Interesting form

[liquid_101]

[anyonehelp?]

Um....

Looks way to heavy for them and I doubt they will be back once they f*ck their back out...

Good luck to them.

[holdenman]

LOL :pfft:

At first I thought fuuuuarrk 180kg bahahaha, but what is it 50-60kg total??

I know nothing about that style of lifting but surely you'd start with a double overhand grip not alternate?

[BarBrother]

Its called a continental clean if i am not mistaken.

Not sure why cross fit people would prescribe it. I can think of a few exercises which would not only use the same muscle groups in the same way but be suer friendly as well. Im sure there is a valid reason for it...

[BarBrother]

LOL :pfft:

At first I thought fuuuuarrk 180kg bahahaha, but what is it 50-60kg total??

I know nothing about that style of lifting but surely you'd start with a double overhand grip not alternate?

I think its because they are using a fat bar which is thicker than normal bars which means it is harder to grip so the only way of holding onto it is using alt grip

[Darkmanx]

I have now clue to why i can see how this could possibly be fuctional to crossfit. Ive seen some weird things in my day but this takes the cake. Not saying that this exercise cant be used in some specific way, but for crossfit. Noooooooooooooooo. Anyway just my 2c.

[holdenman]

LOL :pfft:

At first I thought fuuuuarrk 180kg bahahaha, but what is it 50-60kg total??

I know nothing about that style of lifting but surely you'd start with a double overhand grip not alternate?

I think its because they are using a fat bar which is thicker than normal bars which means it is harder to grip so the only way of holding onto it is using alt grip

It looks fuckin' awkward and somewhat dangerous when they try switch grip halfway up though??

[olympia]

The f*ck was that???? :pfft:

[tomleegolf]

Poundstone does this in a vid with around 200Kgs. I thought it looked weird but he had an advantage over these girls cos he had a belly to rest it on lol

[tinytraps]

LOL we had a mass discussion on this on Pmans FB. Yes it is a continental clean with a fat bar. Yes they are cross fitters. Just because its not text book form does not mean they are going to f*ck themselves up.

case in point

[nzmusclemonster]

[tomleegolf]

This is the vid I mentioned, different one from TT's.

[Mike Zero]

LOL we had a mass discussion on this on Pmans FB. Yes it is a continental clean with a fat bar. Yes they are cross fitters. Just because its not text book form does not mean they are going to f*ck themselves up.

case in point

I think Poundstone's form is a bit better than those in the OP.

[tomsammce]

strongman comps in nz have this event all the time... people train with these bars all the time i havnt heard of injuries from using this techinique any more than text book techniques actually i havnt heard of any injury at all... not everyone is strong enough to just reverse curl it up or may not be able to get the bar into a military pressing position using OL techinque simply because they do not know how to do it and this is a technique to get it up for someone who doesnt have the strength.

maybe these crossfitters are preparing for a crossfit competition and this is an event to get that bar above head after rowing 800m or something.

leave them be.

[thatwaslight]

in after converted crossfitter

[crazyfacials]

in after converted crossfitter

[thatwaslight]

in after converted crossfitter

repped. hard.

[Luigi]

what an awkward looking exercise.

[mike27]

this is exactly why Cross Fitter's get a bad wrap!!!!!! :shock: :roll:

[tomsammce]

this is exactly why Cross Fitter's get a bad wrap!!!!!! :shock: :roll:

why?

But it's acceptable for a strongman competitor to do exactly the same thing but with alot more weight.... Hmm yeah because that makes sense.

[Shutupandsquat]

Like it's labeled, "interesting form".

Their technique is poos and Poundstones isn't. It's a pretty awkward exercise but all Crossfit people use weight far too heavy for them and it can result in serious injury. Those girls shouldn't be pressing 60kg over their head if they can't hold it up in lockout. They all nearly broke their arms.

I'm not one of the, "as long as it doesn't affect me" kinda guys. I get concerned about other people. If they went lighter so that they could get used to the exercise instead of going all out from the start, it wouldn't be bad at all.

[DANIEL8]

Like it's labeled, "interesting form".

Their technique is poos and Poundstones isn't. It's a pretty awkward exercise but all Crossfit people use weight far too heavy for them and it can result in serious injury. Those girls shouldn't be pressing 60kg over their head if they can't hold it up in lockout. They all nearly broke their arms.

I'm not one of the, "as long as it doesn't affect me" kinda guys. I get concerned about other people. If they went lighter so that they could get used to the exercise instead of going all out from the start, it wouldn't be bad at all.

finally some sensitivity around here

[tinytraps]

Like it's labeled, "interesting form".

Their technique is poos and Poundstones isn't. It's a pretty awkward exercise but all Crossfit people use weight far too heavy for them and it can result in serious injury

Cant say this is completly true, the continental clean basically looks like that once you get to your limit weights (even though their limit is a lot less than poundstones). Just like your 60kg squat probably looks like a lot prettier than your 160kg squat.

Those girls shouldn't be pressing 60kg over their head if they can't hold it up in lockout. They all nearly broke their arms.

Not sure if srs. They all have the strength to hold it over head. Getting it there is a different story.

[tomsammce]

Like it's labeled, "interesting form".

Their technique is poos and Poundstones isn't. It's a pretty awkward exercise but all Crossfit people use weight far too heavy for them and it can result in serious injury. Those girls shouldn't be pressing 60kg over their head if they can't hold it up in lockout. They all nearly broke their arms.

I'm not one of the, "as long as it doesn't affect me" kinda guys. I get concerned about other people. If they went lighter so that they could get used to the exercise instead of going all out from the start, it wouldn't be bad at all.

you have no idea what you talking about. "all crossfit people use weight far to heavy for them"? mate there are a whole lot of crossfit ppl in nz who would bench, squat and deadlift a hell of alot more than you can and after doing that would run a half marathon in a crazy time. not that that is relevant to this thread but to say they should get used to the exercise and not go all out from the start just goes to show how much assuming your doing...

maybe they all did it comfortably with 10kgs lighter than what was shown and then all did comfortably with 5kg less than shown on the video. then maybe they thought it would be abit of fun and a good idea to film the 1RM.

do you not attempt something in the gym and sometimes fail? i know many strength athletes who try personal bests in the gym and fail them... there is lots of guys on this forum who do that... lots who use bad form too.

but as soon as somone in a crossfit gym does the same its unacceptable to you?

that does not make sense.

[Shutupandsquat]

I'm just going by what I've seen. And from what I have seen it's people coming extremely close to injury.

And I'm not saying that all crossfit people are unacceptable to me. And you can't say that their technique isn't horrible. A couple of the guys technique was fine. But with that kind of exercise, it's very easy to hurt yourself. I don't get why you're getting so defensive bro?

All I said is they should go lighter and clean up their technique. Yes, I have thought they may have gone lighter in their previous sets, but 60kg just looks to heavy for a majority of girls (Although I think one could handle it, can't remember).