Meh, we took all sorts in, even the lycra brigade! Mind you, I do have many pairs of Nanos, they are just soooo comfy. Sadly, I use a pair as office shoes. And I have a beard. And a bag of random gym equipment. Shit.
Anyway, try it. I stayed with it because it is nice to train in an environment where there are other people that are trying to improve and who will encourage you. The other gym was very much like being in your own little island. People would take an iPad to the running machines and then spend 30 minutes walking and reading. I think I died a little inside after seeing that.
Hey I curse not having a decent pair of shoes every time I see rope climbs in the workout (sorry, WOD).
sportsshoes.com is your friend... I got my last pairs of Innov8 gym shoes from there. And my lifters. Dammit, and my running shoes.
I have too many sports shoes.
If you are in your teens and have good range of movement/flexibility go for it, life teaches you stuff.
If not deadlift, squat, pullups, dips and overhead press in the 4-6 rep range with plenty of rest between sets if you just want strength without adding any significant muscle mass, then balls out everything you've got for 1000m on the concept2.
I can also recommend yoga, if i could only choose one this would be it.
Olympic lifts are very technical, fried my brain when i did them. Crossfit pullups are a joke, strict from deadhang with core engaged or just don't bother.
I just googled this. Oh my good god 😳Crossfit pullups are a joke
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I just googled this. Oh my good god
Everyone harps on about this and is one of the main aspects of crossfit that people like to slag off. What is the issue? A 'kipping' pull up is not performed for strength, it's performed for efficiency. If you want to build strength you do a strict pull up but if you want to perform 10 as quickly as possible it's far better to kip them, What is the problem?
Crossfit pullups are a joke
This comes up every time there is a thread about CF and I think most people just don't understand what the difference is. In a workout like Murph, where one small part is 100 pullups for time wearing a 10kg weight vest, there's no point doing strict form dead hang pull ups, which most CFers can do quite easily. The really good guys will have the butterfly kip down to a T, which is really impressive to watch. They will also be able to do strict pull ups with 20kg weight vest on without any problem. The point of the workout is to be challenging aerobically as well as requiring upper body strength.
Personally, I'm more impressed by a good butterfly kip than a dead hand pull up - it's way harder to learn as well.
Update: had my free trial session the other night.
My lasting impression is that the environment there is very welcoming (especially to those who are new to lifting/gym work) and incredibly friendly compared to every other gym I have ever been in. The coach was very clued up and watched everyone’s technique very carefully, only allowing weight to be increased if he was satisfied with form, and insistent on greater recovery time with more weight.
I’m not going to compete with anyone but myself, and I think one or two varied sessions a week won’t do me any harm socially or strength wise over the winter. Come spring I will decide whether to carry on, or do more riding as the weather improves.
My lasting impression is that the environment there is very welcoming (especially to those who are new to lifting/gym work) and incredibly friendly compared to every other gym I have ever been in.
This is a big difference with CF style gyms. I pretty much know every member of my box by name, and them me; whereas at a generic gym I wouldn't recognise 90% of the members, and only have spoken to a handful. All the coaches know every member by name and always say hello etc and ask after people. A very different environment.
Yep tend to do it 2/3 times week, and have done for 20 years, but avoid Fridays as I like to cycle Saturday. But went last night as I had a pretty intense work day and was too tired to cycle today in the morning.
Might be age though.
