and hot chicks love it.
The only benefit I've seen thus far.
you don't think someone could improve overall fitness/conditioning and even strength, using crossfit? i do.
of course someone could, the problem is that:
1. it's an inefficient way to accomplish either of those goals, or really almost any goal;
2. it promotes unsafe and nonsensical exercise practices;
3. it's full of bullshit information about physiology and diet;
4. it promotes a self-affirming cult mentality in which the central belief system can't be questioned and which creates a completely undeserved feeling of superiority among most practitioners*,
5. people are god-damn evangelical about it, which i hate hate hate hate hate more than anything else. you wanna do thrusters and destroy your immobile, desk-jockey shoulders with high-rep shit-form kipping pull ups? knock yourself out. just don't tell me there's something fucking special about exercising that way or that doing those things makes you ELITE. there are ∞ ways to get your heart rate up really fast and work your muscles really hard that don't involve combining reverse power curls with box jumps and burpees.
6. they take up too much fucking space at my gym.
*the competitors at the crossfit games don't count. they're athletic, strong and in great shape, no doubt. but also my understanding is that most don't actually train crossfit-style, but rather with good old periodized training. and anyway, that's what, .01% of the people who do crossfit?
