XFit

[asdf]

Why is everyone (or, at least, all of the men I saw) squatting high bar?

Looked to me like several of them were using low-bar placement, but with high-bar mechanics.

[mgil]

-SS displays mediocre strength overall in an untested federation

-Xfit has testing

I get everything but these two points.

USSF is untested?

I have no doubt that there are other supplements going on here at the games. Anytime 1/2 a million is on the line there will be advanced chemistry.

USSF is untested. Probably because no one wants to pay for it. Regardless, the possibility of PEDs being used exists and would go uncovered.

I am sure that there is some nonsense going on with Xfit. What I’m saying is that there have been accusations from SS folks without direct evidence.

[iamsmu]

2:21 into the marathon. I'm shocked that so many of them are doing this well. It looks horrible.

[quark]

2:21 into the marathon. I'm shocked that so many of them are doing this well. It looks horrible.

[DirtyRed]

Just watching the women so far, but a few of them are on track for almost 900lb totals.

Yeah the strength levels are incredible. Like I mentioned earlier, I think the totals would be even higher if the technique was better.

Yeah Tia Tommey just deadlifted 415.. after squatting 330.. WOW.

That's sarcasm, right?

This "Fittest On Earth" shit should be nailed for outright fraud.

This shit is like a complete circle of a stupid story:

-Glassman makes claim of dude pulling 700lbs using mainsite Rx

Yet...

I was surprised that Fraser only pulled 525. I guess that 500 posted on the athlete page wasn't that out of date. . . The guy who did 595 said that he messed up and should have done a clean 600. He said that he had never tested his deadlift 1RM before, so that was a PR. Nice. It was his chain that fell off during the bike race. Oh well.

This is apparently the best of CrossFit, that openly don't use "mainsite" bullshit "programming" most of the time.

USSF is untested. Probably because no one wants to pay for it. Regardless, the possibility of PEDs being used exists and would go uncovered.

I am sure that there is some nonsense going on with Xfit. What I’m saying is that there have been accusations from SS folks without direct evidence.

You posted this. Don't be such a mark.

[mgil]

Just watching the women so far, but a few of them are on track for almost 900lb totals.

Yeah the strength levels are incredible. Like I mentioned earlier, I think the totals would be even higher if the technique was better.

Yeah Tia Tommey just deadlifted 415.. after squatting 330.. WOW.

That's sarcasm, right?

This "Fittest On Earth" shit should be nailed for outright fraud.

This shit is like a complete circle of a stupid story:

-Glassman makes claim of dude pulling 700lbs using mainsite Rx

Yet...

I was surprised that Fraser only pulled 525. I guess that 500 posted on the athlete page wasn't that out of date. . . The guy who did 595 said that he messed up and should have done a clean 600. He said that he had never tested his deadlift 1RM before, so that was a PR. Nice. It was his chain that fell off during the bike race. Oh well.

This is apparently the best of CrossFit, that openly don't use "mainsite" bullshit "programming" most of the time.

USSF is untested. Probably because no one wants to pay for it. Regardless, the possibility of PEDs being used exists and would go uncovered.

I am sure that there is some nonsense going on with Xfit. What I’m saying is that there have been accusations from SS folks without direct evidence.

You posted this. Don't be such a mark.

In regards to Xfit mainsite programming and pulling 700lbs, that was and is a joke. It’s stupid beyond reproach. Running LP to the same number would yield a similar result. Running LP to 500lbs is plausible. Anyone affiliated with SS that has pulled 700 spent a decent bit of time after LP to get there. Considering a dude pulling 600 in just a few minutes, that’s pretty strong. It means the programming that dude was using, in conjunction with all the other shit he’s training, is decently effective.

Prior to Xfit doing testing, there was plenty of shade thrown from SS and other places about PEDs. So 4-8 years ago (check those archives), there were words without evidence.

Yes, I posted about Xfit and people failing PED tests. That’s because there is evidence that a ton of shit is going on. It’s not surprising.

[KyleSchuant]

Well, it's not like PEDs are absent from the SS crew past or present... Rip likes to comment that crappy coaches hide behind the talent of their athletes. We might say the same about drugs...

[quark]

[Allentown]

Thrilling television.

[jwilson625]

Now I want to see him do the 30 muscle-ups for time!

[thejosef]

Now I want to see him do the 30 muscle-ups for time!

And he also did Bench Press instead of Strict Press, so not REALLY a CrossFit Total. (Still, very impressive though!).

[MPhelps]

One of the Icelandic steroid chicks dropped due to an unspecified injury. Courtesy of everyone's favorite clickbait page barbend

[iamsmu]

One of the Icelandic steroid chicks dropped due to an unspecified injury. Courtesy of everyone's favorite clickbait page barbend

I think Sigmundsdottir said that she hurt a rib during the clean and jerk ladder. Someone else got injured in the first event when she fell off her bike. Another woman fell off the rope wall and messed up her ankle. . . . Vellner fell from the top and still finished 2nd. He banged up his ribs, but was fine.

Perhaps the worst thing this year was the people who still haven't learned to climb the damn peg board. It caused a lot of problems a few years ago. You'd think they'd wise up. Most did. Just a few couldn't manage a single climb. . .

[mbasic]

Synopsis:



I lol'd at the strict pressing.
I've seen Oly guys press from a front squat rack before, but that's surely not ideal at all. It baffles my mind that top end crossift competitors can't figure that out.

The squatting in the rain seems especially stupid.

[MPhelps]

The one brah whose feet slip out from under him in the squat is lifting 50lbs more than he can handle in sneakers so fuck him. It looks like the Icelandic steroid chick's entire right side of her body shut down during the "lifting" event. This whole thing is just a slap in the face to the real sports and military basic training which they ripoff and dope up for. That cycling thing was just plain dangerous. Next year they should do a formula one type race. And actual combat. Have a nice sponsor tie in with Honda and Colt.

[KyleSchuant]

https://morningchalkup.com/2018/08/20/c ... s-to-come/

[ebb]

It was before my time, but I've always wondered how the Rippetoe/Xfit partnership worked out. (Well, I know how it eventually worked, but that it ever happened at all, is what I mean.) Any memories from consule Planco?

[mbasic]

https://morningchalkup.com/2018/08/20/c ... s-to-come/

Yep, I posted on SS a couple years back that we have reached peak-crossfit.

[KyleSchuant]

Total number of affiliates have been steady for a few years now. To make more money, they need to either make more money at each affiliate (thus allowing HQ to charge a higher fee) or expand its appeal outside the whitebread world. The former seems an easier task.

[omaniphil]

It was before my time, but I've always wondered how the Rippetoe/Xfit partnership worked out. (Well, I know how it eventually worked, but that it ever happened at all, is what I mean.) Any memories from consule Planco?

I don't know the story about how the Crossfit/Rip relationship ended, but here's a story about how Robb Wolf and presumably Greg Everett and others got unXfitted a number of years back. I imagine there was similar drama with Rip.

https://robbwolf.com/2009/11/24/the-bla ... ification/