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
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
All the crossfit haters here! Why are you wasting your time watching the videos, then? Just trolling? Sad. When you're at the top of the fitness world, like crossfit is and will be for a long time, people will always try and bring you down - haters :)
CrazyMunky84 Why so much hate? To display so much anger towards someone you don't know, via the internet, is a serious problem. Have you considered professional help? Furthermore, based on your use of the word "fag", am I to assume that you are in late middle school or early high school?
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.
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
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.
@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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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
"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.
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.
Crossfit teaches you how to snap something. Pretentious people do crossfit because they could not make a team or contribute to a real sport in a meaningful. Best in the weightroom, worst mofo on the field.
I love how, statistically speaking, a good 80-90% of people who hate on crossfit videos have absolutely zero videos of themselves doing any sort of exercise.
You have to give them some credit though, as you know Olympic lifts are highly technical, and since they aren't dedicated to one type of sport at least they have the basics down and are putting up decent numbers respectively. But other than that, I completely agree
I couldn't agree more. Crossfit definitly has an approach that can help many people getting healthier. But the whole idea behind high-rep olympic lifting ( especially which shitty form ) is senseless and, rather than becoming fitter, a quick way to get injured.
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. :-(
I think all the negative comments towards crossfit, are from people who hate to push themselves and put in the hard work. I wonder if they have been hurt doing crossfit or they just "know" somebody. lol
Thanks for the complement, and you are right i wouldn't be able to do these lifts right now b/c i do not train this lift. I am a powerlifter/bodybuilder. I only bench, squat, and deadlift. Im sure i could this If i would train for it. The comment I posted was to the BS crossfiters that talk shit, I regret not watching this video. This is not crossfit! This is an olympic lift that crossfit added to there regiment.
Thank you for responding and you see my point clearly - which is crossfit is not really a clear definition. Basically I am saying I agree with you but I think their application / interpretation is a bit flawed. Better than nothing though! LOL Better for a fit America. Thank you for objectively reading what I said. It was not a slam on what they are doing, I just think it is more confusing. Where is the tough mudder component? :-)
Crossfit is tough, but at the same time it is not by any means done properly by many people. This sport is very dangerous because they are only after very heavy weight and they sacrifice form. I have been a weightlifter for about 3 years straight now and I would never do what they do and sacrifice good form and hurt myself in the long run. Also by the way, clean and jerk is the most ridiculous move I have ever done because I do not have to do the move constantly to even go up in weight.
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
Which is basically all the Crossfit games is cardio cardio cardio. There's a few strength events, Klokov woulnd't dominate at the games he'd be lucky to place in the top 20.
Ah okay. I read your first comment to say that they do lifts that olympic lifters do not do, and I just wasn't sure what these were as olympic lifters will end up doing all sorts of barbell lifts in training. The running, rowing etc though...eugh...the last thing I'd want to do having just done a bunch of cleans!
11:18 Best lift ever done by a cameraman.
If anyone is going to critique, critique the form. Stop dissing the athletes for the weight. This isn't the olympics, it doesn't say that.
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.
BlackSchaap bad form leads to injuries. Compound excercises under time constraint lead to injuries. Is that so hard to get?
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'.
Lol at all the haters watching an hour long crossfit video
Parker reminds me of Trevor :D
The angry Canadian >:D
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
"I play real sports. Not trying to be the best at exercising." Kenny Powers
Olympic Weightlifting is a real sport, clean & jerk being half of that sport. Think before you comment.
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."
MrPaglissi Yet you still liked my comment?
MrPaglissi You are being immature, please grow up :D
Антон! Thank you for this video!
11:16 The ViEW THOUGH!!!
Donny Shankle should compete in this segment haha
i was going to say that lmao
if only he was an overall FIT athlete. he is a Phenomenal OLY lifter but put down the broad test of fitness and lets see where he places.
Alan Bencomo That is why he said in this segment...
yeah, and do all the events the did before hand its a different story, Clarkstown South Vikings 2017
True, but in reference to this particular event I think he'd shine
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.
Loved this event this is my third time watching it
I've got nothing against cross fit but i'm really supprised its become so popular
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.
going for an absolute max is alot harder than doing multiple single rep sets of a much lighter weight
USADA strict?? Lance armstrong say hi
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.
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!
You gotta remember also that this was the second event of the day. They already had a full workout earlier in the day
i bet adrian peterson a.k.a. purple jesus could enter this tourney and finish top 5 overall.
How much will you be willing to bet?
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?
To each sports its own. There's some degree of comparison but ultimately, it's going to end up with the same conclusion.
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
Reebok just got extremely rich by mixing shit together.
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.
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
There are a blend of competitions...Bigger isn't always better...eg pullups....Swimming running etc..
ur an idiot
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.
the fittest on earth?? HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
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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.
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
crossfit is awesome
11:15
holy i literally jizzed i thought it was porn for like 1 second
ughhhh was recommended after watching gods lift
Seriously though how bad do you suck if you're one of the people in the crowd?
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.
Rahul Dey depending on your bodyweight sure!
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.
51:38 - "Two men have cleaned it; neither jerked it though."
Thank you finally someone has some common sense
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
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.
All the crossfit haters here! Why are you wasting your time watching the videos, then? Just trolling? Sad. When you're at the top of the fitness world, like crossfit is and will be for a long time, people will always try and bring you down - haters :)
Are you the Cash Cab dude?
Maybe...
Carbonfootprint217 Easy solution - don't watch. I am sure you can out perform all of these "retards."
Carbonfootprint217 Keep hating, buddy ;)
CrazyMunky84 Why so much hate? To display so much anger towards someone you don't know, via the internet, is a serious problem. Have you considered professional help? Furthermore, based on your use of the word "fag", am I to assume that you are in late middle school or early high school?
Looking forward to seeing your clean & jerk video at these weights, including slowly lowering it from overhead.
"YOU WILL FEAR THE BEARD!" haha love it
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.
Deceiver i disagree. and i could care less about your numbers, btw. technique always prevails over everything in every context.
Alright now lets see how many reps and sets they can do with PROPER form. ;)
I tell ya these cross fit athletes are just pure freaks of nature when they're able to clean that much weight
The legs on those female judges... They all have amazing legs!
ben smith is genious!
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
Crossfit: oh what perfect form. Weightlifter: dude wtf was that?
That was awesome! Makes me wanna lift RIGHT NOW!
I saw so many Dimas head snaps after the clean. :D
thats probably the most accurate insult ive read on youtube
What are you talking about, Froning's form is perfect.
There are more sunglasses there than people :B
They do before competitions and randomly. Most of these guys are athletic by nature and have been lifting for years. Doesn't mean they're on gear.
He's right. A clean and a power clean are much different.
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.
Its hard to answer your question man I cant speak for him but he always seems to be in great shape Id bet my all money on him if it were possible haha
@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.
Lucas Parker is such an epic guy.
It favors people good at the Clean & Jerk.
Also your 'sex appeal' trolls are funny, keep up the productive input.
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.
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.
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)
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.
Lucas Parker Rules!!
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
"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'd also love to see what your range of motion and fleibility is.
“The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them.”
― Criss Jami
He asked how I got so big.. I said Crossfit. Hahahahaha.
lucas parker is a beast
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.
lucas parker this men is very badass. amazing!
LOOOOL Santa's son is a freak! even kept his father's colors 32:20
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.
Lucas Parker- Ideal physique.
The hardest part about crossfit..........is telling your parents you're gay
Crossfit teaches you how to snap something. Pretentious people do crossfit because they could not make a team or contribute to a real sport in a meaningful. Best in the weightroom, worst mofo on the field.
bro. do you even lift
Look at the little soccer fan, go kick a ball.
ThatFightingInfo
and you are? That's right, a low life piece of shit.
I love how, statistically speaking, a good 80-90% of people who hate on crossfit videos have absolutely zero videos of themselves doing any sort of exercise.
lol if these guys are the best in the weight room then you need to find a new weight room.
nice snatch.
You have to give them some credit though, as you know Olympic lifts are highly technical, and since they aren't dedicated to one type of sport at least they have the basics down and are putting up decent numbers respectively. But other than that, I completely agree
I couldn't agree more. Crossfit definitly has an approach that can help many people getting healthier. But the whole idea behind high-rep olympic lifting ( especially which shitty form ) is senseless and, rather than becoming fitter, a quick way to get injured.
Barto looks like Van from the show "Reba" :)
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. :-(
Tian tao would ridicule everyone here
Which other lifts do you do in crossfit? I've seen a few vids, but never done it myself so don't know.
CJ Cummings could destroy any of these people!
I would like to see Dmitry klokov compete in this discipline he would be like that's all? it's just warming up? give me some more! haha
I think all the negative comments towards crossfit, are from people who hate to push themselves and put in the hard work. I wonder if they have been hurt doing crossfit or they just "know" somebody. lol
Nothin' like sittin' back and enjoying some good ol' WASHED-UP LOSER OLYMPICS WHERE ZEERRRROOOOO! REPES WERE PERFORMED CORRETLY!!!! :D
Thanks for the complement, and you are right i wouldn't be able to do these lifts right now b/c i do not train this lift. I am a powerlifter/bodybuilder. I only bench, squat, and deadlift. Im sure i could this If i would train for it. The comment I posted was to the BS crossfiters that talk shit, I regret not watching this video. This is not crossfit! This is an olympic lift that crossfit added to there regiment.
Thank you for responding and you see my point clearly - which is crossfit is not really a clear definition. Basically I am saying I agree with you but I think their application / interpretation is a bit flawed. Better than nothing though! LOL Better for a fit America. Thank you for objectively reading what I said. It was not a slam on what they are doing, I just think it is more confusing. Where is the tough mudder component? :-)
Crossfit is tough, but at the same time it is not by any means done properly by many people. This sport is very dangerous because they are only after very heavy weight and they sacrifice form. I have been a weightlifter for about 3 years straight now and I would never do what they do and sacrifice good form and hurt myself in the long run. Also by the way, clean and jerk is the most ridiculous move I have ever done because I do not have to do the move constantly to even go up in weight.
If you're here to watch cardio, go watch a 2 hour marathon.
I think the guy who led this off also led off the power clean ladder last year.
cool story bro
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
Which is basically all the Crossfit games is cardio cardio cardio. There's a few strength events, Klokov woulnd't dominate at the games he'd be lucky to place in the top 20.
Ah okay. I read your first comment to say that they do lifts that olympic lifters do not do, and I just wasn't sure what these were as olympic lifters will end up doing all sorts of barbell lifts in training. The running, rowing etc though...eugh...the last thing I'd want to do having just done a bunch of cleans!
the power of the beard
yet more powerful then crossfitter. Had to say it.
Hello, Crossfit! Here's your free ticket to snap city.
they do
Froning @ 41 min