Crossfit Has a Mental Health Crisis?!

[@rednaxela9]

I’m a sport psychologist, I work with real athletes facing real issues every day. I’d love to help educate Sporty Beth on the topic of mental health but something tells me she’s just fine relying solely on her own experience. Beth, I hope you get the help you need someday.

[@SoberBangBangVeteran]

I’m in a program called Warrior WOD that helps veterans with PTSD. I was in really bad shape mentally. I can honestly say Warrior WOD saved my life.

[@serginho6837]

Your comments are always hugely against you. Take it on board. Also you can't lump Emma Carey into this as it suits your narrative. She has been clear. Only she knows

[@williamburrell1320]

This is just a propaganda video from the mentally weak to the mentally weak

[@preidie]

Click bait

[@marlows47]

CrossFit doesn't have a problem. This is life. This is common in areas where there is "pressure" from the public or internally. In music, film, sports, or any arena. CrossFit isn't unique. Hell, look at the mining industry in Australia. There are pressures to work away from home week on week off and produce while living away from home. So stop spreading a narrative CrossFit is a problem. It's a life problem.

[@imperfectstillworthit]

Dear Beth You seem clearly unhappy in the CF Space. It is absolutly possible for you to switch over to Hyrox, becoming a Fit-Mama-Vloger or anything else that you can actually enjoy without it giving you anxiety. You're not obligated to stay just because you started out here. Peace and love!

[@marlows47]

I also just realized in a bizarre twist, you seem to be saying it isnt good that females are getting coverage. Weird. Then furthermore, your concept that CrossFit isn't trackable. That literally is CrossFit. We change our training, constantly varied. Finally. You continue to make your opinion be the stopping point for everything you express. You have an opinion and its just that. An opinion.

[@xystericalnh3182]

Yeah id kill for the "stress" of being a top10 athlete in the world. I have stress in every day life. My friends have it as well. Family. Everyone that I know. Its called... life! If you cant deal with your every day life, you fucked up. Change it. There is a reason you're not an elite level athlete, Beth.

[@sportybeth]

😂😂😂 such a ridiculous comment. There are different levels of stress. Evidently from your first and last sentence you’re clearly just jealous of elite athletes and have zero understanding of complex emotions. Stress of different types affects everyone differently the fact you can’t comprehend that is truly hilarious. I’m not an elite athlete (in CrossFit) because I would never want to be 😂

[@xystericalnh3182]

​@@sportybeth Yes I am. So? I do CrossFit because I love it. Id be the happiest person in the world as a top10 athlete. I wish I knew about crossfit 10 15 years ago. Whats wrong with that statement? Last sentence has nothing to do with it, don't overestimate yourself.

[@JH-tc7wb]

Wow... this is a terrible comment

[@xystericalnh3182]

@@JH-tc7wb tell me how?

[@JH-tc7wb]

@@xystericalnh3182 Because you don't know what you're talking about. You don't know what it is to have the stress of a top 10 athlete in the world intermingled with the stress of "life". I don't necessarily agree with Beth, but what you're saying is just ignorant.

[@ErikDoesStuff1711]

You’re making out like this is a CrossFit problem. It’s not. It’s a societal problem if anything. Do you think elite level crossfitters are honestly under more pressure than elite level athletes in other sports? Footballers? Weightlifters? Young girls doing gymnastics? In fact, given it’s an Olympic year - just about ANY athlete in ANY sport fighting for a spot in their chosen sport at Paris? This isn’t a CrossFit specific issue.

[@sportybeth]

It is a wide spread issue yes. But yes I believe crossfitters are under more pressure than other sports especially from the online media and hate, plus the unknown in the sport. I made those points in the video.

[@marlows47]

@@sportybeth this just isn't true. It's simply your viewed experience. CrossFit is a niche sport. How about womens soccer or basketball? Or any sport, as Erik says here, that has Olympic qualifying. Your using your opinions as facts, which they aren't.

[@SamuelUrquart]

@@sportybethbased on what? You’re literally just saying stuff. Zero involvement in any elite level sport.

[@vndk8363]

You should really stop

[@Therealkevin87]

I took the bait and watched your video. It would've been cool if you did some research and looked at all the young athletes that have quit a lot of sports because of depression and anxiety in the last 4 years there are alot of articles on it. This is 100% not a crossfit problem! This is a young person problem and a societal problem. It has nothing to do with crossfit. No Excuses Train Harder!

[@sportybeth]

Yeah I do agree with you here, it absolutely is a wide spread problem and I’m fully aware of it happening in other sports. But that also doesn’t change the fact we have a big wave of it in cf right now.

[@jodisantini7811]

Crossfit helps my mental health tremendously. My job is stressful and Crossfit helps relieve that stress. I realize my experience is very different than it might be for a pro athlete.

[@sportybeth]

Yeah me too! CrossFit is one of the biggest things that supports my mental health. It can be more than one thing at once. Many professional athletes struggle

[@zachwanstrath6873]

This thing is… all of these athletes could go out and work a 9-5 like 99% of CrossFiters do…

[@sportybeth]

Many of these athletes do work a 9-5 as well as being an elite CrossFit athlete. But why would they want to do that when they can make money in different ways and also not have it based on their performance but still enjoy training?

[@DavidGora]

Beth, CrossFit is a trackable fitness modality no different than any other sport. If I do Fran train for 6 months track my workouts and then do Fran again I can measure my performance against that 6 month period of training.

[@DavidGora]

The open is a leaderboard that showcases and compares your fitness compared to everyone else that signed up for the open. How is that not a measure of how good you are?

[@macykiller5384]

I’m not leaving hate, just wanting to inform you that I am incredibly confused by your claims about the coverage of female athletes. Women have been fighting for YEARS to gain coverage in the sports space. The fact that there is a young and up and coming athlete that is female with al light shining on them is HUGE and awesome and worth celebrating. Yeah that creates pressure, but this is the kind of thing female athletes have been begging for. Your naive take that any woman facing pressure can’t handle it is really just gonna set us back. I agree that men and women are treated differently in the space, but complaining about women having MORE coverage in the media than men fees like a HUGE step back for women.

[@dan_kelly_cftbb]

This is nonsense

[@DavidRamosAuthor]

Physical fitness ≠ Mental fitness. They 100% influence one another, but they each need their own training.

[@rickmcguffey9881]

2 comments. 1) I do think teens rushing into the mainstream is not healthy for most. It would be better for them to finish out their teen divisions and just have fun. However I’m not sure how you force that if they insiste in competing at the highest level. So, this is a valid point. 2) I think you and many others over exaggerate the “double standard” between men and women. Men deal with a ton of comments about their size, their height, their bellies, shoulders, chest… ONG… the chicken leg jokes, haha. The main difference is most guys, especially if they’re at the top of their sport, shrug it off. Whereas women typically take it a bit more personal. Other than those two comments the majority of this video honestly sounds like manufactured drama. It’s a sport… some people rise to the top and others flame out…

[@sportybeth]

No I don’t agree with you that men deal with the same amount of comments and pressure and it’s pretty easy to see that, look at most of the negative cf media and who it’s aimed at. The comments in comments section about women in the space, the gross comments many men in the space make on women’s bodies and the differing treatment of athletes and on top of that the pressure and visibility put on women even lower down in the field, it’s not equivalent. It’s obvious. I’m sure some men do experience it too but it’s certainly not on the same level and that’s pretty well documented through the experience of athletes and articles lately. I do agree that teens being rushed into elite competition isn’t the best idea I think we could do with a solution to that.

[@serginho6837]

​@sportybeth literally nobody in your comments agree with you 😂😂😂

[@rickmcguffey9881]

@@sportybeth of course you disagree… that is my entire point… we disagree, lol. What I do find insightful is the preponderances of comments from both genders who disagree with videos. I wonder if you even try to keep an open mind that you may be seeing a bit myopically. In any event, you seem to be having success railing against the patriarchy so more power to you, sister… I guess.

[@stewarttill7781]

What is your problem against men?? You always so negative towards men . It's actually getting annoying

[@sportybeth]

No issue against men as a whole my partner is male he’s lovely. But there’s no getting away from the fact that 99.9% of the hate comments we all get are from angry insecure men. You can’t even argue with that, check any comment section. Just the same as 75% of crimes are committed by men and something like 90% of violent crimes. Men as a whole aren’t to blame but it is majority men doing it. Maybe you should help work to fix it instead of getting angry at those of us that point out the obvious?

[@Gnarly1212]

@@sportybeth I wanna see you get more involved in the strongman community. It is mostly men but we do welcome women and want more women in our sport. toxicity is incredibly rare and >99.9% of us encourage people instead of putting them down no matter their experience level. for me it's the best sportsmanship I've experienced in a fitness community.

[@SamuelUrquart]

@@sportybethhaving a male partner who you consider lovely doesn’t make you exempt from being sexist. It’s like saying something racist but then being like, “oh no it’s cool, I have a black friend”

[@coricroft22]

What I’ve taken from this: Do MORE CrossFit so I can stop periods. End Scene. I’ve done this sport for over a decade- it SAVED MY MENTAL HEATH. I

[@andreahyde8686]

I've started to think that CF would benefit from a U23 category the way lots of other sports do. Then young people would have more time to mature (physically and mentally) before entering into the highest level of competition. Thoughts?

[@goergejones3802]

There's not a mental health "issue" in crossfit... you could say that about any sport, proffession, etc... Maybe crossfit isn't for you

[@ashanfernando100]

Crossfit doesnt have mental health issue i think u have one go find some other stuff to do

[@bradgarner5032]

Hard Times Created Tough People Tough People Created Good Times Good Times Created Weak People As witnessed in every video you make

[@cheesesandwich1033]

What did I just watch?!? 10 min I’ll never get back! Lesson learned

[@JH-tc7wb]

Not sure it's mental health "crisis"... more like CF is just a mentally challenging sport that not everyone is ready, or equipped to deal with. I'm a collegiate track coach, a lot of my athletes (and athletes in general) deal with the same issues as CF athletes. In all cases, athletes need proper mental training to manage the stresses of their sport - that's not a crisis. And for those in the comment section, the acute stress of competing in high level athletics involving livelihood, self-imposed and community pressure, and the question of identity is not the same as the stress of everyday life; calm down.

[@Looks_its_poolboy]

What did I just watch? Holy moly. Let’s not forget you’re talking about CrossFit from the SPORT perspective. As an athlete you can either handle the pressure or you can’t. Just like any other sport. Major victim mentality being spread in each video. I think it’s more harmful to say the things you say beth vs the “mental” health crises you claim to exist in CrossFit

[@craigburton4552]

Beth, PLEEEEEASE read Greg Glassmans work, particularly articles like his 'Understanding CrossFit' (April 1 2007), where he talks about the fact that CrossFit being measurable, observable, repeatable. Which it is. Yes the methodology is 'constantly varied', but that isn't stopping you observe, measure and repeat workouts to analyse progress. This is without mentioning 'benchmark workouts' and how important they are in CrossFit, coupled with the fact that competitions from The Open to The Games having repeated workouts from years previous to track progress.

[@tiony2]

Wow there is a little box with guidelines in the comments section. I've never seen that before on other channels, yet here it is on Mrs positivitys channel

[@JustANobody4321]

Idiotic Narrative 😎 Baseless commentary on a Subject of which; no SME points or facts are provided = HATER/WANNABE GONNA HATE ☠️

[@harrymiles2652]

Ohwell

[@annahadjiantoni8437]

Women are more honest and brave! Knowing when to step back shows how strong women are

[@sportybeth]

I think a lot of women in the CrossFit space are brave and not afraid to be vulnerable and that’s so cool.

[@serginho6837]

​@sportybeth military are brave People who do kipping pull ups for time are not brave I respect them but bravey is a term that should not exist in sport