Brent Fikowski on Equipment Standards in Elite Fitness Competitions
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- Опубліковано 22 бер 2024
- In this podcast episode, I chat with Brent Fikowski, an elite CrossFit athlete. We talk about how important it is to check and make sure equipment like sledges and air runners are the same for everyone before big CrossFit and Hyrox competitions. We, and others have empirically seen that some lanes let athletes go significantly faster than others. Yes, that is likely not just by chance…
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This was a great topic and discussion, awesome that Brent came on and hope he does again in the future!
Fascinating stuff guys! Love seeing the data so CF HQ can't dismiss it as much. Brings a lot of credibility to the sport. Appreciate it and look forward to more!
Thank you! We will work on making this data more robust 🙌
Very interesting discussion. Brent what are your thoughts on the mechanical sleds like the Torque Tanks.
Part of their goal is to eliminate the variance from surface friction.
I believe theyve bee ln used in competition before
What about delayed starts? like in alpine ski. When there is an equipment piece that is impossible (to expensive) to calibrate like a air runner or sled. Athletes might start 30, 60, 120, or else seconds after another to finish a workout. It could be very entertaining. The last person on the leaderboard goes first, the leader goes last and has the advantage to know the times of his/her competitors. There could be also the rule that someone drops out (only gets Reps instead of Time score) if the athlete behind him/her caught up. It could be entertaining, and avoids the problem of calibrating something.
Makes sense but would take too much time I recon.
Very interesting discussion.
Thanks!
Great content!
At the end of the lane, you set up a cable winch (high dead weight). Then you pull the loaded sled along the lane with constant power (or constant speed) and measure the time (or power consumption). Repeat for every lane.
But what should the countermeasures be, e.g. replacing the carpet and hoping it fits, changing the weight of the sled?
Such a procedure looks very time-consuming and expensive.
We could do this in a preliminary study and see the differences between conditions (moisture or not fi). If the overall differences in power output are small, excessive calibration is not necessary. But if they are big…
@@wod-science I'm trying to get my hands on a cable winch
as a giraffe 🦒 myself (at least a small giraffe), I support the initiative to switch to 4 meter wallball targets 😂
you might test the runner with some kind of electric vehicle that goes on a certain speed and compare that to what speed the display of the runner shows.
Yes. Good option.
I doubt it's realistic to let workhorses or equipment teams calibrate everything. Most people in CF don't even know where the calibration program of the BikErg is, or that RowErgs can be connected for a real-time leaderboard (what's normal at indoor rowing comps).
When you build a mechanical sled friction measurement device. How or when to check the sleds during a competition? If money doesn't matter, use the torque thing and ensure the same surface.
And about the Assault Runner: Just run on a course. First, it's easier to understand for spectators. Second, the distance will be the distance. Some types of ergometers are obsolete.
For a normal ergometer manufacturer there is no incentive to produce accurate calibrated devices. That's the reason why the Air Runner has no calibration procedure at all because it does not matter for the buyer who's just training with it (alone). In case of c2 it's a bit different because indoor rowing is an actual sport for many decades (Thus, c2 tried to engineer accurate devices).
Can’t disagree with what you said. But think about Hyrox, they repeat to the same workout and set world records. Here calibration is definitely something that should be looked into imo.
@@wod-science yes true. Hyrox has dozens of events with the same venue. They can start to work on improving the quality of their venue... (CrossFit doesn't have this. Multiple organisers with usually just 1 competition per year)