fjallraven wrote:
...some of the comments on here are made by either people that are haters (the majority, i expect) or people that are making completely uneducated statements based on zero fact or experience.
This is LetsRun. You just described the majority of comments on most threads on these boards.
As an optimal training program crossfit is flawed and almost promotes injury, but the people who sign up for crossfit and do it regularly like the aspects of it and it motivates them to workout. Not properly, but at least it gets people doing something. Is there a guideline or measurements for "fitness" if there is I would like to know what they are. I would say any of his best weight lifting wouldn't come close to Ashton Eatons 110 hurdles or 400m if a value was given to each. Also I doubt this guy could come close to his field events. This guy is fit in the sense he has a muscular and lean physique and can lift fairly heavy weight a bunch of times different ways. He can't run 100m under 12, can't run a mile under 5 and he absolutely pales in comparison to actual power lifters, and his physique is "skinny" compared to a Ronnie Coleman body builder type. Basically he is really really good at being better at the specialists weaknesses and Crossfit made a very successful exercise fad out of it. He is literally only the best at something people have no good reason to be good at before crossfit was started.
Every sport has to start somewhere. I don't know why some of you are so defensive about crossfit
nah wrote:
Every sport has to start somewhere. I don't know why some of you are so defensive about crossfit
I think they feel threatened. Not sure why, because it's not a competition CROSSFIT vs. running. It's about how you can become a better runner by incorporating crossfit training methodology.
Xfitguy_the_real_one_1 wrote:
It's about how you can become a better runner by incorporating crossfit training methodology.
You just ruined the moment. Crossfit cannot do anything to help your running compared to a running-specialized program. See also: elite crossfitters and their 22 minute 5k's.
no #1s bro, and by my bro i mean never my bro
Justin91 wrote:
Xfitguy_the_real_one_1 wrote:It's about how you can become a better runner by incorporating crossfit training methodology.
You just ruined the moment. Crossfit cannot do anything to help your running compared to a running-specialized program. See also: elite crossfitters and their 22 minute 5k's.
Crossfit training methodology is present in every successful running program. Crossfit itself is not, but he said methodology. An interval workout is basically crossfit methodology. That is just all they do, from what I can tell, and anyone who runs knows they can't just do anaerobic sessions everyday and get good at the mile/5k/any endurance event.
Did he just do the worst pull-ups you have ever seen?
"Froning was born in Capac, Michigan on July 21, 1987. Soon after he moved to Cookeville, Tennessee, where he currently resides. There he attended Cookeville High School where he avidly played baseball and was an all-district, all-region second baseman. He also participated in football. Upon graduating in 2005, Froning received a baseball scholarship to Tennessee Technological University. Soon after, Froning decided to end his baseball career, and begin working at the Cookeville Fire Department, while continuing his studies at Tennesse Tech."
I am 10x the athlete this guy is.
Xfitguy_the_real_one_1 wrote:
This is great, see how Rich Froning, fittest man to ever live on earth, works out:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/train-with-the-worlds-fittest-man-rich-froning-crossfit-workout.html
Looks like another short white guy with a Napoloean complex, all that working out and still a borderline midget.
runner85 wrote:
As an optimal training program crossfit is flawed and almost promotes injury, but the people who sign up for crossfit and do it regularly like the aspects of it and it motivates them to workout. Not properly, but at least it gets people doing something. Is there a guideline or measurements for "fitness" if there is I would like to know what they are. I would say any of his best weight lifting wouldn't come close to Ashton Eatons 110 hurdles or 400m if a value was given to each. Also I doubt this guy could come close to his field events. This guy is fit in the sense he has a muscular and lean physique and can lift fairly heavy weight a bunch of times different ways. He can't run 100m under 12, can't run a mile under 5 and he absolutely pales in comparison to actual power lifters, and his physique is "skinny" compared to a Ronnie Coleman body builder type. Basically he is really really good at being better at the specialists weaknesses and Crossfit made a very successful exercise fad out of it. He is literally only the best at something people have no good reason to be good at before crossfit was started.
This^^^
Serious question - What is he "fit" for? That is the point of the opposition to Froning being "the fittest guy on earth".
Froning is strong... is aerobically fit... and with this being said, he is "fit" for man-made exercise parameters.
I would wager a great deal of money that Froning could not beat Trey Hardee in a 5K or shorter.
Yeah he's 5'10" tall. Not huge but gigantic compared to the athletes this board worships. The insecurity and jealousy here are so entertaining. This is why I come here...keep up the great work twerps.
Ha, so many people on this thread are so insecure about their sport. What that guy does is really impressive, as is running a 2:20 marathon or high-jumping over 2 metres.
I used to be a halfway-decent college 1500m runner (3:44) but quit last year to focus on school. With all my free time (athletically speaking) I've gotten into cycling, weightlifting, and soccer among some other things. Frankly, it's embarrassing how much athleticism I lost over the years competing as a distance runner.
No distance runner could ever claim to be athletic with a straight face, so they throw up the decathletes against every other sport in the world. Guess what twerps...decathletes aren't competing in the same sport as you even though both disciplines can be thrown under the track&field umbrella. Decathletes don't need or want you hanging off their jocks. If you can't appreciate excellence in another sport that's fine, just stop embarrassing your own sport by acting like an idiot on a public forum.
Lighten up Francis wrote:
No distance runner could ever claim to be athletic with a straight face, so they throw up the decathletes against every other sport in the world. Guess what twerps...decathletes aren't competing in the same sport as you even though both disciplines can be thrown under the track&field umbrella. Decathletes don't need or want you hanging off their jocks. If you can't appreciate excellence in another sport that's fine, just stop embarrassing your own sport by acting like an idiot on a public forum.
Yea, we should quit putting down sports (crossfit) that put down our sport (running) on a RUNNING forum.
Think about it, dude, you are preaching to no one that cares about your opinions.
Correction...one crossfit guy comes here and puts down your sport. I'd bet a lot of money he is a runner posing as a crossfit guy because you guys are so easy. Don't act like the entire crossfit community descends on your precious running forum and puts you down. As a general rule crossfitters think elite running achievements are awesome, they simply prefer something different. Also remember that both sports are nothing more than an afterthought in the scope of sports, so don't get your xsmall undies in too tight a bunch.
Lighten up Francis wrote:
Yeah he's 5'10" tall. Not huge but gigantic compared to the athletes this board worships. The insecurity and jealousy here are so entertaining. This is why I come here...keep up the great work twerps.
Totally agree. I chuckle everytime these pimple faced, sunken chested, pencil neck geeks, uninformed dimwits who infest this board cry out en masse. Keep up the good work X-Fit guy!
I personally believe that Ueli Steck is the fittest man on Earth.
He trains for speed ascents of the world's toughest mountaineering challenges. Imagine Kilian Jornet combined with one of the best rock climbers in the world.
Here's his week:
http://www.upskillclimbing.com/2011/06/ueli-steck-climbing-training-plan.html
He does 10 hours of running in 5 runs per week, all at high altitude in the Swiss Alps, running up to mountain passes an back.
He does 12 hours a week of rock climbing in 3 sessions.
His Wednesdays are 4 hours of rock climbing followed by a 2 hour mountain run.
He has most of the major speed records on the major Swiss Alps peaks including the Matterhorn. It takes most people 5 days to climb the north face of the Eiger - he did in under 3 hours.
After watching this video, I still am not interested in crossfit, but I do have WAY more respect for Froning than that other guy in all other crossfit videos with the armsleeve tattoos that drops all the f-bombs.
Froning should be the spokesperson for crossfit.
tom waits wrote:
I personally believe that Ueli Steck is the fittest man on Earth.
He trains for speed ascents of the world's toughest mountaineering challenges. Imagine Kilian Jornet combined with one of the best rock climbers in the world.
Here's his week:
http://www.upskillclimbing.com/2011/06/ueli-steck-climbing-training-plan.htmlHe does 10 hours of running in 5 runs per week, all at high altitude in the Swiss Alps, running up to mountain passes an back.
He does 12 hours a week of rock climbing in 3 sessions.
His Wednesdays are 4 hours of rock climbing followed by a 2 hour mountain run.
He has most of the major speed records on the major Swiss Alps peaks including the Matterhorn. It takes most people 5 days to climb the north face of the Eiger - he did in under 3 hours.
That's good but what else can he do?