Talking about targeting the specific muscle groups through an excersize, you are 100% right. In CrossFit, events are usually timed, so it's important to get through an excersize as efficient as possible (i.e. kipping/butterfly pull-ups). With these techniques: Instead of using only their lats and triceps for the pull-up, they're using their whole body, keeping the intensity high and cardio up. It's not meant to be a strict pull-up, and comparing the 2 is missing the point of the excersize.

I can watch this again and again. Amazing!

One thing I have noticed about this sport and watching some of the successful amateurs is they certain build you have to have. 5'10 to 6' foot any taller you struggle in some of the lifts. 210-215, if you are any lighter you struggle in the lifts, if you are heavier you struggle in the cardiovascular type events. Rich Froning is the ideal size and weight for crossfit to even have a chance. Of course his work ethic, stamina, and intelligence allows him to deserve what he received.

people make fun of cross fit, there is nothing easy about 240 dead lift, pistol squats in general, handstand walks, handstand push ups. strength and endurance is just crazy here

FITTEST MEN ON EARTH!!!!! I take nothing away from gymnasts, but this is endurance, strength..... all the ingredients for the worlds fittest man!

fuck, my knee hurts watching those squats, holy man.

First time I've seen this stuff. it's pretty cool! Strong as hell and fit dudes every one of them!

So many haters. Essentially, CrossFit is like a race with an obstacle course. The goal is to get to the finish line first. Don't compare CrossFit to how much you can lift or how strong you are because it's like comparing apples to oranges. Two different things. And referring bad form to kipping isn't entirely fair. Again the main goal isn't strength or aesthetics. However, doing the Olympic lifts with bad form is another thing, but based on what I see from the top tier athletes in this sport, they have some pretty damn good form. I'm not a fan boy. I just understand what their goals are and respect the amount of hard work they put in. I'm not ignorant.

Thanks, loved the praise

Rich Froning is a beast !! 3 time champ ! Shows how hard he works !!

Such an awesome win!! Thanks for posting this.

I'm so psyched for Khalipa and Fisher. Jason did great this year and Fisher did fantastic. Both are such nice guys as well. Big ups to Fronig on the 3 peat... I have no idea how he's so fanatically disciplined on his form even at the end of some of these workouts. I dig the fact that these guys are all pretty class.

The toughest sports i have ever seen in my life...these guys are awesome

AWESOME!

The guy is a beast! Respect.

Hi is The King of Crossfit..Rich Froooooooooooooniiiiig ..yas baby ;)

Well, I'm impressed now after watching this segment. Walking lunges with 165lbs overhead is remarkable! These guys are all supermen.

I think the craziest part of this is how Rich can turn it on after like 5 days of non stop workouts. He's not human.

lo maximo froning!!!!

how many days do they compete for all these different events? each day one event ?

Increíble

this is the real deal...they push themselves to exhaustion and then stay there for the whole event.....this is harder than anything I have ever done...and I've been working out in kickboxing, karate, spin, boot camp, etc.. for 20 years. I'm also an ex-marine and this is insane pain...but I live for it and love it...If you talk the talk then walk the walk....

Perfect

muy bueno

Have you ever done them?

In the heat with Neil Maddox he had to go back and make sure both hands touched across the line on the handstand walk. When Rich did the same thing he didn't get a 'no rep.' I love crossfit but the judging inconsistencies make it a bit unfair in competition.

arm strength...well done you are another crossfit goon

I suppose that waiter is a crossfitter currently working on his speed and agility. You know, basically everyone, even you, is a crossfitter with or at a certain level of skill and component of fitness. Even though, Ritchie wins these competitions of high octane fitness level, there is nothing stopping you to find out for yourself how broadly fit you currently are. Fitness is broad,not specific. Xfit is the love on improving weak skills and fitness components. Remember you are a crossfitter too.

games 2013 - best games (events, contestants ets...)

Rich is a stand up guy. Great competitor and he isn't a sore winner.

They have catagories: cardio;running,swimming,biking,rowing strength;oly lifts and major lifts along with some dumbell variations and kettlebell movements. Then gymnastics, burpees, muscle ups pulls up dips handstand walks and push ups. They always throw in something they know no one is training for to introduce variability, I know there was alreayd a ton of it lol, this year it was the pig a 500/300 pound box they had to flip 100 yards(men/women's weight and not exact i know) and the wall

I don't know for sure, but I don't think there's a strict standard for deficit handstand pushups. As for pullups, they're doing kipping pullups which are a different movement than strict pullups (what you consider "pullups"). The crossfit standard for pullups is arms fully extended to chin over the bar. Kipping is the most efficient to accomplish that. These guys could do as many strict pullups as other athletes. When it's timed event, however, you're going to do whatever takes less time.

Rich Froning makes everything look easy and every form count! He is strong as FUCK!

its a lot more healthier, you look better, and its the new hip thing that if you're really good you can make a lot of money when this sport takes off.

What song is playing at the start of cinco 2?

muy buen deporte

Who makes those kettle bells?

what a Beast!!!

Those kettlebells look sick!

Great sport event

Crossfit is the scientology of fitness.

Rich made 11 one-legged squat in the last round!

it's not about who is the strongest it's about who is the fittest.. they also run, swim, climb, deathlift, pull ups, olympic lifts... like its says FITTEST man on earth.. and it's not only americans who are in the games.. there are canadians, austrailans,..

froning use oakley sunglasses right ?? model ? anyone ? batwolf ?

Very strong men !

He's a machine

Most charisma

The issue with people who have tried CS is trying to maintain form while lifting heavy weights in very quick successions. It's a great idea to keep fit but seriously the injuries associated with it is not worth it

This is also after 3 days of events

If Rich did mma he'd be a monster

hola a todos, Rich Froning muy pero muy piola el chico admiro la solaridad y el corazón, saludos a todos.

I love how the commentators are like "fittest man on the planet"

Froning is a machine

Nearly everybody cheats at some point during their training, these guys don't claim to be superhuman but we must appreciate what they are capable of and their all round abilities, I don't do crossfit but I believe to be a better rounded athlete we can all learn a lot from all sportsmen/women and their respective disciplines.

walking hands after 405lbs deadlift and 53lbs one legged squat. are skinny guy can do that?

How does one 'train' for this considering you have no idea what the actual events are? Do you at least have a list of items you know it could be?

Anyone is free to attempt to compete in the games, to compete in the open then regionals so if anyone wants to come in and prove their fitter then they can do so

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kinda feel sorry for that dude that was leading but had to overhead lunge his bodyweight. Thats fn tough.

are there any weightclasses? it´s a little bit unfair to compare a 170lbs with one over 200. i think it would be better to let the weight of the bars depends on the weight of the competetor. so you can better see which one ist the all around athlet. sorry for my bad english

Do you even lift bro?

whats the song at 13:33 ?? please reply someone!

man i see a lot of black folks! STRONG

What is the model wearing glasses Rich?

ben smith's hip was not going below his knees in the pistol squats

No, because if that is all they can do, they do not fit the description of "fittest". Fittest involves a combination of strength, balance, agility, stamina. Arm walk tests a number of those factors, thus it should be included.

nice

Those onelegged squats are hard as hell but they really look ridiculous.

que grande

Do you even lift?

Let's see you do the entire event with and without the arm walk, and then tell us that the arm walking didn't in fact add a serious draining factor.

Rich Froning owning in my home town?!

Those deadlifts looked crowded. They need to make the lanes wider.

go ahead and do this. Time cap 7 mins btw. GL

7:00 actual event start

I understand this is fitness at its best, This people train so hard, but when expectations dont come it become a sour loser! I hope they would continue this and think as a fitness not a sort of other intentions!

@9:50, is it just me or is Smith not doing full rep compared to Froning?

Hi, could someone tell me which gloves brand they have? Thx

doper

impressive, however if i'm not chasing a ball, getting some serious tackles on the field and sticking my face into a ruck, it does not feel like i'm competing in a sport, just a day at the gym...

4:48 lol lady checking him out

I'm pretty sure the title "The Worlds Strongest Man" goes to the winner of the "Worlds Strongest Man" competition...

this is like gym day at school the olympics should be like this.

they cal all deadlift 500+? holy... i need to bulk up...

what kind of cardiovascular function dose theses athletes have? in terms of lung capacity and vo2? Since I am an endurance athlete my golden standard for fitness will always be leading cross country skiers.

core strength, balance, control, stamina, arm strength....shall i go on?

53lb pistols wtf!!!!!

well...if something "shouldn't never," then technically you're saying that it should always. well done

dan bailey trains day and night with rich but never gets better

01:05 wait for it, waaaait for it

Wait, crossfit is a real thing?

who says what is right or wrong ...this guys are moving naturally with their entire body...they are not just using a few specific muscles to move a weight which is very artificial

Rich=Boss=President

yeeeah A-straya!

420 hours in a day... 420 hours in a day... 420 hours in a day... 420 hours in a day...

demonbell, not kettlebell

Kids are much stronger in comparison than full grown men. They don't give the title for just walking on your hands, so no you shouldn't give those kids the title.

Right, they aren't tying to put hypertrophy into muscles they are trying to do work. That's something muscle-heads don't seem to get.

No, being able to do that, in conjunction with everything else they do in that week of brutal exercises does. And I didn't know there was 420 hours in a day...

bouncing the deadlift barbell seems more efficient but I feel like that weight would kill my back personally XD guess that's why I'm not competing with those guys hahah