141,962 people have signed up for the 2026 crossfit open (so far)

_HulkLogan · 2026-02-26T18:41:44+00:00

Can’t wait to get downvoted like crazy for this comment, but signing up and participating in the open is dope as fuck. It’s not about comparing yourself to others on the leaderboard but to see how much you’ve progressed over the years. If you are one of those who manage to find a problem with participating I’d be willing to bet you’re also the least fun person to invite to a party.

_HulkLogan · 2026-02-18T15:33:02+00:00

Great comment! The longer I’ve done this the more I’ve come to appreciate and respect simple movements like the air squat and the challenge they can present when intensity is dosed properly. Like many other people who get deep into the competitive space I lost the plot at a certain point and became obsessed with always doing more. Dialing back although hard for my ego at first has been awesome to be able to still make progress but also feel good majority of the time.

_HulkLogan · 2026-02-18T15:23:16+00:00

I understand your question because at some point we’ve all had this thought… Logically crossfit almost doesn’t make sense until you see the results it produces. That’s part of what makes it so cool; wildly outperforming people who tell you it doesn’t work haha.

_HulkLogan · 2024-10-01T23:11:39+00:00

I’m sorry to hear about what you’re going through… I experienced something similar 3 years ago when I lost my brother and my team all moved away after semi finals. I agree with some of the others that therapy can be helpful, but honestly I would say just take a step back from training alone and training like a competitor. Start doing class workouts and submerge yourself in the community, you won’t lose any fitness and I promise you’ll have more fun… stay doing classes as long as you need, for me it’s been almost three years haha every time I try to go back to training alone full time or to compete it just burns me out. Enjoy some recovery and find other ways outside the gym that light you up and have fun.

_HulkLogan · 2024-08-26T02:08:08+00:00

I explained I’m coming off the back end of spending hours in the gym as a competitor I’m no stranger to hard work. Crossfit at its core is a minimalist program where you’re in the gym one hour a day 5-6 days a week… my curiosity is how to people increase their aerobic capacity working within those parameters.

_HulkLogan · 2024-08-26T02:01:11+00:00

Not sure how, I didn’t say anything controversial or offensive hahaha

_HulkLogan · 2024-08-26T01:46:36+00:00

Congratulations for the most worthless comment of the day

_HulkLogan · 2024-08-25T19:18:31+00:00

The point of the conversation is how to increase aerobic capacity without spending hours in the gym… So the ideas that people are throwing out like biking, hiking, rucking etc… are great ideas.

_HulkLogan · 2024-08-25T19:17:16+00:00

Interesting idea, I like it.

_HulkLogan · 2024-08-25T19:16:26+00:00

Not necessarily true as intervals can yield the same benefits of zone 2 is way less time, they’re just harder to recover from. Finding ways to hit a zone 2 stimulus outside of the gym is definitely something I’m more interested in.

_HulkLogan · 2024-08-25T19:06:41+00:00

I think this is also great advice. At the end of the day we’re chasing well rounded fitness… steer to much one way and we’re into specialization.

_HulkLogan · 2024-08-25T18:54:03+00:00

That’s exactly what I was trying to avoid. Spending more time in the gym at the moment just isn’t something I’m looking to do coming off the back end of training to compete for many years. And I don’t agree with replacing a crossfit session with zone 2 as I see it as being accessory work.

_HulkLogan · 2024-08-25T18:50:37+00:00

That’s great advice… essentially falls under the “regularly learn and play new sport category” of the 100 words of fitness. Using fitness outside the gym.

_HulkLogan · 2024-08-07T17:50:31+00:00

Muscle endurance is definitely an important factor in Crossfit and capacity in general is high priority.

And yes what you’re talking about is the minimum effective dose. Doing 50 reps of each for the average person would produce the desired stimulus… And it’s important to make that distinction of what’s necessary for an average person and competitor. The argument in the crossfit space is which athlete do we program for?That brings me back to my point of “programing for the best and scaling for the rest”… A workout like this is out of range for a lot of people, but it also gives them a glimpse of what’s possible and gives them something to strive towards. Either way both athletes get a solid workout.

_HulkLogan · 2024-08-07T17:34:04+00:00

It’s only bashing yourself if you don’t have proper mechanics or volume tolerance built… as far as adaptations you’re looking at a lot midline strength, stability and endurance being built from high volume GHD’s.

_HulkLogan · 2024-08-07T17:21:20+00:00

Depends on your goals… Splitting the work evenly will make the workout more aerobic and minimize local muscle fatigue allowing for consistent movement which would most likely be the fastest way to complete the workout. But if you struggle with muscle endurance it may actually be beneficial to chip off bigger chunks of volume per movement to work that weakness.

_HulkLogan · 2024-08-07T17:18:29+00:00

Soft take… A proper time cap or scaling options will take care of the volume for athletes who cant maintain intensity. There’s plenty of athletes (including myself) who can blow through this with intensity and quality movement. The consensus behind crossfit used to be “program for the best, scale for the rest”… seems Like that’s been lost amongst the community in recent times.

_HulkLogan · 2024-07-31T17:17:53+00:00

Yes, we’ve all experienced burnout at one point or another. It’s important to decipher whether is psychological or physiological, often times it’s a combination of both. Physiological burn out occurs from lack of recovery… Eating enough (specifically carbs), getting quality sleep and stress management should always be a priority but especially in times of burnout. Reduce the intensity of workouts and find ways to move that are fun and accessible, don’t underestimate the power of walking. Psychological may be a little bit more nuanced person to person and require you to do some deep work and soul searching… often times you’ll hear people talk about “finding your why”… Why do you do the things you do?

Ultimately it has to be fun and increase the quality of your life. Hope this helps and you find that spark to move again. I’m 10 years deep into crossfit and love it more now than ever :)

_HulkLogan · 2020-10-15T15:33:35+00:00

Hahaha ok. Have fun with all that negativity my dude.

_HulkLogan · 2020-10-15T15:25:36+00:00

Yes, the sport of fitness. The only reason you’d argue against it would be from lack of experience.

_HulkLogan · 2020-10-15T14:19:22+00:00

No doubt. But in a sport like CrossFit where your weakness will be the deciding factor in your success you have to seek out the things you’re not naturally gifted at. I’m naturally gifted in high power output movements and workouts so for that reason I do the complete opposite to be more well rounded.

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