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Article: Is Crossfit Dangerous?

IMO, the better question is whether the gyms, the people that run them, and the trainers are making it dangerous. I personally don't think CF is dangerous itself and it really has been around for a long time in some form. What I continue to see are "boxes" popping up and not having a trained or prepared staff that are putting people in dangerous situations. Of course, this starts at the top and with the owners of these places. Add in the attitude that seems to be geared towards intimidating or making people believe the gym they are at is the best, and it adds up to a poor experience. Is it going to be more dangerous because of the type of work being done- yes. But, not to the point that people are getting injured at such a higher frequency.

I liken it to MMA gyms. I've been training in separate disciplines for a very long time and see the same issues now that the sport is lucrative and people can make money. Again, the owners and staff are to blame.
 
Cross fit = pointless

There's always a risk to lifting weights but cross fit seems to focus its exercises on the most dangerous lifts. Most people should not be attempting such lifts. They do it because they think it will get them lean and muscular which isn't even close to the ideal way of achieving such a goal. It's a fad because it's a cult of sorts and there's a big community like in the beach body scam. Most people are sheep and do what's cool. Cross fit will burn out eventually because it won't give results and it leads to over training. It also causes plenty of injuries. I don't know many cross fitters who don't have some sort of injury.
 
Personal responsibility and knowledge. Just because they are there doesn't mean you need to go in. If you go in a quick google search will show you proper form, you can always leave whenever you feel unsafe.
 
Of course you can, but that is the point. Most people that do CF have no idea what they are doing in the beginning so how would they know that it is dangerous. There needs to be responsibility on the gyms/boxes to do it correctly and drop the friggin attitudes.
 
kisaj said:
Of course you can, but that is the point. Most people that do CF have no idea what they are doing in the beginning so how would they know that it is dangerous. There needs to be responsibility on the gyms/boxes to do it correctly and drop the friggin attitudes.
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I think it's pretty obvious if one uses logic but logic isn't too common these days. I could understand a teenager or a early 20 year old not realizing the dangers but it's pretty apparent that it's dangerous. Funny thing is that I don't see too many muscular cross fitters.

Most people are not genetically capable to be power lifters which is essentially what cross fit is albeit a hybrid of powerlifting.
 
wegs04 said:
Personal responsibility and knowledge. Just because they are there doesn't mean you need to go in. If you go in a quick google search will show you proper form, you can always leave whenever you feel unsafe.
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If it were a quick google search away then people wouldn't be getting injured or being left paralyzed
 
That bit about Anderson silva is incorrect. They very quickly reported he will fully recover and could potently fight again. His first words after surgery where "when do I start training again?" Haha what a warrior. But it's not up for question, with proper recovery methods he WILL recover within one year. Just the picky Mma loving side of me had to say something to that ;)
 
Crossfit..."take out all the boring **** about workouts like effectiveness and safety. And replace it with cool **** like violence and danger!"-brosciencelife
So so true
 
So much hate for XFit...
I think that the plates were the biggest factor.
He should have dropped that snatch but he held on, maybe because he did not want the weights to land on the plates and bounce back into his legs?
Also had those not been there the bar would have hit him from a different angle possibly injuring him less seriously.

The real lesson is to keep your work(out) place clean and rather drop a bar than get yourself killed. Unless you are benching :)
 
Crossfit gyms will only ever be as good as the level training coming from the training staff there. Even in regular gyms, there's always that goofball trying to put up more than they can handle just for their ego or to impress someone and have piss-poor form while trying it. Yet, somehow, they come away unscathed (for the most part). This was a truly unfortunate mishap and I hope for all the best for Mr. Ogar.

Trying to put full blame on the Crossfit genre from this accident isn't the reality. Making sure the staff, at whatever gym you go to, is the real key and realizing your boundaries.
 
I'm no fan of crossfit but injuries happen in any sport. You can go on YouTube and find a crap ton of fairly gruesome powerlifting injuries. Hell I've seen people suffer fairly serious injury doing mundane army pt. Its life sh1t happens
 
well, I can't speak for the competitions, but I can say that there is definitely a real possibility of injury when you are performing Olympic lifts (regardless of weight) under time. The "under time" part is where the danger comes into play.
 
Maybe somethings are meant for competition and other things are not. You look on TV these days, there is a competition TV show for just about anything. Look how big Poker is on the National Sports Channels now. Most fricking boring thing in the world. There is competitions for cooking, midget tossing...
Maybe cross fit should be for training purposes only.
 
fueledpassion said:
well, I can't speak for the competitions, but I can say that there is definitely a real possibility of injury when you are performing Olympic lifts (regardless of weight) under time. The "under time" part is where the danger comes into play.
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This is a great point. My wife does CF like workouts in her bootcamp but there is no time attached and there is a trainer for each section watching and correcting form. When you have someone doing a snatch or clean and putting up against a clock, bad things are going to happen.
 
kisaj said:
This is a great point. My wife does CF like workouts in her bootcamp but there is no time attached and there is a trainer for each section watching and correcting form. When you have someone doing a snatch or clean and putting up against a clock, bad things are going to happen.
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When you confuse quality reps with quantity reps , that's where your problems start.
 
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