Witness the Fitness

[padraig (u.s.)]

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there's a tradition of named workouts i.e. "Fran" is 21-15-9 (as in a round of 21 reps, then 15, then 9) of deadlift @ 225 lb and handstand pushups

there's famously one named after Michael "Murph" Murphy the Navy SEAL, and so on

it's more a "main site" thing from the days when it as just them, before there were a million affiliates, people don't really name workouts now

idk if it was just Glassman or the people around him but yeah the original CF was def patriotic right-wing deal tho what that meant ca. 2005ish

you gotta understand back then it was word-of-mouth too, no social media, the Internet was not what it is now

Glassman tbf is not a huckster when it comes to fitness (and crucially, nutrition as well). him and his people didn't do anything radically "new" but their approach was completely new (P90X did something similar but much shittier, the literal direct-to-video version, around the same time) and it didn't take off right away. they were truly at the cutting edge of human physical performance for a minute.

anyway, people have ignored that stuff or not as they will for a long time. the main site's other crusade, much worthier, was against soda.

 

[version]

it really depends what you're looking for,

I'm after YouTubers worth listening to, if there are any. People publishing routines you can do at home with minimal equipment.

 

[luka]

GET UNCOMFORTABLE.

did you see this version?

 

[padraig (u.s.)]

Crossfit is older than you think, because it didn't really enter into the mainstream consciousness until it had been around for a decade or so

it's weirdness is a different brand of Internet weirdness, from a more naive and wilder time, i.e. the early-mid 00s

it predates YT, IG, FB, etc so all that weirdness and brand promotion and whatever is superficially imposed on top of the original thing

 

[luka]

the bodybuilders really took against it. thats whst caught my eye. god forbid you could cimb a flight of stairs

 

[padraig (u.s.)]

I'm after YouTubers worth listening to, if there are any. People publishing routines you can do at home with minimal equipment.

I don't really watch a ton of YT fitness, cos I (more or less) know what I'm doing, what I can do and what I'd need actual proper coaching for

or if I do, it's related to a specific movement

but, I will think onit

 

[version]

did you see this version?

I saw it, but didn't watch it. I struggle with a lot of this stuff because the aesthetics and presentation are so cheesy even the stuff where they seem to know what they're talking about is off putting.

 

[luka]

well its motivating. do you know zyzz?

 

[luka]

lots of indians now

 

[luka]

from india, the country

 

[padraig (u.s.)]

the bodybuilders really took against it. thats whst caught my eye. god forbid you could cimb a flight of stairs

well, it challenged their supremacy as gym dudes

the way, again, that MMA challenged traditional martial arts as the authority on asskicking

 

[luka]

most extreme fitness regime on dissensus-version
biggerst biceps-trilliam, by a country mile

 

[luka]

trilliams biceps are the size of danny l's head

 

[luka]

they're the size of trilliams head in fact. they're ridiculous.

 

[luka]

the only dissensus poster with actual visible muscles is trilliam

 

[version]

well its motivating. do you know zyzz?

The bodybuilder guy that died who you're obsessed with and made a thread about?

 

[luka]

thats right. i love him.

 

[version]

comelately's into lifting too, isn't he?

 

[luka]

comelately's into lifting too, isn't he?

not seen him in the flesh tbf. doubt he has biceps like trilliams popeye arms though

 

[padraig (u.s.)]

that's one of the many reasons I recommend Marcus Filly, btw

he literally calls his approach "Functional Bodybuilding", he squares that circle in the best possible way

be fit, move (functionally) well, and look good, as one whole

tbh quality of movement is kind of the CF/fitness frontier and has been for a while now

like, strength was pretty well understood from specialized strength training, movement from gymnastics, etc

combining strength and explosiveness with mobility, range of motion, dynamic motion, etc

or that was present but people realized 1) how it important it was 2) it needed to be specifically focused on as end to itself