[quote]fattymcfatso wrote:
brian.m wrote:
what exactly are you trying to prove? that crossfit IS strongman? ok …so if it truely is the same thing, as you insist…why the fuck is there a need at all for crossfit since strongman has been around much longer?
i now see absolutely NO benefit what so ever to crossfit since i could do the exact same thing in strongman…
-biggest difference i see, is most strongmen dont bitch about it, cause debates that make no sense, and weigh over 200 lbs…the same canNOT be said for crossfit…and that is the biggest difference i see personally
I never said CrossFit IS Strongman. If you read my post’s you will see what I have been trying to say. CrossFit is more crosely related to strongman that any other athletic competiton, eventhough the events are different. The parameters are the same. I don’t know why no one on this whole damn board can’t see that or at least admit that they do.
Do you guys think I don’t know that Most pro strongmen out weight the best CrossFitters by over 100lbs? Wouldn’t that alone make the 2 activities different on it’s own? Of course it would. But guess what, The reigning champion, M.P., eventhough he seems like a real jerk, looks to be the fastest and dare I say, the fittest. And the next guy - Derek Poundstone- they are more than just strong, they are agile, fast, powerful, etc. There is no agility required when you can’t even lower you’r arms in a bench shirt.
Do you guys want me to change the title of the thread? Is that what is bothering you? Would you be any less offended if I named it CrossFit is Kinda like Strongman but strongman is way better because it has been around longer?
I thought I gave up on this yesterday, and I was hoping that some people would at least get my point, even if they they don’t post on here that they do.
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Football = baseball [more or less]
they both involve running, balls, dudes in tight pants, helmets, fields, single team-possession, both are sports.
But they are not the same at all. And the fun things is…
Nobody gives a left-handed garden gnomes ass.
No one on here cares how like or unlike CF and SM are because it is fairly obvious that they are way different. Only with the broadest and most vague comparisons are they at all similar.
What people are interested in is discussing why some CF people are so damn annoying and elitist about regular old training. So this is how the thread looks:
everyone else: “SM is nothing like CF really, but i have noticed some strange irregularities about many CF people. Despite this I do not mind using CF parameters for conditioning/GPP.”
you: “I have done both SM and CF. they are so similar. CF is its own strength sport.”
EE: “no, not at all for these reasons…”
you: “but i do SM and CF. they are the same can’t you see? There are broad similarities.”
EE: “still don’t see it. Also, I no longer really care.”
CF is vaguely similar to all kinds of things. It’s vaguely similar to shit they do on the biggest loser show. It’s vaguely similar to listening to college radio [never know what you’re gonna get].
Using your definition of “=” means that almost anything could be similar to CF.
-chris
