2020 CrossFit Games return of the legend # Bridgesisbackbaby

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.

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!

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.

Have to agree with the Rogue broadcast👏🏻👏🏻

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

loved the iron game. watched it all weekend for every event

Great recap,... But it would be even greater giving a recap on your 2020 games performance 😎💪

Josh, if Rich Froning needs a male member for Mayhem Freedom are you interested in talking to Rich about this?

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:)

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

Congrats to Ben, hard work pays off

Can’t wait to see you back!

If Rich asked you would you join team mayhem freedom as Dre is one and done??

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:)

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.

My favorite (surprised myself with that) to watch was the cleans. Great competition and awesome to watch.

Nick, please turn off the music after the intro! Great commentary from JB.

Haha Josh secretly flexing on us at 9:34. I see you Josh, I see you....💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

Can't wait to watch you compete in 2020!

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.

Yes excited to see you there next year!

Great synopsis. Can't wait to see you out there next year! #paytheman

I like this "bridging the gap" Sweet! Nice intro. Love it.

It was fantastic to watch and hat,s of rogue there coverage was unreal

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.

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.

Great analysis! Thank you for your thoughts!

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.

Survival of the fittest this year. Previously was programed as the fittest in the world. Still great to watch.

Pay the man

Damn wish I could have seen a 100% Bridges at the Games this year. You would have crushed it.

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.

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

Would be awesome with a video about the story behind your tattoos!

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

That new tattoo is looking fresh!

Agree re music - I want to listen to you, not the background sound. Great content.

We gotta see that roar back in the games haha

You think Rich has already ordered a paddle board?

I see, i see ... someone got *inked* here!

1 shot for every “dominated” 🥴

Loved the review, hearing your take.

pay the man !!!!!!

I too really enjoyed watching the teams this year. :)

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...

Could you imagine Dave Castro doing a ruck sack run now

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.

Lukas Hogberg's 4 miler was faster than my 3 miler runs...goddamn that ruck run was humbling to watch.

Really dont know if it needs to be cut to 10 at all. Let them compete.

Cool video and opinions. Horrible decision to loop the music the whole video.

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.

@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

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??

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.

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? 😁

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?

Noticed the new ink....

Are you going to do 2020 open in October

Sincere question here.... cutting the field that early, could it be a measure to reduce cost?

Totally agree with the cut of 10 too quick

After the cuts all th big guns were gone in the woman, it was a gimme for TIA

Real talk. Think you would’ve made the cuts?

Hey Josh, will we be seeing you at next years games?

Which shorts you wear from Nike ? THX nice Vlog

is that a reverse hyper attachment behind you? does rogue make that?

WAIT CASTRO WAS A BUDDS INSTRUCTOR?!?!

Can we get a version of this without the extremely distracting music in the background 🤣

Josh , move to Tennessee!!!

Love the new tattoo 👍🏻

you going individual or team in 2020?

Is that a Garmin or a Polaris?

music is quite distracting

How's your recovery going brother?

Sorry for the STL Cards losses. Let’s go Dodgers!

Join Mayhem Freedom

Why he didn t compet this year ??

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

I miss Aja Barto

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.

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.

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).

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

ZERO!!

Some of the athletes were so upset on Instagram. I get that it is different but that's just the way the cookie crumbled 🍪

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

Matt Fraser is the best games athlete of all time imo

420 likes....i would hit the like button...but i just cant.....:P

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.