The couch thread

[TerryB]

Whatever. Why can't people just train with odd objects on their driveway and be happy?

Their homeowner's associations won't allow it.

[Holland Oates]

Holy Fuck! C class worlds? Are you shitting me.

Hey Blaidd I've got a deal for you. We'll do a tag team strongman. You deadlift, I'll overhead, and we'll share the fast events.

[Turdacious]

We'll do a tag team strongman.

*CnP masturbates furiously*

[WildGorillaMan]

We'll do a tag team strongman.

*CnP masturbates furiously*

DOUBLE DUTCH RUDDER!!!

[Holland Oates]

Double Cleveland steamer!

[Fuzzy Dunlop]

Y'all are getting way too butthurt about this. We've already got baseball leagues for grownups who suck at baseball...

Yeah, but they don't make the sport actually easier by making the ball bigger, limiting the pitch speed, changing to metal bats, or shrinking the field.

This really was inevitable, I've always figured the endgayme was something akin to Strongman-Lite. They'll need to start using standardized events though and get rid of all the complete fucktard things like softball throw, hoppers, etc. It would actually be pretty cool to see the same group of people compete in an OLY + PL meet, a running and military PT testing style day, and a mixed Stongman/Highland Games. Think about it like a decathlon, except not boring as shit. They should just refuse to water down any strongman events past what NAS Regional lightweight would be. It sets a strength standard. Then the really strong guys can excel at PLOLY and the others on track day. Then we'll see who's really the best all-around.

The question is where do you stop and which "pure athleticism" sporting events do you incorporate? This is @fit's downfall and standardization + big money is the opportunity for an established "league", like WSM or whatever, to come in and set the bar. Someone really should register World's Fittest Man the same way WSM is trademarked.

Also- I think we'll see in the end that using @fit to train for the Reebok Games is really fucking dumb.

[Jay]

I'm all about bashing HQ when they do stupid shit, bashing the koolaiders when THEY do stupid shit and the overall cult mentality and nonsense some people spew when discussing this, but there are all sorts of leagues for all sorts of sports, from church league softball to MLB, from men's league hockey at midnight to NHL... why can't their be a strongman "lite" for those who use it as a tool to get fit rather than dive headfirst into it?

I don't see a problem with it whatsoever.

[Holland Oates]

I can't get too down on this. If it gives me more local competions to play around in then I'm all for it. But I'm not looking for medals, trophies, or ELEET FIREBREATHER status I just want the chance to play. It wouldn't keep me from doing the heavier strongman comps. And when you consider most Highlander comps are strongman lite with Highland events for more fun I'm already there.

[Jay]

My HQ sources tell me there will be an event(s) at Camp Pendleton, with the favored athletes getting a heads-up on the details of the event, maybe even some practice time.

Moral of the story: If you're just learning of this now, you're not their favorite.

I'd be surprised if that was true because if that ever really got out shit would hit the fan.

@FHQ has shown exemplary concern for what their followers think in the past, haven't they?

This is what happens when a corporation runs a sport, they load the hands of their favorites. Been going on since the second Gaymes at least (the whole reason they got rid of the "hopper" from the first Gaymes was that they couldn't rig it as well for their favored athletes).

and where is the proof of that anyway? Another source stirring up shit? HQ is asinine but considering in every single Games year a new winner was crowned, that theory holds about as much water as a paper towel. So they rotate their favorites based off of how many times they used CROSSFIT in a facebook news post or how many certs they wasted money on during the last calendar year...

Accusing an organization of stacking the deck is pretty damn inflammatory, I don't give a shit if it IS @fit or not, unless there is concrete proof of that, its nothing but hearsay and rumor.

[Turdacious]

My HQ sources tell me there will be an event(s) at Camp Pendleton, with the favored athletes getting a heads-up on the details of the event, maybe even some practice time.

Moral of the story: If you're just learning of this now, you're not their favorite.

I want to see a secondary finish line-- just for BMac.

[Blaidd Drwg]

Let's not label everything Crossfit simply because CFers do it... Local (and lighter) strongman contests have been around for a long time. Not heavy enough for you? Fine, enter the bigger comps with your bad self and be done with it.

and agreed - Dione and Willie Wessels have been at SM promotion for a long time. It'd be nice to see them make some $$ off of it.

It's not that simple. CF is absolutely targeting SM and dumbing it down. There have always been backyard meets and that's a fine thing, I have a very hard time at Platinum level contests. What is gross is watching the marketing juggernaut roll over SM like a shit blanket. I have seen this movie before and it totally ruined MTB and Cyclocross racing.

[Blaidd Drwg]

My HQ sources tell me there will be an event(s) at Camp Pendleton, with the favored athletes getting a heads-up on the details of the event, maybe even some practice time.

Moral of the story: If you're just learning of this now, you're not their favorite.

I want to see a secondary finish line-- just for BMac.

They have that already. It's called the start line.

[Mountebank]

My HQ sources tell me there will be an event(s) at Camp Pendleton, with the favored athletes getting a heads-up on the details of the event, maybe even some practice time.

Moral of the story: If you're just learning of this now, you're not their favorite.

I'd be surprised if that was true because if that ever really got out shit would hit the fan.

@FHQ has shown exemplary concern for what their followers think in the past, haven't they?

This is what happens when a corporation runs a sport, they load the hands of their favorites. Been going on since the second Gaymes at least (the whole reason they got rid of the "hopper" from the first Gaymes was that they couldn't rig it as well for their favored athletes).

and where is the proof of that anyway? Another source stirring up shit? HQ is asinine but considering in every single Games year a new winner was crowned, that theory holds about as much water as a paper towel. So they rotate their favorites based off of how many times they used CROSSFIT in a facebook news post or how many certs they wasted money on during the last calendar year...

Accusing an organization of stacking the deck is pretty damn inflammatory, I don't give a shit if it IS @fit or not, unless there is concrete proof of that, its nothing but hearsay and rumor.

http://www.thenakedxfitter.com/2012/03/ ... nning.html

Further, if the argument that the 2012 Open programming is great relies on the performances of a handful of athletes who are already really well connected with the people doing the programming, isn't there a conflict of interest there? You know...like how there are a bunch of videos from the "CrossFit Competitor's Course" that happen to have great explanations for all the movements featured in the Open? A Competitor's Course held by the same people that organize every level of the CrossFit Games and was attended by a few dozen very well known, very badass CrossFitters doesn't seem like the place where someone would have to be taught how to do a toe-to-bar or how to do their muscle-ups more efficiently.

[Protobuilder]

Yeah, but they don't make the sport actually easier by making the ball bigger, limiting the pitch speed, changing to metal bats, or shrinking the field.

or call themselves world record holders who are more ELITE than the real thing

[Protobuilder]

oops - double post

[Mountebank]

People are already commenting about how the athletes are supposed to show up on Monday at 8am, when the first event doesn't happen until Friday at 11am. Plenty of time in there for unknowable, say, triathlons or events at Camp Pendleton...

[TerryB]

I'm all about bashing HQ when they do stupid shit, bashing the koolaiders when THEY do stupid shit and the overall cult mentality and nonsense some people spew when discussing this, but there are all sorts of leagues for all sorts of sports, from church league softball to MLB, from men's league hockey at midnight to NHL... why can't their be a strongman "lite" for those who use it as a tool to get fit rather than dive headfirst into it?

I don't see a problem with it whatsoever.

But church softball leagues don't typically claim that they are actually BETTER than MLB teams or that they are overall better athletes. And like someone else said, they dont' change the equipment and the rules to further those fantasies.

Crossfit would never put a 300 pound axle overhead event in their competitions. Why? Because they want to lift 185 twenty times and claim they are actually better athletes who generate more power than Zydrunas Savickas, et al.

[clutch]

That pouty look would be much better with a set of bolt-ons.

oops - double post

[Dan Martin]

I thought the point of the CrossFit games was to make money?

[baffled]

My HQ sources tell me there will be an event(s) at Camp Pendleton, with the favored athletes getting a heads-up on the details of the event, maybe even some practice time.

Moral of the story: If you're just learning of this now, you're not their favorite.

I want to see a secondary finish line-- just for BMac.

They have that already. It's called the start line.

=D> =D> =D>

[I'd Hit It]

"Strongman Fitness" was announced months ago. There are a series of qualifying competitions culminating in a show at the Arnolds. The division is for women under 150#, men under 175#. The lightweight men at least have not had a venue for doing strongman shows outside of the very occasional novice class that has appropriate weights or the odd show that has a class for men that light. It caused a lot of grumbling until the actual qualifying contests for the events came out. They are not light, especially for those weight classes. In one upcoming contest there is a 2'' DB ladder, women are doing 65#/80#, men are doing 120#/140#. Axle clean and press is 125# for women, 215# for men; farmer's is 150#/hand for women, 250#/hand for men. Etc. These are weights that demand the competitor have significant strength-training experience. I am no fan of Crossfit, but from those weights neither is NAS. Dionne and Willy are clearly not trying to make "watered-down strongman" but create a strongman event that's truly demanding for the lighter-weight competitor.

[Mountebank]

Hey @Fers! Is the failure of the AgerBomb project getting you down? How else could you fund both your box and the PED habit necessary to compete in the Gaymes? I have found the solution!

SELL WEED.(e-book coming shortly)

http://www.nbc12.com/story/18967669/267 ... =printable

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) -

Almost 300 lbs. of marijuana are now off the streets in what authorities say could be the largest drug bust in Richmond's history. Friday, authorities announced the arrest of three men they say are responsible for transporting pot across state lines and into the city.

This started with a minor drug charge after a girl with a blunt was stopped near Virginia Commonwealth University. It snowballed into a bust that would land police with huge duffle bags of pot and more than $600,000 in cash from the drug trade.

According to authorities, the three men tried to make Richmond their very own drug marketplace. Jeremy Harrington, Andrew Massengill and Eduardo Fabelo are facing charges of transporting marijuana from California into the Commonwealth. They could spend the next forty years in prison.

http://www.colonialcrossfit.com/about/

Jeremy
Head Instructor

Jeremy is the Head Instructor and Manager for Colonial CrossFit. Jeremy is bringing years of knowledge and experience as a CrossFit instructor to Colonial CrossFit. Over the past two years, Jeremy has grown into a competitive CrossFitter, participating in the CrossFit Open, Team SuperFit 2011, and SuperFit 2012.

Apparently his "@F for Hope" profile was cleared out sometime Sunday afternoon.
http://hope.crossfit.com/athlete?id=89105

*note that I'm totally against the drug war, particularly the one against marijuana

[milosz]

The e-book should detail how you build levels of weed-carriers and deniability in between you and the sorority girl busted for a blunt. If you're moving 300 pounds, you should probably have looked into distribution schemes that don't lead directly back to you.

[Cave Canem]

The e-book should detail how you build levels of weed-carriers and deniability in between you and the sorority girl busted for a blunt. If you're moving 300 pounds, you should probably have looked into distribution schemes that don't lead directly back to you.

You can't expect him to know all that. He's only Level I certified.

[Jay]

That answers that question.

Weed is paleo