Really

Ok so my vow of silence has ended and unlike a shoalin monk there is no penalty other than my own piece of mind. I propose a question to you minions, what do words like "Beastmode" and other annoying slang I see all around town mean to you? I find things like this to be absolute Comedic Gold. I see this paralelling some CrossFit shirts I have read like "Smoke you like cheap crack" smoke me at what? Or "Our workout is your Warm Up." I ponder this question in refference to a conversation I had with Glenn Pendlay last week. At an open weightlifting event a guy was warming up beside my friend/coach Jon North. Jon was warming up with 150kg to open with a snatch of 163kg. The guys next to him also in the 93kg clas was warming up and missing with 55kg for a declared opening weight of 60kg??? All the while the guy was proudly displaying his your workout is our warm up shirt. The reason I approach this topic (I will no doubt piss some people off with this) is to open peoples eyes to the fact that in CrossFit we are good at several things, Like a jack of all trades yet a master of none, yet we puff our chest and claim to be the fittest on Earth. Could I win the CrossFit Games? Not by any stretch of my imagination, thus the reason I dont go "Beastmode" on workouts. It is this mentality that lends itself to poor coaching with a lack of detail and rational programming and more focused on being an elite athlete. Greg Everett said it best, in CrossFit the new focus is on getting to the "Games" and being an elite athlete while neglecting every aspect of being an ethical, responsible, educated strength professional, while still touting claims that this is fitness for everyone? Look I love CrossFit I also love the sport of weightlifting, much like many of you love endurance sports. Moral of the story I will never show up to a sporting event where people who take their sport seriously, sporting my "Beastmode" shirt claiming that I am CrossFit therefore I will "Smash on You" while running my 38 min 5k or snatching 50kg!!!