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  • victoria4321
    victoria4321 Posts: 1,719 Member
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    They're bumper plates. They were probably lifting 90lbs which isn't too heavy for a clean

    Stop that. You know as well as I do that "heavy" is a relative term, and a person new to lifting can hurt themselves with just a bar or even WITHOUT the bar, while getting started. If they have to break form like this, then it's too heavy.

    Of course its relative but assuming these people were average then it really not that heavy. Especially for the men in the video, I'm sure they can throw 90lbs across the room.
  • PayneAS
    PayneAS Posts: 669 Member
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    Yeah, nice propoganda piece aginst CrossFit. I like the way people make them the villian with no understanding of what's happening. Educate yourself first, and you'll "get it". It's not what it looks like.

    It isn't propoganda when it is a video published by the gym itself showing off their "achievements"during one of their special events (Weekend revival). They nailed themselves in the foot. /shrug
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
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    They're bumper plates. They were probably lifting 90lbs which isn't too heavy for a clean

    Stop that. You know as well as I do that "heavy" is a relative term, and a person new to lifting can hurt themselves with just a bar or even WITHOUT the bar, while getting started. If they have to break form like this, then it's too heavy.

    Of course its relative but assuming these people were average then it really not that heavy. Especially for the men in the video, I'm sure they can throw 90lbs across the room.

    I'm not sure how to respond to this. Usually I consider you pretty reasonable but on this topic it seems that we are from different planets.

    And the guys from your planet are become much stronger when exposed to the yellow sun of Earth, I guess.
  • shelbyfrootcake
    shelbyfrootcake Posts: 965 Member
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    I can't watch the video at work. Can someone give me a quick synopsis of what was going on please?
  • Determinednoob
    Determinednoob Posts: 2,001 Member
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    I can't watch the video at work. Can someone give me a quick synopsis of what was going on please?

    Can you see the gifs I posted? If so imagine something like that but much worse and more dangerous looking.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,293 Member
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    If no one has posted yet, this is how it is done http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4ppfXBp5o0

    This is not the same lift!!!!!

    Yes it is the same lift, if you go to 1:14 in the video. He just does a better job at getting the clean part up in order to switch his grip properly before pressing it.
  • PayneAS
    PayneAS Posts: 669 Member
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    also, this is a good testament to the difficulty in lifting heavy and is eye-opening for many who haven't lifted before I'm sure

    not really cause A) its light bumper plates and more importatly b) its not proper heavy lifting. As far as a "continental clean" if that is the proper form for it, then it can go back to whatever continent it came from.

    I love how it is defined in Wiki: "The Continental gained a reputation as clumsy, slow, and nonathletic compared to the swift coordinated movement required to lift the bar "clean." Hence, the clean movement was adopted by the early weightlifting federations as the official movement."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_and_jerk
  • onikonor
    onikonor Posts: 473 Member
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    This is terrible, I go to crossfit and my coach DOES NOT do this.

    This is painful to watch and VERY dangerous.
  • hotmama1174
    hotmama1174 Posts: 109 Member
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    bump so I can watch at home-no youtube at work :(
  • grace42d
    grace42d Posts: 156 Member
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    Horrendous! Those coaches should be forced to carry around 100 pound weights in each hands for the next millennium. They are going to really injure someone.
  • fit4lifeUcan2
    fit4lifeUcan2 Posts: 1,458 Member
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    Now you know how it became a three-legged dog!

    OMG I was actually thinking that when I saw the video lol
  • Fozzi43
    Fozzi43 Posts: 2,984 Member
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    I can't see it :sad:
  • andeey
    andeey Posts: 709 Member
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    That needs to be on Tosh.0 and he needs to invite them all back for a web redemption!
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,616 Member
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    regardless of issues of form, kids under a certain age are medically advised not to lift to failure. That doesn't mean they shouldn't lift. It does mean they shouldn't be lifting *heavy*. They should only be lifting weights that they can do 10-15 reps with. Don't like this fact, argue it with a paediatric orthopaedic specialist.
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,616 Member
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    You guys are pathetic, myfitnesspal is a site built around people trying to improve themselves and you make fun of other people in a video where they're clearly beginners and learning the ropes.

    every one has to start somewhere, remember that. you guys should no better than others how it feels to be judged.

    EDIT: also the majority of those girls are hot. Jelly much?

    Seriously?? If they are beginners then why do they all have like 8 plates on the bar? Trying to lift ridiculous amounts of weight that you are clearly not strong enough for is... just plain stupid...

    They're bumper plates. They were probably lifting 90lbs which isn't too heavy for a clean

    It *is* too heavy for a pubescent child.
  • PayneAS
    PayneAS Posts: 669 Member
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    That needs to be on Tosh.0 and he needs to invite them all back for a web redemption!

    OMG Yes.
  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,843 Member
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    What exactly are they doing wrong?

    If you do not know the sport or how it is done how would you know if it is being done wrong?

    There is poor, improper form and then there is moving the body differently to achieve a result. Most people are in the former, even when they think they are doing it right.

    Everyone seemed to be having fun.

    Wait, really? The fact that most of them are arching their backs and look as though they're going to snap in half doesn't give you a clue that they could possibly be "doing it wrong?" The fact that they can barely lift the weight up to their chest, let alone jerk it over their head doesn't make you think "hmm. Perhaps they might be doing it wrong?" :noway:
    They're bumper plates. They were probably lifting 90lbs which isn't too heavy for a clean

    Oh! Ok. Well now that makes ALL the difference! :noway: I'm fit. I lift heavy but there is no way in hell that I'd be able to do a 90lb clean (right now any way). Now my husband pushes me when we workout together but there's no way that he would slap 90lbs on an Olympic bar and say "Ok! Do a Clean and Jerk!"

    Those "coaches" should be fired. I can only imagine the injuries that could have been sustained by doing those improperly. It is very obvious that the weight is too heavy for them. I would not want to be the owner of that gym. The liability that they have on their hands is huge!
  • grace42d
    grace42d Posts: 156 Member
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    Here is an example of what can happen even when you are doing it right. Not for the squeamish.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJXESL5VK48
  • majik0516
    majik0516 Posts: 52 Member
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    Bump to watch at home.
  • Loulady
    Loulady Posts: 511 Member
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    All the knees knocking in is making me cringe. Ugh ugh ugh.


    I have to admit though - I am jealous of those rubber weights! I can't throw my bar around like that on my concrete floor.

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