I'm watching gym class on ESPN2, also called CrossFit. It stands right up there with Tough Mudders and Spartan runs in my list of meaningless sports. Except in this sport, it's painfully obvious that more than half of the competitors are loaded with steroids.
Since when did gym class become a sport? And worse still, anyone engaged in this so-called sport is begging to get injured. I can't imagine the toll it would take on anyone over the age of 40 who tries doing this.
Seriously, if you want to get in shape and enjoy a well-rounded body, run, bike, swim and lift weights. It's a simple formula. I have a neighbor who just past the big 5-0 and he's lost a ton of weight and looks healthy by simply doing core weight training, watching what he eats and running three or four times a week.
What's worse is that any consideration of these CrossFit competitors being great athletes is laughable. I would love to see a good collegiate decathlete like Curtis Beach give one of these Cross-Fit competitions a go. Beach doesn't even rank in the world's top ten but he would blow away any of these guys.
The best thing that could happen to a CrossFitter would be an encounter with the late Ralph Wedd. He was my PE teacher in the 9th grade at South Junior High. I think Mr. Wedd would ruin any of these so-called CrossFit athletes in just one of his 50 minute PE classes. These muscle-bound Venice Beach rejects would be crying for their mommies after the third round of calisthenics under Mr. Wedd's watchful eye.
Why is ESPN2 showing me this garbage when they could be televising the World Series of Poker? Now that's a sport worth watching!
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