But is CF really exposing people to Olympic lifting and gymnastic skills? Realistically from what I have observed, the people who do well with the Olympic lifts and gymnastic skills going into Crossfit were already proficient with those skills.
My issue with Crossfit is the lack of instruction and the lack of experience with instructors. Also the relentless marketing that CF is the end all, be all of training. I know this varies from location to location, but it gets old quick.
As far as the experience with "trainers" at locations....I love the Olympic lifts but to be honest I suck at them, so I outsource to qualified coaches and competitors to teach my athletes the finer points. I don't try to teach them out of fear that I will screw them up. 9 out of 10 CFs use form that makes my ass crawl.
I am all about getting people to GTFU (get the F up) and move more and to attempt to get fit, but IMO CF is not the starting point. and really...there are better ways to go about training than to throw everything and the kitchen sink into it.
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