2020 CrossFit Games return of the legend # Bridgesisbackbaby
@06livefast5 жыл бұрын
Rich IS the GOAT. Mat has won just as many golds in individual, but what Rich has done for the sport has not and probably will not be matched by any single competitor again. The dude changed the way athletes train, the way athletes compete, he had the look, was marketable as hell, kept camaraderie with other athletes and enforced a high standard of supporting other athletes on the floor, he was well spoken and good on the mic, he won and was dominant, and he took the initiative upon himself to put CrossFit on his back and be the ambassador for the sport when he didn’t need to be to market to new audiences. IMO, that combined with his individual AND team career makes him the GOAT.
@vmarsfiles5 жыл бұрын
I agree. Rich is an amazing athlete. I believe if he was still competing as an individual, He'd easily beat Fraser.
@airplane33595 жыл бұрын
Who's Rick?
@markmelnichuk55565 жыл бұрын
@@vmarsfiles yo...I love them both, but rich would not ever beat mat thats a complete joke😂
@cgreeneblue5 жыл бұрын
@@vmarsfiles No, not at this point. It would have been interesting to see them compete if they were both in their prime, which is now for Fraser but probably 6 years ago for Rich. It's the same in every sport: was Jordan better than James in Basketball? Crosby better than Gretzky in hockey? etc etc. You have to look at what they did in their moment, with the training and opportunity they had to be their best at that particular time.
@LeslieScott125 жыл бұрын
Thanks Josh for your review. I've been CrossFitting since 2011. I miss the days of you and Rich on the stadium floor under the lights. So glad I was around for those battles. I'm 55 and so I don't CrossFit at your level but I love it. I did compete once at the Arnold and warmed up at the same time Rich did. He was so nice to tell me, I was what real CrossFit is. And then fist bumped me what a great memory! Lol anyway don't quit! You are a beast and one of the Originals!
@hellochainsaw5 жыл бұрын
What a great story! Thanks for sharing.
@LeslieScott125 жыл бұрын
@@hellochainsaw thank you! It was super cool!
@sadliercreative24915 жыл бұрын
Josh, just one production suggestion: after your intro, mix your music slightly lower. Your voice and the music compete too much for the ear's attention.
@treds2435 жыл бұрын
If you're a true athlete everything is a competition. :)
@hardushelm62685 жыл бұрын
Have to agree with the Rogue broadcast👏🏻👏🏻
@bhanani54805 жыл бұрын
Such a good guy, and real and normal too. Crossfit is gaining interest here in New Zealand so hopefully you'll be able to visit one day
@assetactivities5 жыл бұрын
loved the iron game. watched it all weekend for every event
@artihardt59685 жыл бұрын
Great recap,... But it would be even greater giving a recap on your 2020 games performance 😎💪
@michaelconti24415 жыл бұрын
Josh, if Rich Froning needs a male member for Mayhem Freedom are you interested in talking to Rich about this?
@jonajuliusdottir28495 жыл бұрын
Well we got Icelander on the podium. But it was son this time. Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson kept the Icelandic tradition at the games alive. And we sure can ask him to be dóttir if that sounds better. Best Regards from á dóttir Á Juliusdottir one:)
@usmanfarooq965 жыл бұрын
first year without a dottir since 2013 and only the second time ever
@jonajuliusdottir28495 жыл бұрын
@@usmanfarooq96 so as Björgvin ended third is there just one year with no Icelandic viking on the podium? That is an impressive record for a country with population of approx 350 thousand people
@usmanfarooq965 жыл бұрын
Jona Juliusdottir that is correct, since 2011 there has only been one year without an Icelandic representative on the podium and 2 years without a dottir on the podium
@onnol9175 жыл бұрын
Would love to see you compete in some capacity next time Edit: yeah cutting to 10 felt like a moodkiller, would have loved 25 orso Looking forward to your open participation man
@Famousbryant5 жыл бұрын
Congrats to Ben, hard work pays off
@thinkwell6525 жыл бұрын
Can’t wait to see you back!
@stuartwisbey86875 жыл бұрын
If Rich asked you would you join team mayhem freedom as Dre is one and done??
@thomasphillips77195 жыл бұрын
good question!!! Everyone knows Cookeville is awesome (I'm a little biased because I live here)!!!
@stuartwisbey86875 жыл бұрын
@@thomasphillips7719 you are a lucky guy, It looks like THER place to be when it comes to crossfit!! Absolutley in awe of Team Freedom and the Mayhem family!
@michaelconti24415 жыл бұрын
I was thinking of asking Josh the same question! I think Josh would make a good Mayhem Freedom member!
@chadwickprice37615 жыл бұрын
and he already has some land in Cookeville
@mikewilliams27715 жыл бұрын
Great question!
@jabirmoses5 жыл бұрын
All weekend all I was thinking was how well I thought you would do on these workouts. We all know when it comes to pure crossfit you're an absolute beast. I'm excited for your road back to the games. You got my vote:)
@adlblake5 жыл бұрын
Great perspective and thank you for your hard work. The cuts rewards those that are consistently in top ten and penalised mistakes, this is exactly what the “CF Olympics” should do. Your rewarded for the day not your past successes. I loved this year more than any of the past ten years.
@readyme5 жыл бұрын
My favorite (surprised myself with that) to watch was the cleans. Great competition and awesome to watch.
@fargofz15 жыл бұрын
Nick, please turn off the music after the intro! Great commentary from JB.
@dux_bellorum5 жыл бұрын
Haha Josh secretly flexing on us at 9:34. I see you Josh, I see you....💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
@summerw57735 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to watch you compete in 2020!
@buddypop93585 жыл бұрын
Gotta say. Loved the new format and scoring, 110% for every workout. And I agree the last cut could’ve been Sunday morning. But great fun to watch once again. Great commentary from you as well.
@roser70015 жыл бұрын
Yes excited to see you there next year!
@bboyeddie5 жыл бұрын
Great synopsis. Can't wait to see you out there next year! #paytheman
@vanessaswayfit5 жыл бұрын
I like this "bridging the gap" Sweet! Nice intro. Love it.
@bennygilligan5 жыл бұрын
It was fantastic to watch and hat,s of rogue there coverage was unreal
@kvn08cosmo5 жыл бұрын
I guess I'm just confused. Tia still crushed by 200ish points. CMF still crushed by 200ish points. And Fraser squeaked by a guy with ONE first place finish vs. his SIX. So I just don't see how this was better.
@RogueCylon5 жыл бұрын
The Rogue feed was amazing. Such a step up on previous presentation. Great team presenting. I do miss some of the previous presenters, and extras, but Rogue came and owned it.
@cheriseelliott92305 жыл бұрын
Great analysis! Thank you for your thoughts!
@zackcooperman31595 жыл бұрын
I think the only other time an AMRAP made it to the games was back in 2010 with the Deadlift/Pistol/Double Under workout. I think it had a 7 minute cap on it.
@kyleturner69655 жыл бұрын
Survival of the fittest this year. Previously was programed as the fittest in the world. Still great to watch.
@antoinebichon36625 жыл бұрын
Pay the man
@greggeis9185 жыл бұрын
Damn wish I could have seen a 100% Bridges at the Games this year. You would have crushed it.
@michaelganter89525 жыл бұрын
I think the cuts were good. Because it made the athletes push to their limits to a certain degree. By doing that, it created a great CFG’s to watch.
@dylanpardon97235 жыл бұрын
Fully agree on the how good the Rogue Iron Game commentators were, I hope Rogue keeps these wonderful people on that team, also fully agree with top 10 being the cut after first event last day
@mikkele93625 жыл бұрын
Would be awesome with a video about the story behind your tattoos!
@BostonsF1nest5 жыл бұрын
The lack of heavy lifting in the games this year is almost criminal... I wasn’t a big fan of the programming but I’m sure Fraser would have won regardless
@keiththeporkchop5 жыл бұрын
The Kids Nice the only problem is that anyone with decent Olympic lifting like Fraser would dominate, wouldn't be as fair. You do mild weight and everyone hurts the same, the winner is just willing to work harder then the rest.
@BostonsF1nest5 жыл бұрын
Keith Haynes gtfoh
@tjkaglic715 жыл бұрын
That new tattoo is looking fresh!
@tommycatg5 жыл бұрын
Agree re music - I want to listen to you, not the background sound. Great content.
@dano12425 жыл бұрын
We gotta see that roar back in the games haha
@blainedowns61525 жыл бұрын
You think Rich has already ordered a paddle board?
@geemail3695 жыл бұрын
I see, i see ... someone got *inked* here!
@m.a.p.dmstrainingandequipm80765 жыл бұрын
1 shot for every “dominated” 🥴
@stonemcguire64625 жыл бұрын
Loved the review, hearing your take.
@roberteichner30215 жыл бұрын
pay the man !!!!!!
5 жыл бұрын
I too really enjoyed watching the teams this year. :)
@PaddyCartwright5 жыл бұрын
That's what's confused me the most about this year.... If you have a bad weekend at a sanctional you can always do the next one. But at the games if you don't have it on one workout you could potentially be done...
@MC-nv4bo5 жыл бұрын
Could you imagine Dave Castro doing a ruck sack run now
@mpbeautyinsight5 жыл бұрын
I really liked the games this year and I do agree the cut was too early, but I'm glad there was a cut as it's not as fun to watch someone in 20th place struggle. I'm sure CF realized that it's more of a financial gain to keep people watching the top 10 athletes. I do miss regional's and wish CF would bring that back as it was nice to see local CF athletes. Most shocking moment was when I tuned in and saw Noah in 1st - I thought Oh, no .. is Matt injured?!? .. lol. Also loved seeing games athletes like Chyna Cho and Camille Leblanc-Bazinet participating on the team side.
@epicmelee5 жыл бұрын
Lukas Hogberg's 4 miler was faster than my 3 miler runs...goddamn that ruck run was humbling to watch.
@alexbrown20945 жыл бұрын
Really dont know if it needs to be cut to 10 at all. Let them compete.
@everardosandoval14355 жыл бұрын
Cool video and opinions. Horrible decision to loop the music the whole video.
@555noelle15 жыл бұрын
Last time there was no Dottir on podium was 2013. Mad! I agree that I thought Annie would be there this year. She was pissed to be cut. But she also said she shouldn’t have been in that position either so it was her fault. I like how they all admitted that. But it’s made me think that the CrossFit games has changed from fittest on earth to fittest “any given Sunday”. I also hate how it takes away the comeback story. And some of the top ten were in no way a threat. I thought Sunday was kind of boring. Loved the rest of it. And first event, Mary and the Lift event were fantastic.
@ruzaroos5 жыл бұрын
There were two full days of competition for the top 20 and the cut to 10 was made after half of the events were in the books. I don't think that really qualifies as "any given Sunday". Basically what happened in the past was that all the 1st and 2nd heat athletes would stay at the bottom all weekend long and post scores/times so low that the top 20 would get most of the points the whole weekend. It created an artificial points floor for the "elite". When you cut down to 20 and 20th is only getting 10 points, all those free points they got before are gone. Katrin won 2 out of the last 6 events; but coming in 8th and 9th in two only got her 30 points, which is why she wasn't on the podium.
@jasonjames37575 жыл бұрын
@joshB I could have swore I seen you at the Rogue invitational visiting... any chance you'll be in that comp if and when it comes around again? Thx for the vids
@cameronrandall39665 жыл бұрын
I disagree with people saying that programming was bad, Across the whole weekend it was a complete test of fitness. But the only issue with cuts is that you have people not taking/finishing the test. Imagine taking a 2 chapter test at school and half way through they tell you that you failed cause you didn’t do well on chapter 1 but you could ace chapter 2. Mean while some one else aced Chapter 1 but then completely bomb Chapter 2 with zero consequences. Bottom line: I just think you need to have everyone do the same workouts if you’re gonna put them on the same leaderboard. Thoughts??
@SkunkyBrew5 жыл бұрын
It's interesting to see how the conversation is playing out about the cuts. You have those that liked it, and those that didn't. Those, like Annie, that made it clear she didn't like it but admitted she shouldn't have been in a position to be cut in the first place. Seems to me that if you're truly fighting to be "Fittest on Earth" you're in contention the whole way through, not just just in some parts. I feel like that's what Annie is contending; that her better abilities/strengths would have played out better with the later events. But on the reverse, what if they had her better events front-loaded, and her weaker ones back-loaded? Her strengths are someone elses weaknesses, and vice versa! It's the luck of the draw.
@RhinoAg5 жыл бұрын
I didn’t like that if they simply did the events in a different order then it would have been a completely different top 25 (absent the top 3 or so)
@SkunkyBrew5 жыл бұрын
@@RhinoAg Yeah, I guess thats pretty much Annies thoughts as well. I see both sides. I think Josh's ideas is pretty much how I felt about it too.
@4_the_health_of_it5 жыл бұрын
I see one or more of the Dottirs on a team next year. I especially don’t think Sara liked the cut format and she would likely be the alpha on any team. On that note, when will we see Masters team competition? 😁
@vikaskrishan50985 жыл бұрын
I had to rethink the games after a day or two... I didn't think I would like the lack of weights - but it made it probably a little more accessible. Not sure that the cuts were equitable - agree that the final should have been 20 or so... maybe this would have let us find the true top 10 rather than those who were lucky enough to have their first events be their naturally strong ones. Maybe a bit less running next time. I loved the ruck run - used to do this back in the day, but the sprint as well? The swim might have been better as a paddle and something nice to burn the arms and legs straight after - not such a great spectator event?
@brandonibarra38135 жыл бұрын
Noticed the new ink....
@jannahrehab86475 жыл бұрын
Are you going to do 2020 open in October
@steveadkisson29215 жыл бұрын
Sincere question here.... cutting the field that early, could it be a measure to reduce cost?
@Apolicemanslife5 жыл бұрын
Totally agree with the cut of 10 too quick
@1080sucks4 жыл бұрын
After the cuts all th big guns were gone in the woman, it was a gimme for TIA
@jasonward78005 жыл бұрын
Real talk. Think you would’ve made the cuts?
@olivertopham30765 жыл бұрын
Hey Josh, will we be seeing you at next years games?
@peterpeters99355 жыл бұрын
Which shorts you wear from Nike ? THX nice Vlog
@RabidCheetah5 жыл бұрын
is that a reverse hyper attachment behind you? does rogue make that?
@michaelvermunt52115 жыл бұрын
WAIT CASTRO WAS A BUDDS INSTRUCTOR?!?!
@zacklynch5845 жыл бұрын
Can we get a version of this without the extremely distracting music in the background 🤣
@bs4319805 жыл бұрын
Josh , move to Tennessee!!!
@juicyykid52785 жыл бұрын
Love the new tattoo 👍🏻
@ericsico80005 жыл бұрын
you going individual or team in 2020?
@chriscurran49365 жыл бұрын
Is that a Garmin or a Polaris?
@jakelley245 жыл бұрын
music is quite distracting
@prashantsingh54135 жыл бұрын
How's your recovery going brother?
@oc67385 жыл бұрын
Sorry for the STL Cards losses. Let’s go Dodgers!
@daniellara98475 жыл бұрын
Join Mayhem Freedom
@janderickgonzalez39885 жыл бұрын
Why he didn t compet this year ??
@mattyarnall49025 жыл бұрын
Knee surgery.
@jackiecarpenter77475 жыл бұрын
Pretty fair how they did it, first workout was a true test to see how rounded of an athlete you are. Hope they keep the new format
@ramenboodle19855 жыл бұрын
I agree except for the cut to 10. That should have been an all day event. Kind of shitty seeing people cut on a race.
@BostonsF1nest5 жыл бұрын
I miss Aja Barto
@manjotta5 жыл бұрын
Hey the video guy is doing a good job but please leave the video without music in background. Could not listen, especially annoying for non native speakers.
@johnbarrick48365 жыл бұрын
In the end no matter what tia wins and Fraser wins. I think the people like Annie which I love don’t deserve anything it’s earned not given.
@natew55445 жыл бұрын
i wonder how many people doing crossfit as a career has been 10+ years without an injury that required surgery? (im sure there is a better way that i could have worded it).
@onnol9175 жыл бұрын
Tbh I do not think there are many injuryfree. It is a very demanding sport with also a focus on reps for time, I guess that is why you see athletes train quite safely so the risk is mostly in competition.
@Jake-um5fx5 жыл бұрын
How many playing football, baseball or basketball for 10 years require surgery?
@natew55445 жыл бұрын
@@Jake-um5fx good question. i feel like its less for those sports percentage wise. especially for baseball. pitchers are probably more prone than other positions on baseball teams. either way i would be interested in seeing the statistics on this; comparing all sports
@solomonthe90765 жыл бұрын
God forbid anyone criticize the little Dave! Well I’ll continue to do just that, from my couch 🛋 with my 110 kilos with my burpees and wall balls! Not all CrossFit training is good for everybody! You got injured didn’t you? You never talk about it! Rich has a bad knee Annie has problem in her back Dan Bally knee surgery
@giovannarandolph54545 жыл бұрын
yoel kornweitz Professional athletes in all sports have injuries like that. Football, tennis, baseball, etc. I don’t see how it’s any different when CrossFit athletes get hurt. When you’re working out 3 times a day, 365 days a year, someone is bound to get hurt.
@thebadger48375 жыл бұрын
ZERO!!
@elliotyamamoto385 жыл бұрын
Some of the athletes were so upset on Instagram. I get that it is different but that's just the way the cookie crumbled 🍪
@badboyspfly5 жыл бұрын
Iloooooooovvvvved the cut system because that’s what it means to be the fittest on the planet, the 10 most fittest people on the planet , so Ann soooory your not part of the fittest 10 in the world and you suck for quitting , because now you know you just can’t rely on your power moves , also I wish they would clean up those poor excuse of a pull up and muscle ups and hand stand push , that’s the only thing I don’t like in the CrossFit, what a great thing it would be if you had to do those things without swinging and rely on pure power and strength
@BostonsF1nest5 жыл бұрын
Matt Fraser is the best games athlete of all time imo
@deviltoys20005 жыл бұрын
420 likes....i would hit the like button...but i just cant.....:P
@RitterFitness5 жыл бұрын
Cuts in Crossfit aren't something new, but they have been appropriate and scheduled accordling. In years past, it was called the Open. If you do well, you move to Regionals...if not, you get CUT. 2nd Cut was during Regionals. The point of regionals was getting the field prepd for The Games. To have cuts at The Games is pointless and really isn't fair to the field. Rich Froning would never have made 4X's Champion with this years format. Think about it. He always makes a comeback on Sunday. This years format doesn't allow as in depth and comprehensive test of modalities in order to figure out who is the "fittest" across the spectrum.
@rjrparker60055 жыл бұрын
Great comment, fully agree.
@JoshBridges5 жыл бұрын
Rich’s comebacks were never from out of 10th place on Saturday. You never watched Rich if you think he wouldn’t have made it through the cuts this year.
@RitterFitness5 жыл бұрын
Josh Bridges hey man. Big fan, was surprised to see the response. My point was that this particulars Games format doesn’t allow for the comeback that is so amazing to watch. Take 2013 where Rich takes 30th in the first event, in a similar format, he would have potentially been cut. I think you, and all the other previous Games athletes put in hard work through the entire year and earned your spot to compete during the entire duration. This year eliminated certain athletes to show case their ability in other modalities. However I’m sure the bumps will get smoothed out for next year. Keep up the hard work man. Gonna have to try some of your coffee!