Fitness Facts's video: Why You Shouldn t Do CrossFit

Ever wondered what is CrossFit or how to be a Crossfitter? Here are the top 5 reasons not to do CrossFit. Reason – Speed over form You’re given a set amount of time to do a specific exercise as many times as possible. The higher the reps, the better you’ve done Crossfit says. Let’s think about this, is this actually GOOD for your body? Your body WILL fatigue, and when you’re tired, what happens? Your form goes. What happens when your form goes when lifting? Yeah, you know what happens. Reason – You’re putting a lot of unnecessary stress on your joints. You have to have spent years in the gym to have built up strong tendons and ligaments. Complex compound movements such as the snatch and jerk are going to tax the HELL out of your joints and body when you haven’t put in the years at the gym. Just think for a little bit, why aren’t there many people above the age of 45 doing crossfit? Reason – Your Crossfit instructor most likely knows as much as you do. $1000 and a 2 day seminar is all that's required for a level 1 certification. Let’s use logic here. When’s the last time you’ve learned ENOUGH about a specific discipline in TWO DAYS to start EDUCATING OTHER people?! NEVER!! The high cost for certification and short training program is to capitalize as much as possible on a trend. These coaches are supposed to be supervising complicated lifts at extreme fatigue. They're not trained on recognizing injuries, so many times when someone is truly injured, they're encouraged to keep going and often do more damage, as is seen in the CrossFit games. Reason – You’re not actually doing anything productive towards a goal You’re literally showing up and just MOVING your body. Let’s think about this. You’re not actually trying to build muscle. You’re not actually trying to lose fat. Instead, the focus is on pain and intensity, although I’d argue the focus is on injury and making people feel good about themselves because they showed up and did something quote unquote hard. You’re not actually training as an athlete for a specific athletic sport. Is crossfit the fastest way to do any specific sport much better? Hell no. If you’re the type to need motivation, you’re a weak minded individual. Period If you want something, you set a goal, and you do whatever it takes to get to that goal. Reason – Huge risk of Injury Even if you’re a seasoned vet training in the weight room, your risk of injury just goes up exponentially when you don’t listen to your body and push through reps with incorrect form. Crossfit exercises with all those Olympic style lifts just tax your joints incredibly hard, and Crossfit is just NOT a long term sustainable activity. Basically, crossfit just isn’t worth the injury risk and lack of productivity just so you can feel quote unquote good about doing a hard workout. "CrossFit Nijmegen - Battle of Gelderland 2015 - Qualifier WOD 1" by CrossFit Nijmegen at https://youtu.be/Uy7nKLGfEBo is licensed under CC BY "CrossFit ILC Training Log - Run / Clean & Jerk (Hero wod : Abbate)" by CrossFit ILC at https://youtu.be/xNF_TDgJ2X4 is licensed under CC BY "CrossFit 14.2 - Rob Forte and Chad MacKay" by sjohnsonau at https://youtu.be/oLtv7E5SSIo is licensed under CC BY