re: Payton Adds Aspects of CrossFit to Saints Training Regime

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CF gets a lot of hate by traditional gym goers because it appears to preach quantity over quality. I've seen many videos of people doing tons of incorrect pull-ups, push-ups, ect. Also, it's been my experience that most cross fitters don't shut the frick up about cross fit.

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Jesus Christ, amen. Saw some cat the other day in the gym doing box jumps and going straight into some sort of pull ups. He almost split his damn shins open 4 times and looked like he was humping the equipment when doing his version of "pull ups".

CrossFit is good cause it gets people actually doing something. The problem is, most crossfitters (the ones you DON'T see on TV) haven't ever done any exercise in 5-10+ years. So their form is fricked, they don't exactly know what they're doing and most tend to get injured and quit working out all together.

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CF gets a lot of hate by traditional gym goers because it appears to preach quantity over quality. I've seen many videos of people doing tons of

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No, they hate it because it's a threat to how they make their livelihood. I'm talking trainers. If they don't start adapting they are really going to start losing money in the future. It's why a ton of normal gyms are now incorporating CrossFit classes.

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Also, it's been my experience that most cross fitters don't shut the frick up about cross fit.

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Globo-gym goers invented the gym selfy.