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[machomonotreme]

So, in my time here, I've been doing a lot to increase my physical strength and fighting abilities. I realized just how far I had left to go to achieve my full potential! And now, I found a great new way to work out that will help me get way, way stronger. It's not only about lifting ridiculously heavy stuff but you have to do it FAST. And you get to run and do a bunch of other stuff too, all in the same training session and it's all timed. Sound hard? It is! And it's great!

It's called Crossfit.

Why aren't more people doing this? How come I'm only hearin' about it now? Feel like I'm behind the times, here.

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[flowerofmtsilver]

Didn't you get the memo? Max is never wrong.

[Just side commentary from the peanut gallery here, don't mind him.]

I am Max. Max is me. We are one.

[needsmorebiceps]

Vinnie, that's dumb. You know as well as I do I hardly know shit about plants and tree-stuff. I exploded a tree as a Venusaur that one time. You know way more than me about lots of stuff. Hawaiian shirts. Long hair. Uh. Other stuff. Havin' a boyfriend. Bein' a real good Venusaur. Gettin' tattoos done. All kinds of stuff.

::Thanks, talking wall.::

But what I do know a lot about is weight liftin'. Have you ever heard of Rhabdomyolysis?

::Okay that is officially the largest word either of you has ever heard Max say.::

Rhabdo's a condition that people who train Crossfit can get, if they overwork themselves. Know what happens? You work the body so fast, so hard, so much, that your body just has to start breakin' your muscles down for energy. Know what that does? Pretty much ruins you as a lifter, 'cause now your kidneys gotta filter out your own leg muscle from your bloodstream, that's why. Rhabdo pretty much ain't somethin' that anybody who trains powerliftin', or bodybuildin' or just general strength trainin' can get, unless they do it wrong. You can get Rhabdo by doin' Crossfit too good.

So, in addition to the regular sort of injuries you can get offa just regular weight liftin' - sprains, tears, bruises, cuts, blackin' out, breaks, the whole works - you gotta toss on the fact that the program, if done really intensely, has a chance of turnin' your body against itself and eatin' your gains out from the inside.

Then there's the space concern. Your average powerlifter-type does one thing. Slowly. Maybe you get a little circuit goin', you move between two things at once if you're feelin' up to it. That's fine. You're usin' two machines, two areas, two sets of somethin'. Ain't that bad. You do Crossfit and you're supposed to bounce between four, five, six different stations, none of which nobody else can use, 'cause you gotta get access to them immediately after finishin' one thing? Now you're usin' up so much space that other guys who want to get a workout in probably can't, unless you got a huge complex just for Crossfit so you can get, like, three different guys on your exact same workout that you're doin'. So, you're makin' a mess, and not lettin' other guys do their stuff, so you can do six things at one time as fast as you can OR you're just havin' a bunch of guys do the same workout, without tailorin' it to their personal needs.

Then there's the general safety concern. As fast as you can ain't a real good safety precaution. As fast as you can's a real good way to make mistakes, 'cause you get sloppy when you force yourself to move fast all the time. Eventually, you're gonna drop somethin' or grab somethin' wrong or move a joint the wrong way and then BAM, those bruises, scrapes, pulled muscles, broken bones, whatever, have a better chance of happenin' because you ain't payin' enough attention to keep yourself in good form all of the time, 'cause you gotta get four more sets of twenty reps in of all six of your stuff, in half an hour.

And that's why the rules say no Crossfit.

[monotreme_101]

....

[That was an awful lot of information, Max. Hold, please.]

So, the rhombus disease sounds like a bummer. But that might not happen to Echidna. My muscles are way smaller and way harder than yours. We're completely different. Our bodies work differently. And I'm GOOD at doing things fast. I can do a lot of different stuff fast. I can run faster than a car - As Fast As I Can is kind of a Thing where I'm from.

[The space concern...? Yeah. Yeah, he could see that. He didn't want to be inconsiderate.]

I don't wanna junk up other guy's workouts, though. That wouldn't be cool. I guess I'll just go to one of the places in town that lets you do crossfit. There's a bunch of 'em. It has to be working for a lot of people because I can think of like six different places off the top of my head that have crossfit right there in the sign. Plus there's HUNDREDS of videos on MewTube. You couldn't put it up on the internet like that if it was really bad for you.