Tag: crossfit open 2020
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10 Reasons Why Crossfit IS a Sport
This article is in response to a 2013 article published by Bleacher Report on “10 Reasons Why Crossfit Isn’t a Sport“. And to start off the official definition of a sport by the Oxford Dictionary is: “An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for…
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Could 2020 Be The Year of The Canadians?
When it comes to the Crossfit Games the men’s side has been dominated my Americans and the women’s side has been a battle between Iceland and Australia, but there’s a new country gunning for the top spot and if you’ve been watching closely it might not be that much of a surprise. CANADA With a…
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Where Are They Now? The Last 7 Crossfit Games Rookies of The Year
In sports when someone is awarded rookie of the year it is a sign that they can hang with the big dogs from the very first day. However long it has taken them to reach the elite level does not matter, because now that they are here they are a force to be reckoned with….
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A Final Review of The 2020 Crossfit Open Leaderboard + Stats
Before we get into things it would be best to check out our latest post… 2020 Crossfit Open Programming Analysis + Breakdown If you’ve already read that post you would know that a few pretty big changes came to the 2020 Open. Now we’re going to look at how those changes affected the worldwide leaderboard,…
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2020 Crossfit Open Programming Analysis + Breakdown
And just like that the 2020 Crossfit Open has come to an end. As it was the second Open in 2019 we were not sure what to expect and we were still surprised with some of what we saw, and didn’t see. After every competition we like to take a look at the programmed workouts…
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Streat Hoerner 20.5 Split Times
This Thursday 2x Crossfit Games competitor and 2017’s 14th fittest man on Earth Streat Hoerner battled 2x Crossfit Games competitor and 2018’s 9th fittest man on Earth Willy Georges in France for the live announcement of 20.5. For time, partitioned any way:40 muscle-ups80-cal. row120 wall-ball shots, 20-lb. ball to 10 ft. TIME CAP: 20:00 MIN Unfortunately…
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Crossfit Open 20.4 vs 20.3: Which Was Actually Heavier?
For those of us in the Crossfit world that love a heavy barbell we have been spoiled the last couple of weeks with the deadlifts in 20.3 and the clean and jerks in 20.4 Both workouts for the men ended at 315 pounds and both ended at 205 for the women, but one workout was…
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An In-Depth Look at Lefteris Theofanidis
At the time of this writing 3 weeks of the 2020 Crossfit Open have already passed and the current #1 male in the world is not who you might have expected it to be. The current lead is held by Greek national champion Lefteris Theofanidis Because Theofanidis is not a household name in the Crossfit…
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Speed vs Strength: Crossfit Open Workout 20.4 Strategy
Crossfit Open workout 20.4 is a chipper in which the weight on the clean and jerks increase while the reps decrease. This is definitely not the first time a workout like this has been programmed and we actually have a perfect example on how to perform well in this workout no matter where your advantages…
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Ben Smith 20.4 Split Times
Halloween night Ben Smith went head to head vs Sean Sweeney and Jason Carroll for the 20.4 live Open announcement at Diablo Crossfit. Smith took the lead after the very first set of box jumps and never looked back. Throughout the entire workout not one set of pistol squats (single leg) took him over 1:30….