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Gym Membership - What are you paying?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,422 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    SeaDaily wrote: »

    That's a weightlifting club, right? It's specialist training for the Olympic lifts?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 511 ✭✭✭D Hayes


    €20 per month for off-peak membership. Paid a €60 deposit up front. Before 4pm Mon-Fri and all weekend. I go early so it suits me.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    LuckyLloyd wrote: »
    That's a weightlifting club, right? It's specialist training for the Olympic lifts?

    Yup. Not comparable at all.

    Also the idea of 5 hours a week not being enough for most people is bonkers.

    Finally I can confidentially state the majority of ppl who join RevFit see better results in 3 months there than 12 months in a commercial gym.

    So, if you're paying €500/year (40/month) for a commercial gym and get better results in 3 months paying approx. €450 in RevFit, who's the time wasting cash burning idiot? Hmmmm.


  • Registered Users Posts: 939 ✭✭✭chriity139


    i pay 55 a month


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Gauge


    €32 a month, which gives me access to 2 gyms currently and a third one soon.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,692 ✭✭✭Jarren


    I pay 175 Euros every 6 months .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,422 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    Hanley wrote: »
    So, if you're paying €500/year (40/month) for a commercial gym and get better results in 3 months paying approx. €450 in RevFit, who's the time wasting cash burning idiot? Hmmmm.

    Well, I suppose the question is what the objective is for people? Is it to spend the least to have access to a facility or spend what it takes to get the right facility and / or training support to allow you to achieve your goals?

    I suppose it's a fair answer to the question posed, but a lot of the posts in this thread are numbers. What are ye getting for the numbers? :)

    I was there spending €175 for the yearly Ben Dunne membership. I maybe managed 25 sessions over the course of the year, and those sessions were unbalanced and ineffective. In short, I got what I paid for. It's only a great deal if you have a clear idea of what you're doing and the discipline to stick to it.

    Seems from my limited knowledge that such a product (i.e. Ben Dunne) is actually terrible value to 90%+ of the customers and savage value to the remaining 10% - i.e. the 10% of sign ups who actually avail of the facility multiple times a week on a consistent basis. And actually, within that 10% those that are following a balanced and effective training program off their own bat is a subset again.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,869 ✭✭✭thegreatiam


    +1
    I go to ben dunnes 3 times a week. would go more but right now there is no need.

    You get out what you put in. If youre paying 180 a month and getting €300 value from it then youre better off than someone paying €175 and never going.

    Plus, if you have loads of money €180 is nothing anyway.

    Heads up for rolls?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,422 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    +1
    I go to ben dunnes 3 times a week. would go more but right now there is no need.

    You get out what you put in. If youre paying 180 a month and getting €300 value from it then youre better off than someone paying €175 and never going.

    Plus, if you have loads of money €180 is nothing anyway.

    Heads up for rolls?

    I wish I had loads of money! €180 is three nights out drinking pints a month (not a huge night out by any stretch!).


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,869 ✭✭✭thegreatiam


    LuckyLloyd wrote: »
    I wish I had loads of money! €180 is three nights out drinking pints a month (not a huge night out by any stretch!).

    so you assume one replaces the other? how naive.
    Hence why i need a cheap gym


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    I pay €75 per month. I feel I get value. I don't drink or smoke and have no expensive hobbies like cars or something.

    I'm happy to pay it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,221 ✭✭✭A_Sober_Paddy


    Paid 260 for 9 months, go three times a week so its ok value, but once my membership is up I'll be joining another gym which is cheaper and has more weights...

    The max I could squat in my current gym is 145kg, so I'll be passing that in a few weeks


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,390 ✭✭✭Stench Blossoms


    Paid 260 for 9 months, go three times a week so its ok value, but once my membership is up I'll be joining another gym which is cheaper and has more weights...

    The max I could squat in my current gym is 145kg, so I'll be passing that in a few weeks



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,679 ✭✭✭hidinginthebush


    BW training all the way! I pay €0 per month, just needed the capital cost of a pull up bar and putting up with the constant berating of my gf for scuffing the walls with shoe marks when doing handstands.

    On the one hand it's better than the gym, as it costs less, and it's right there when you need it, though on the other hand, I always found going to the gym focused you more, you knew you were going and you had your plan of what to do when you got there. I'm only at the BW stuff a few months, and there are days when I'll get half way through my routine and say "feck it" and just sit down and watch telly. Plus it's more motivating to be working in a gym environment where you have people all around you pushing themselves, as opposed to moving piles around the spare room so I have enough room to work.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,221 ✭✭✭A_Sober_Paddy



    Second time that's been posted in reply one of my posts this week...I've been going to the gym nearly 2 years so doing 145kg on a lift should be something I've passed by now


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 424 ✭✭TheBellJar


    Mr.Fred wrote: »
    I don't care where he spends his money. I was just saying it's not value and the same can be achieved without shelling out a fortune.

    Perhaps you missed my point!!

    Value is relative. Just because you don't see the value in something, it doesn't mean that no-one else will.

    I checked CF out a few years ago and was put off by the price, but then a few years later found myself in Informed Performance which had the same motivational/club vibe and I realised I'd have gladly paid double the monthly rate for that service.

    Crossfit charge for their entire service, a service which is not provided by most commercial gyms, and therefore these are not comparable. They do charge alot and it does seem expensive to someone looking in; it IS expensive but look at all of the members, look at their progress and look at the community they've created - these people obviously see the worth in it.

    Some people need the extra push. Some people aren't arsed in becoming experts in S&C or nutrition or spending hours on the internet trying to put together a plan, they just want a plan and they want someone to help them stick to it. And there's nothing wrong with that at all. Each to their own. Whether it's the likes of Crossfit or private gyms like RevFit, there's a lot to be said for having a bit of guidance and support to get you up off your ass.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,869 ✭✭✭thegreatiam


    as a counter point tho, not all cross fit boxes are created equal. Some offer inferior service and instruction for top rate prices because they can get away with over charging at this time.

    always do the extra leg work to find the good gyms and coaches.


  • Registered Users Posts: 613 ✭✭✭SeaDaily


    Hanley wrote: »
    Yup. Not comparable at all.

    Also the idea of 5 hours a week not being enough for most people is bonkers.

    Finally I can confidentially state the majority of ppl who join RevFit see better results in 3 months there than 12 months in a commercial gym.

    So, if you're paying €500/year (40/month) for a commercial gym and get better results in 3 months paying approx. €450 in RevFit, who's the time wasting cash burning idiot? Hmmmm.

    If you really believe that CrossFit is any more than glorified weightlifting you are horribly mistaken. Simply because a gym is branded with the CrossFit logo does not make it a magical shortcut to better health and fitness. It's amazing the amount of people who are so easily taken in by good marketing.

    http://www.eastcoastbarbell.com/ provide everything that a CrossFit gym offers and more, all for a much cheaper price.

    I have never read a greater load of rot that you "confidentially" stating that people who join RevFit see better results in 3 months than people who go to a commercial gym for 12 months. What a ridiculous, totally unfounded claim. You can't just make up totally random statistics and hope that people believe it. We're not that gullible.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,422 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    SeaDaily wrote: »
    If you really believe that CrossFit is any more than glorified weightlifting you are horribly mistaken. Simply because a gym is branded with the CrossFit logo does not make it a magical shortcut to better health and fitness. It's amazing the amount of people who are so easily taken in by good marketing.

    http://www.eastcoastbarbell.com/ provide everything that a CrossFit gym offers and more, all for a much cheaper price.

    I have never read a greater load of rot that you "confidentially" stating that people who join RevFit see better results in 3 months than people who go to a commercial gym for 12 months. What a ridiculous, totally unfounded claim. You can't just make up totally random statistics and hope that people believe it. We're not that gullible.

    Well, it is more than glorified weightlifting? The programming is much broader than the Olympic lifts and support for same. Now, no doubt whatsoever that EastCoastBarbell run a great place and if I wanted to focus solelt on the Olympic Lifts that would be a big option for me given my location, but my understanding is that it's a specific rather than a general training offering.

    I read about Crossfit and CFI came up top of a google search, but the reason it works is because of the effort and knowledge of the people running it. I don't feel like I'm paying for "Crossfit"; I feel like I'm paying for the time and attention of the coaches down there as part of general S & C training. If they withdrew their affiliation with Crossfit tomorrow and continued as 'Sandyford S & C' I'd be happy to continue paying for what's on offer. It's not a 'magical shortcut to better health and fitness' but it's a very effective and consistent structure to achieving same.

    I think Hanley meant 'confident' rather than 'confidential' and I'd imagine he's well able to back up his claims.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,458 ✭✭✭chops018


    I pay €20 a year for the gym. I use my local GAA club's gym, the €20 is on top of the club membership which is €50 for the year, so €70 in total which is excellent value considering the gym up there rarely has more than 7 or 8 people in it and there is lot's of times during the day/evening where there won't be anyone at all.

    It has absolutely everything you would need too.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,783 ✭✭✭RidleyRider


    SeaDaily wrote: »
    If you really believe that CrossFit is any more than glorified weightlifting you are horribly mistaken. Simply because a gym is branded with the CrossFit logo does not make it a magical shortcut to better health and fitness. It's amazing the amount of people who are so easily taken in by good marketing.

    http://www.eastcoastbarbell.com/ provide everything that a CrossFit gym offers and more, all for a much cheaper price.

    I have never read a greater load of rot that you "confidentially" stating that people who join RevFit see better results in 3 months than people who go to a commercial gym for 12 months. What a ridiculous, totally unfounded claim. You can't just make up totally random statistics and hope that people believe it. We're not that gullible.

    Cross fit and RevFit offer something mist gyms don't offer because of useless instructors and that's knowledge, structure etc...

    You pay for what you get and in RevFit that's the experience Hanley has through years of powerlifting, qualifications and courses etc.. In Cross fit, I'd imagine its the same. People who know what they're doing, know whats the best course of action for you. People who can help you pass the plateaus you will face.

    In a commercial gym, you pay for what you see. I have no doubt that there's gyms out there with awesome instructors but the majority don't. For me, that's what you pay for after the quality/quantity of equipment.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    SeaDaily wrote: »
    If you really believe that CrossFit is any more than glorified weightlifting you are horribly mistaken. Simply because a gym is branded with the CrossFit logo does not make it a magical shortcut to better health and fitness. It's amazing the amount of people who are so easily taken in by good marketing.

    http://www.eastcoastbarbell.com/ provide everything that a CrossFit gym offers and more, all for a much cheaper price.

    I have never read a greater load of rot that you "confidentially" stating that people who join RevFit see better results in 3 months than people who go to a commercial gym for 12 months. What a ridiculous, totally unfounded claim. You can't just make up totally random statistics and hope that people believe it. We're not that gullible.

    You've ruined any credibility you had with that opening statement.

    And as someone already pointed out; confidently, not confidentially.

    And I can back it up, with results. That's the great thing about being accountable in the real world and not just on the Internet.

    But since you're just an ignorant anonymous trouble maker ill do nothing other than damage my brand in a tit for tat argument. So good luck with you're training, hopefully as you mature you'll realize there's a lot more to training than just weightlifting, and a lot more to business than just competing on price :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 613 ✭✭✭SeaDaily


    Hanley wrote: »
    And I can back it up, with results. That's the great thing about being accountable in the real world and not just on the Internet.

    Dont really understand your point here at all. I am a member of a commercial gym and have also got results from my training there just at a far cheaper price.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,055 ✭✭✭Mr.Fred


    Hanley wrote: »
    So, if you're paying €500/year (40/month) for a commercial gym and get better results in 3 months paying approx. €450 in RevFit, who's the time wasting cash burning idiot? Hmmmm.


    So what would you be if the opposite happened which is more than possible.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    Mr.Fred wrote: »
    So what would you be if the opposite happened which is more than possible.

    ...like my steak.

    Rare.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    And think about it logically for a second?

    Is a person who takes the time and effort to read and post on a fitness forum more likely to get better results than the average person in any given situation? Obviously.

    So are boards poster a good test case? Not necessarily.

    ....but there's quite a number of posters here at this this stage who would have thought like that and have probably had their minds changed either as a result of attending a workshop or training in my gym.

    It's be silly to think that a professional coach won't add something to an amateurs training.

    ...just like it'd be silly for me to also assume I know everything and couldn't have someone teach me something.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    Direct boardsie quote, springs to mind, only because it was last week;

    "I’ve been going to the gym and working out for a long time but the last 6 weeks really feel like I have been training……"

    This dudes trained in a number of "big name" Dublin gyms and would be reasonably well educated on lifting stuff too.

    There's plenty more like that too.

    BUT I'm not out to change anyone's minds. There's two types of people, and you won't change the firsts ones mind. So I don't bother trying :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,039 ✭✭✭Theresalwaysone


    If I could justify spending the money on CF or any similar gyms I would. There is a cracking one near me in The Performance and Fitness Academy but I can't justify spending 90 euro a week for something I get training on my own. I'd love to get involved in the competitive side and social side of it though.

    Maybe Niall and Dominic might run an Open Competition for gyms in the area, might even attract new members!!

    To answer the question; I just paid 270 for the year in my local gym in Kilashee Leisure Centre, its a fantastic gym to be fair.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,055 ✭✭✭Mr.Fred


    Hanley wrote: »
    ...like my steak.

    Rare.

    I'd have to disagree.

    I'm not doubting the benefits of cross fit some folks need direction. The prices though are over inflated. I'm sure you've a great training setup in revfit but it's also a great cash cow. If you've 10 members paying 150pm you could easily setup a CF gym then open another within the year.

    Oh wait you've done that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,869 ✭✭✭thegreatiam


    good businesses model pleases clients so well there is demand for a repeat in another location.

    pure.evil


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    Mr.Fred wrote: »
    I'd have to disagree.

    I'm not doubting the benefits of cross fit some folks need direction. The prices though are over inflated. I'm sure you've a great training setup in revfit but it's also a great cash cow. If you've 10 members paying 150pm you could easily setup a CF gym then open another within the year.

    Oh wait you've done that.

    Wahoo... You've know you made it when you cash cow gym turns over enough to pay rent and equipment costs. Big ballin'. Rockstar for life yo!!!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,565 ✭✭✭✭noodler


    God, and here is me weighing up whether or not to join Westwood.

    70 per month seems madness to me, contemplating 50e per month off peak.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,422 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    Hanley wrote: »
    Wahoo... You've know you made it when you cash cow gym turns over enough to pay rent and equipment costs. Big ballin'. Rockstar for life yo!!!!!

    How dare you make a living from your work!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,900 ✭✭✭InTheTrees


    My $450 yearly membership is due in about a week. eugh. $450 is about 340euros.

    Seattle.

    http://www.ballardhealthclub.com/


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 424 ✭✭TheBellJar


    Mr.Fred wrote: »
    I'd have to disagree.

    I'm not doubting the benefits of cross fit some folks need direction. The prices though are over inflated..

    But people are paying them. People who actually train there.
    Mr.Fred wrote: »
    I I'm sure you've a great training setup in revfit but it's also a great cash cow. If you've 10 members paying 150pm you could easily setup a CF gym then open another within the year. .

    Again, people are paying it. People who actually train there.

    You don't train there, so you really don't have any basis for an argument on the value of either service. I'm all for people having opinions, god knows I've had enough in my time. But I've realised over the years that you can't form an opinion without having ALL of the facts and experience to back it up, otherwise you're just mouthing off for the sake of it and no-one has any respect for that sh1te. I don't post here much anymore, but I used to, and having seen the massive contributions that both gyms have made to this forum over the past few years I just don't think it's fair to come on here bashing someone for making a living from something they enjoy. I bet that if you asked any of the guys working there for advice they'd readily give you their time, for nothing, and have done so here on numerous occasions. I really hate the whole Irish begrudgery that goes on when you see someone doing well for themselves.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,552 ✭✭✭dylbert


    Comparing commercial gyms and crossfit gyms, claiming that the crossfit gym is the cash cow is a bit ridiculous, crossfit fund cap their membership numbers and how many members can attend each class so there's no overcrowding, each member has access to equipment and they all get equal supervision, whereas commercial have thousands of members and keep squeezing in more with fancy membership deals, who's the cash cow?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,882 ✭✭✭WHIP IT!


    Price is immaterial (as long as you can pay it and aren't selling the baby's nappies so you can go work out) and value is relative... I can't understand people getting so worked up over "outrageous prices" that they aren't even paying??

    CrossFit and RevFit-style gyms are not necessary for everybody - people who can effectively train themselves.... but, look around you in the gym, most people can't! I would consider myself a regular gym goer and like to think I have at least half an idea of what to do when I get there - but I don't doubt for a second I could learn plenty from a professional coach in one of these type of gyms... in fact, if RevFit wasn't all the way over the dreaded Northside I dare say I'd have given it a shot by now...

    Personally, I prefer to do my own thing - I don't even like going to the gym with a pal - but look around next time you're in a busy 'commercial' gym and just look at the incredible amount of people who are actually wandering around aimlessly! Couldn't these people do with a professional coach? As far as I can see, they're tossed into these commercial gyms, maybe given a generic (usually rubbish) intro programme, and then pretty much forgotten about... Everything has it's place and CrossFit, RevFit, whatever, has theirs...


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    WHIP IT! wrote: »
    Price is immaterial (as long as you can pay it and aren't selling the baby's nappies so you can go work out) and value is relative... I can't understand people getting so worked up over "outrageous prices" that they aren't even paying??

    CrossFit and RevFit-style gyms are not necessary for everybody - people who can effectively train themselves.... but, look around you in the gym, most people can't! I would consider myself a regular gym goer and like to think I have at least half an idea of what do do when I get there - but I don't doubt for a second I could learn plenty from a professional coach in one of these type of gyms... in fact, if RevFit wasn't all the way over the dreaded Northside I dare say I'd have given it a shot by now...

    Personally, I prefer to do my own thing - I don't even like going to the gym with a pal - but look around next time your in a busy 'commercial' gym and just look at the incredible amount of people who are actually wandering around aimlessly! Couldn't these people do with a professional coach? As far as I can see, they're tossed into these commercial gyms, maybe given a generic (usually rubbish) intro programme, and then pretty much forgotten about... Everything has it's place and CrossFit, RevFit, whatever, has theirs...

    Go to SDSC so!! :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,882 ✭✭✭WHIP IT!


    Hanley wrote: »
    Go to SDSC so!! :D

    :D I'm so out of the loop... what is SDSC??


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    WHIP IT! wrote: »
    :D I'm so out of the loop... what is SDSC??

    https://www.facebook.com/pages/South-Dublin-Strength-and-Conditioning/124259437641436?hc_location=timeline

    One of the few gym's you'll see me recommend.

    it's in Harold's Cross.


  • Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Jayden Unkempt Mumps


    WHIP IT! wrote: »
    but look around next time you're in a busy 'commercial' gym and just look at the incredible amount of people who are actually wandering around aimlessly!

    The only people I see wandering around are some of the helper/PT people/staff looking for people to help


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 424 ✭✭TheBellJar


    bluewolf wrote: »
    The only people I see wandering around are some of the helper/PT people/staff looking for people to help

    I think the poster means the people you see who sit at one machine for 60 secs and then decide to try another and another etc., until they find one that's easy and then decide that's the best one.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭Orla K


    With the commercial gym vs coaching style gym there's also the matter of the commercial style gym having a certain % of it's members actually using the gym, these people are paying for the ones that use it while the coaching style ones the members have made far more of a commitment along with a cap on how many members that style of gym can take in they need to charge extra and they give you extra too.


    Haven't been to one of these gyms (yet), I would like to join one but at the moment there are none here and I wouldn't be able to afford it but I can see they have a lot of value to them


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,224 ✭✭✭✭Marty McFly


    WHIP IT! wrote: »
    Personally, I prefer to do my own thing - I don't even like going to the gym with a pal - but look around next time you're in a busy 'commercial' gym and just look at the incredible amount of people who are actually wandering around aimlessly! Couldn't these people do with a professional coach? As far as I can see, they're tossed into these commercial gyms, maybe given a generic (usually rubbish) intro programme, and then pretty much forgotten about... Everything has it's place and CrossFit, RevFit, whatever, has theirs...


    Couldn't agree more with this part I was one of these people :o, my first few times in the gym I was walking around clueless as you see so many people everyday in the gym. I was literally clueless on everything including nutrition. I'd hate to see a video of myself first day in the gym now.

    I then got myself a PT outside of the gym who I now see about once a week besides doing my own thing in my own gym, and it has worked wonders and helped move me along massively and without that help I'd still be one of them people wandering around aimlessly in the gym not really making any headway in the gym or walking out after barely breaking a sweat.


    Some people need the extra help or the extra push others don't.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 74 ✭✭moc8827


    I'm in Trinity College Gym.

    €290 for the year afair, for past students. I think it's €390 for non past students.

    Decent gym. Good pool. Good location. Only issue is it's a bit packed at certain times of the year with students just finished lectures. Great over the summer though!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭Drained_Empty


    Bravo on your complete rationalisation of training in crossfit ireland. Perfect form snatch and c&j? got video proof of that?

    you've sweating a big chunk of your salary out your pores for the crossfit moniker. well done.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Inspector Coptoor


    1. Crossfit isn't a "sport".
    2. Your first post ever sounds like a shill for CFI.
    3. Well done on your progress.
    4. I too would love to see your perfect form snatch and C&J.
    5. It's your money, spend it how you like, but time wise, 9 hours a week to train for just three hours of training/coaching time isn't something I'd do or sign up for.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Inspector Coptoor


    Thanks for the kind words.
    I dont have videos, sorry
    I respect your opinions.
    As personal opinions are never wrong :)
    Can u elaborate why its not a sport?

    A sport has hard and fast rules.
    Crossfit doesnt as the WODs and the exercises they contain are ever changing in sets, weight, time etc.

    It's a hobby/exercise.

    Done well, it's fantastic.
    But that doesnt make it a sport, and it doesnt make the best Crossfitter the fittest in the world.

    I'd argue that accolade could/should go to someone like an Olympian decathlete for a male and heptathlete for a female or even a multi event gymnast, but that's just a personal opinion.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    You simply can't define "fittest" because there's too many different types of "fitness". It's illogical.

    World's Best CrossFitter, certainly.

    World's Fittest Man, certainly not.

    As for "perfect form" - that made me lol.

    I'm all for people coming on and saying how much they love their gym, and the CFI guys are good friends of mine, but talking about "perfect snatch/C&J" amongst a crowd who actually knows what they're talking immediately eradicates your credibility.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭Drained_Empty


    i'll change 'perfect form' to 'constantly improving form'

    i know i was the first to stick the boot in but no point getting into a tit for tat with all the lads here justifying your crossfit romance. just keep on kipping.


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