The Test of Fitness

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  • Опубліковано 19 січ 2025

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  • @czhockeyfan
    @czhockeyfan 4 роки тому +7

    2021 and still one of my most favorite vids...

  • @FromCradletoGraveTV
    @FromCradletoGraveTV 11 років тому +62

    I've come to find that anyone who dishes out shit on Crossfit, has either never tried it, or tried it, and got beat by one of our girls.

    • @unabashedlyredeemed1
      @unabashedlyredeemed1 11 років тому +1

      precisely!!

    • @davidharcot220
      @davidharcot220 6 років тому

      I was going to comment but it was long time ago old comment just to say you sexist hippo you name it

    • @dr.mukulkanojia
      @dr.mukulkanojia 6 років тому +1

      Dan Hicks it looks interesting “just beautiful”, i wish I could compete at it........i donno what to do to get there(from india)

    • @diablo4991
      @diablo4991 3 роки тому

      except for David Goggins

  • @blaineur
    @blaineur 7 років тому +26

    Very, very, impressive. I am 78 and train as hard now as I did when I took up bodybuilding when I was 58. I hate being this age, but I love being an athlete. CrossFit brings it to a level unimaginable. As my video said in an almost amateur way 'this (working out balls to the wall) is a mental game.

    • @helmutkirchweger3962
      @helmutkirchweger3962 5 років тому +2

      what do you mean with "at this age" ... other guys need a walker, you still kick serious butt in workouts, good job Sir :-)

    • @toriwolf5978
      @toriwolf5978 4 роки тому +1

      Omg good job keep going I’m just starting out in this kind of workout I’m 72 years young lol 😂

  • @dannyb2005
    @dannyb2005 11 років тому +9

    I could watch this over and over and over again. My favorite line form Matt Chan, "Oh, I've never seen this thing, watch this." That speaks to me more than anything I have ever heard.

  • @NeonVans22
    @NeonVans22 8 років тому +6

    I switched from weightlifting to CrossFit in May...and im in love with this!!!

  • @nvyden
    @nvyden 8 років тому +249

    Can people quit hating on Crossfit? Everyone has their own personal preference on how they want to train. Just because you don't agree with how crossfit works doesn't justify that your opinion is always right. If you're a body builder, then body build. If you're a power lifter then power lift. If you're a crossfitter, then crossfit. The names of the types of training categorizes it for a reason. Not all types of training are going to be the same, they're all extraordinary in their own way. Don't sweat the fact that Crossfit unimpresses you, just get on with your life and keep doing you instead of judging what other athletes do themselves.

    • @ImMrNiceGuy89
      @ImMrNiceGuy89 8 років тому +5

      +Naydenflo Very well said friend.

    • @DwideShrude64
      @DwideShrude64 8 років тому +17

      I really like crossfit, but the trouble that I run into is when they seem to say that they have the definitive definition of fitness. If they said "we are doing our best to find the fittest athletes on earth because of such and such criteria, but we know we can always improve our measuring scale and keep working to make it better." If they admitted that they weren't perfect and that other types of training are legitimate, then they would be a bit more endearing to the average watcher.

    • @kevinb6546
      @kevinb6546 7 років тому +1

      Just do your stuff and let others do theirs, good words man good words

    • @bim1537
      @bim1537 6 років тому +5

      Don't get me wrong, I like CrossFit, I think it's very healthy. But the thing that for some reason I can't easily accept, is that CrossFit calls kipping pull ups as just pull ups.
      Although there's no patent nor copyright related to the naming, but calling it just pull up is not very nice.

    • @dawittedla3498
      @dawittedla3498 6 років тому +1

      Naydenflo if i don't like what you do is that makes me hater??? if I don't like i don't like period. it does not mean i am hater let us agree with that. commenting is raght could be postive or negative. so in my epinion NO hater or enemy you just wasted your time saying all that.never hater.

  • @sethtiffany984
    @sethtiffany984 8 років тому +3

    One of the most inspirational docs i have ever seen. Makes me love this sport even more. I started out at my box doing boot camp, and once Ramadan was over my coaches basically kicked me out and told me i was ready to start crossfit. Since day one i've been honestly surprised at what i can accomplish when properly motivated and encouraged. I highly recommend crossfit to any and all people no matter their fitness level.

  • @EAJ1980
    @EAJ1980 11 років тому +3

    Fittest on Earth is a bold statement. I'm glad Crossfit opens up doors for those to get involved in some sort of athletic competition, but depends on a person's goals. I do crossfit for the cardio and I enjoy the box, but I lift traditionally because that's where I get my strength. I can't sacrifice strict from and think that is making fitter. Crossfit is great, but no better than any other regiment when a person puts 100 % into it.

  • @EL-tw3ky
    @EL-tw3ky 6 років тому +4

    Wow.....Incredible video which just completely changes your view of Crossfit. Yes, there are calisthenics athletes who will disagree with their gymnastic movements, but at the end of the day, Crossfit is pretty incredible. I used to be a hater, but after watching these guys, I got a true understanding of the extent which they go to everyday just to make the Crossfit Games. Pretty damn inspiring.

  • @kaeden7732
    @kaeden7732 9 років тому +28

    I've just turned 15 years old, been doing crossfit for a year. 305 deadlift, 110 snatch

    • @KarmahDude
      @KarmahDude 9 років тому +1

      Kaeden Tenkoppel thats amazing!

    • @ethanwelborn
      @ethanwelborn 9 років тому +3

      +Kaeden Tenkoppel Great start. Stay humble, work hard!

    • @reeganleppien5906
      @reeganleppien5906 9 років тому

      What's your gymnastics like?

    • @benjaminx7822
      @benjaminx7822 7 років тому

      good lifts man Im 16 and can only DF 315

    • @grim6343
      @grim6343 7 років тому +4

      Crazy Black Panda I'm 8 and I can deadlift 455 and snatch 310

  • @MrRayh63
    @MrRayh63 4 роки тому

    Excellent explanation of what CrossFit truly is. I too have heard the debates of what sport or physical activity is better or best. But I have always sided with CrossFit for the obvious reasons. At least obvious to me.
    Now after watching, listening and learning about the deeper mental thoughts about CrossFit, I have a greater appreciation for it.
    Basically, CrossFit is life. You train for the expected but mostly for the unexpected. Preparing both mind and body for the unknown and having the courage to take it on.
    I am a 57 year old man that is not anywhere close to being a Cross Fitter, but I want to thank all the Cross Fitters out there. You inspire me to look deeper into myself and into others.
    God Bless you all!

  • @laurabenigno5720
    @laurabenigno5720 4 роки тому +7

    This is awesome! Why am I only finding this now? Love it. Thank you.

  • @Husani759
    @Husani759 11 років тому +17

    I think a Navy Seal's opinion matters. These athletes are no joke. No joke. Watching Crossfit vids inspires.

    • @GregScholfield
      @GregScholfield 11 років тому +1

      I wish I had seen your post before my little "capability" rant up above...

    • @nirmalyam4794
      @nirmalyam4794 3 роки тому

      I just don't the hate directed at it. I lift weights the more traditional way, based on muscle groups but I really want to start doing what these guys are doing. Fucking insane.

  • @davidhummel250
    @davidhummel250 2 роки тому +1

    Oh I do like that quote to describe CrossFit “training to be real life superhero”.

  • @jennaforeman652
    @jennaforeman652 5 років тому +2

    CrossFit has done so much for me. I cannot thank it enough for how much it has taught me to love who I am and how to push myself beyond my limits.

    • @LPrulezhard
      @LPrulezhard 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah, people give it shit without even trying it. So sad cuz it's hardcore:)

  • @paulhicks6060
    @paulhicks6060 10 років тому +2

    I love this video, I NOW truly know what Cross-Fit is. I wish i had heard of this at the beginning of this millennium when i started in the fitness Industry. My direction would have been quite different. Now i know why there are so many down-noser's, haters and general misunderstood people over Cross-Fit Athletes; these athletes are so awesomely incredibly excellent at pushing what the human mind, body and spirit can do, that average people have no other response for what they are seeing.
    The Cross-Fit Games is the result of 40-50 years of natural progression of the gym / fitness / exercise science industry. Anything that enhances the 'Human Experience' like this competition has to be applauded.

  • @indiana6881
    @indiana6881 11 років тому +2

    I just got done with a workout, Matched my PR on bench then killed a wod with some hard and fast rope climbs and I'm ready to go lift again, right now, something heavy, I'm pumped.

  • @zest.b6127
    @zest.b6127 4 роки тому +3

    Seeing them and thinking that the overall level got so much higher in the years. They'd be CRUSHED by the current athletes

  • @markdagpin1981
    @markdagpin1981 8 років тому +26

    I only lift weights at the gym. But I fucking love to try crossfit. Fitness is really not only dumbbells and barbells.

    • @simullane7836
      @simullane7836 7 років тому

      Did you give it a go?

    • @SparklingTacos
      @SparklingTacos 7 років тому

      Go do it. You’ll love it & you’ll probably stop lifting weights alone.

  • @hectorolmos3011
    @hectorolmos3011 11 років тому +8

    Best crossfit video yet.

  • @masonrucker9796
    @masonrucker9796 11 років тому

    This is probably the best video I've ever seen! I can't wait till the 2014 Crossfit Open begin in couple days!!!

  • @kan-zee
    @kan-zee 9 років тому

    @4:50 that shot is awesome...in slow mode
    Grew up on Olympics and Bodybuilders....
    So Grateful for the Birth of Crossfit (combo of Olympic activity with weights)!!
    All these Athletes are True TITANs of the Crossfit World !!

  • @jeffersonhenley6787
    @jeffersonhenley6787 11 років тому +18

    I just want to say that this was absolutely awesome, one of the best videos to go up on this page Crossfit! I also want to wish everyone whose planning on doing the Open a hearty good luck! Do work and kill every workout guys and gals!

    • @emilianoaidan7091
      @emilianoaidan7091 3 роки тому

      sorry to be so off topic but does any of you know of a way to log back into an Instagram account?
      I was stupid lost the account password. I would love any tips you can give me!

  • @ErwinSchrodinger64
    @ErwinSchrodinger64 9 років тому +5

    I'm dying to try CrossFit. I've read through so many post. I'm into bodybuilding but I also run (18 miles a week) and do lots of types of cardio. I always work out to exhaustion by either lowering weights as I workout or compounded my exercises with other exercises. I walk out of the gym drenched in sweat and completely drained. My primary concern is what I've learned from bodybuilding. From my personal experience, form is key and knowing the limitations of your body is what has kept me injury free for 20+ years. It's pretty evident when weight training is done correctly, age is of little concern. There are 50+ bodybuilders that have incredible bodies and unbelievable fit in the gyms I attend. I've researched injuries in CrossFit and I've found lots of horror stories. In defense of CrossFit, I've seen in countless forums that this is were proper coaching comes into play. My major concern with CrossFit are injuries and sustainability long term.
    It would be great if an official video was made on the matter. I'm sure this would cause an influx of other niches of the fitness community. I'm always open minded to new forms of training. However, every time I bring up CrossFit, I always get barraged with negative commentary from all types within the fitness community: bodybuilders, power lifters, runners, gymnast, and others. Since CrossFit is a new sport, I think this is what plagues a lot of the challenges of people ever taking it seriously. Again, I'm neutral on the matter. I just want to know. Any information would be helpful, especially researched scientific journals.

    • @whiterabit09
      @whiterabit09 8 років тому

      +1czelaya
      have you looked for journals that show evidence of crossfit injuries?
      there has been a lot of unsubstantiated accusations online...

    • @1327j
      @1327j 8 років тому +1

      I used to work in physical therapy and have seen a ton of injuries from bodybuilding. I used to compete on stage and had more pain and was less fit doing the typical gym stuff than I ever did doing crossfit. If done correctly and form is main priority you'll get stronger faster bigger etc quicker than you will bodybuilding and injury won't be an issue. If you go out hard as crap without form you'll get hurt

  • @jameskaplan2094
    @jameskaplan2094 5 років тому +3

    Watching this in 2019/2020, its crazy to see how far the games have come. We've got guys and girls doing the craziest things imaginable. The only thing standing in the way of the guys, Mat Fraser, in the girls, its anybody's game

    • @sensam6155
      @sensam6155 3 роки тому

      Do you really think the athletes in the 2019 Games were really that much better than the athletes in the 2013 Games? The difference between 2008 to 2013 was enormous, but 2013 to 2019 was minor and negligible imo.

  • @1starp
    @1starp 9 років тому +5

    What makes Rich Froning more fit than others is his spirituality fitness... hence, the mental fitness ;) All other crossfitters are great but if you are spiritually fit and mentally fit, you have the advantage

    • @musik102
      @musik102 9 років тому +1

      +Patrick Weber Rubbish!!!
      Are you saying that an atheist could't be the best at something?

    • @braveheart4603
      @braveheart4603 8 років тому

      +musik102 athiests can be spiritual too.

  • @boefjespost
    @boefjespost 8 років тому +25

    Did I just hear Dave Castro say that he was a navy seal for twelve years?

  • @ozky25
    @ozky25 11 років тому +1

    That end was just Perfect, I love this CF so much!!!

  • @DavidGuinane
    @DavidGuinane 11 років тому

    This is amazing, and I so agree, the next generation of CrossFitters are going to blow the capabilities of the human body out of the water!

  • @SonnyChenova
    @SonnyChenova 7 років тому

    i salute all athletes whether it's body building, power lifting, Crossfit, street workout, gymnastics, martial arts, etc. i respect you all for being the best you can be in your own field!:)

  • @herewego-pt8lf
    @herewego-pt8lf 10 років тому +47

    people still don't understand. CROSSFIT IS NOT A TYPE OF TRAINING. its a BRAND. people who compete in these FITNESS competitions just train in different methodologies. if you think your methodology is better, then challenge someone who trains multiple methodologies and see if you are OVERALL fitter

    • @navsquid32
      @navsquid32 10 років тому +1

      Perfect explanation. CrossFit has certain techniques that you will likely be called upon to do in competition (muscle ups, weightlifting, burpees, etc). However, the training is not monolithic. Training varies hugely from box to box.

    • @adrianoreyes4184
      @adrianoreyes4184 10 років тому

      Couldn't say it any better my self.

    • @reds7vn644
      @reds7vn644 6 років тому

      herewego 6789 Ummmm.... Decathletes period every single time no CrossFit on the planet could even come within the 20th Place in the Olympics in the decathlon.

  • @stephaniegilbert17
    @stephaniegilbert17 10 років тому

    Very good video CrossFit HQ. CrossFit is a sport.

  • @michaelbean4878
    @michaelbean4878 10 місяців тому +17

    Anyone here in 2024?

  • @psychonautshinobi4049
    @psychonautshinobi4049 9 років тому +4

    I usually ask myself what is the point of being specifically eg. a sprinter/swimmer/ cyclist etc just to improve on those few more milliseconds for a whole entire career; or weightlifter/strongman/athletic field performer just to rack a few more pounds or jump/throw little further having to spend years of training just so to push into these "insignificant" no. measurements of performance (PRs) ; just because athletes tend to get a little obsessed with competing with others or fighting themselves on minor PRs in their field or as normally happens their hobby turns into a same routine job . The way of the warrior is to practice everything that's how you measure fitness; and instead of wasting most of that extensive time just to get a little better on one specific fitness component were progress tends to get slower and slower by time, its much more worth the effort and TIME to train and switch on to something else while maintaining always the acquisition of levels of fitness to help you get into a more well-round complete machine in the most efficient way; enabling to handle your body like non others can (hence FITNESS). For me they have created all these culture/labels were everyone has to mold into when in reality this whole world is like a playground and so is our body. Its crazy like imagine even Lance Armstrong who spent all those painstaking years so he could prove to the world how Fit he is, the moment he stopped and stepped into the marathon arena he failed terribly in his results. So for me it appears as if he suffered and sacrificed a lot without gaining/exploiting too much of his body and what it can do, and so to EXPERIENCE more the reality of what one can achieve! So is for me the mistake of many athletes who are trying to get fit, except the fact that im not talking about those who only take their sport lightly just for fun or to help them stay away from bad habits or else too seriously but for those who want to call themselves a warrior were they have good balance of everything some of whom with specific extremities or unique qualities to count instead of a mere performer or athlete in a single mold to conform honing their ability when its quite pathetic when considering the amount of dedication just to improve so little or call yourself lil better. I believe the latter is only effective for genetically gifted people who are also ambitious in carving their name on the records as far as human limits can go, but if you are not eg, in case of sprinting Usain Bolt or Powell or anyone in the top 50 of the world or so in any kind of sport than i dont see the reason why to waste your life to mould unto one mold of culture.
    Besides all this i think Crossfit has all to do with potentiality of capability in athleticism/ Motor firing (less/basic Skill) but to a certain extent not so much advanced Skill/ Motor control is required emphasized in Sport ! So for me Crossfit doesnt qualify as a sport but what ties all sport together!

  • @35Exp
    @35Exp 10 років тому

    "This is more than just a competition of athletes, this is a competition of training methodologies"
    Fav quote. Train hard.

  • @Michael-oy1fb
    @Michael-oy1fb 11 років тому

    Love watching the videos with this peoples and their perfect bodies. Much respect for them an their hard work. Super human workout machines.

  • @SmartJock69
    @SmartJock69 11 років тому +6

    That was an amazing vid! So freaking inspirational...I'm hitting a PR tonight no matter what! Team JaB

  • @loganpatterson4674
    @loganpatterson4674 11 років тому +1

    Great video, it gets me excited and I don't even do crossfit anymore. I'll definitely be watching every games season. Someday I would like to go to the games (as a spectator)

  • @zayfreeman
    @zayfreeman 9 років тому +17

    I honestly can not see how anyone could watch this video without any type of bias and say these aren't the fittest on earth. those who compete in the iron man triathlon all know what they're training for these guys dont. moreover Those that compete in that race is basically straight up endurance and from what I can see the cross fit games is that plus strength which includes weight lifting and gymnastics and actual athletic ability. From what I see no on else attacks the human body for athletic results like cross fit does. I can be wrong but I'd like to see the proof to prove me wrong.

    • @christinalinn2310
      @christinalinn2310 8 років тому

      MURPH

    • @zayfreeman
      @zayfreeman 8 років тому +2

      +Dan Cater Subjective ? that's like saying the NBA don't have the best basketball players. If no one else test as many components of fitness as them how could they be more fit that doesn't make sense. There's nothing to subjective about this and don't get me wrong I'm not just some random cross fit fan boy commenting on you tube videos. From top to bottom there isn't a area of fitness that isn't tested in the cross fit games if there is something missing please let me know but as far as overall fitness goes they are the best at the moment until someone makes something more demanding. Also you said not enough endurance ? you go do heavy snatches and 21 med ball ghp sit ups and then tell me how much endurance it took and when your finished with that 27 thrusters 4 legless rope climbs 21 thrusters 3 legless ropeclimbs 15 thrusters 2 legless rope climbs 9 thrusters and a rope climb and then tell me cross fit doesn't have enough endurance dude. And I hear you with the drugs but go watch some of those Olympics documentaries they tell you everyone was on drugs man. You can't single cross fit people out as if its only something freakishly wrong about them when damn near every athlete competing at the top levle of their respective sports are on drugs. Like I said man they cover all aspects of fitness and no one else does if so tell me who and I'll change my opinion till then cross fit is at the top of fitness.

    • @zayfreeman
      @zayfreeman 8 років тому

      +Dan Cater round 4 was a 600 meter run with 25 over head squats....

    • @1327j
      @1327j 8 років тому

      +Dan Cater they run all the time....they sprint, they put 600-800 meter runs, they have even done 3 mile runs and such.

    • @craiglawson663
      @craiglawson663 8 років тому

      How about rowing a half marathon.

  • @LibertineDeSade
    @LibertineDeSade 11 років тому +9

    I thought I was interested in Crossfit until I watched this. LOL. Props to these people to have the dedication and drive that they have for this. It's absolutely amazing. But I realize that there is a difference in the simple desire to be healthy and capable and being a "Crossfitter". I think I'll stick with my gym routine, belly dance and bharatanatyam classes and circus school. I'm good with that! LOL.

    • @jamesfikes2330
      @jamesfikes2330 11 років тому +1

      You dont have to be these guys. Be as fit as you want, nobody pressures you to be the number 1 crossfitter, but they do push you to do more and to get better.

    • @LibertineDeSade
      @LibertineDeSade 11 років тому

      James Fikes Yeah, I really don't need or want that push. LOL. I'll pass.

    • @muk138
      @muk138 11 років тому +2

      I see where you are coming from you and partly agree, but check this out... The Crossfit Games aren't Crossfit. They're the games. You can't compare what happens everyday in every Crossfit gym to what happens in the games. The two are at such different levels. What you are saying is like I am not going to play Hockey because those dues in the NHL are too good, it took to much of their time, etc.

    • @LibertineDeSade
      @LibertineDeSade 11 років тому

      Marcus Leite Fair enough. I considered that and recently did a little more looking into CrossFit gyms and found that it's just not my cup of tea. I'm more fulfilled where I am.

    • @vipero00
      @vipero00 11 років тому

      Libertine DeSade
      I can toast to finding your cuppa tea.

  • @davidrlz1001
    @davidrlz1001 7 років тому

    Very interesting, a holistic approach to fitness, a sort of jack of all trades athlete, wonder what this'll look like a couple of years from now.

  • @shawnchong1046
    @shawnchong1046 11 років тому

    Such an amazing and inspiring video. CROSSFIT FTW

  • @mauriciomontenegro5743
    @mauriciomontenegro5743 8 років тому +45

    In 6 years I'll be there

  • @philbeaves597
    @philbeaves597 11 років тому +14

    Crossfit is the exact opposite of Fightclub because the first rule of Crossfit is to never shut the fuck up about Crossfit.

  • @neilirvine4197
    @neilirvine4197 8 років тому +1

    inspiring vid, makes me wanna go to the gym more and more

  • @fersh0
    @fersh0 11 років тому +3

    I love Crossfit!! This is the best sport ever for me.

  • @supermarvelous4417
    @supermarvelous4417 7 років тому

    Dan Bailey deserves the main podium he is in my eyes already champ,persistence will pay off

  • @billbrun8098
    @billbrun8098 11 років тому +2

    My passion. My sport. My lifestyle. Without crossfit now something would be missing

  • @dylanhumphrey1719
    @dylanhumphrey1719 11 років тому

    Hands down, the most legit documentary

  • @gingervitamins
    @gingervitamins 11 років тому

    frikin epic. Keep up the good work HQ. :D

  • @KylaScheick
    @KylaScheick 11 років тому

    chills the entire 29minutes. Great video

  • @changreen4918
    @changreen4918 10 років тому

    I can't wait to start crossfit! Super pumped

  • @dmullz100
    @dmullz100 3 роки тому

    First class this Wednesday! Let's gooooo

  • @mshatemirova
    @mshatemirova 9 років тому

    It's so necessary and actual sports discipline!!!

  • @MazDelaCerna
    @MazDelaCerna 6 років тому

    Found this scrolling on UA-cam... glad I did!!

  • @ShotByStray
    @ShotByStray 11 років тому +2

    Such an amazing video!

  • @simnikiwedelanto5541
    @simnikiwedelanto5541 11 років тому

    Wish we had competition like this in my country South Africa!!!!

  • @aidansmeaton6244
    @aidansmeaton6244 10 років тому +2

    I love how people who don't do or like Crossfit spent so much time watching their video.so I think if you don't like it, do your own thing. Surely if your sport or whatever you do was so much better you'd be spending the time you spend watching these videos making yourselves better at your own sport. Just saying.

  • @bjarnekutup5017
    @bjarnekutup5017 5 років тому +1

    Such an awesome video.

  • @stephenlayton4885
    @stephenlayton4885 9 років тому +6

    I could watch this everyday.

  • @alexc8715
    @alexc8715 8 років тому +4

    Funny what Cami was saying at 20:04 about people telling her when more people get involved in crossfit she wont be at the top for long and saying that wont happen to her. After winning the games she placed 13th and 21st in the following years...yeah she's peaked.

    • @TheAllAroundG
      @TheAllAroundG 8 років тому +1

      Yeah...I hated that for her...but yep...they were just waiting in the wings...

    • @jblake615
      @jblake615 8 років тому +3

      +Alex Cameron Says the keyboard warrior who has a 10 min Fran. Shut up.

  • @ajperisho
    @ajperisho 11 років тому

    What an awesome video! I would go workout now, but I'm fried from my morning workout :-)

  • @mikehunt2575
    @mikehunt2575 8 років тому +7

    I can run a mile in 4:37, at the age of 16 and am looking to take part in competitions I'll be at the games one day

  • @cornelce
    @cornelce 11 років тому

    Such a great video! Really enjoyed watching it!

  • @dylanredmore6769
    @dylanredmore6769 11 років тому

    Crossfit is back with the great videos. None of this 1 minute coffee nonsense.

  • @knlenz
    @knlenz 11 років тому

    Absolutely amazing and inspiring!!!

  • @gorulk4866
    @gorulk4866 10 років тому

    This has me super pumped to start CrossFit whe i get off probation =).

  • @Dieg0320
    @Dieg0320 10 років тому

    The motivation! This is so awesome :)

  • @johnfitzsimmons5690
    @johnfitzsimmons5690 6 років тому

    "Fitness" applies to the challenge. If the situation were lifting a dropped car off of someone, you'd want a strongman or powerlifter, who'd be the fittest for that challenge. If your challenge was to escape a high speed predator, you'd want an olympic sprinter, who'd be the fittest for that ... For a spectrum of diverse physical challenges, crossfit is near the top, but add in personal combat or something off their spectrum and an MMA athlete would excel. "Fittest" is in the eye of the beholder, in my opinion.
    Whatever works! Try to get off the couch and move your body. You'll feel great and be healthier & happier! :)

    • @casualarrogance
      @casualarrogance 6 років тому

      John Fitzsimmons doesn’t work like that. fitness has to be broad and general. Weak with endurance is not fitness, strong but with no stamina is not fitness. You are really fit if you are balanced in all the 10 physical aspects of fitness.

  • @dfirestorm
    @dfirestorm 8 років тому +3

    I kind of want to see how they adapt to snow/cold/ice and the challenges that adds to fitness, but the games are in summer.

    • @Gnorde
      @Gnorde 8 років тому

      As far as adding more difficulty to the games, summer would be the most. Sure snow and ice would make some workouts difficult, but the fact that it's cold would just help the athletes. I would say I wish they would have it maybe in a enclosed room though. Mostly because I feel the athletes are fighting against the Heat more then the workouts half the time. At that point it becomes who's genetics can handle the heat better? It is an interesting part of the games though. I'm sure Dave has thought about it.

  • @fysiologik
    @fysiologik 11 років тому

    Excellent video... thx HQ

  • @MejorFlow
    @MejorFlow 11 років тому

    Just awesome! Very inspirational!

  • @teslation
    @teslation 11 років тому +80

    Crossfit in olympics !!!
    Best thing ever

    • @jeffreychantin
      @jeffreychantin 11 років тому +25

      Edward Kennedy You're

    • @edwardkennedyeire
      @edwardkennedyeire 11 років тому +13

      I'm not an adult.

    • @brandondecali
      @brandondecali 10 років тому +2

      Patrick Esper You double spaced after every single period in your pathetic attempt to belittle a stranger on the internet, who of which isn't even an adult, therefore your argument is flagged as invalid by the very first sentence of your worthless comment. Oh and also you forgot to add an s to "use" in the parenthesized correction. Remember what Obi-Wan says to the guy trying to sell him cigarettes in Star Wars Episode 2? I think it's time you "go home and re-think your life."

    • @PythonMaps
      @PythonMaps 10 років тому +5

      It would be hilarious to see this become an Olympic event, Suddenly the top athletes drop a standard as they are unable to get away with the same level of PED use

    • @rafaelroman3697
      @rafaelroman3697 10 років тому

      *****

  • @fitman84
    @fitman84 11 років тому +30

    The best video I've seen in youtube.

  • @rhyspect
    @rhyspect 11 років тому

    Ok I'm sold. These guys are the real deal.

  • @ChrisManhattan
    @ChrisManhattan 10 років тому

    This is awesome! Thanks for making this video CrossFit®

  • @luciano1984able
    @luciano1984able 11 років тому

    great vid. this gets me so pumped!!!

  • @alyssa9452
    @alyssa9452 2 роки тому

    We need a burden run 2.0 in 2022! My favorite games event yet! 🤘

  • @MrObame
    @MrObame 11 років тому +164

    So they're saying that if you think you are fitter than a crossfitter, prove it by defeating a crossfitter at Crossfit? If you can't, you aren't fitter than Rich Froning.
    Well, I say if any crossfitter thinks they are fitter than a decathlete, prove it by defeating a decathlete in a decathlon. If you can't you aren't fitter than Ashton Eaton.
    Do you get my point? Crossfit, or atleast the community, is quite ignorant.

    • @PFM_Productions
      @PFM_Productions 11 років тому +1

      Any one event in a decathlon, can, and is, exemplified and quantified while also being surpassed in the Crossfit Games. Granted, the events are not explicitly called the "shotput" but a shotput is essentially a shoulder press. Which is done numerous times throughout the Games. Same thing with running, etc.
      That being said, "Those in glass houses, shouldn't throw rocks"

    • @PFM_Productions
      @PFM_Productions 11 років тому +3

      MrObame Unfortunately though, it is not up to you, to give the title of "Fittest on Earth". It is, however, Dave Castro's. And in his definition of this, Rich Froning does exemplify those idea's listed by you.
      As many other people have said, if other athletes think they can do better, come out and prove it.
      My question is: What is your age now, and what is your 400 m time now? Because Rich is doing it in his mid 20's while simultaneously having the ability to clean and jerk over 300 lbs. Which I think we can both agree, your former 14 year old self would have trouble doing to say the least.
      Please understand that in this case, "their" definition of fitness was measured by far more than your 1 min 400m. Therefore, your argument is invalid.

    • @trentedwards5005
      @trentedwards5005 11 років тому +1

      Dont comment until you actually understand the definition. Also gregg glassman is the one who defined fitness. He is the only one who came up with a real definition. Literally every other definition of fitness fails the test of being a definition. They say it in the video. Something must be observable, measurable, and repeatable to be a defintion.

    • @PFM_Productions
      @PFM_Productions 11 років тому +1

      I agree with Trent Edwards.
      However, I can see that nothing is going to make you see otherwise, whether or not its the truth.
      By your logic, though, you are contradicting yourself. "Its completely subjective" yet, you also said earlier, that Rich Froning isn't the fittest on earth because he ran a 400m in 1.05. Do you see your own contradiction? You compared Rich to yourself and your own 14 year old 400m time, saying he fell short by YOUR standards. Thusly, you measured (in your words) with your own ruler.

    • @gatorbait87
      @gatorbait87 11 років тому +1

      I see you point, but that statement, "Come to the games and prove you're the fittest," is not their only proof in legitimizing their claim to be the fittest. It is really that they include multiple domains of "fitness." In Exercise Physiology, fitness is defined by muscular endurance, muscular strength, cardiorespiratory endurance, flexibility and body composition. Even that definition is quite limited, mainly because it was developed to help easily assess something that is intrinsically difficult to express. Fitness is certainly a broad category, essentially encompassing every physical aptitude from running, climbing and lifting to balance, flexibility and coordination. While the games do not provide the BEST assessment of such a broad area, I think it is definitely one of the best measures of fitness: you cannot fully prepare for it because you don't know the events, there are measures of strength and endurance using multiple modes and it's super tough. However, and I may be biased, but I tend to think of the fittest person alive not being so skewed towards the heavy weightlifting side.

  • @BestFitnessBands
    @BestFitnessBands 11 років тому +1

    very motivational. 2:07 what's up captain morgan? where's the party at?

  • @gracemanier1362
    @gracemanier1362 8 років тому +19

    I'm watching this in bed right now and instead of wanting to fall asleep, I want to go to the gym and attack Murph...

  • @academyfitness305
    @academyfitness305 5 років тому

    One of the best videos they ever made. Now there gone. Big mistake HQ

  • @Cipher8721
    @Cipher8721 7 років тому

    just finish watching this again in 2017!

  • @RobindeValkNL
    @RobindeValkNL 10 років тому +150

    would be amaing if Crossfit would become an olympic sport. JUst feels like the ultimate olympian sport

    • @rmzulhilmi
      @rmzulhilmi 9 років тому +11

      We already weightlifting, gymnastics, track and field, etc,
      Why don't you try and excel in those?

    • @MrWorldgonemad
      @MrWorldgonemad 9 років тому +2

      ***** bullshit

    • @julieouellet247
      @julieouellet247 9 років тому

      Frederico Celentano thats all very true but have you ever seen lauren fisher video.. she started crossfit and she excelled at weighlifting.. got to major compettion representing the US..won like 3 gold medals.. and she said herself that shes very fortunate to be at that level .. when there some girls that will train their whole life for one moment like this on one big stage.

    • @mdsarikulislam8323
      @mdsarikulislam8323 6 років тому

      Robin de Valk ওএও

    • @reds7vn644
      @reds7vn644 6 років тому

      Julie Ouellet So one female achieves this and it justifies a workout system as an Olympic sport? You do realize a decathlon would destroy any and all crossfitters if they were competing against a decathlete.

  • @DisciplesHeart
    @DisciplesHeart 6 років тому +1

    #RespectTheChampions I have trained crossfit for 5 years and people of all ages prove they earn it! If you want to #SpiritTrain only the, few, humble and bravehearted know the way... #ProvingGrounds #DisciplesHeartCrossTraining Facebook.

    • @DisciplesHeart
      @DisciplesHeart 6 років тому

      "Strengthen what remains (or it will die)" on UA-cam
      ua-cam.com/video/KlPb56svEks/v-deo.html

  • @kristianpeng6455
    @kristianpeng6455 10 років тому +13

    that awkward moment when you find out Rich Froning doesn't follow the crossfit methodology and the paleo diet...

    • @daves3477
      @daves3477 9 років тому +5

      Yes he does, and Crossfit does not endorse the Paleolithic diet.

    • @12AaronRodgers12
      @12AaronRodgers12 9 років тому +2

      When you have weightlifted, done bodyweight training or gymnastic like training, and have followed strength and conditioning routines, then you follow part of the crossfit methodology, so your comment holds no weight. Almost everyone has some background in crossfits definition of fitness, especially Rich.

  • @EddyyyyySS
    @EddyyyyySS 10 років тому

    Watching Barto come up with 315 gave me chills.

  • @carloscobalto4702
    @carloscobalto4702 9 років тому

    CROSSFIT: CORPO SEM LIMITES
    O que é?
    O CrossFit é criação do treinador americano Greg Glassman, que montou o primeiro ginásio (nome do lugar em que se pratica o método) em 1995. No mesmo ano, o CrossFit chamou atenção do Departamento de Polícia de Santa Cruz, na Califórnia (EUA), que chamou Glassman para treinar os oficiais. Hoje, há mais de 5 500 locais para fazer o programa no mundo (30 no Brasil). O segredo do sucesso é o conceito do método, basicamente uma mistura de exercícios da ginástica, do levantamento de peso e do atletismo. O objetivo do “cruzamento” é condicionar você da forma mais ampla possível. “A ideia é buscar um equilíbrio entre todas as capacidades físicas e não focar em objetivos particulares, como a estética”, afirma Joel Fridman, coordenador técnico do centro de treinamento CrossFit Brasil, em São Paulo. Quais as capacidades físicas? “Resistência cardiovascular, respiratória e muscular, força, potência, precisão, agilidade, coordenação, flexibilidade e equilíbrio”, diz Luiz Mello, coordenador técnico da CrossFit BH, em Minas Gerais. Ou seja, o objetivo principal do método é turbinar a aptidão física por todos os ângulos. Perder peso e ganhar massa são consequências.
    Como é o treino?
    Está acostumado com a musculação? Aqui não há fichas com séries. Ao chegar num ginásio, você não sabe quais exercícios vai executar, eles mudam constantemente. Esse é um trunfo para estimulá-lo. “Grande parte do público é formado por pessoas desmotivadas para treinar. Muitos não gostam da rotina de exercícios predeterminados, outros reclamam que professores de academias convencionais não dão atenção”, diz Vivian Carvalho, diretora da CrossFit Jundiaí, em São Paulo. A estrutura da aula busca evitar esses problemas. Apesar de variar, normalmente ela tem quatro partes dadas por professores. No início, há um aquecimento. Depois, um trecho conhecido como técnica. “Nele, busca-se aperfeiçoar a execução dos moviementos para que sempre sejam realizados com eficiência e segurança”, diz Mello. Aí começa o “verdadeiro” treino, conhecido como workout of the day (WOD) - o treino do dia, em português. Nessa parte, você faz séries de exercícios sem intervalo e em alta intensidade num tempo curto (normalmente de 10 a 20 minutos). “Há três tipos básicos de WOD: no primeiro, você executa uma série no menor tempo possível; no segundo, faz os movimentos o maior número de vezes que conseguir num intervalo determinado; no último (apenas para praticantes avançados), faz as séries aumentando o peso até a carga máxima que suporta”, explica Vivian. Por último, rola um alongamento. Tudo isso demora entre 45 minutos e uma hora.
    Leia mais em vip.abril.com.br/crossfit-corpo-sem-limites/

  • @Footballking33
    @Footballking33 9 років тому

    Just did a paper on why people should do Cross Fit vs other forms of working out.

  • @philipps9029
    @philipps9029 9 років тому

    So sick. These guys are amazing

  • @TurdFurgeson571
    @TurdFurgeson571 9 років тому +2

    Curious to see what little belief people have in themselves. That has to be why some people insist that performance enhancing drugs are the only way for someone to achieve such abilities.

  • @anonamos225
    @anonamos225 7 років тому +1

    I keep coming back to this video to listen to them talk about the row 😂😂😂
    Always puts a smile on my face
    "It destroyed me emotionally" 😂

  • @mixanikos2
    @mixanikos2 9 років тому

    Love the sport!!Serious the video boosted me up..

  • @rhyspect
    @rhyspect 11 років тому

    Ok now im sold. These guys are the real deal

  • @drseth00789
    @drseth00789 11 років тому +16

    lol. no, you have not taken a word that has been around for hundreds of years and made the definition your own. "The Lakers are the best basketball team." yup, so the best crossfit-er is the best at crossfit.
    Crossfit is great. The winners are the best at crossfit and are obviously very fit, maybe the fittest in the world. Why not be content with that? The fact that these promoters get so insecure about titles just makes them look silly.

    • @ysphor
      @ysphor 11 років тому +16

      I don't think you understand what is fitness. Basketball, Football etc are sports require skills and yeah they're part of fitness but they're not entirely a kind of sports that test your limits or fitness. In Military, they test your fitness. How they gonna test your fitness level, they incorporate training something similar to CrossFit (but of coz not entirely, coz their training is even more intense) That's the way you test your fitness and that's how you got your title the fittest on earth. You're not gonna get that title by playing football or basketball.

    • @drseth00789
      @drseth00789 11 років тому +3

      Yuen Soon I don't think you really think before writing something down. But I'm glad you brought up the military :D
      You're right they do test fitness but you're quite a bit off saying it's similar to crossfit. Military fitness programs cater a whole lot more towards endurance tests. Look at the seals: you run, you swim, carry something over your head for a few miles, then repeat and do it for several hours. And this is my main concern with the CrossFit brand re-branding itself as "what makes up fitness entirely". Frankly, endurance fitness doesn't play a significant role.
      When you say CrossFit, you think of swingy pull-ups, clean and jerks (albeit, for reps), and deadlifts. You don't think of a 10 mile run.
      "Oh, but at the last games they did the marathon row!" Yes, that does sound truly brutal. But it was one event and who competes at the games? the people who are best at the standard non-endurance workout conducted during regionals. So you have a bunch of strength inclined athletes doing an endurance race and proclaiming "see, we do it all!" when in reality, had endurance exercises been in the regionals, a different pool of competitors would have made the games.To put it in extreme terms, this would be like having dead lift finalists compete in a marathon and saying it means something. CrossFit competitors are defined by the regionals, not the games.
      So why isn't endurance a main part of Crossfit? It just ain't as sexy as speed and strength training. Let's just be honest about that. Being a competitive runner won't leave you looking like Dan Bailey and therefore nobody would be willing to pay $150/ month for it. That price tag is ridiculous as it is.

  • @mordulencia
    @mordulencia 8 років тому

    показателем МПК можно... кое что подтереть. не его надо определять а уровень порога анаэробного обмена мышц, участвующих в соревновательной деятельности. в кроссфите получается все основные группы надо проверять. но другого варианта на данный момент нет.

  • @jonimitchum5335
    @jonimitchum5335 7 років тому

    Well said! If you're not a crossfitter but think you're more fit then maybe you should compete...

  • @fireguy9000
    @fireguy9000 10 років тому

    Nice watch Jason

  • @Oraliv
    @Oraliv 11 років тому

    Looking forward to this years Open! #stayhydrated

  • @jonwick5824
    @jonwick5824 4 роки тому +1

    I just started Crossfit a week ago after talking smack about it for the last 8 or so years. I love it. But... there's still things about it that I won't do ie: kipping pull ups.

    • @Amy-gp7ek
      @Amy-gp7ek 4 роки тому

      Jon Wick YES. Thank you. Annoys the hell out of me 🤣