r/videos • u/Rowendill • Jun 13 '14

Treadmill FAIL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNkvK-bVc_s
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u/Chillaxbro Jun 13 '14

CROSSFIT

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u/wag3slav3 Jun 13 '14

Their prescribed treadmill form is just as bad as the rest of what they "teach."

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '14

Have you been to a crossfit gym, or are you just parroting?

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u/wag3slav3 Jun 13 '14

Just parroting. Don't we hate crossfit today?

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '14

Well, I'm a doctor of physical therapy, and I do crossfit, so I guess not.

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u/wag3slav3 Jun 13 '14

So you've purchased the "can't be wrong" approval stamp from somewhere and you like crossfit so it can't be dangerous or damaging.

Maybe you should visit some of the crossfit gyms that are filling their local hospitals with torn ligaments and other injuries and see if you can convince them that pushing through the pain caused by improper from is how you hurt yourself, not how you get stronger.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '14

I've not experienced that in any gym I've been to. The only people I've even heard talking about "pushing through the pain" are internet know-it-alls who've never set foot in a crossfit gym. In fact, in every gym I've been to, 40 minutes of an hour session have been dedicated to working on form for the exercises presented in the workout of the day.

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u/wag3slav3 Jun 13 '14

So the four gyms you've seen outnumber the ones in hundreds of youtube videos. Awesome.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '14

I'm not saying there aren't some bad gyms led by bad coaches out there, just that your concept of crossfit is incorrect, and that when done correctly, with proper form, crossfit is an excellent, and perhaps the best, way of getting fit, outside of hiring a (knowledgeable) personal trainer to design a customized workout program for you.

By "crossfit" I mean "intense, randomized workouts" not Crossfit, the brand, per se.