M.T Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Don't know if anyone ahs been watching the Crossfit games on Sky recently but it had me thinking is this the best comp to truly define who is the fittest Male/Female in the World?Talking in terms of overall fitness as each challenge is presented to them by random so you cannot be good at just any one thing and it encorporates heavy weight lifting (powerlifting), Oly lifting, Gymnastics, Cardio and more would it be fair to say the out right winners are the fittest in the WORLD?I'm on the fence for now unless someone can convince me otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytraps Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 IMO crossfitters are jack of all trades master of none. They will be out lifted by powerlifters/weightlifters, out run by marathon runners, will get killed in bw events by gymnasts. However if you put any one of those specialist into the crossfit games they may not do too well. I think the winner of the crossfit games should be dubbed crossfittest in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
severe Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 IMO crossfitters are jack of all trades master of none. They will be out lifted by powerlifters/weightlifters, out run by marathon runners, will get killed in bw events by gymnasts. However if you put any one of those specialist into the crossfit games they may not do too well. I think the winner of the crossfit games should be dubbed crossfittest in the world.Very true.I enjoy the CF training now, but will not be caught out being a nutrider who thinks it is the uber training.I am actually wanting to go back to heavy lifting. CF is a good all rounder, but it comes down to your goals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.T Posted November 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 IMO crossfitters are jack of all trades master of none. They will be out lifted by powerlifters/weightlifters, out run by marathon runners, will get killed in bw events by gymnasts. However if you put any one of those specialist into the crossfit games they may not do too well. I think the winner of the crossfit games should be dubbed crossfittest in the world.Very true.I enjoy the CF training now, but will not be caught out being a nutrider who thinks it is the uber training.I am actually wanting to go back to heavy lifting. CF is a good all rounder, but it comes down to your goals.yeah like yesterday for example they had the females doing 155lb front squats to depth x7, 700m bike and 100m monkey bars for 3 laps!Now that to me says FIT. Sure a Powerlifter would own the Squats as a cyclist would the bike but being a jack of all trades require some serious work and is a master sport in it's self.Good to raise here as we have a combination of Sportsmen and women so can see many point of views. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.T Posted November 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 IMO crossfitters are jack of all trades master of none. They will be out lifted by powerlifters/weightlifters, out run by marathon runners, will get killed in bw events by gymnasts. However if you put any one of those specialist into the crossfit games they may not do too well. I think the winner of the crossfit games should be dubbed crossfittest in the world.Very true.I enjoy the CF training now, but will not be caught out being a nutrider who thinks it is the uber training.I am actually wanting to go back to heavy lifting. CF is a good all rounder, but it comes down to your goals.yeah like yesterday for example they had the females doing 155lb front squats to depth x7, 700m bike and 100m monkey bars for 3 laps!Now that to me says FIT. Sure a Powerlifter would own the Squats as a cyclist would the bike but being a jack of all trades require some serious work and is a master sport in it's self.Good to raise here as we have a combination of Sportsmen and women so can see many point of views. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsammce Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 There are all sorts of diff types of fitness so to say someone is the fittest is pretty broad...It's just like nzsm... The winner is just the strongest person on the day at those particular events not really the strongest person on nz..Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. U will always be able to beat someone at something and someone will always be able to bear you at something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internet warrior Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 Curtesy of Pman I thought this point was interesting - he says that if you took a strong powerlifter who was out of shape in terms of aerobic fitness but still trains everyday and is a bit fat from those wonderful PL diets, how long would it take to get him conditioned to a crossfit style workout. Now take a run-of-the-mill crossfitter and ask how long it would take to get him as strong as the powerlifter. Crossfit defines fitness as essentially the ability to do crossfit. On those terms, yeah, their winner is the "fittest" in the world. But I think fitness is probably more than aerobic conditioning, especially where sport is concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsammce Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 Well it's quite obvious that a person with good strength and poor aerobic fitness will accel and progress much faster in crossfit than someone with good aerobic fitness and poor strength.There are lots of guys in nz doing crossfit now who come from bb and pl backgrounds they are machines! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internet warrior Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 Well it's quite obvious that a person with good strength and poor aerobic fitness will accel and progress much faster in crossfit than someone with good aerobic fitness and poor strength.There are lots of guys in nz doing crossfit now who come from bb and pl backgrounds they are machines!An ideal way to do it too, or at least for a period of time. I plan to do a crossfit type season next year and then come back to normal training. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.T Posted November 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 I must say their physiques are amazing, like a hybrid of a bb and a tri- athlete. Females with traps bigger than mine scare me though.Very cool to watch don't see me doing it anytime soon but hey it is summer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyb Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 I don't see anything wrong with calling it fittest on earth. If you think your are the fittest on earth, then do the crossfit games and prove it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
severe Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 I plan to do a crossfit type season next year and then come back to normal training.I would agree with this. I would recommend it. The boot camp starters are not the real deal, but the CF groups offer it as a way in. Once you hit the 21-15-12 sets, for time in the regular classes, you really define yourself as fit or not.I am 10kgs lighter, but my aerobic fitness is boosting. Still have a decent physique.But... I am needing to be bigger and stronger again. I am starting to look like a triathlete (as mentioned earlier).Good enough, seldom is. Loving the CF though, even though I can't keep up with those folk from a running background. Strength only gets you so far, before you gas out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danomyte Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 I don't see anything wrong with calling it fittest on earth. If you think your are the fittest on earth, then do the crossfit games and prove itnegged for bias :pfft: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big john Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 if i do burpee's my bench will improve yes? :grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riccardo Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 Like someone mentioned they are a jack of all trades. "Fitness" for me is defined as more than just aerobic endurance, it includes all components of fitness such as strength, endurance, flexibility, power, speed etc etc. If you claim to be the fittest in the world then you need to be able to excel at all of these components which the world's best cross fitters usually do. Okay even a mediocre marathon runner may be able to outrun the world's best cross fitter but how much can that marathon runner dead lift? How many chin ups can he do? Having said that I personally don't find a hell of a lot of merit in being "the fittest in the world" I find greater interest in specializing in something and being able to say unequivocally you are the best at that particular thing. I would tend to see cross fit as more of a tool to achieve a particular type of athleticism. But that's just me, I'm sure there are people who genuinely are passionate about becoming 'the world's fittest person'.This applies to all of us really... :grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce L Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 Crossfit is a sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecream Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 I thought it was just Americans doing their typical dramatic marketing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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