Anyone see the Crossfit Games yesterday?

Not disagreeing that they are fit at all.. they are very good at what they train for, which clearly from the video is not triathlon! But making a wild claim stating you are the 'fittest on earth' is definitely going to raise some eyebrows and having your athletes struggle this mightily (and make no mistake, they did) on national tv is just going to be fuel for your critics

Why did they include a beer chugging contest at the top of the run?

Now that's hardcore.

UsedToBeKnowItAll wrote:

But in T&F, we say the Decathlete is the world's greatest athlete. They require speed, strength, agility. CrossFit is an extension of this idea. And yeah, it's weighted differently and favors different strengths and weaknesses. There is no perfect formula. CrossFit athletes look just as silly doing endurance events as endurance athletes would look doing CF events. I think it's crazy to argue these guys aren't athletic or fit.

I don't think that anyone here is saying that these guys aren't fit. If they are working out enough to rise to the cream of the Crossfit crop then they must be, by default, fit. I think the jury is out on whether they are athletes.

In my mind there is a huge difference between being fit versus being an athlete. Being an athlete requires one to transcend fitness and achieve results against some kind of standard. Whether that is a track time, lbs lifted, pinning someone, etc. So while I do admire their dedication and commitment to their chosen activity just don't equate it to athletics because while you do need to be fit to be an athlete you aren't an athlete just because you’re fit.

I realize that I may be too stringent on my definition of what it takes to be an athlete but I just get tired of these crossfitters/obstacle coursers/P90xers equating their exercise routines to some athletic equivalent. Some of these Crossfitters may have been athletes at some stage of their life but they don't appear to be anything more than very good gym rats right now.

This is the first time you've introduced this argument into this thread (you are the one who said crossfitters are prepared for anything), and it doesn't make any sense. I would say that the typical police officer is at least as likely, if not more so, to need to chase a suspect on foot for several minutes as he is to need to lift something the weight of a tractor tire. None of these crossfit exercises have a practical application that outweighs the benefit that the typical police officer would gain from a daily half-hour run followed by some core work and pushups. (Which, by the way, is free-- crossfit memberships go for $125/month).

There is absolutely no way the organizers thought that their athletes would struggle to the degree that they did-- having three people drop out, hospitalizations, etc. If they did expect them to struggle so much, then why did they suddenly cancel one of the ensuing events? The organizers were deluded-- watch the preview portion of the video when they talk about how the athletes were supposedly going to carry their bikes as they ran through sand (they walked them slowly through) and sprint up a hill after the swim/bike portion (they pretty much walked, and it wasn't even that aggressive of a walk). It's the delusion and hubris behind these organizational decisions that is making me realize that crossfit is even sillier than I thought it was before.

The difference is that no one is putting Usain Bolt into a triathlon and then covering it likes it's a real sporting event, with helicopters, highlights, and breathless announcers talking about how amazing these athletes are as they walk up a hill.

Xfitguy_the_real_one_1 wrote:

They should. In boxing you want to see who is the strongest. Not who is the strongest below 120 lbs. Anything other than heavyweight is little boys boxing.

You ain't lifting sh!t.

Xfitguy_the_real_one_1 wrote:

Precious Roy wrote:

Professional weight lifters recognize the advantage of body weight in lifting when they compete. Crossfit doesn't because they do not want to let in lighter guys that may excel on other disciplines where lighter body weight is an advantage.

Sorry but you just don't get it. A 100lbs man lifting 100 lbs is simply not the same as a 200lbs man lifting 200lbs. The difference in lifting is 100 lbs.

Are you also suggesting they set the hurdles lower in T&F for shorter guys or that in the high jump, heights should be adjusted to body height? Seriously, how dumb are you?

I am not making this up. Olympic weight lifting has weight class divisions because the professional lifters know that it makes a huge difference. But olympic weighlifters are real athletes who use training methods that are based on scientific study and not a bunch of tribal tatoo wearing ex-high school football players who needed to create a new sport for themselves because they were jealous that their girlfriends were all out joining running groups coached by skinny little runners. Crossfit is all slogans and no real substance. If you want to do a workout that is a bit more interesting than a weight session in a gym, do crossfit. But, the idea that crossfit is the ultimate fitness program that produces the ultimate athletes is just stupid as evidenced by the embarassing display at the crossfit try-athalon.

Every CF event has some standard. CF incorporates track times, lbs lifted, etc, in a more dynamic way than you are used to.

They completed the event. It was meant to be a hypercritical event. How would you have faired in the 150# clean and carry event tonight? Real people have to lift and carry 150# people to safety on a daily basis. When was the last time a cop had to run 7 miles without backup to capture a fugitive. Which skill is more useful in the real world?

The organizers have underestimated their athletes several times. This time, they may have overestimated them. It's a balance that makes the games coverage interesting. Obviously they could prescribe that they all lift 1000# over their heads. That wouldn't be interesting. There is a balance. I liked their originality by pushing for an endurance event, so that we could still feel relevant, even though in real world applications, we're not.

BTW, it's becoming obvious that Precious Roy is a jealous loser that has never done anything with his life, and Blowing.Rock Master is as dumb as he has seemed in all the political threads.

All my stay-at-home-mom's do these workouts at our gym. We call it Bootcamp though.

Did you anonymous tough guys get educated by watching the rest of the coverage, or just get bored with the conversation?

Im a crossfit champion.

My personal bests are as follows.

100m:15.78

400m:72.13

800m:2:38.65

5000m:23:16

10000m:49:18

Bench Press: 100kg

Squat: 160kg

1km waddle whilst hip thrusting every 5 meters: 5min12sec

20min Zumba workout: 20min

Bow at the presence of greatness. Go ahead go nuts go apeshit.

"20 minute Zumba workout: 20 minutes"

Funny!

Seriously, how can they be is such bad aerobic shape if they workout every day?

Crossfit=No good at anything

Brainwasher34 wrote:

20min Zumba workout: 20min

Hilarious.

This is them to a T!

Things that make Crossfit unbearable:

Kipping pullups

$150+/month price tag

Horrible "coaching"

Workouts that consist of highly technical lifts, for thirty reps, with horrible form, for time.

Elitist attitude

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDDyxXyf6UU

The strongest man competition is one of the most pathetic "sports" out there, first of all all high level competitions are filled with tools off their tits on steroids, the events are designed to make themselves look hardy but a few year down the line they leave ppl crippled!! Olympic lifting is real lifting and mile more impressive than strong man events, a matter of fact the only reason someone would compete in strong man competitions is because the failed at everything else soo the load up on steroids and sign up basically admitting they hit the bottom of the barrel.

ps id be embarrassed to call myself Strongest Man Competitor

I have no doubts that Crossfit is a good way to stay in shape, but all this talk about crossfitters being the "best overall athletes" really needs to stop. Any good college decathlete would put these guys to shame, and you are a certifiable moron if you think otherwise. Look, if you want to be in decently well-rounded shape, then Crossfit is great, just like a combination of a few things like swimming, biking, lifting, running, basketball, boxing, etc. would be. However, it is beyond dumb to claim that Crossfitters are somehow in superior shape to the athletes in other sports. These claims are especially ridiculous with regards to PROFESSIONAL sports. If the people at the Crossfit Ganes really had that kind of ability, they wouldn't be doing Crossfit.