Exercises and the Inverted Hang
By MB on Friday 11 December 2009, 14:35 - Permalink
Today's WOD at crossfit.com prescribes an unusual workout involving lowering yourself from an inverted hang with a straight body, and then ring push-ups. We have traditionally tried to make sure that Noscrolls had all the exercises necessary to record almost all of the crossfit.com workouts. We currently do not have "controlled descent from inverted hang" in our exercise list. The question is, should we add it to the list?
We have always been very careful about adding exercises to our list for every small variation that comes along. Our goal has been to create a somewhat standardized list of movements that provides a level playing field for our users to use in comparing themselves against their friends. We have also wanted to keep the movement list as small as possible, avoiding clutter. But at the same time we recognize that we are ultimately here to serve you, our users. So we thought we'd solicit your thoughts on this issue. Should we add "controlled descent from invert hang" to our movement list?
Our gut feeling is to leave it out. This particular workout does not have any kind of score, so there are no hard numbers there for Noscrolls to track except that you did the workout. We'd love to hear your thoughts. So post comments here, or send us email.
Comments
I agree...no need to add some of the real unusual workouts. I just add them into comments. FYI , love the site, when do you guys think you will have power output set up. No rush, I understand the work involved and we aren't paying anything.
I originally set up MPD group as unshared, but wouldn't mind changing same. Is this possible? I imagine that your future will also enable users to compare their workout efforts against others on your site and would certainly be willing to share ours. Thanks again, its the best Crossfit Logging Site out there.
Steven Marcolini
Marshfield, MA