already dreading tommorow's cringe 9/11 tribute

[dreamwolf]

@megahunky Agree. We do a hero but nobody is like fucking screaming at people being dramatic.

 

[truthandlove]

@megahunky Does yours have a 9/11 wod? This is the first year I have noticed my box programming a 9/11 tribute wod. I’ve been doing crossfit 10+ years across 4 boxes and don’t think I have ever seen/done one.

I was a teenager and only a couple miles from one of the crash sites when 9/11 went down and it’s a very weird memory for me. It took so long for me to process it (at least a decade later).

 

[patona]

@megahunky Troll alert. OP did last year’s 9/11 WOD… but also posted he’s been doing CF for 6 months.

https://reddit.com/r/crossfit/s/1PQgXrZK7v

 

[xegugo]

@patona I love the comment “I’d be throwing hands” but in his post 55 days ago he annotated he couldn’t row 500m without dying.

 

[dawn16]

@megahunky Old gym had a tribute WOD as the owner and a handful of the staff were firefighters. It wasn't cringey at all.

 

[lutheranguy123]

@megahunky My gym was owned by a special forces vet and he never did any of this cringe stuff.

 

[karebrown]

@marieb3 I think that’s more of a box problem. My box generally has this idea around hero/memorial wods: we attend hero wods to go to the gym when we normally would, however, with the attitude of humility and really just remembrance. There’s no “they died for you so you can’t take a break”, it’s simply a remembrance and spending your normal workout hour with the idea of gratitude in your mind. I think it’s a great thing to do when done with the right attitude.

 

[pena]

@marieb3 Which is it? Did you start crossfit 6 months ago like your previous post says?

https://www.reddit.com/r/crossfit/comments/152jrce/still_struggling_to_do_warm_up_should_i_give_up

Or did you actually perform a 9/11 workout last year and actually have coaches who said that to you?

Yikes.

 

[chrisjune]

@pena He said in that post above he was 350lbs.. but in this post he said he's 175 lbs. It was posted around the same time. I think this guy is living in fantasy land..

 

[mmemme]

@chrisjune Some people really love LARPing on Reddit huh..

 

[more4less]

@pena Good catch. I’ll let the OP answer for him/herself, but I’m leaning toward this being a troll.

Good to know. I’ll remember this user name.

 

[reallysad]

@pena Everything this dude posts is super negative.

 

[stthomaschristian]

@pena I’m confused too because in this post you shared it says he’s late 20s, but about a month he has a post that says he’s 21

 

[realf8thguy]

@pena The answer is none of the above. Just someone bringing negativity to an already negative sub.

 

[more4less]

@realf8thguy Wait….people lie on the internet?

I better report to my bosses. I pretty high up the leadership ladder at national defense/intelligence department.

 

[motherlyoceon]

@pena That post also reeks of BS. 5’4” and 350 lbs? That seems like a number only used to be crass and troll.

 

[more4less]

@marieb3 Ok, dude, either you go to the worst CrossFit gym in the world (screaming coaches, kids/dogs running about during kettlebell swings and such) or you are an old fashioned troll.

Tell ya what, how about you start filming some of this stuff. Set up you phone to record your workouts. Do it secretly if need be and expose these people. Send the video to CrossFit headquarters and get them stripped of the name.

Your credibility has been called into question and there are some inconsistencies in your posting history.

Now is the time to provide proof. What you have alleged is serious abuse of members and horribly unsafe. You are morally bound to report it.

Time to do what is right.

Edited to zap some typos

 

[ktyler]

@marieb3 I firmly don’t believe you’re telling the truth

 

[triplets101]

@marieb3 I think he’s making this up…

 

[more4less]

@triplets101 Check the post history. Almost certainly making it up.