broseph wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:12 am
I think the general consensus among average people is that ultra endurance is the epitome of athleticism.
I've known several individuals who were smart, experienced, thoughtful, knowledgeable, and general Assets to the species. "People" in the plural are, without exception, utter fucking idiots.
iamsmu wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 8:29 am
Allentown wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 8:16 am
broseph wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:31 am
I remember some Xfit folks from a long time ago claiming not only could they do a marathon, but that they would perform better than the actual marathoners because they were “fat burners,” not “carb burners.”
Only a half marathon, and it depends on what you mean by "marathoners" but when I was Xfitting I ran a ~1:57 half, in Vibram toeshoes, with the full extent of my training is doing Xfit 4-6 times a week and a single 9 mile run the week beforehand. I knew a fair number of runners, many whom had done >1 half marathon a year, and my time was better than anyone I knew. Also, that's not exactly a fantastic, competitive time, but I am also a terrible, terrible runner.
That's great, roughly 13 nine minute miles. But I know people who run regularly and can't maintain anything faster than a 10:30 mile. Do your runner friends just suck? . . . Do you think your experience would be typical of most people just doing x-fit?
It was probably just the sexy toe-shoes.
thejosef wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 8:32 am
iamsmu wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:23 am
. . . I fear that it's going to mess up the rest of the games by depleting all of the competitors. I can't imagine that many of them do anything like this kind of steady state work. They'll be trashed on Thursday. Oh well.
Yeah I don't understand why they're trying to DESTROY the competitors on day 1. There's bound to be a number of athletes who will wreck on bikes.. and what is the strategy on the marathon row? Don't die? I'm not of fan of what they're doing this year. I kinda want to see Fraser dominate, which he probably still will do, but why SO much stress on day 1? I really hope none of the top guys & gals don't get hurt on day 1. That would not be
unfunny...
Fixed. Seeing a rugby player need help off the field after a pile fell on his leg in a funny direction is a bummer. Seeing a rugby player waddle off the field while dripping blood is kind of cool. Seeing a basketball player get
wheelchaired off the floor because they hurt their
shoulder in the act of committing a foul? Absolutely hilarious.
There's nothing funnier that seeing upjumped, stupid pussies who aren't really about shit get hurt due to their own idiocy or incompetence.
broseph wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 8:48 am@thejosef, I am very sick of the Games mentality of “let’s see what these folks can suffer through!” Instead of actually showcasing their fitness.
Well, Castro being an ex-SEAL
and a total fucking moron, the only thing he knows is "see what they can suffer through." If they wanted to judge all around fitness, they'd do a powerlifting competition, followed by a weightlifting competition, followed by a 40y dash, followed by a mile run, possibly followed by some "agility" shit (stop/start, change directions, general acceleration stuff), and figure out how to add all of that into a final score.
I keep saying CrossFit like Strongman for people who aren't strong, but it's really more like Ninja Warrior for people who can't actually do a fucking pull up.
iamsmu wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:41 am
I'm not sure what event she's training for. But things might get even stranger.
I want it known that DirtyRed TOTALLY called the Biathlon flavor showing up.