Two of my friends, one in Hong Kong and the other in New York, sent me messages this week, saying they were ready to try CrossFit. One of them sent me a link to this article, called “#StopCrossFit”, written by one W.R. Bolen, listing 10 “terrible things about CrossFit” – which is funny and mostly true.

1. People who post Facebook statuses about CrossFit. Or blog posts. 😉 But, seriously, it’s funny but I’ve had other friends join CrossFit and it’s almost a given that they’ll start posting the WODs. I think this has to do with surviving something so intense that you just have to let the world know what you’ve gone through.

2. Getting destroyed by girls demonstrates how everything is scalable. You could be doing Rx or lifting nothing but a bar. It depends on how heavy you can and want to go.

3. Everyone is cheering you on. One thing that will push you to finish fast is that you definitely don’t want to be last and have everyone watching and cheering you on.

4. You only care about beach muscles. I’ve said it before and I will say it again, unless your goal is to bulk up – DO NOT DO Rx.

5. There is nothing worse than a CrossFit couple. I don’t think we have them in our box, although I’ve seen a Krav Maga couple and, yeah, we don’t like couples. I’ve also seen guys trying to chat up the girls. Not good.

6. It’s not a fun hobby, or something that you look forward to.

7. The guy who has zero chance of actually getting in shape.

8. Eating paleo is fucking impossible.

9. It’s dangerous in there.

****10. It is a cult.