Dan Bailey

Kirwan

This is just amazing. These are four of the benchmark WODs, which aren't supposed to be done back to back like this. 
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NTA

Fuck you had me going there for a minute - I have a good mate with the same name!
 
EDIT: And he can't do any of that shit.

JK

Yeah he is awesome eh. Some really fit dudes at the top of that 'sport'
 
Is Froning still about? Havent really followed it for a while.

Hooroo

It's not a sport. :)
 
He reminded me of Brad Thorn towards the end there.
 
Awesome how completely shattered that he probably couldnt see or hear and yet with those last couple of reps he made it look as though he was lifting a 1kg bar it looks effortless in terms of lack of strain.
 
He did a weeks workout for me in 16 odd mins :)

Paekakboyz

Jesus, Allah and Richie McCaw!! 
 
That was epic. Know what you mean Hooroo, he had a touch of BBBT about him. A man that thrives in that pain zone aye! Mad bastards.
 
His movements were super economical too - you can tell at a glance that he's done those movements thousands of times.

Kirwan

Froning has won the Games four years in a row and retired last year, moving to the Team games.
 
There are a few of these four vs one type workouts, I'll flick up the British chick (Sam Briggs) to make us all feel worse. The best part of her video is she made all of them do another workout afterwards because she wasn't done.

Oh and Hooroo, if Fishing can be classed as a sport so can Crossfit :)

Hooroo

So is beer pong and and food eating too I suppose. All meaningless and not really sport.

Kirwan

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So is beer pong and and food eating too I suppose. All meaningless and not really sport.
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Is weightlifting a sport? Triathlons? Gymnastics? Running or Rowing? Crossfit is just a mix of those disciplines, just like a decathalon.

Hooroo

Eating Hotdogs, Fruit pies and Mince pies. Maybe that sport can do a triathalon of the eating sport.
 
It's not a sport

Kirwan

Yes it is.

Hooroo

Good point actually as I go to 'The Sport' 5 times a week. 3 times with a PT.
 
If I built one with all those buildings as a business with lifty thingys and ropey stuff and metal bars, I'll call it The Sport. People could laugh along too. :)

Kirwan

If you are racing someone to do the same workout, then it becomes a sport. Like Swimming.

Hooroo

Yeah, I agree, I race Mrs Hooroo to The Sport and last finished has to cook tea........

Kirwan

So just to be clear, you don't think the following are sports either?
 
Running
Swimming
Rowing
Weightlifting
Triathalons
Ironmans
Decathlons
 
All use the same sort of scoring system that Crossfit uses.

Hooroo

Those Olympic events are, yes. Crossfit isn't. Unless you can all any type of movement with some arbitrary scoring attached a sport. In that case, everything is a sport as I just timed how long the Photocopier took to pront something. If it does it quicker tomrrow, I'll score it 3 points.A new sport born!

Kirwan

Ironman is not an Olympic sport.
 
The definition of a sport is;
 
"an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment"
 
That's exactly what the Crossfit Games are. I think you are confusing the training part (what I do at the gym) with the sport part. I wouldn't call the weekly training I do a sport, that's gaining fitness and working on skills for fun, and in my case to compete in things like the Open. Better athletes get onto the Regionals and to the actual Games.
 
Crossfit is two different things, a way to workout AND there is a sport-afied version.
 
Looks like a sport to me;

Hooroo

As I said, anything then is a sport, so long as you move.

Hooroo

I would call it a Fad rather than a sport. Like Tai Bo and Jazzercise

Kirwan

Oh, you are just trolling. How very WS90210 of you.
 
I've made my case, you disagree with me (and the definition of sport). Whatever.

JK

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I would call it a Fad rather than a sport. Like Tai Bo and Jazzercise
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Sorry had to like this as LOL'd so hard.

The Silver Fern

Dan Bailey