"How Do You Beat Rich Froning?"

You jog a 19 min 5k.

Then you've beaten him.

"I believe if you're going to beat Rich, you are going to have to bleed to do it."

0:39 into it.

Are you serious? Get your own damn quotes.

Make him race you at 5k. Or playing chess. Or solving a Rubiks Cube for time. Probably a lot of other ways too, as long as we stay away from strength and to lesser extend speed based activities.

I don't know -- with a bat?

Find an old East German coach, and get on a program of undetectable PEDs.

Short answer: you don't.

Long answer: you don't.

Lets face it, Froning is probably the most gifted athlete of the 21st century. There is a reason he was names fittest man alive three years in a row.

Btw, awesome pistol squat in the video. To whomever is not familiar with it. Try it. You will fail.

Xfit_guy_the_real_1 wrote:

Lets face it, Froning is probably the most gifted athlete of the 21st century.

A 10 year old girl could beat him in a 5K race.

Xfit_guy_the_real_1 wrote:

Lets face it, Froning is probably the most gifted athlete of the 21st century. There is a reason he was names fittest man alive three years in a row.

I think this is likely tongue-in-cheek, at least I hope so, but I've heard Xfit fans seriously saying similar things. If you want to know why Xfit generates so much animosity, this is exhibit 1.

happy days wrote:

Xfit_guy_the_real_1 wrote:

Lets face it, Froning is probably the most gifted athlete of the 21st century.

A 10 year old girl could beat him in a 5K race.

the funny thing is, this is absolutely true.

If you are a 3rd or 4th tier athlete at any actual sport you can beat Rich Froning. Unfortunately for Rich and fortunately for the rest of the world a jack of all trades fitness routine isn't a sport.

If it was so easy to beat Froning, why don't tons of athletes show up, beat him in the CrossFit Games and collect the $250,000?

Or maybe he really is the fittest man alive?

he'd get beat by most people shooting pool or playing ping-pong, too. why do you feel the need to compare him specifically to runners? for fitness, you can darn sure bet he's as fit as it gets. sure, they wear silly shoes and funny socks. they like their tattoos. what do you think the average person thinks of skinny runners parading around in skimpy racing shorts, or how ridiculous we look in running tights? sunglasses to race indoors? really? what about breathe right strips. think the average joe looks at an elite runner, and is like, "wow, that's one cool dude"? c'mon, man. even sprinters rail on us, and they're in the same sport! if you want to compare, get your average runner; and see where he compares with this froning guy in pullups, deadlifts, whatever. he will crush you. i mean, absolutely destroy you. gym work and jumpiog rope is not what you focus on, so why would that even be a fair comparison? see how that works? sure, we can hammer out a 10 miler at 5.20 pace or nail 10x400 @ 61-62, but how is that even applicable to anything at all "in real life" anymore than a xfit workout is? truth be told, 5000 years ago, this is the guy that would have cut your head off, eaten your saber toothed tiger meat, and drug your wife back to his own cave. look, boys, i'm not a xfit fan by any means. that's just not my thing. i'd say there's more than one of us here that need to get over ourselves, and our little richard complex when it comes to these xfit guys.

the title should read "How do you beat Rich Froning at crossfit?"

i will admit that i can't beat him at crossfit, because i don't do crossfit, because it's lame.

dfgsfgdasf wrote:

happy days wrote:

A 10 year old girl could beat him in a 5K race.

the funny thing is, this is absolutely true.

Rich's PR is 21:22 I believe. There was a old lady (60 years old) who ran a 19:01 or so. So a 10-year-old lady can beat him AND a 60-year-old lady can wipe up the floor with him.

this really gets old wrote:

truth be told, 5000 years ago, this is the guy that would have cut your head off, eaten your saber toothed tiger meat, and drug your wife back to his own cave. look, boys, i'm not a xfit fan by any means. that's just not my thing. i'd say there's more than one of us here that need to get over ourselves, and our little richard complex when it comes to these xfit guys.

Actually no. A guy of Froning's stature would probably die off first because the caloric requirements of all of that muscle would be pretty high, and he probably would not have the stamina enough to evade predators and and engage in day long hunts. Women like providers.

Xfit_guy_the_real_1 wrote:

Lets face it, Froning is probably the most gifted athlete of the 21st century. There is a reason he was names fittest man alive three years in a row.

*snickersnort* Most gifted athlete in a world that has people like Herschel Walker, Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders, Evander Holyfield, Royce Gracie, Micheal Jordan, Jerry Rice, Muhammed Ali, Champ Bailey, Wayne Gretzky, Bruce Jenner, Pele, Mark Spitz, etc etc etc.? No, I don't think so. A guy who is, admittedly, pretty good at a particular trendy little weightlifting routine is not in the same league as a real world-class athlete.

If Rich Froning is really all that, why isn't he making millions in the NFL/NBA/MLS/Boxing/UCF instead of a piddly little $250k at the xfit games?

How would I like to beat Rich Froning?

Off.

Festizio wrote:

i will admit that i can't beat him at crossfit, because i don't do crossfit, because it's lame.

It's a made up sport.

Most of us work out to get better at a sport. Xfit guys work out to get better at.....working out.