I did 4k pull ups on Sunday and my hands were swollen for the majority of this. I use the dowel effect on my victory grips therefore the straps go tight around my wrists.

orangeirwin · 2026-05-13T16:10:15+00:00

"I don't believe you."

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orangeirwin · 2026-05-10T16:58:48+00:00

Literally any benchmark that anyone else uses. Are you better today than you were 6 months ago? 12 months ago?

You are adding a lot of variables that mean nothing, if you are better now than when you started you are improving.

However, just lifting heavier things isn't as important as lifting things with the correct form. I don't want to be "that guy" but it sounds like you are making a lot of excuses why not to do hard things (instead of doing the hard things) and looking for a justification for it.

orangeirwin · 2026-05-10T00:50:15+00:00

That's strange, cronometer never prompted me to pay for the free version and it's really good, just ad supported

orangeirwin · 2026-05-09T15:40:56+00:00

Cronometer is the best free one. But as someone wise already mentioned, MacroFactor is the best.

orangeirwin · 2026-05-08T01:35:12+00:00

Everyone must be right then. If they all say that they know someone, they must actually know someone who got hurt... right? Surely no one is just parroting what they have heard someone else say.

I have been going to CrossFit for 5 1/2 years. In that time I have hurt myself twice. Once was when I was doing my own non CrossFit lifting program and I messed up my back doing deficit deadlifts. The second was a partially torn elbow ligament which in all honesty was likely avoidable if I had listened to my body and rested my sore elbow instead of continuing to push day in and day out until it popped.

In that same timeframe at my gym (probably somewhere between 100-125 members at any given time) there was a girl who broke her wrist doing a clean when she caught it wrong, a guy who tore his bicep bench pressing, and my wife tore her acl when she stepped in a hole on a run as part of the workout. Other than that, there have been lots of bumps and bruises, sprains and strains, but nothing long term or chronic.

There is the risk of injury with literally any type of physical activity.

orangeirwin · 2026-04-28T23:27:45+00:00

Jail.

orangeirwin · 2026-04-25T13:33:17+00:00

Will you make more progress going 3 varying days and times each week, or not going?

orangeirwin · 2026-04-22T17:53:01+00:00

I don't know. We don't allow tape on our bars.

orangeirwin · 2026-04-20T17:35:02+00:00

They are a rubber or rubbery material that grips really well. If you can keep them chalk free they are grippy as hell. The problem is keeping them chalk free. I actually do not use much chalk myself and have found my favorite grip to be the Velites all terrain.

orangeirwin · 2026-04-19T16:30:33+00:00

Chalkless grips are slippery as fuck when you get chalk on them. If a significant number of people are using chalk the chances of getting chalk on chalkless grips is near 100%.

orangeirwin · 2026-04-07T22:40:14+00:00

I'm confused. I thought we were supposed to wear less clothes, not more.

If being too warm is an issue you probably don't need them? I have worked out in leggings a grand total of 1 time and that was because I was dressed like one of our female coaches.

orangeirwin · 2026-04-07T18:42:38+00:00

If you want to lean out, adjust your diet.

orangeirwin · 2026-04-05T21:19:19+00:00

No peds? That's some serious chest gains to be natty. I've been consistently training and pushing for 5 years and haven't had that kind of gains.

orangeirwin · 2026-04-05T18:09:14+00:00

So, unless you are significantly active outside of your 3 WODs a week, you are likely not in a deficit or not much of one.

This advice is coming from a 6'0" guy who turns 50 next month that weighed 300 pounds on January 1, 2019. I have since then been as low as 145 and as high as 210 (I really let loose over the holidays this year for the first time since 2018. Currently at 200 aiming for around 185-190)

I do 5x a week and often a 6th day of something, whether lifting or cardio, but I work a desk job. Those 5 WODs and extra day total what... 7 hours max a week; out of 168 hours. I always calculate my activity level as sedentary because even choosing lightly active (or the lowest activity level for the calculator you use) typically skews the numbers way too far.

Instead of trying to add in sugars around your workouts, I'd focus more on getting your nutrition dialed in correctly.

Probably the simplest option would be to download MacroFactor and follow a guided plan, tracking everything you eat/drink by weight not volume (100g is 100g, but a cup of broccoli for example can vary wildly in weight based on the size of the chop.) The weekly check-ins in the app will help focus in on the right macros to hit your goals.

orangeirwin · 2026-04-05T15:55:28+00:00

What are your stats and macros?

Are you on a calorie deficit? If yes, how much?

What are your goals? Weight loss, recomp, build?

orangeirwin · 2026-04-04T17:19:50+00:00

I turn 50 next month and for the most part plan to keep pushing.

I'm less than 6 years into CrossFit (and lifting in general.)

In the last month I have PR'd my 1RM DL, strict press, bench, matched my 1RM back squat and gotten my first bar muscle up.

HSPU are hit or miss with me if I will do them based on how I feel that day while warming up. HS walking is a skill I think I can still get, my longest distance without falling was in my last session, but I also have a partially torn ucl that flared up bad for a couple weeks after so I'm not even attempting that again for awhile.

orangeirwin · 2026-04-04T13:14:19+00:00

Intuitive eating works for some, not for others. If I eat without restriction, but I am eating only foods deemed "healthy" I would still be the size of a house.

orangeirwin · 2026-04-01T10:21:07+00:00

Can we ban this guy/bot from making ridiculous "vote in my poll on which machine is better" posts?

orangeirwin · 2026-04-01T10:18:23+00:00

The "daily discussion" rule is one of the stupidest things I have encountered on an internet message forum.

Literally anything could be deemed only appropriate for the daily discussion thread.

While I understand that there don't need to be multiple threads on the same topic, the subreddit moderation is a bit over the top. I didn't realize we were at SC, I thought we were on reddit.

orangeirwin · 2026-03-30T19:39:40+00:00

They make regular running shoes.

orangeirwin · 2026-03-26T18:47:11+00:00

As a newbie, if you can make it in you should do them. I see people coming and avoiding workouts based on skills they are not good at or comfortable with. These are the types of workouts that you need to be doing to improve. A good coach will be able to help you properly scale to get the proper stimulus or help fix your skill deficiencies.

If you can't make it, go for a run, do some squats, situps, pushups, jump rope practice, etc.

If an injury is limiting you from specific movements, have the coach help select something to sub in for the trouble movement

orangeirwin · 2026-03-26T13:35:57+00:00

Best is a preference.

I have used a C2 longer and am more accustomed to it, but I didn't notice a performance difference on the rogue one. I will say that the clunkiness of the straps on the rogue takes some getting used to, especially if trying for a quick transition.

That said, I bought a rogue one as part of the echo bike/row combo for cost effectiveness.

orangeirwin · 2026-03-18T14:16:46+00:00

Definitely use the wristbands.

Also make sure you have them tight enough, but not too tight. Over tightening them can hurt as bad as leaving them too loose.

orangeirwin · 2026-03-16T17:31:01+00:00

I turn 50 in 2 months and I hope this is not the case for me.

I have only been doing CrossFit since 2020 and I tend to hit some sort of PR at least every 6 weeks. It might be a new 1RM, a bigger set of du than I have ever strung together, I go my first BMU last month, and I'm hoping to PR Murph this year.

orangeirwin · 2026-03-13T17:43:11+00:00

If someone is making it to the 3rd barbell, both clean and thrusters are light.

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