I tried CROSSFIT for 30 Days Straight... here's what Happened to my Body!

I tried Crossfit workouts like Mat Fraser and the Fittest people in the World for 30 Days Straight with a Coach to test my progress... this is exactly what happened to my Body!
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Check out - Coach Nick Harris, Founder of Optimal Humans, and High Performance Coach at the Cube Gym, Sydney:
Website - www.optimalhumans.io/
Instagram - / optimal.humans
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www.thecubegym.com.au
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► CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
0:29 - Coach Nick explaining
1:05 - Day 1 Testing
6:04 - Aerobic and Anaerobic Testing
9:18 - Week 1
10:03 - Program Overview
11:44 - Technique
12:17 - Strength
12:44 - Conditioning
13:40 - Class Session
14:42 - Recovery
16:26 - Day 30
19:16 - Aerobic and Anaerobic Testing
20:08 - Before/After Body Screen
20:16 - Conclusion

[@LaurieShaw]

Hey Guys! Sorry for the bad quality Program at the end... i've attached my full Program here on Google Docs: docs.google.com/document/d/1ApSWaFOXXUoy2cMSraj02Rn6L5oY2TTas1qsYTzJMcY/edit?usp=sharing Hopefully that's better quality for you guys!

[@Naturkraft666]

very strong! Thank you! But I have a question about how to read the plan correctly. If a field is empty, does that mean that you pause the exercise that day or does that mean that you increase that day with the weight from the first week? e.g. on Wednesdays, always the same WOD? Monday and Tuesday still a second aerobic session or none? Thank you

[@joellee6142]

is it ok to take sports vitamine?

[@TheDaimezNL]

Hee Laurie on google documents is the program blurry can I see it in a other way?

[@hannerahhbee]

Breathing is SUCH an underrated part of CrossFit training, I encourage everyone to find where they breath in every movement to help them pace!

[@LaurieShaw]

👌

[@123italiano321]

Could you care to explain please? I notice my breathing is off

[@ineedsolution]

Breathing and core stability increased my strength significantly for squats and deadlifts.

[@ramonflorezjr]

@@123italiano321you need to learn where and when to inhale and exhale. For example, it’s terrible if you can’t get your rhythm in a burpee, you won’t advance in reps.

[@123italiano321]

@@ramonflorezjr i always forget to breathe and then get gassed because in holding my breath

[@xyzxyz6449]

Hands down for Chris. The results you achieved made me wanting to workout again but today's rest day.

[@LaurieShaw]

🙏thanks mate!

[@thorshammer5134]

What’s a rest day?

[@xyzxyz6449]

@@thorshammer5134 a day u don't workout 4 me, but 4 athletes it would be body conditioning through cold baths, cryo, sauna... So that the next day ur body could perform well without muscle pains and...

[@viajeraeterna3]

@@thorshammer5134This is literally the worst mentality you can adopt but you do you🙄🤦‍♀️

[@camerongray7767]

Oh I’ve been waiting for you to do CrossFit series for ever! Awesome work my guy 🙌

[@LaurieShaw]

Thanks bro!!!

[@tubelance]

I know he did one 30 day already. I think in Bali at that outdoor gym. Also think he did a murph video . Awesome work. I am 5 years into CF as an older guy it is so much fun and so beneficial physically and mentally.

[@mattopolis1]

Never seen a better example of what peaking for a photo can do that the thumbnail to this video lol

[@kiko7247]

Happy new year Laurie! What a crazy challenge you did. Keep up the good work

[@LaurieShaw]

Thank you!, Happy new year

[@DH-gg6jx]

Awesome video - great to come and watch something like this when you're after a bit of inspiration. Great progress in only 30 days!

[@LaurieShaw]

Thanks mate!

[@wilbeugre]

I'm only 5 minutes in, and I'm impressed 😮. You're really strong Laurie 💪🏿🔥

[@LaurieShaw]

Woohoo thanks so much!

[@wilbeugre]

@@LaurieShaw You're very welcome mate!

[@CW_78]

crazy what taking a picture right after working out and good lighting can do

[@callmefry3385]

that isn't good lighting lol, the lighting is even, his muscles are full of blood making them bigger but he did get tronger and faster

[@patocarto]

I absolutely LOVE your content!!! Keep up the amazing work bro

[@LaurieShaw]

Thanks bro!!

[@cwinhall]

What a pity the YT algorithm demands such clickbaity titles and thumbnails. This content would speak for itself and wouldnt need those 😢 Great vid, as someone whose been doing xfit for a year now, im looking to take it to this next level 👍

[@LaurieShaw]

Thanks mate! all the best with your journey

[@Proyecto-Ultra]

Im definitely subscribing! this was AMAZINGLY WELL paced and explained.

[@yahoshua2527]

I do a Push Pull Legs hypertrophy workout in the mornings and then a CrossFit workout in the afternoons, I'm doing this for the entire month of January, so in the morning I can focus souly on strength and aesthetics and in the afternoon I can focus on endurance and challenging myself

[@LaurieShaw]

Thats awesome! Sounds like a great split, would love to hear how it goes at the end of the month

[@yahoshua2527]

@@LaurieShaw I can tell you that already my endurance is up, and my mobility is so much better, I'll keep you posted, thanks for inspiring

[@ay26724]

@@yahoshua2527how’s it going so far?

[@psychicdrill]

I watch your videos for all the wrong reasons, but I enjoy them immensely. I kinda missed you narrating the first half of the video ❤ And you’re a machine!! I felt this challenge was extremely demanding, but as always you manage to complete it. Well, except for that challenge of staying a whole day in the pool lol 😂 ❤

[@LaurieShaw]

Ahaha thanks bro!

[@chamaileon81]

Really great technique in the cleans from the get-go, impressive overall job man

[@jeos87]

What an amazing and informativ video. Atm I'm having some motivational problems due to not having a clear goal to work for after coming back from an Acl Injury. I was looking into some CrossFit stuff to get more athletic overall, but had no real idea how to start. Hopefully this will help me get my arse back up again and go for new heights. Thank you very much!

[@simonsezz1974]

Kudos bro, great effort n video, done really well.

[@LaurieShaw]

Thanks mate!

[@alexshaw3265]

great video as always loz, well in! 🔥🔥

[@LaurieShaw]

Yewwww thanks to you bro!!

[@jordanshaw9832]

So cool Laurie!! Serious effort ❤🎉

[@LaurieShaw]

Thanks sis! ❤

[@clayweise9895]

Well done mate, so humble and inspiring, keen to give this a red hot crack too!

[@LaurieShaw]

Thanks mate!

[@nathbo666]

Good job! Great vid, great channel. Just stumbled across your videos today. Instant Sub

[@LaurieShaw]

Thanks mate!!

[@Janhartman74]

Nice work!!!

[@NealBaker-Davis]

Great video mate. You did amazing.

[@gideonsmith2642]

incredible challenge. Well done, crazy effort

[@LaurieShaw]

Thanks mate!

[@bobbijon]

I really have no idea how I came across this video other than autoplay, but you’re a very handsome man!! 😂 I wish you most of luck on your channel ❤ best wishes from Texas

[@BallisticTech]

I was impressed and a bit worried when I saw your fitness level when you started. It was fairly high compared to many 30 videos I've seen. You move really well and have a very good basis when you started But I'm more impressed that the training scaled to that well such that you noted "it never gets easier". That is great and not highlighted by a lot of these style videos. The infinite scalability of CrossFit is a big part of the methodology. I loved when the coach said the small things will add up to mean a lot. It's very true. Improvements come so fast for beginners. Especially general untrained population. And CF just seems like a really good way to get a lot of people to a pretty good level of fitness But as you start to plateau and get closer to your peak performance the improvements will likely come from smaller and smaller fine tuned cues and elements. Activating your last in movements you would think they're important in like deadlift and bench press.

[@timowester9974]

Amazing vid!

[@elusivebutsatisfyingt.9166]

I HOPE this makes people realize what kind of sport CrossFit REALLY is. How structured it is. How thorough it is. That it isn't the fittest cranking out reps in competition. And that they're only able to do that because they learned the strict technique first and retested it again and again.

[@ChicoProductions2012]

If you do this again, please add information about your starting weight and the food/drinks you consume daily.

[@JZ-xu3vg]

Just saw Mat Fraser mention his previous training regi. literally training 8 hours a day and eating 5k-9k calories a day. I couldn't handle that GI wise much less as an athlete. Crazy kid.

[@S_warren]

Great post! How does someone add you to their My zone ? Would love to see the data from your training

[@bengoodey]

Solid fundamentals there. *Results not typical 😉 Surprised the gym isn’t affiliated, seem to be an excellent coach you had there. Good job, I’m very impressed 👍

[@SintackWasTaken]

That before and after are the pics people are talking about when they complain about fitness influences lmao. Lighting, posed, and not bloated in the 2nd.

[@Redbeardblades]

What app were you using to track your live workout data? Also were you wearing a heart rate monitor?

[@Mr.ThinkTwice]

The thumbnail on this video is the perfect example of CrossFit workout. 😂

[@ketankulkarni]

Nice work dude. I love crossfit! Where’s the plan you said you’d share in draft?

[@LaurieShaw]

Thanks so much! And sorry about the program, i'll see if i can attach a link to it another way

[@khanbadani5705]

@@LaurieShawif you can that would be great! I see it at the end but a little hard to read, great video by the way!!

[@LaurieShaw]

i've just posted the link to the program in the top pinned comment!

[@TheClearSighted]

30 days, only? Impossible. It’s a lie.

[@snapduke]

Never been so fit in my life and shredded. Thanks CrossFit. No wonder body builders hate it, you look better than they do naturally.

[@sosogenvolz8162]

Sooo Crazy Dude💪🏼… Are you gonna keep going to CF?

[@LaurieShaw]

That's the plan!

[@mickjonkman5398]

Good video man

[@LaurieShaw]

Cheers mate

[@user-io4ze2nc9c]

Have any more info on the MSP workout? Would love to throw that into my Crossfit workouts from time to time.

[@danielaruffin2182]

10:33 start of description of his training

[@Satjeevan]

Amazing results for just 30 days! Id love to know your diet

[@LaurieShaw]

Diet was fully plant based, and just a lot of calories. Drinking a lot, and eating big meals. Lots of vegan protein and carbs.

[@brandonvincent8277]

Great video but some of the before & after figures were flawed, particularly the strength tests. Initially you were asked to clean and press, which you did at 70kg. After 30 days you were only asked to clean, and you were able to hit 100kg. For the front squat you initially hit 105kg but never went until failure so who knows what you could have hit. Overall I enjoyed video and I'm glad I found your channel

[@LaurieShaw]

Hm thanks for these points, good for me to take in for future, and glad you enjoyed it overall.

[@carlosarizmendi8725]

nice, good work.

[@LaurieShaw]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@miloslaban8943]

Hi just one question. Isn't determining anaerobic capacity kinda iffy if you do other high intensity exercises, like lifting, beforehand? If not, why?

[@sachinreddy231]

Bro you should try 100 dips for 30 days

[@petaiaseiuli5571]

🔥🔥🔥

[@saywhhaa]

BEAST WOW

[@TheGodLycan]

anyone got the recipes for the food at 15:00 and 15:20?

[@udaygaur9930]

🙌🏻

[@LaurieShaw]

❤

[@davidbeiler6364]

not fair, he can already do 1 hand stand pushup

[@user-bo9eb1kv9j]

Can you share the link to training? Can’t see it at end

[@LaurieShaw]

Hey mate, i've just posted the link to the program in the top pinned comment!

[@OysterSalad]

People are going to look at the side by side images and the differences aren't super impressive. (If you had cut out all carbs and sugar and really focused on your diet for 30 days, you might have achieved the same visual improvement. However, if you did a final panel/chart that showed how your reps increased, or your stamina, or maybe some heart rate improvements ... that's where you made obvious gains in 30 days. So your point that you can improve your physical condition in 30 days with heavy training is correct and important to viewers, but your side-by-side in itself is less convincing.

[@hanfiball4136]

I think CrossFit is great, but can someone please explain why they do those goofy pull ups instead on normal ones? What is the benifit? Also sometimes it seems like they sacrifice form to get more reps which doesn't seem right.

[@carrestfit]

We train "strict" and weighted pull ups as a basis. The goofy ones make you faster in de WOD. It has something to do with using less energy by conserving momentum. We are aware about the fish like asthetic. It's more stressing to your breath and heartrate instead of your strength (except grip). And in every competition (no matter the sport) the athlete will read the movement description and rules and make the best out of it to cheese the game. In case of goofy pull ups, the rules just insist to get your chin over the bar and have a locked out position at the bottem. Chest to bar is the same, just to gt your chest in the same position, meeting the bar. In my box, we aren't allowed to do kipping pu before hitting 5 acceptable strict ones. And our headcoach's main training profession is calisthenics and there are strict calesthenics classes. So there is absolutely no sacrificing in strength and form training at all (except we train those specific movements), just during the wod, we all wanna get a little bit better with using our energy wisely, wile performing e.g. lifting movements right after pu. Those really floppy ones are called butterfly pu and I still can't do them after a couple of years. Those are the crossfit-meme-movement and are even faster than kipping. Injuries happen to bad coaching and overestimating yourself. By conditioning and time, the shoulders can easily withstand the stress of butterfly pu. Kipping isn't that bad for the shoulders. Btw every gymnast uses kipping to get on top of the bar, because it's efficient :) except their feet are allowed higher than the bar in a kipping muscle up, that's not legit in crossfit, the feet have to stay below the bar. sry for typos, no native speaker here. Have a nice day and enjoy training

[@lezeroo2630]

Sorry but that first day workout comparison is just bad. The program had strict movements and the "fit" guy was doing half push ups and kipping pull-ups. What was the point of that? It would have been a great time to show how many rounds a CrossFit athlete can do with the strict movements. This only fuels the hate from anyone who doesn't know the difference between strict and kipping movements.

[@leaa6726]

I found my new challenge 😍 Amazing transformation 🔥 Keep up the good work and thanks for this amazing video😍 P.S.: I can’t see the plan that u written in the end, can u share it in another way so we can do it?😢

[@LaurieShaw]

Thanks so much! And sorry about the program, i'll see if i can attach a link to it another way.

[@LaurieShaw]

i've just posted the link to the program in the top pinned comment!

[@leaa6726]

Thank you so much!!😍

[@dongli7461]

4 years ago you did 30day crossfit in Bali

[@LaurieShaw]

Haha yes amazing memories!

[@trogpo]

Manipulative lighting changes in the photo comparison (20:09).

[@reikoh]

20:08 actually the same just with other lighting. Good clickbait thumbnail. Chapeau

[@ripield]

Good to watch but I was disappointed to see you start doing the CrossFit style pull-ups

[@toughharley1903]

You can seriously tell from day one to day 30

[@sherwin_emmanuel]

I love this , Is there a way you can send me this program? I want to try it.

[@LaurieShaw]

Thank you! And yes i've just posted the link to the program in the top pinned comment!

[@LAFTA]

Fair play mate

[@LaurieShaw]

🙏

[@princeSingh-te3do]

Pls provide exercise daily routine

[@LaurieShaw]

Yes i've just posted the link to the program in the top pinned comment!

[@emilisayev6614]

Hi. How to get this program?

[@LaurieShaw]

i've just posted the link to the program in the top pinned comment!

[@umairyaqoob2307]

How the fuck did you lift so much weight in C&J and particularly Front squat on your first day, doesn't make sense, it was your first time or previously you have done these movements before?

[@LaurieShaw]

I've been going to the gym for many years, and previously did a 30 day crossfit challenge about 3 years back, so perhaps thats why.

[@TheWeardale1]

4:19 wtf are those?

[@j.elliottcole9506]

This was edited out, but after 30 days of CrossFit, he started a Grinder profile.

[@metlin]

I love CrossFit but Chris at the beginning doing Cindy was just doing kipping pull-ups vs. Laurie doing strict. Not a fair comparison at all.

[@joelaugh7554]

You can't read anything on the "full weekly program" shot.

[@LaurieShaw]

Oh no really? i can when i put it on 4k and zoom in? have you tried that?

[@LaurieShaw]

i've just posted the link to the program in the top pinned comment!

[@Jaap24]

Why the misleading thumbnail??? 🙄🤨

[@meuuder]

clickbait baby

[@SF_Native]

Laura was already in shape, seems a bit deceiving for the title.

[@Shrinekeeper1]

No, I'm not in shape, No I can't do but maybe 2 pullups, but still.... I hate the crossfit pullup.

[@flaviocosta1979]

Have you done all the test in one day? ...

[@a.k8810]

Can you repost the program it isnt that good to read

[@LaurieShaw]

Hey yep sorry have posted the link to the program in the top pinned comment! Cheers

[@craiglawson663]

Anyone that says Crossfit doesnt work, either is scared to try it, or tried it for a day, threw up, and is scared to try again.

[@jlnsandono6721]

Why Jess Pinkman is here doing crossfit

[@nessip77]

Pull ups in crossfit style...what is it ...? dolphin dance ? some monkey moves ? Great video, great effort but at the beginning that gut in weight vest during Cindy test - he didn't finish one round properly.

[@buhuhuh7757]

The pullups cross fitters do look ridiculous. What muscles are they even working with all that kipping and no range of motion?

[@LaurieShaw]

AHaha😂

[@CodyVella]

CrossFit does all forms of pull-ups, including strict pull-ups. A kipping pull-up utilizes a gymnastic kip, and generally performed in a metabolic conditioning workout or piece of the training day, not to gain strength necessarily. I’m open to answering any other questions you have, I coached CrossFit from 2008 to 2020.

[@lilaustincurfman]

Honestly my biceps and lats always hurt after doing big sets of chest to bar, but it’s more metabolic conditioning. We do strict all the time as well contrary to popular belief.

[@Szlejer]

Completely different lighting happened, nothing else really...

[@jimmyjones6497]

Shenanigans. These ass hats are all on gear.

[@NINJASAZUKI]

That thumbnail is such a clickbait, glad I skipped to the end

[@jesszurich8649]

Sorry, the test is heavily flawed. Clean and press first day, but only clean on day 30, and claime to have gained 30kg strength. Ridiculous kipping pull ups, sacrifice form for more reps, wth. That's the exact reason why people make fun of crossfitters.

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[@LaurieShaw]

WOoohoo

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[@Miguel-zz4wp]

but with or without roids= professional crossfit are all on them xD even womans...

[@NoName-ql1wk]

So many poor reps.

[@hannesverschuere6969]

Fake

[@innosanto]

These pull ups are a joke

[@paulorcrs]

Bs!

[@damon123jones]

CrossFit ....worlds most annoying people

[@barendleroux6618]

Lost a little fat. Gaind a bit of muscle ( probably just pumeped after the workout). And changed the lighting from horrible to good. Oh yea and self tan