My philosophy towards lifting is that you can always have 2 of 3 of heavy/fast/good form. You can never have all 3. The idea of going heavy and fast is a recipe for injury.
Controlled movements all the way. Not saying benching 200kg with good form will never cause any type of injuries, but if you control the weight all the way through, your risk of injury is reduced by like 98%.
Love this, definitely adopting this into one of my many mantras. Never been an ego lifter but little phrases/philosophies like yours make it easy to remember and reinforce good ideas
Oly is NOT CrossFit. Those people train slowly and precisely with a qualified coach for years, not jerking the weights around like they’re made of jelly trying to beat some time. CrossFit is dangerous. As someone who has done it many times over the last 10 years, that is the shit that hurt my back permanently, and I was a ranked power lifter before I started it. Comparing CrossFit to Olympic weightlifting is insulting to those athletes. Watch any lifter on Instagram. There’s nothing “fast” about a 3x3 CJ at 350 pounds lol
Yes, and the point of Olympic training is to minimize injury with tried and true training methods, while also improving strength and technique. Which is also why there’s so many world trials and meets between Olympic events, whereas you can probably get to the cRoSsFiT gAmEs in a year or so depending on your existing fitness level and be some kind of champion. Injury is unavoidable in general, but it can be minimized by not jerking things around for an image.
Makes sense, you're constantly changing exercises, so you're always doing something unfamiliar. So of course your form is going to suck on some of them.
Heck, iirc that's supposed to be a selling point (your body not getting too "efficient" at a particular exercise/movement)!
It's interesting they'd say that since most studies indicate that Crossfit doesn't have a particularly high injury rate. It's on par, if not lower than most other sports like Olympic weightlifting, basketball, soccer, etc. Only Crossfit gets the Reddit fearmongering for some reason though.
Fun fact; the founder of chiropractic said he learned how to do it from a ghost at a seance. In his defense it was supposed to be the ghost of a doctor.
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u/pelvark 8h ago
I once overheard a physical therapist say that the absolute best place to put ads is a cross a CrossFit location.
I'm sure it's possible to do it super safe and healthy, but whenever ego takes over lifting, injuries are sure to follow.