For starters I’m no Hemmingway…for those of you who have seen my writing on the board you must know I slept through English, grammar, penmanship and any other subject having to do with words or writing since kindergarten. So brace yourself for a grammatical adventure!
I’ve heard plenty around the gym about what Crossfit is, what it’s not, how do I get big, how do I improve my squat and so forth. I’ve heard “ever since I’ve been Cross fitting my bench has got weaker” or “I love Crossfit but I think I’m losing strength”. I don’t know of anybody who dislikes Crossfit or believes they aren’t getting results, but maybe there are some differing perspectives on what it can do for you. In addition to differing opinions on results you might obtain from Crossfit, everybody has their own explanation of Crossfit too.
I come from the school of simplicity and common sense; I therefore shall bestow upon you my 5th grade interpretation of what Crossfit is.
Crossfit is P.E. for Adults!
Courtney Loves P.E.
For those of who were born prior to 1984, and have in fact seen the Breakfast Club can probably relate. For those who have not I shall explain. I was in elementary school in Texas during the eighties. Back in those days P.E. was a place where you got your ass kicked. I remember the coaches kicking our assess all the time with activities such as:
Mountain Climbers, Squat Thrust, Jumping Jacks, Pushups, Pull-ups, Sit-ups, Jump Rope, Running
And games such as
Medical ball, tether ball, steal the bacon, kick ball, and every bodies favorite……Dodge ball.
We played dodge ball with those little red rubber balls….the kind when you got hit upside the head with one you limped around like somebody broke your leg. I also remember a fair amount of actual ass kicking, where in you hit another person (usually in the face) until one of you tired and gave up. Typically you got about 15 seconds or so to make it happen before the coaches would reluctantly break it up.
Dane thinking about working out!
So back to the point, I believe back in the day when the US metaphorically speaking still had balls, P.E. was more of a general physical preparedness class…..sound familiar? That is one of the terms Crossfit uses to describe itself GPP (General Physical Preparedness). I do have to admit that Crossfit certainly kicks up the intensity a notch from 5th grade P.E., but the concept remains the same.
It’s amazing how things come back around.
Workout of the Day
A. Push Press 5-5-5
I think you nailed it – PE for adults – maybe that’s why it’s so fun…
STEAL THE BACON FTW!!!!
I cant wait to have old man wisdom too.
Wow, I am really, really going to enjoy your posts, Chris. Can you and Scarlett please just start your own blog and write one every day, actually? I can help set it up…
It’s Hemingway, Chris. Hemingway
I have one question… What do they do in PE now?
Ashley…..Oops, i wasn’t lying
Well played Ash. Well played.
(Awesome post honey. Way to utilize all the Old Man Knowledge you’ve stored up over the years
I like old dudes, like real old. Wink wink*
An excellent 3 word description of CF!
When I first signed up, I told Cody that what interested me about CF was it sounded fun like the workouts playing sports in high school. There’s no need to find a gym partner to hold you accountable…I show up & there’s automatically 10 other people I’ll get to know & will wonder what’s happened to me if I don’t show up. I automatically have a group of people I can be competitive with as well as myself! I don’t have to think ‘What am I going to do today at the gym?’ or be upset when some idiot jumps in front of me while doing circuit training on the equipment specifically arranged for circuit training!
These are the ways I’ve described CF to friends, but I think “PE for adults” will be a lot easier!
Chris. I like your style and appreciate this post.
Wait, aren’t you just a few years older than me? Tomorrow’s WOD is going to be Dodgeball, steal the bacon, 3 flags up, (the unpolitically correct) smear the queer and finished up with my personal favorite, red rover. Afterward, we fist fight each other for 15 seconds on 10 seconds off.
I hope everyone can make it to the pull-up clinic today!
dude…..i forgot, i love red rover, but i never got invited to come over……and yes, i’m am only a few years older than you…..however all my wisdom is causing my hair to grey…..some day you’ll go grey too. We should put a tetherball pole in the parking lot and a backstop for kickball
and sign me up for tomorrows WOD
I think we should ease in to things, by having the coaches randomly inject “Red light/Green light” into the WODs.
I LOVED P.E. so much that I took high school PE twice my sophmore year, in place of my twin sister of course. I gave her my study hall for another PE. I think it might have paid off a bit.
Danielle, why is it that none of that surprises me?
I wanna play steal the bacon, but with real bacon. Mmmmm, bacon!
Ok… I have to ask, what is steal the bacon?
Steal the bacon. “it’s ghetto but fun!”
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=NOekokeARfw