By IkmoIkmo
It is dangerous, but also rather safe if done properly, just like say driving (which still kills as many people as 9/11 every month in the US alone, you’d think national security budgets would fund driverless cars… well they do, but more than now).
But yeah there’ve been some really tragic accidents. If you put your hand on the bottom of your neck and you feel your spine, some people have dropped the bar on there and couldn’t walk for the rest of their lives. Which is why there’s quite a bit of hate for Crossfit from the oly/powerlifting community because a substantial portion of their activity isn’t safe. (where at times, either the exercises, or the guidance are inadequate for safety).
Generally though it’s pretty easy to move the bar/body when you fail in the movement, and a proper trainer would let you go through those movements first so you get a feel of how to ‘escape’ a failed lift. The only danger is if you’re inexperienced with this, or if you weren’t watching your breathing properly and faint during the exercise. (that kind of training/experience is usually extremely solid if you do olympic lifting or powerlifting under guidance. You’ll be hard pressed to find an olympic weightlifting trainer who doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Crossfit hasn’t matured as much and there’s just too many trainers out there who are novice lifters and teach lifting, and focus on ridiculous amount of volume, and it’s dangerous)
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