CrossFit doesn’t use CrossFit to Train anymore (VICTORY!)

-July 26th, 2019-

So I have a long standing “feud” with CrossFit. I put feud in quotations because I never really said anything bad, yet when I did mention it I would receive the typical CrossFit hardo replies on twitter or on comments on the blog about how I was wrong, I was an idiot, I couldn’t handle CrossFit etc.

You know, the stereotypical comments from the cult of CrossFit. It was actually a fun time looking back.

All I said was that CrossFit was not the way to train for lacrosse, but rather a sport itself. That lacrosse players shouldn’t be doing CrossFit to get ready to play lacrosse.

I said the workouts were random and some were stupid. That there was no periodization to them, no plan.

They used some great exercises, they just prescribed them horribly with WAY TOO MANY reps.

That racing against a clock while training would lead to injuries. That eventually everyone doing CrossFit would get hurt.

You can see these blogs that I wrote way back in 2012!!! Here, Here, Here, and Here (if you want to see what I mean about the comments read the comment on this blog!)

This week I saw an article from March of this year from someone high up in the CrossFit franchise chain. In it he states how he realizes CrossFit is not the way to train, that it’s random, that everyone eventually gets hurt and they’ve had to close down boxes due to lack of business because of injuries and burnout.

I’m not one to gloat or pat myself on the back (I certainly am), but I called this in 2012. 7 YEARS AGO!

And it does feel good because as I said, I took alot of heat at the time from CrossFit Hardo’s and because at the time Reebok was the major Sponsor of the NLL (I would have said alot more except Dan Dawson was a Reebok athlete and I had to be tame as I was training him back then).

Let’s highlight some of the things from the article (that again, I said in 2012!):

• Have a plan: Random programming is novel at first and may work for a while, but it will NOT work forever. Have a plan in terms of how your work is structured within the week to ensure proper distribution of movement patterns and separation of high-intensity work.
• Add more strength work: Strength is the foundation of ALL fitness, not to mention it serves the NUMBER ONE GOAL of all arguably every person that walks through your door: improve how they look and feel. Moreover, this work will greatly decrease the risk of injury when they are ready for higher-skill work, giving them a solid foundation of strength FIRST.
• Put less emphasis on scores or times:
• Use low-skill work to drive high-skill work: Build clients’ foundations with copious amounts of strength work favoring unilateral work versus bilateral work as well as work that everyone can perform despite their training age.

I could go on but HERE’S THE LINK to the full article.

Today is a good day! Please share so that everyone knows what is good and bad about CrossFit!

Tags: crossfit, dan dawson, injury prevention, injury reduction, lacrosse training, lacrosse workouts, smart lacrosse training, Strength Training