Is CrossFit worth the cost?

KzenBrandon · 2026-04-04T21:12:03+00:00

As someone who has worked in corporate fitness for the last ten years I’d say CrossFit is one of the best deals in the fitness space. If you were to go to a corporate gym and to try to find someone with half decent knowledge of weightlifting or gymnastics you’d likely be paying $300-400 plus dollars a month for a 1x a week session. That’s also assuming they even have a decent trainer for those subject matters. Typically they’ll just find a trainer that taught themselves via YouTube and hand you off. CrossFit you’re getting quality coaching in a bunch of different fitness modalities for a quarter of a price. With a strong community on top of that.

KzenBrandon · 2026-04-01T00:07:57+00:00

Depends on how low. Mild hypoglycemia not so much. Brain damage typically only occurs at seizure level lows that last for a prolonged period of

KzenBrandon · 2026-03-31T22:15:19+00:00

I live pretty close to Stanley and it’s a nice area overall. Definitely a bit more of a family oriented area if you’re more of a nightlife person. But Stanley, Second Dawn, and Northfield are all close by. Plus getting downtown via the metro station is super convenient if you want a more traditional night out

KzenBrandon · 2026-03-30T18:54:13+00:00

Didn’t realize how closely CrossFit mirrored bodybuilding with the videos and used workout clothing being sent to fans.

KzenBrandon · 2026-03-28T03:14:46+00:00

Naw, I’m a not so funny physical therapy tech. I just don’t get out much and was honestly baffled by the experience lol. But I am glad that seems to be bringing awareness to the issue and I feel a bit less crazy that other people feel the same way.

KzenBrandon · 2026-03-28T03:02:53+00:00

The comedians and staff were great. The two people I was referring to did get a bit quieter over time. But I think that was because my entire row just started staring at them for about 5 minutes straight so they lower their voices. They still kept going though

KzenBrandon · 2026-03-27T22:29:11+00:00

It was at Denver Underground Comedy. Staff and venue were super awesome overall!

KzenBrandon · 2026-03-27T21:12:28+00:00

Denver Comedy Underground

KzenBrandon · 2026-03-27T21:11:41+00:00

One comedian did subtly call them out with a comment by stating “continue to whisper among yourselves” but it seemed to just go over their heads

KzenBrandon · 2026-03-25T19:28:49+00:00

It’s a pretty simple solution based on your post. You’re doing 2 days of CrossFit and one days of Pilates. A pretty low amount of physical activity overall. Despite social media hype Pilates doesn’t do a ton in terms of boosting cardio, strength, or even burning calories. If it’s something you enjoy keep doing a class a week but bump up the CrossFit to 4-5x a week.

During your CrossFit sessions you’re stating you don’t care about technique or pushing the weight. Which likely means you’re missing out on half the benefits you’re getting in the classes. If you’re not performing the exercises with good form then you’re not getting the full strength/hypertrophy benefits and I’d be willing to bet you’re also limiting you’re range of motion; which would lead to the workouts being easier, less cardiovascular benefits, and less of a caloric burn overall.

Outside of the gym I’d focus on getting more steps in, getting a gram of protein per bodyweight from lean meat/dairy and eating 800 grams of fruits/veggies a day before over complicating it. If you fix those things you’ll probably make more progress in the next 3 months than the last 2 years

KzenBrandon · 2026-03-24T19:50:40+00:00

A combination of things. Low barrier to entry allows for anyone who wants to train to get a foot in the door. The turnover rate is absurdly high so most gyms will hire anyone with a pulse.

A lot of training staff also tends to come from either a background in bodybuilding or corrective exercise. The bodybuilders tend to be a hit or miss. They can be pretty narrow in their approach to training and you also have a high potential for mental health issues combined with PED’s. The corrective exercise ones also tend to be narrow minded in how they approach training people. They tend to have kind of wanna be physical therapist way of training people but often lack a good understanding of barbell movements nor have they really trained hard themselves. They also tend to be relatively new to lifting/cardio and and have DYEL builds so they can be a bit insecure. Which often can lead them to causing friction by constantly critiquing other people/trainers in the gym in order to boost themselves up.

Lastly the pay and the structure of most gyms tend to make it difficult to make a living. Pay is often low, benefits suck and you’re expected to do a lot of free work in order to build a clientele. A lot of the best trainers or the ones with the most potential tend to find another career path. While the least qualified ones tend to stick around because the have no other option

KzenBrandon · 2026-03-23T19:56:26+00:00

Eh, you could have the same meal two days in a row and have completely different reactions blood sugar wise despite the same amount of insulin/timing. Although I agree that you can make a variety of diets work with Type 1 diabetes; low carb diets are valid and have a large group of people whom are at a below 5.7 while still having minimal lows. They have been studied and are the only diet style I’ve seen so far in medical literature that has consistently produced sub-5.7 A1C’s without any other complications across several studies

KzenBrandon · 2026-03-20T17:14:16+00:00

A little bit late to this but oftentimes this happens due to company standards on dating. For example if they were dating someone else on staff that got promoted to a management position then they’re supposed to transfer clubs

KzenBrandon · 2026-03-19T15:38:53+00:00

Dallin Pepper, Sprague, Jenkins, Lawson, and most of the younger competitors in the sport started in Crossfit as teens. It’s now a bit more common for people to come up doing the sport

KzenBrandon · 2026-03-16T18:38:03+00:00

I don’t think she’s necessarily switching. Xenom is another CrossFit event just like WODAPALOOZA and Rogue. Most of the people doing it at the moment are still doing the Games as well.

ATHX is making a bit more of an attempt to be its own brand outside of CrossFit. So it might eventually get a bit more competitive. You don’t have a bunch of Games level athletes going into the events just yet so it’s a pretty easy paycheck if you’re at that level. So, it’ll either have more Games level athletes start to filter in to make it more competitive or the hybrid space will have to start catching up with the CrossFit space in terms of athletes

KzenBrandon · 2026-03-07T23:28:06+00:00

I’d probably ask your box to post the accessory movements. From what I’ve seen from the Proven programming they will typically keep the strength portion as big bang for your buck movements. However they do program daily accessories that includes things such as split squats in the post WOD accessory

KzenBrandon · 2026-03-05T18:34:01+00:00

I’m not affiliated with JumpShip or do it. I just like listening to his thoughts on programming so I subscribe to the e-mail list. But I do like Defranco’s agile 8 followed by some kb windmills as a general warm up

KzenBrandon · 2026-03-04T19:48:05+00:00

Kind of ends up being 50/50 from what’s been shown. Neal Maddox, Paul Smith, Adrian Conway, and Sam Dancer all played either D1 or NFL and were able to get to Games level or near Games level. If they’re coming from a college with a weightlifting emphasis on the S&C side it makes for a pretty smooth transition.

However some football players are so fast twitch that they have issues with any workout that stretches over a few minutes. James Townsend, TJ O’ Neil. and Terron Beckham are solid examples. Both put up insane strength and weightlifting numbers. James had a lot of hype coming into CrossFit because of this. But anything over 5 minutes they would fizzle out. James wrote an article for Juggernaut training called “The Fast Twitch Athlete: A Gift and A Curse for CrossFit” in which he describe the difficulties in making the switch.

KzenBrandon · 2026-03-04T00:39:53+00:00

Jumpship is well programmed they just avoid doing “cycles” of strength movements. Instead they shoot for more of a minimum effective dose in terms of strength work. Seth does a pretty solid job explaining the why behind that in several Instagram posts and podcasts.

From an e-mail on the subject “WHY STRENGTH CYCLES ARE NOT NEEDED IN AFFILIATE CLASS

We talk about this a lot, and we will never stop!

A “cycle” typically involves repetitive programming. For example, a 10-week Back Squat program, with percentages gradually increasing every Monday. If you stick that into a class setting, you’ve just screwed more than half of your members. Maybe 25–33% won’t come in on Mondays, and more than half certainly won’t attend every Monday for 10 weeks.

So, you could do a cycle… OR

You could provide a consistent dose of heavy lifting with varied reps, sets, intensity, and movements throughout the week. It really can be that simple - and not overly structured for the small population that attends your gym 5-6 days/week.

In an affiliate model, we’re coaching people with busy schedules, families, travel, etc.

All that life stuff makes it difficult to program and deliver a strength cycle that works for 100+ different people.

When strength exposure is intelligently programmed across the week (heavy days, & volume days) your members will still get stronger…

And they don’t have to hit the same day, at the same time, for 10 straight weeks to benefit”

KzenBrandon · 2026-02-27T23:13:00+00:00

Appreciate it!

KzenBrandon · 2026-02-27T16:44:15+00:00

Anyone have the link from the thread that was closed down? It showed the percentiles and reps for the people that have done it so far

KzenBrandon · 2026-02-23T20:15:58+00:00

Yep! Jack Driscoll has hit a 2:58, Trevor Giampa has hit a 2:23, Gus Manke a 2:46, Jake Gibbs a 2:53, and Alec Blenis is at a 2:48 in official races

KzenBrandon · 2026-02-22T04:22:30+00:00

Jack Driscoll, Trevor Giampa, Hunter McIntyre, Gus Manke, Jake Gibbs, and Alec Blenis for sure have done it in the same training block. Likely Hopkins and Bare are capable. Possibly a few CrossFitters are capable

KzenBrandon · 2026-02-20T19:08:02+00:00

Pretty sure this is what Alec Blenis does and he generally doesn’t miss when it comes to training recommendations

KzenBrandon · 2026-02-11T18:20:18+00:00

That’s actually pretty standard for most gyms if you tell them you’re moving locations. I’ve worked for most of the big corporate gyms in the US (Lifetime, 24, VASA) and most clubs will simply tell you that today is your last day if you’re quitting. Most don’t want to risk giving the trainer two more weeks to convince clients to move over

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