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There just crossing over into strongman territory

Nate--IRL-- wrote: »

Tigger wrote: »

how much do those plates weigh?

Too much, by the looks of it.

I am aghast at that video. Pure stupidity.

Nate

Ffs - retarded altogether.
Jesus wept

Just out of interest, can continental c&js be used in weightlifting competitions i.e. the olympics?

Tigger wrote: »

whatsw with the reverse grip
i dead 180 an i dont reverse grip

Do you deadlift 180 double overhand with an axle?

Can't say for sure, not having been there.

An axle is by definition wider than than an oly bar, making it a lot harder to grip.
A lot of strongmen use the alternate grip to get it up there because of the combination of the thickness and weight. You'll see poundstone doing it in that video JJayoo posted. There is a video on youtube of Magnuss Samuelsson using a mixed grip which he then shifts to the crook of his arm on the supinated side. And he has an incredible grip.

At the risk of sounding snide, you often see people utilizing techniques in crossfit videos with little to no regard for why the techniques may be necessary. (Although this could be said for a lot of videos people put up.)

Can someone explain why those girls have a sh1tload of weight on the bar and seem to be really struggling- is it normal to be learning that type of move with that much weight to start with? Or do they know what they're doing and the bar is just too heavy? I was wincing through that vid ...

That has to be a p1ss take?

briankeating wrote: »

I wish I knew. The stupid plates confuse me, if they only weigh 5kg then why not a 20 on each end for jaysus sake.

I would guess that its just easier to add 10kgs at a time.
I have a bar with 10kgs loaded. I want to add 10. I have 2 choices.
1) Remove the present 5kg plates and load on 10 kg plates.
2) Load on 5kg plates.

And so on...

Or it just could be cos it looks bigger, standard crossfit video procedure.

Michael 09 wrote: »

That has to be a p1ss take?

Its people at a strongman course, learning the Axle lift, with many of them doing badly with it and one or two doing pretty well with it.

nbrady20009 wrote: »

Isn't crossfit fantastic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDDyxXyf6UU

Holy Sh1t!! That video is fookin hilarious. Surely extracting the urine???

Jesus, even the dog is missing a leg. I wonder what WOD it lost that on.

I think part of Hardy's body shape was down to the fact that he was shaping himself for playing Bane in the new Batman movie. It's all about the traps with Bane

GASMANN wrote: »

excuse my ignorance but is that reverse grip deadlift/power clean/jerk an actual lift tought by crossfit ? im being serious by the way

Crossfit use a lot of different exercises from a lot of different sports/exercise regimes etc.
All crossfit gyms are free to programme how they see fit. So some may teach it, some may not. I don't think anyone would think of it as a core exercise of crossfit like say a power clean or clean and jerk.

In some crossfit gyms they use strongman stuff, probably as a consequence of Rob Orlando, a crossfit gym coach/owner, high profile Crossfit athlete, former strongman and teacher of the Strongman certification which this video may have come from.

The lift you are referring to is a continental clean.
The continental clean is a strongman lift and is as as old as the hills.