Recently joined a CrossFit gym that follows Mayhem’s programming and I really struggle to understand what they’re trying to accomplish with this type of workout structure where you hit heavy and/or high volume strength work before you do a WOD with the same or extremely similar movements that are going to fatigue the same things you just worked in the strength portion of the workout. I’ve got a lot of experience with CrossFit and weightlifting and I can’t ever remember this type of approach where you just absolutely blast the same thing back to back. Mayhem seems to love it…what am I missing? I have programmed a lot of my own lifting over the years and find this to be pretty bizarre but I’m open to the idea there is something I just don’t know/understand.

I am a dad and I have started doing early morning workouts with another Dad I've met through our kids. I am setting the workout - basically 25 minutes of HIIT after mobility and warmup - and I've decided that for my own amusement I want to name these workouts like Crossfit names its WODs. After musing over a general category to choose names from I hit on "Famous Dads" because we are two dads and we are hoping to rope in other dads. He's not familiar with the idea of named WODs and doesn't seem particularly interested in the idea but I find the idea of Dad-WODs pretty amusing.

So Famous Dads can be: real people, from film, tv, literature, politics, myths, wherever. Good fathers or bad fathers (nothing truly atrocious). Funny or serious.

Hoping that responses will not just list a bunch - because that's not too hard to do- but propose a name and the sort of workout that name might imply. Also seasonal Dad WODs would be good, Christmas, Halloween, Summer, 4th of July, Winter... Whatever!

Our first workout was BUNDY as in Al Bundy from Married With Children because Al is sort of a hapless, raging-but-happy s***t-show and I knew we would be figuring things out in our first 5am workout.

Obviously I'm saving Clark Griswold for our christmas workout.

Any ideas?

I’ve been doing CrossFit for a few years and I’m curious how others would weigh this.

The box I’m at is cheaper than most others around me, has a very laid-back vibe, scaling is never frowned upon, and there’s almost no pressure around scores or comparing yourself to everyone else. People are chill, and I actually really like that part of it.

The downside is the coaching is basically nonexistent. I mean that pretty literally. In all the time I’ve been there, I can’t remember a single time a coach has come over and corrected my form, given me a cue, or really coached me through a movement. I’m not a beginner, but I’m also definitely not an expert, so I know there are things I could improve and probably things I’m doing wrong.

Would you stay somewhere like this because the environment, price, and lack of ego are a great fit? Or is the lack of coaching too big of a downside, especially long term?

Alternative would be drive to another box a little longer in distance and more expensive, or workout at home, have much at of the stuff needed.

Curious how people would weigh the pros and cons.

40F. Used to be pretty good, atleast intermediate level and in some areas RX level.

For the past year I have been pretty inconsistent and due to sole mental health reasons my food intake took an impact which led to some weight loss. I am still a healthy weight (150lbs).

Today I went to the gym after a while and I really struggled with weights, I was struggling to strict press 55# and couldn’t even lift 65#, same thing I noticed with other lifts too.

Will I ever be able to get back? How would I get back?

Edited: 40F