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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,028 Member
    If that's considered a "clean" deadlift in CF games, then criteria is low level. Kinda disheartening.

    EDIT: This isn't a bash against doing CF. It's an opinion on the criteria of what's considered a clean deadlift in the CF games.

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  • Warchortle
    Warchortle Posts: 2,197 Member
    Making normal people feel accomplished on the daileee
  • _Resolve_
    _Resolve_ Posts: 735 Member
    wow a post made to flame bait .. and a mod gets in on the fire.. nice mfp.
  • theJTfitness
    theJTfitness Posts: 142 Member
    I get the biggest kicks out of those kipping pullups they do. AND how do you know if someone does CrossFit? They'll tell you.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    regardless of my thoughts on Crossfit, Elizabeth Akinwale is one of my sheroes.

    I watched part of the games and I think they are fairly hilarious because they are just testing how good you are at exercising which made me wonder why there isnt something like Zumba games or Cardio kickbox games?
  • Sam_I_Am77
    Sam_I_Am77 Posts: 2,093 Member
    wow a post made to flame bait .. and a mod gets in on the fire.. nice mfp.

    He's not flaming CF, he's flaming that awful DL. An awful DL is an awful DL regardless of it's a PL'r, CF'r, or casual gym goer.
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    wow a post made to flame bait .. and a mod gets in on the fire.. nice mfp.

    He's not flaming CF, he's flaming that awful DL. An awful DL is an awful DL regardless of it's a PL'r, CF'r, or casual gym goer.

    I think the point was that he is a MFP Mod, flaming a post.

    Classless post is classless.
  • docktorfokse
    docktorfokse Posts: 473 Member
    wow a post made to flame bait .. and a mod gets in on the fire.. nice mfp.

    He's not flaming CF, he's flaming that awful DL. An awful DL is an awful DL regardless of it's a PL'r, CF'r, or casual gym goer.

    I think the point was that he is a MFP Mod, flaming a post.

    Classless post is classless.
    Not liking something is considered a flame?
  • _Resolve_
    _Resolve_ Posts: 735 Member
    wow a post made to flame bait .. and a mod gets in on the fire.. nice mfp.

    He's not flaming CF, he's flaming that awful DL. An awful DL is an awful DL regardless of it's a PL'r, CF'r, or casual gym goer.

    I think the point was that he is a MFP Mod, flaming a post.

    Classless post is classless.
    Not liking something is considered a flame?

    Do you understand what flame baiting is?
  • Sam_I_Am77
    Sam_I_Am77 Posts: 2,093 Member
    wow a post made to flame bait .. and a mod gets in on the fire.. nice mfp.

    He's not flaming CF, he's flaming that awful DL. An awful DL is an awful DL regardless of it's a PL'r, CF'r, or casual gym goer.

    I think the point was that he is a MFP Mod, flaming a post.

    Classless post is classless.
    Not liking something is considered a flame?

    Do you understand what flame baiting is?

    niner isn't like that at all. Take a pill. You must be a CF'r to draw such butt-hurt from that comment. LOL
  • CyberEd312
    CyberEd312 Posts: 3,536 Member
    wow a post made to flame bait .. and a mod gets in on the fire.. nice mfp.

    He's not flaming CF, he's flaming that awful DL. An awful DL is an awful DL regardless of it's a PL'r, CF'r, or casual gym goer.

    I think the point was that he is a MFP Mod, flaming a post.

    Classless post is classless.
    Not liking something is considered a flame?

    Do you understand what flame baiting is?

    I do and I am not seeing it either...... Offering an opinion in regards to this individual form in doing a dead lift in this case at a Crossfit event is not flame baiting,
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    wow a post made to flame bait .. and a mod gets in on the fire.. nice mfp.

    He's not flaming CF, he's flaming that awful DL. An awful DL is an awful DL regardless of it's a PL'r, CF'r, or casual gym goer.

    I think the point was that he is a MFP Mod, flaming a post.

    Classless post is classless.
    Not liking something is considered a flame?

    Do you understand what flame baiting is?

    I do and I am not seeing it either...... Offering an opinion in regards to this individual form in doing a dead lift in this case at a Crossfit event is not flame baiting,

    I think he's saying that the OP was the one flame baiting by offering a video of a terrible DL that counted in the crossfit games. The intent of the post was to get people riled up. What other purpose could the OP have had? It's just funny because that's rather obvious to most people but not a forum mod (someone who should be able to see these things) who took the bait that the flame baiter left for us. Niner didn't flame bait; he just fell for it.
  • runner475
    runner475 Posts: 1,236 Member
    wow a post made to flame bait .. and a mod gets in on the fire.. nice mfp.

    He's not flaming CF, he's flaming that awful DL. An awful DL is an awful DL regardless of it's a PL'r, CF'r, or casual gym goer.

    I think the point was that he is a MFP Mod, flaming a post.

    Classless post is classless.
    Not liking something is considered a flame?

    Do you understand what flame baiting is?

    I do and I am not seeing it either...... Offering an opinion in regards to this individual form in doing a dead lift in this case at a Crossfit event is not flame baiting,

    I do and I'm not seeing it either. No flame baiting jus' pointing out a bad DL and still getting scored.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
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  • _Resolve_
    _Resolve_ Posts: 735 Member
    wow a post made to flame bait .. and a mod gets in on the fire.. nice mfp.

    He's not flaming CF, he's flaming that awful DL. An awful DL is an awful DL regardless of it's a PL'r, CF'r, or casual gym goer.

    I think the point was that he is a MFP Mod, flaming a post.

    Classless post is classless.
    Not liking something is considered a flame?

    Do you understand what flame baiting is?

    I do and I am not seeing it either...... Offering an opinion in regards to this individual form in doing a dead lift in this case at a Crossfit event is not flame baiting,

    I think he's saying that the OP was the one flame baiting by offering a video of a terrible DL that counted in the crossfit games. The intent of the post was to get people riled up. What other purpose could the OP have had? It's just funny because that's rather obvious to most people but not a forum mod (someone who should be able to see these things) who took the bait that the flame baiter left for us. Niner didn't flame bait; he just fell for it.

    oh look... someone who gets it!
  • shutyourpieholeandsquat
    shutyourpieholeandsquat Posts: 1,394 Member
    Edited to DELETE cause not worth it.
  • sseqwnp
    sseqwnp Posts: 327 Member
    I must have missed the part where she actually completed the lift ..
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Does anyone know what the actual rules are for a "good" lift at this particular event?
  • sseqwnp
    sseqwnp Posts: 327 Member
    Does anyone know what the actual rules are for a "good" lift at this particular event?

    Apparently they are "get it about 90% of the way, twitch a bit, and drop it"
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  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    Is it really flame baiting if a certain group of people are just overly sensitive?

    If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?
  • Buckeyt
    Buckeyt Posts: 473 Member
    I get the biggest kicks out of those kipping pullups they do. AND how do you know if someone does CrossFit? They'll tell you.

    The kipping pullups are kind of hilarious.
    All that said, Rich Froning, the 4 time champ is pretty impressive, especially winning all three events on the final day.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    I get the biggest kicks out of those kipping pullups they do. AND how do you know if someone does CrossFit? They'll tell you.

    Yes, compared to all the non CF runners and squatters and deadlifters and Zumba'ers on this site that never mention a single thing about what they do.

    How do you know someone hates crossfit? They make a troll post about it. Or cosign one.
  • jlapey
    jlapey Posts: 1,850 Member
    Does anyone know what the actual rules are for a "good" lift at this particular event?

    It's considered 'lifted' as long as it gets off the ground?
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
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  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    I get the biggest kicks out of those kipping pullups they do. AND how do you know if someone does CrossFit? They'll tell you.

    The kipping pullups are kind of hilarious.
    All that said, Rich Froning, the 4 time champ is pretty impressive, especially winning all three events on the final day.

    I'm pretty sure that at least 99.44% of the games athletes are "pretty impressive"...

    (...especially compared to the vast majority of internet athletes who bash them.)

    To imply that any of these games competitors aren't impressive athletes is crazy-talk.
  • amwoidyla
    amwoidyla Posts: 257 Member
    Does anyone know what the actual rules are for a "good" lift at this particular event?

    It's considered 'lifted' as long as it gets off the ground?

    I don't CF, but watched the games all weekend. They have to lock out on most of their lifts to make it count, but it was a really mixed bag as to what was counted as a rep and what wasn't between the judges.

    The bods on the lady CF'ers though? Love it!
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    wow a post made to flame bait .. and a mod gets in on the fire.. nice mfp.

    He's not flaming CF, he's flaming that awful DL. An awful DL is an awful DL regardless of it's a PL'r, CF'r, or casual gym goer.

    he's not flaming anything- he's pointing out it's a crappy DL.
  • mustgetmuscles1
    mustgetmuscles1 Posts: 3,346 Member
    Watched some of it at the gym. Was really impressed with all the athletes.....that DL video though. :frown:
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    I'm the interest of fairness, can the OP return and post the 300 high quality deadlifts that occurred during the cf games?

    Or perhaps he can give us a breakdown of how many acceptable lifts occurred vs how many sloppy lifts?

    Or maybe post a few of his own max DL videos so that we can see what proper form looks like?

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