Okay I'm not pro crossfit or anything, I weightlift but let me tell you this in regards of the "lack of form comments" etc. Crossfit is not bodybuilding, they are not trying to target a certain muscle or whatever with their excercise so they can look the best. They have techniques to be able to do as many reps as possible in a certain time period. Saying a crossfitter's form is terrible is like telling a strongman's form is terrible when he tries to lift one of those heavy ass balls on a platform for example. They don't care, it's about getting it done.
I admire these guys a lot, ultra fit and obviously strong too, What amazes me is that a stadium full of people come to watch this, it doesn't strike me as a particularly fun 'spectator sport'.
THANK YOU. Im strictly olympic lifting but i have a TON of respect for crossfitters. They work just as hard as any of us. And they dont get to rest after a lift like i do
Lucas Parker has some good Joints, he probably warm real real and I mean real good on this event, I know he does like to warm real good when it comes to Oly Lifting sometimes it takes 2 long hours of warm, stretch warm up again and restretch again lol . I mean come on, no knee wrist straps or even a belt, no nothing, sure it is warming up real good to perform at full power with nothing on, it works. It's just patience people don't like to warm up or stretch for no more than 30 minutes and relies on knee, wrist straps, belt and more.... The only athlete that clean and jerk so clean. nice work Lucas P. working on this event with nothing on.
Tom Waldron Huh. I guess I was thinking that "East Bound and down" was a funny show with funny lines. Think before you comment on someone else's comment......
Paul Williams "You know what, I can already tell that I don't like you. And I'm probably not gonna like you no matter how many pull ups or pushups you do."
ok..for people who complain here are some actual stats for you. The average "listed weight of the crossfit competitors in this video is right around 195lbs. As it can be assumed that most people are not 100% honest on their reported weights you can assume these men are in the 200-210 range realistically.. this puts them in the 94kilo class for Olympic Lifting (206.8lbs). The WORLD RECORD for max lifts in this class in a competition setting (3 attempts at the clean and jerk) is 512.6lbs (233kg) set by Illya Illyn in the 2012 olympics. The highest weight clean and jerked successfully is 345lbs (156.8kg). The average of successful weight of the higher ladder is 325lbs (147.72kg). This means the average competitor in this video is reaching 63% of the highest weight ever recorded in competition by this class and the highest score in this event is 67%. These numbers are interesting for a few reasons.. The first is that as previously stated, these competitors are doing these events with 90second intervals in between lifts. Since 325lbs is the 5th ring of the ladder, they have moved 1,525 total lbs (693kg) in a total of 7:05. This is far less than the time spent by many pure Olympic lifters during their "warm up" with these weights as previously stated by people. This event is not to show a pure "fresh" 1RM (Rich Froning has a documented 1RM of 370lbs (168kg). This is to show a max effort under physical duress, not only in this event, but after the culmination of the events prior in the weekend. This is only to show that these competitors, who do not solely train in movements to build the Olympic lifts, are putting up numbers that are statistically significant compared to the world record in said event. They are doing it with far less specified training in the respective movement compared to a "World Class" Olympic Lifter or even some high level amateur "Pure Oly" lifters. Just take the above numbers into consideration. Also, For those of you who cite "Bad form", while some of these competitors are displaying less than perfect form while working on high loads for them, many work with the same coaches and high level Pure lifters. A very short list of Pure lifters that have publicly praised or are highly involved in the crossfit world (may be misspelling some names): Dimitry Klokov Justin Thacker John North Mike Burgener Glenn Pendlay Kendrick Farris Also, to the person who said "chinese women clean and jerk over 400lbs consistently" The WORLD RECORD in competiton for the 75+kg female(165+lbs) is 411.4lbs (187kg) set by Zhou Lulu in 2012 Olympics. What makes that interesting is that she has a reported weight of 293lbs (133kg). For those of you keeping track of simple math, that means she outweighs the average male competitor in this competition by 88lbs (40kg). That is multiple weight classes higher. Truly read the facts and be willing to post them before you give greif to athletes who can do more than any of us posting will likely ever be able to. Also, as a final note, Crossfit is probably not completely clean of steroids; however, every games athlete is tested prior to the games. Yes, there are ways they could probably get around the tests (if they have the money). It is also very well known that not every Olympic Pure lifter is clean. Not all countries have an agency as strict as USADA governing athletes. Just some food for thought.
I remember when I commented about doing deadlifts on the lawn in 1991 when I was at UW seattle. My frat buddies said no no no. And now there is a competition like this. There needs to be more of this type of sport.
why are they al comepeting in the same waight catagory if they have very diferent wights themselves ?? i dont get the point ... oh look the biggest dude lifted the most that was unexpected ... sigh
THE BIGGEST DUDE DEFINITELY DIDNT LIFT THE MOST WEIGHT (STUPID COMMENT). AND KEEPING EVERYONE IN THE SAME WEIGHT CATEGORY MAKES THIS COMPETITION THAT MUCH MORE INTERESTING. BECAUSE IN THE SLIGHT CHANCE THAT YOU WIN, YOU'VE DEFINITELY PROVEN YOURSELF TO BE THE BEST OF THE BEST. REMEMBER THESE COMPETITIONS INCLUDE LIFTING, SPRINTING, PUSHING, PULLING, OBSTACLES ETC... AGAIN AN INCREDIBLY IGNORANT COMMENT.
Mee OntheGo No, I definitely agree with franciscobuilt. There's hardly a male that weighs below 77kg that does well in the crossfit games...especially in the srength portion. Part of the reason why I think the Crossfit games are stupid.
franciscobuilt The biggest dude didn't win.. and they don't scale things because the leaner people have the greater chance at beating body weight movements.
Started crossfit two months ago it's an awesome work out. The gym is so boring to me this is the first time I actually stuck with a work out . I'm only 105lbs can't quite lift much but this helps you build strength little by little
You'll be waiting for quite some time, my friend. Crossfit is only increasing in popularity. Those that dislike crossfit either know nothing about it or have had a bad experience with it. Crossfit isn't simply "working out." With crossfit you get community, comradery and a support system of people that are rooting you on just as much as they are rooting for themselves. Besides, if you hate crossfit so much, don't waste your time watching and commenting!
Joseph Suh well since it's a hypothetical bet i'll bet .........a millions gazillion quajillion dollars. AP's teammates say he squats more then anyone on his team that's including O and D line and in general they say he's an overall a crazy gym freak with mad strength. you know his conditioning is there. and if youve seem him run he's one of the fastest more agile RB's in the league if you gave him some train up let's say a year, hopefully he can handstand, yeah i'll take that bet. why would he not be able to? is there some kind of weird skill or secret to crossfit? it professional workouts and the person with best strength and fitness wins. AP has that. i'll bet you another thing. Rich froning (and i like and respect rich) could never run the rock like AP or probably make it to an nfl training camp. as a matter of fact i bet there are at least a dozen or more other athletes in the NFL if they decided to quit football and go crossfit they would dominate this tournament
Well, I'd argue that if a buncha crossfitters quit CrossFit, they could make it big in the NFL... same with Oly Weightlifters (or any other Oly-level athlete). Thing is, you never know. Usain Bolt tried out for football but he supposedly failed - miserably. Simultaneously though, how many NFL players do you know who can run 100 meters in 9 and a half seconds?
Joseph Suh exactly usain bolt tried out for nfl and nothing. but i bet theres a hand full of nfl players if they went track instead of football would be top ten track athletes. desean jackson, chris johnson, just to name a couple. it all boils down to where the money's at. the best athletes play for the biggest prize
Crossfit will be around for a long time, its more than a fad its a lifestyle. I dont personally do Crossfit, I just weight lift but it I find it just as interesting as body building or other workout programs.
CrossFit is free. Workouts are posted online. Joining a gym/box is optional, and obviously advantageous for many reasons, but the program is free for all.
Difference between a clean and power clean is when you clean, you can take your time..but when you hear a knock on the door and you just don't have any time to enjoy that feeling..that is when power clean comes into play.
we dont want to see people get hurt...and cross fit is notorious to having bad form because the aerobic activities compromises the anaerobic movements. we criticize it for that. cross fit wont ever criticize powerlifting because powerlifting uses great form, and cross fit utilizes bodybuilding and powerlifting form and technique
This event is actually just like professional wieghtlifting, You go for higher and higher weight and they do it with great form. They have straight backs etc. I can understand the hate on other parts of crossfit where you actually hurt yourself but this is what your wieghtlifting champions do but just with higher weights..
Karl-Arvid Svensson Rissanen i agree with you! these guys on here are using decent form...BUT..i wish there wasnt a time limit...dont mix the aerobic into ALL anaerobic stuff. calistenics and things like that i totally see the point, but not on these movements here...these are pure strength movements..dont suffer the integrity of them with the endurance and low bodyfat factors. when i posted the above comment it was referring to the person below us. im more referring to the people i see in my gym who walk around like theyre in hell because theyre in pain and or overtraining. i myself have self imposed injuries and i would always try to help people with similar problems. i also criticize the morons at my gym whom bouce the bar on their presses and swing like hell on their curls
Karl-Arvid Svensson Rissanen weightlifting competitions are not like this at all, you only have 3 attempts at the snatch and 3 attempts at the clean & Jerk to get to the heaviest weight. Sometimes you have 2 minutes between lifts sometimes 10minutes its not the same as this.
Powerlifting and great form? Are you serious? I am competetive powerlifter with max squat at 180kg, max deadlift at 220kg and 140kg bench press, raw, all at bodyweight around 75kg. I love this sport but it is just as unhealthy as crossfit. In powerlifting you are not judged based on how healthy your form is and the truth is, perfect form means less weight on the bar. Thus people use risky ultra-low bar with their back being close to parallel when they reach the parallel, arch their backs during deadlift and so on. Brutal strength prevails over technique. In olympic lifting, for instance, perfect technique is a must not only to be safe, but also to complete the lift. If you arch your back during clean you will loose potential force and most likely miss the lift. Every sport is risky on competetive level. The problem starts when risky technique puts you above, not below your opponents on the scoreboard. Powerliftings suffers from this issue just as much as crossfit.
Fittest on earth because they are the most well rounded athletes. You need to watch a day in the life of Rich Froning on youtube to appreciate just how hard they work.
Idk what there is to see.. like you dont see world record weights lifted, world record swimming this isnt the olypmics where the greatest at their sports meet. Its just like some guys that can do things slightly better than normal people get together and rebook just gives them a ton of money to make this look hype. We could have a chess tournament sponsered by nike if they put money into advertising we could get it to be on par with the superbowl.
Chris McClellan cleaning and jerking 315 pounds is not slightly better than normal people. it's obv not olympic level but it's elite. do you oly lift at all?
Rahul Dey The problem is that it is advertised as if it is olympic level. I mean, CrossFit claims the winners of the competition as "the fittest people in the world". Obviously, these competitions are not olympic level, yet it is a quantitative measure of who is the fittest? Get out of here.
Jonathan Park Exactly. Being the fittest person on the planet means being the best at the exercises that Crossfit thinks makes you the fittest. Stupid catchphrase.
check out the zig zag sprint there are some fast dudes in there, a lot of football player inspired athletes. I'm new to cross fit but i always played football, soccer, swimming, track, gymnastics. I feel this sport will suit me well. btw my 40 when i was 19 was a high 4.4... so far through my cross fit journey the hardest thing to overcome is my lack of muscle endurance
power cleans/snatches are cleans/snatches that u catch parallel or above. push (power) jerks are squat jerks that u catch parallel or above. hang and block cleans and snatches are the ones u dont pull from the floor. and no im not a crossfitter, i do oly weightlifting.
"There's only one real big lifter that we see do that(the squat jerk), Cedric Harris." 1. I'm pretty sure his name is Kendrick Farris. 2. Lu Xiaojun? Apti? Su Dajin? There are quite a few "big lifters" that squat jerk.
I agree that the form starts to deteriorate but I think its due to the time limits or trying for the points. I've used cross fit workouts interspersed with strong man sets and powerlifting sets and the key in all of them for me to avoid injury is form and rest between sets. I don't rush and that keeps me safe. These guys don't have that luxury since it's competition.
Alguien sabe cual es la marca y el modelo de las gafas de Rich Froning......Someone know ¿What is the Brand and the model of the sunglasses of Rich Froning?.....I want this sunglasses
its more about volume then stamina. though ur stamina is deffinately tested. i jst started powerliftingg style training a few months ago and it uses similar tactics in training
I love the people who think crossfitters have bad form, your form isn't going to be perfect if your pushing yourself to the max trying to do as much as you can. If you just kept good form the whole time you would never be wenturing out of your comfort zone. These guys are flexible enough that they aren't going to get hurt
Olympic Lifting has risen in popularity solely because of the influence of Crossfit. I don't do Crossfit, but I integrated these lifts into my strength programming and I profited a lot from doing them and so do many other people I suppose. So when oly lifters hate on crossfit I find it quite ridiculous actually.
Pyrros Dimas weighed 83 kg, clean and jerked 215 kilos, its not a bad thing to admit that crossfiters dont stand a chance against weightlifters.But then again crossfit is not only about weightlifting(excuse any english errors)
No need to get upset PurelyAction! But yes, for athletes who focus on only strength this is not so heavy. If you disagree just look up any Olympic lifting video and you will see. Im not hating because what they do is totally different and in another dimension. But yeah its a fact that the weight on the bar aint all that special.
@ryan newell; this IS CrossFit, CrossFit advocates a mix of aerobic exercise, gymnastics, and Olympic weight lifting -(seen above...) CrossFit describes its strength and conditioning program as “constantly varied, high intensity, functional movement," with the Olympic lifts being a critical tool in the Crossfitters arsenal. So saying this is an Olympic lift CrossFit added to their regimen doesn't make sense, because Olympic lifting is part of CrossFit.
That's why the biggest guy who lifts the most doesn't usually win the games. You have to be proficient in many types of lifts and movements. The gymnastic events requiring your own body weight with a lot of reps, and cardio events level the field for smaller people.
That's very encouraging. I've been lifting for 42 years and I don't think I've seen a natural who can do this but unfortunately the O lifts are practically unknown in American gyms. :-(
Whatever makes you feel better about yourself. If you are such a badass enter a crossfit comp and show everyone how much better you are. Or you could post some videos of your amazing feats of strength. The events in the decathalon do not compare to the events in crossfit.
This lift has been part of crossfit for a long time. Look back at the first WODs on crossfit.com. Also this lift is FAR more difficult than the simple lifts you describe so it's one thing to imagine yourself being good at it and it's another to actually be good at it. I'd imagine the roids will help though lol. To bad you can't compete legally of roids.
