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[e31]

I'm not trying to upset anyone here but I have a question. Crossfit is seen as a cult by some. I get that. I like it. Whatever. One of the boxes in town is also very proactive in a local church and Advocare (maybe Amway too, idk). Is it weird that I'm turned off by this? Churches here can be very "in your face" and Advocare is like that everywhere. I think Amway is great, just not great for me. But when every pic on your twitter or instagram has 5 Advocare logos, or church ads in it....
Am I crazy?

 

[meesh1070]

@e31 You're not crazy. That's weird.

 

[squirrel123]

@e31 Any MLM scheme, no matter how "legit" it may be, is a glorified pyramid scam. These people are already charging you top dollar to go to their gym. Run.

 

[russg]

@squirrel123 CrossFitters don't like cardio...

Quickly walk away.

 

[lukesimpson]

@russg They don't like walking either, rowing is the shit.
Row away!

 

[russg]

@lukesimpson Rowing?! Grab a sled and pull you and your partner out of there!

 

[esy]

@squirrel123 They are also very cult like on their own. I have a friend in Amway and it very much reminds me of Scientology and the like. Combining church, advocare, and CrossFit seems...excessive.

 

[katlee21]

@e31 Great thing is, you know not to go there! Win for you.

 

[dawn16]

@e31 Does anybody remember that Rich Froning endorsed Advocare a while back? Some local boxes around here were huge onto that as well.

 

[oldman1941]

@dawn16 the least enthusiastic endorsement ever

 

[loolooj]

@dawn16 He still does as far as I know. His dad posted a picture of piles of some advocare drink the other day. Shows him still listed on the site as well.

 

[russg]

@loolooj Was this the "joking" text he sent to them and they sent pallets of the stuff?

 

[loolooj]

@russg Oh was it a joke? I didn't really read into it.

 

[russg]

@loolooj Not sure if you're being sarcastic, but he said "When you jokingly text advocaresports for 50 cases..."

 

[loolooj]

@russg Oh I was talking about the one his dad posted, which said " Ok! @richfroning ? Whilst relocating this pallet of #advocarerehydrate to a spot outta the way in #mayhem0.5? I stacked them in frt of an old #pepsi machine/ dispenser?! Ha! #ironic #betterchoices"

Didn't seem like a joke to me?

 

[russg]

@loolooj The world may never know.

 

[loolooj]

@russg Ahh I see, you were talking about rich's post, I was talking about his dad's. I see where the confusion was.

 

[daveman2186]

@e31 Not crazy, that would bother me a lot. Mlm people are very offputting (especially the sneaker ones), and I'd personally be driven away by a place closely tied to a church. (I don't know if it's your location though? I've almost never seen businesses associated with churches. Would that be considered normal in some places?)

 

[dawn16]

@e31 Wtf is advocare?

 

[thriftfabulous]

@dawn16 Really? Think Avon or pampered chef, but with supplements.

WTF is Amway?