{"id":25685,"date":"2014-10-29T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/\/\/uncategorized\/a-weightlifting-etiquette-handbook-for-crossfitters"},"modified":"2021-11-22T01:10:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T06:10:38","slug":"a-weightlifting-etiquette-handbook-for-crossfitters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/a-weightlifting-etiquette-handbook-for-crossfitters\/","title":{"rendered":"A Weightlifting Etiquette Handbook for CrossFitters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear CrossFitters:<\/strong> I love you, know I do.<\/p>\n

But also know that our weightlifting cousins look at us and our grip-and-rip weightlifting technique as the Cousin Eddies of the sport<\/a>.<\/strong> While they hone their craft in a world of etiquette-influenced finery, we come across as the already-drunk relative who shows up at the wedding reception wearing a motorcycle jacket and chains.<\/p>\n

What CrossFitters Can Learn From Weightlifters<\/h2>\n

Sure, CrossFit as a movement has certainly helped to revive a level of interest in the sport of weightlifting<\/a>, and that is great. But just because we may have pumped a little life into the sport, doesn\u2019t mean we get to trample on its traditions.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0The Sport of Weightlifting Versus Weightlifting for Other Sports<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

When Katie Chasey wrote about weightlifting etiquette<\/a> a lot of people were up in arms at many of the suggestions in that article. There was a good deal of \u201cgood Lord, just lift for crying out loud\u201d push back. As if sports etiquette is somehow a foreign concept to us CrossFitters. <\/strong><\/p>\n

READ MORE:\u00a010 Rules of the Lifting Platform That Apply to Everyone<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

It shouldn\u2019t be.<\/strong> Just because we train in converted warehouses and use the same bars for our snatch one-rep-max as we do for \u201cFran,\u201d even though we\u2019re \u201cunderground\u201d and \u201cbeastmode,\u201d doesn\u2019t excuse us from the basic courtesies of the sport of weightlifting. Even in the world\u2019s most unholy of bowling alleys, you still don\u2019t throw at the same time as the person next to you, and on the shittiest golf courses you still don\u2019t step on someone\u2019s line.<\/a><\/p>\n

We can learn much from weightlifters<\/a>. What we learn only elevates the sport of CrossFit, so why not do it? With that, I give you the 2014 Weightlifting Handbook for CrossFitters:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Claim Only a True Personal Record<\/h2>\n

We all know that CrossFit has its own version of a \u201cgood rep\u201d<\/a> and for competition it\u2019s whatever the rules will allow. Fine. If you are competing in some sort of throwdown (or even at the CrossFit Games) and press-outs are allowed, then by all means, accept that rep as a good rep. In Grid, for example, you can press a snatch out even if it hits you in the head:<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/div><\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>