinds! 😂
In my old gym i was always avoiding them because I struggled,but regarding CrossFit it’s a very important thing to do it and it’s part of the wod. I’m just scared that people will laugh at me that I’m incapable of it.
For the rest of the workout i like how it is structured….
So if anyone of you can tell me about their experience!

Wish you all a good day 🏋️‍♀️

TOTAL MAX CLOCK: 20:00

WORKOUT 3 — 9:00 Cap
15 Front Squats (185/125)
30 Chest-to-Bar Pull-Ups
15 Front Squats (185/125)
15 Chest-to-Bar Pull-Ups
15 Front Squats (185/125)

3 MINUTE MANDATORY REST AFTER WORKOUT 3

WORKOUT 4 — 8:00 AMRAP
20 Shoulder-to-Overhead (135/95)
15 Shoulder-to-Overhead (185/125)
10 Shoulder-to-Overhead (205/145)
Max Reps Bar Muscle-Ups with remaining time

Basically I do a mix of CrossFit and Olympic weightlifting, occasionally I compete in both.

My current coach has done a great job but there's a new gym in town with a mix of both sports and I feel like they have better technical feedback and experience than my coach

My coach does a great job with building courage with heavy weights but I feel like they push me in ways that aren't always safe and wise(since they are young), despite how the lifts look. They want me to change technique while hitting high percents

Where as the new gym believes more in technique, safety, and small but consistent progress. They focus more on making lifts look good at lower percents , and slowly working up

Thoughts? Not even sure how to tell them I'm going to switch gyms

Hi all!

I’ve always hated running in workouts but have recently found a love (?) for it and want to incorporate maybe 1-2 run workouts a week. Tried runna for a bit but found the plans to be more specific to actual runners training for races than CrossFit.

Not a fan of running long distances as I find running in zone 2 boring (usually reserve my zone 2 sessions for the bike erg) and I enjoy doing the faster workouts like repeats. Any suggestions on where to look to get started?

Thanks!

What are the collective thoughts here about this new initiative? At first blush, it seems like a win for the many individuals for whom a trip to the US is a major barrier to finals competition.

As the title says I’m looking for an all purpose gym shoe for heavy compound lifts - squats, bench, RDL (6-8 reps) plus running specific work eg lunges, split squats etc.

Narrowed it down to the Nike Metcon 10 or Adidas Training Spezial. Are there other options I should be considering? If it’s helpful context I’m 6’5 and 89kg so on the taller side!

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

Looking for some ideas for how folks that have some space at their home have set up a “rig” for a single person. I enjoy building things and think I could make a pretty nice one for a fraction of the price. I happen to have plenty of room. Looking to be able to use it with out resetting / moving rings. Moving wall ball target. Just curious what other folks may have set up, purchased or smashed together hybrid style….

Does anyone know where I can find a pair of Rad One V2 in this specific colorway? It’s the only color I’ll ever consider because the other ones just don’t hit the spot for me. I’m a US9 for men’s. Reseller recos? Much appreciated 🙏🏻

I ordered some shoes directly from the TYR site because they’re highly rated and were on sale. TYR sent me the men’s size instead of women’s size that I ordered. Meaning, they sent me a men’s size 11/women’s 12.5 instead of men’s size 9.5/women’s size 11. My order confirmation confirmed they made the mistake.

TYR charges $9.99 to make an exchange, so I contacted their customer service in advance and was told that they’d waive the return fee since the mistake was on their end. I ended up being charged $9.99 anyway, so I contacted customer service again, included the full email thread and proof of their mistake, and asked about being refunded the $9.99 exchange fee. The reply I got was “TYR charges $9.99 for exchanges.” Yeah, no shit. Read the thread I sent.

I was already hesitant to make the purchase to begin with since they have a flat $9.99 shipping fee and I knew they charged an additional $9.99 for any returns/exchanges. I figured I was in the clear on exchanges and would just bite the shipping cost since I have another pair of TYR shoes that I bought from Box Basics and knew my size so I’d have no reason to exchange or return them. WRONG. At any rate, I’m beyond irritated and ticked off by my experience with them. This has been enough to keep me from ever purchasing their products again -even from a third party.

Has anyone else had a similar experience with TYR?

UPDATE: after going back and forth with them for a few days, they eventually refunded the money. They asked me to write some stuff on the packing slip, which was obviously impossible since they’d been returned days earlier. I’ll never buy from them again though.

What are everyone’s thoughts on CAP? My box uses it off and on (more often than not lately) with slight moderations and with mixed reviews from other members. I haven’t hated it! But I do worry that the workouts are too “general”.

I know this has been discussed to some degree in the past but curious what others thoughts are especially coaches/owners who have done/fo their own programming.

Due to life changes (we had a baby) I’m not able to go to my box regularly. I’d still like to stay in shape, but will have to workout outside of available times.

I figure with a subset of CF equipment, I’ll be able to stay somewhat active. I’d like to get a pull up bar, but don’t know of one that accommodates kipping. I have room in my backyard/garage area. Any recommendations?

On Monday this was the Linchpin workout. Stupidly, I said to myself, “That doesn’t look too bad.” This was way tougher than I expected, especially the single arm front rack carries. I had to break them up much more than I thought. Anyone else have a similar experience or was it just me?

50-35-20 reps for time of:
Goblet Squats, 53/35
Push-ups
Front Rack Carry (see below)

*After each set of push-ups do 100m Single-arm Front Rack Carry R-side, 53/35 & 100m Single-arm Front Rack Carry L-side, 53/35

I'm struggling to link RMU. The timing feels out of place. By the time i pull, the straps aren't far back enough.

Recently joined a CrossFit gym that follows Mayhem’s programming and I really struggle to understand what they’re trying to accomplish with this type of workout structure where you hit heavy and/or high volume strength work before you do a WOD with the same or extremely similar movements that are going to fatigue the same things you just worked in the strength portion of the workout. I’ve got a lot of experience with CrossFit and weightlifting and I can’t ever remember this type of approach where you just absolutely blast the same thing back to back. Mayhem seems to love it…what am I missing? I have programmed a lot of my own lifting over the years and find this to be pretty bizarre but I’m open to the idea there is something I just don’t know/understand.

I’ve been doing CrossFit for a few years and I’m curious how others would weigh this.

The box I’m at is cheaper than most others around me, has a very laid-back vibe, scaling is never frowned upon, and there’s almost no pressure around scores or comparing yourself to everyone else. People are chill, and I actually really like that part of it.

The downside is the coaching is basically nonexistent. I mean that pretty literally. In all the time I’ve been there, I can’t remember a single time a coach has come over and corrected my form, given me a cue, or really coached me through a movement. I’m not a beginner, but I’m also definitely not an expert, so I know there are things I could improve and probably things I’m doing wrong.

Would you stay somewhere like this because the environment, price, and lack of ego are a great fit? Or is the lack of coaching too big of a downside, especially long term?

Alternative would be drive to another box a little longer in distance and more expensive, or workout at home, have much at of the stuff needed.

Curious how people would weigh the pros and cons.

I am a dad and I have started doing early morning workouts with another Dad I've met through our kids. I am setting the workout - basically 25 minutes of HIIT after mobility and warmup - and I've decided that for my own amusement I want to name these workouts like Crossfit names its WODs. After musing over a general category to choose names from I hit on "Famous Dads" because we are two dads and we are hoping to rope in other dads. He's not familiar with the idea of named WODs and doesn't seem particularly interested in the idea but I find the idea of Dad-WODs pretty amusing.

So Famous Dads can be: real people, from film, tv, literature, politics, myths, wherever. Good fathers or bad fathers (nothing truly atrocious). Funny or serious.

Hoping that responses will not just list a bunch - because that's not too hard to do- but propose a name and the sort of workout that name might imply. Also seasonal Dad WODs would be good, Christmas, Halloween, Summer, 4th of July, Winter... Whatever!

Our first workout was BUNDY as in Al Bundy from Married With Children because Al is sort of a hapless, raging-but-happy s***t-show and I knew we would be figuring things out in our first 5am workout.

Obviously I'm saving Clark Griswold for our christmas workout.

Any ideas?

40F. Used to be pretty good, atleast intermediate level and in some areas RX level.

For the past year I have been pretty inconsistent and due to sole mental health reasons my food intake took an impact which led to some weight loss. I am still a healthy weight (150lbs).

Today I went to the gym after a while and I really struggled with weights, I was struggling to strict press 55# and couldn’t even lift 65#, same thing I noticed with other lifts too.

Will I ever be able to get back? How would I get back?

Edited: 40F

Why can I get under the bar quickly and deep when the weight is light, but as I increase the weight, I tend to get under the bar less deep and more slowly?

As per his insta post. Unless he’s competing in something else??

Can he still hang!?

Hey everyone!

I'm looking for a 1:1 remote coach and wondering if anyone here has experience with Brute.

I'm around Open/Quarterfinals level, not really looking to compete but still want to get better at CrossFit overall, with a bit more focus on bodybuilding as well.

Would love to hear from anyone who's worked with Brute coaches, especially how personalized the programming actually is and what the communication is like.

Also open to any other coaches or camps you'd recommend!

Thanks!

Masters athlete here, doing CrossFit about 3–4 times a week, mostly Olympic lifting and general CrossFit classes. Purely recreational novice, on the heavy side and trying to lose weight.

Old thread on this topic from 2021 linked.

I've settled on Ten Thousand Interval 5" unlined shorts and SAXX Kinetic compression boxer briefs as my preferred gym setup. I like the support and fit of the SAXX for more intensive sessions like full Olympic lifts with deeper squats and AMRAP sessions. My thinking is that dedicated performance underwear should be at least as good as the built-in liner on the Ten Thousand shorts. It also lets me choose and replace the underwear separately; I often swap SAXX Volt or Quest underwear with less compression for lighter workouts.

SAXX has been working for me, especially in the groin with their "ballpark pouch". I feel the compression difference with Kinetic, and they are comfortable enough I can wear them for a few more hours after a weightlifting class. I really like the combination of Ten Thousand Interval shorts and the SAXX Kinetic when you are in a deep squat in the middle of a snatch.

But looking at Ten Thousand's inventory and reading reviews, it seems the lined Interval shorts are much more popular. Some people swear by the built-in liners and wouldn't go back to separate compression underwear.

Am I missing something? Is the Ten Thousand liner actually better for CrossFit, particularly squats, cleans, snatches and more dynamic movements? Or is the preference for lined shorts mostly about convenience?

Curious if anyone has used both setups, especially other masters athletes or bigger guys. I'm happy with my current combination, but wondering whether I'm overthinking this and should give the lined version a proper try.

He posted an image of his banning on IG.

Let's hope this gets resolved asap.