Post by stackingtens on Jul 22, 2015 6:13:10 GMT -5
Who is watching? Individual events start today. I will put it on in the background at work but watching the ocean. event is meh to me. Luckily my company is 3 people, all CrossFitters, so we can play it on our office screen all week, haha.
Tonight's event, the sandbags, will be fun to watch. It was done in 2010 and the strategy was really interesting.
I'm pumped about 1rm clean and jerk on Saturday!
I did catch a little teen and master's yesterday... 1rm thruster?? I've never even attempted that.
Can't wait for teams and individuals to get started today. Teens have been fun to watch too! Masters are fun as well but there are so many divisions it gets monotonous.
Post by stackingtens on Jul 22, 2015 10:55:57 GMT -5
I love her too and sent that pic to my BFF last night and said that is my goal post-baby body. I'm taller than her but girl has shoulders and hips/butt and looks hot as hell, so she's my new body inspiration.
Women should def follow her on FB/instagram-she's awesome. Kind of person you think you could just be friends with but also be completely inspired by.
I feel so bad for EZ Muhammad. Clearly a fish out of water (no pun intended) on the board.
I started following him on IG after that last event of regionals that finally got him to the games (he had to win it and did and has been at regionals for like 4+ years).
It was hard-I'm actually wondering if he'll post an update on his page before too long about it. He struggled big time. I'm sure practicing ocean swimming is crazy hard for people that live nowhere near the coast, but man, he had to know it was coming right? Must be such a mental mindf@!k to be laying out there on that paddleboard and watching people finish. :-( I hope he comes back strong.
I feel so bad for EZ Muhammad. Clearly a fish out of water (no pun intended) on the board.
I started following him on IG after that last event of regionals that finally got him to the games (he had to win it and did and has been at regionals for like 4+ years).
It was hard-I'm actually wondering if he'll post an update on his page before too long about it. He struggled big time. I'm sure practicing ocean swimming is crazy hard for people that live nowhere near the coast, but man, he had to know it was coming right? Must be such a mental mindf@!k to be laying out there on that paddleboard and watching people finish. I hope he comes back strong.
He honestly may be afraid of water or something. Someone from my box won the region a few years ago and knew there was going to be a water event (the year before was the first one I believe, or they were hinting that there would be and didn't pull the trigger, can't remember) and he was just opening for something that was not an open water swim b/c he had huge issues swimming and in particular, was a bit scared of open water swims.
I also think OWS are kind of shitty b/c it can give an unfair advantage to certain areas of the country.
And another Akinwale lover! If I remember correctly, she bombed the first time they had a water event and then rocked it the next year.
Post by emilyinchile on Jul 22, 2015 15:30:11 GMT -5
I'm so excited! I didn't watch yesterday because I was busy, and today I didn't see the ocean events because I was sleeping. But I am around the house for a few hours now and plan to turn it on.
Post by stackingtens on Jul 23, 2015 7:20:11 GMT -5
Ben Smith DNFd which shocked me. But froning had two poor last year (like 33 and 24 or something) so no one is out just yet. Noah and Ben will both do well on Friday I'm sure. Camille also struggled big time!
Was great to see EZ come back and kill the sandbags.
Post by stackingtens on Jul 23, 2015 8:30:08 GMT -5
Matt Fraser's shorts were snug in all the right places on that sandbag WOD... they were distracting!
Ben Smith is awesome in person. My gym intern for the last two years graduated in the spring and is at CrossFit Krypton with him now and having an incredible experience. SHe also said that he does ALL KINDS of odd object carry WODs and so the only thing she could reason was that he just had a poor strategy and couldn't recover in time. Crazy.
But, all those guys are sitting like 15-20th, so there's plenty of time.
Speaking of the games, I have been digging this chick's body. Never heard of her but she's a games athlete.
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I'm a huge Akinwale fan...she trains at the CrossFit gym I used to go to here in Chicago and she's so damned nice too. Her son is adorable. I love that she's a single mom, she's so dedicated and she's always the first to cheer on others at the gym. #girlcrush
I'm really curious how Murph in The Games is going to go. I sense that it was programmed early to physically break people. Like Castro wants athletes to tear and do worse later because of it.
Really I just hate The Dave Castro and assume everything he does is because he's a douche
I'm really curious how Murph in The Games is going to go. I sense that it was programmed early to physically break people. Like Castro wants athletes to tear and do worse later because of it.
Really I just hate The Dave Castro and assume everything he does is because he's a douche
Yeah, I feel like this is a big F-You honestly. It'll be fun to watch but how can you not get torn up during Murph?
I'm really curious how Murph in The Games is going to go. I sense that it was programmed early to physically break people. Like Castro wants athletes to tear and do worse later because of it.
Really I just hate The Dave Castro and assume everything he does is because he's a douche
Yeah, I feel like this is a big F-You honestly. It'll be fun to watch but how can you not get torn up during Murph?