[Edwardius]

Originally Posted by Scuba Ste

I'd like to open one called CounterFit.

Someone must do this. It has to happen!

[Nervous Wreck]

Originally Posted by Hanley

Harold's Cross one is called south Dublin strength and conditioning. Big time CF gym...

Not entirely... I mean, it essentially is. But there's no crazy letsdoreallyheavy****forloadsofrepsasquickaspossibleandthendothesamethingwithadifferentexerciseandthengoanddoitallloadsatimesthisshitiscrazyman stuff! I've only done one of the classes but I've trained there a good few times with the lads. I prefer it when it's nice and empty though, obvs.


Edit: That said, I may have just described the ultimate CF complex. Every time I go to learn what CF actually is, I get distracted by funny videos of people taking the piss out of it....

[Mellor]

Originally Posted by Gummy Panda

So let me try understand this. A company wants to buy out 50% of crossfit. Part of the buyout is that they'll manage affiliates. The other owner of crossfit doesn't want this to happen as he'll lose affiliate fees. He is telling affiliates that the commercial entity will force them to sell preferred products which they might not like?

The ownerof crossfit and his wife each own 50%. They are getting divorced and she is selling her half to a VC company. That's it, there's nothing in the buyout about controlling affiliates.

The owner doesn't want this to happen and is trying to prevent it. The idea that the VC wants to control the affiliates and sell preferred products came from Crossfit HQ. There may be some truth behind it but Glassman is definitely putting a spin on it.

The VC company gain no more power over crossfit inc than the wife (who people ate accusing if all sorts of revenge ots) currently has. How could they? (she is non-managing by choice not anything else)

Imposing controls on affiliates will most like cause some to leave. Most are successful boxes in their own right and don't need the sign over the door.
Affiliates leaving is bad for everyone, but especially the VCs. If 25% of affiliated leave, that's $3million in annual revenue gone. That has a huge Effect on their $40million valuation.

They should probably streamline a few processes. Improve the branding a little, and clean up HQ but for the most part, unless they are idiots, letting it run as is should be profitable, anything else is VC suicide.

[the drifter]

Will there be a movie?

[Gummy Panda]

Originally Posted by the drifter

Will there be a movie?

Tom Hardy should be in it playing a crossfit box owner about to go under and be bought out by corporate America. His only way to turn it around is to win the crossfit games and reconcile with his childhood sweetheart.

No one steal my idea

[the drifter]

Originally Posted by Gummy Panda

Tom Hardy should be in it playing a crossfit box owner about to go under and be bought out by corporate America. His only way to turn it around is to win the crossfit games and reconcile with his childhood sweetheart.

No one steal my idea

That is genius...we need someone to play a rival box owner and competitor who is secretly involved in the VC...

[Da Za]

Originally Posted by the drifter

That is genius...we need someone to play a rival box owner and competitor who is secretly involved in the VC...

Hanley.......he's all corporate

[Dathai]

Nah, it needs to be John C Reilly and Will Ferrell.

"I'm going for my FRAAAAAN!!! SHAKE AND BAKE!!"

[Paudee]

Originally Posted by the drifter

That is genius...we need someone to play a rival box owner and competitor who is secretly involved in the VC...

Somebody with financial nous, a crossfit background and lacking a soul...

[the drifter]

Originally Posted by Paudee

Somebody with financial nous, a crossfit background and lacking a soul...

I know someone who might fit but he doesnt have the forearms for it anymore...

[Hanley]

Originally Posted by Nervous Wreck

Not entirely... I mean, it essentially is. But there's no crazy letsdoreallyheavy****forloadsofrepsasquickaspossibleandthendothesamethingwithadifferentexerciseandthengoanddoitallloadsatimesthisshitiscrazyman stuff! I've only done one of the classes but I've trained there a good few times with the lads. I prefer it when it's nice and empty though, obvs.


Edit: That said, I may have just described the ultimate CF complex. Every time I go to learn what CF actually is, I get distracted by funny videos of people taking the piss out of it....

I'm ripping the extreme p!ss. Dave gets very p!ssed off if you assume it's a CF gym (which it 100% is, for the record).

[Nervous Wreck]

Oh.... Well good thing I didn't make an ass of myself then!

[the drifter]

so...can someone translate the latest on the crossfit saga...?

[Da Za]

F*ck CF, F*ck TRX...........the future is RevFit simples

[the drifter]

Originally Posted by Da Za

F*ck CF, F*ck TRX...........the future is RevFit simples

I hear its going to take you to 90kg...