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Originally Posted by Sapper124
Simple solution: dont do what the others do, follow form yourself  Youll see that in every workout mod. Half squats dont impress anyone, all the way down on push ups, break the plane and all that has been said before. Thats why at a good CF Affiliate the first few weeks of training you dont touch the Rx'd weight, you work with bare bars (if that; usually its PVC pipe) and light KBs, form is crucial as youve said but just because someone else is cheating themselves doesnt mean you should turn a cold shoulder, get out there and show them the proper form!!! 
Sets for time and WODs are there to push you. Youll soon learn that 99% of all Army physically training is done to a set training time or standard. |
Concur 110%. Don't get me wrong, I have my certain WOD's I love and throw into my routine relatively often. There is a benefit to doing crossfit, and I think it's pretty impressive how well it helps with not only strength, but run times. And of course I don't turn a cold shoulder...I go to a small gym so we all know each other. For the most part everyone is thick-skin, tough-love, hard-workers. A fair amount are younger than I however, and their primary objective is to throw up heavy weight to impress the maybe one teenage girl that walks by while they're there. OKAY, guilty, I used to do it on occasion too when I was younger
I was just lucky as a high school athlete to be trained by an ex-olympic power lifter. So form for me was always priority one when he was around. And it's something I never forgot.
By the way, any of you folks used the "five fingers" shoes at the gym? My cousin's fiance, a USMC Co CDR, is raving about them. He uses them during his crossfit workouts and now swears by them. He also advised not to run in them unless you naturally land on the ball of your foot. Apparently they're not well suited for a heel-to-toe runner.
Another workout I'll do occasionally is a conglomeration of the 100 pushups, 200 situps, 200 squats workouts. I'll also throw in my very own "20 pullups" rendition of the workout. I turn it into an endurance workout by not breaking between sets, Run through all the set 1's, straight through set 2's, etc. It'll get ya. It's pretty good.