I just came in to look for keyboard warriors in MLYLT's log and instead found this.



She should be honored the gorilla can't quit her. He knows heart when he sees it.

In before MLYLT tries that and cracks her skull.

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Not saying I was right, I don't know, I was just picturing the tension on the achilles involved in landing on the balls of your feet opposed to landing flat footed, not referring to straight legs vs bent knees.

I don't wish a torn achilles on anyone.

And, also, everyone should try the pool jump at least once.

Rebounding box jumps (jumping off and immediately into the next jump) is a decent way to put yourself at risk. The Achilles goes from a stretched position and is then forced to rapidly contract from the landing into the next jump.

Good news for OP: she’s not a male age 35-55, which accounts for vast majority of tears.

Bad news: She’s deconditioned and heavy. And not trying to qualify for CF Games, so cycle time just doesn’t matter.

No reason for anyone who is reading this to ever do rebounding box jumps (risk vs reward).

I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around there being a significant risk of injury to your Achilles from jumping. In my experience it just isn't so. Sample size - me.

From a single jump, you're correct.

From higher repped box jumps, as discussed, there are a slew of athletes that would disagree with you.

I saw it in a kung fu movie once!

I kind of had the same initial thought as Didace, but I really don't know anything at all about box jumps. I have no doubt you're right.

However, here's what I don't understand: How and why is the impact on the Achilles different from a basketball player jumping a lot during a game. They're doing a lot of jumping and often trying to jump as high as they can.

How many is a "slew"? Is it really a significant amount?

I also did a lot of box jumping when I was in college. No one on the team ever had a problem. But we weren't exactly novice athletes so maybe that had something to do with it (or maybe we just ran good).

Like I said, it just seems odd to me. Doesn't mean it isn't a real issue.

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It's the rapid and forceful stretch/contract sequence in the calves and Achilles that is believed to be the cause (the rebound). You don't have that in basketball, like you do with repped box jumps. Not that there aren't achilles tears in bball.

I don't have numbers, obv, but I'm sure you could google and do some counting. The most known and recent one was probably Julie Foucher. It was happening enough that many gyms instituted a step down requirement on all WOD's with high rep box jumps.

I've done a good amount of box jumps as well, but I've never done them high rep (with rebound) or banged them out crossfit style.

It's really just a risk-reward thing as mentioned above, and for 99% of people, especially an overweight female, stepping down seems smart.

I think we can all agree that CrossFit, or anything like it, is a terrible program that leads to injuries.

MLYLT -

I would suggest finishing your jumps by standing on the box and then stepping down.

Crossfit, yes.

Anything like it, no.

It's not too hard to modify crossfit by taking out all the stupid **** that leads to a higher risk of injury. In fact, I used to go to a gym that pretty much did exactly that.

^ general metcon type stuff has been around forever, and is a fantastic way to train.

Melk, gorilla:

More important benefit of doing it that way is you don’t have to do those silly kipping pull-ups.

I guess I wasn't including programs that took "out all the stupid ****" as like CrossFit.

Metabolic conditioning is what we used to call "getting in shape".

Truth.

Indeed. It was just amazing marketing at the right time.

It's like enough that if you just walked in the middle of a class, and someone asked you what they were doing, you would say "CrossFit"

I haven't had a sub 2000cal day since last Wed
This vacation time has really knocked me off track. I have slept 10-11hrs a day the last week and walked lest than a mile a day while stuffing my face everyday. My weight has increased a lb a day for the last 4 days
I'm at 1400cals for the day and I'm going to try not to eat again and get back on track tomorrow.

MLYLT,

Don't worry about a vacation week. You didn't gain 4lbs of fat in four days. What matters is going forward. Get back on it and you'll be fine.

Thanks Didace.
Just got back from the doctor and I have a lung infection and finally got antibiotics! I happen I can breath again by next week to get some cardio in.

You had four 5,000+ calorie days in a row?

Maybe she ate like The Rock.