[AlexG]

One that I thought was worth a read.

Link: https://www.t-nation.com/blogs/no-show-no-problem

Some don’t bother w/ going to a gym (those accumuated membership fees do add up),
prefering instead to have one @ home.

Link: https://www.t-nation.com/training/build-the-perfect-home-gym

“I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.”
~ Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens (1907)

[AlexG]

Link: https://www.t-nation.com/training/in-defense-of-crossfit

Here’s what you need to know…
1.  Even with its questionable programming, CrossFit has greatly improved the field of fitness.

2.  CrossFit has grown every aspect of the fitness industry, from training equipment and gym ownership to workout apparel and book sales. That’s good for all of us who love training.

3.  Women, once turned off by images of steroidal female bodybuilders, are now embracing free-weight training in droves, largely thanks to CrossFit.

4.  The CrossFit Games is fun to watch, and because of that, CrossFit, despite its flaws, is here to stay.

Female CrossFitters

CrossFit girls – women who lift weights, do metcon, and train aggressively, largely without using steroids and other drugs – are sexy. They aren’t posing and flexing, they’re performing, and generally looking damn good doing it, at least at the higher levels.

Women who would never call themselves bodybuilders, or even Figure athletes, wanted to look like the prototypically memed CrossFit girl: lean, tough, super fit, athletic and with enough muscle to look very “toned” in the words of the general public, without looking “manly.”

It wasn’t okay to be a bodybuilder in many women’s mind, but it was more than okay to be an athlete. Annie Thorisdottir, two-time CrossFit Games winner, was featured in Vogue magazine.

A strong woman in an anorexic fashion mag? Game, set, and match.

Women in droves are lifting weights, squatting, deadlifting, climbing ropes, sweating, and building beautiful bodies. In an increasingly unfit world of prediabetes, muffin tops, and insulin resistance, CrossFit helped redefine sexy and gave women the green light to do what they should have been doing all along to look their best.

Your wife or girlfriend, once content with running on a treadmill, took one look at Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet and magically became interested in setting PRs, building thick, muscular legs, and learning to clean and jerk. Maybe she even bought a pair of bootie shorts. Thank you, CrossFit.

“I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.”
~ Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens (1907)

[AlexG]

Link: http://www.t-nation.com/training/in-defense-of-crossfit

Female CrossFitters

CrossFit girls – women who lift weights, do metcon, and train aggressively, largely without using steroids and other drugs – are sexy. They aren’t posing and flexing, they’re performing, and generally looking damn good doing it, at least at the higher levels.

Women who would never call themselves bodybuilders, or even Figure athletes, wanted to look like the prototypically memed CrossFit girl: lean, tough, super fit, athletic and with enough muscle to look very “toned” in the words of the general public, without looking “manly.”

It wasn’t okay to be a bodybuilder in many women’s mind, but it was more than okay to be an athlete. Annie Thorisdottir, two-time CrossFit Games winner, was featured in Vogue magazine.

A strong woman in an anorexic fashion mag? Game, set, and match.

Women in droves are lifting weights, squatting, deadlifting, climbing ropes, sweating, and building beautiful bodies. In an increasingly unfit world of prediabetes, muffin tops, and insulin resistance, CrossFit helped redefine sexy and gave women the green light to do what they should have been doing all along to look their best.

Your wife or girlfriend, once content with running on a treadmill, took one look at Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet and magically became interested in setting PRs, building thick, muscular legs, and learning to clean and jerk. Maybe she even bought a pair of bootie shorts. Thank you, CrossFit.

“I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.”
~ Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens (1907)

[AlexG]

Link: https://www.t-nation.com/training/strength-training-for-women

“I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.”
~ Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens (1907)

[Ashlee]

where haagen Dazs and the evil Ben & jerry are criminals of the state.

[AlexG]

An article on Crossfit by John Romano.

Link: https://www.t-nation.com/powerful-words/crossfit-and-steroids

“I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.”
~ Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens (1907)

[AlexG]

Commentary by Christian Thibaudeau

Link: https://www.t-nation.com/blogs/why-are-you-competing

“I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.”
~ Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens (1907)

[jsimon]

Another good article, though I wish he would address the same problem to the bikini class. There’s virtually no training involved. Sadly I fear there’s so much being raked in with application fees that it’ll be pushed more. Sad, sad, sad.

[AlexG]

Another good article, though I wish he would address the same problem to the bikini class. There’s virtually no training involved. Sadly I fear there’s so much being raked in with application fees that it’ll be pushed more. Sad, sad, sad.

It’s not just the commentaries, the training articles (admittedly, not every one is for everyone) are replete w/ information. B)

“I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.”
~ Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens (1907)

[BodybyBane]

An article on Crossfit by John Romano.

Link: https://www.t-nation.com/powerful-words/crossfit-and-steroids

Not sure how to feel about John Romano’s take on anything once you look at his life choices
Can’t really admire somebody who abuses women let alone Shelly”SIREN”Beattie

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