I still like the Top Man on a Tall Ship offered by dersteppensomething. I really want to believe these are the greatest athletes on the planet.
[quote]probably better than soccer players.
says top 5 weightlifting exercises for Parkour are overhead press, weighted dips, weighted pull-ups, back squat, and deadlift. [/quote]
Cool. Well, you learn something every day, especially if youāre ignorant.
It has to be said that this thread is turning into a sort of dungeons and dragons of athleticism now- I mean, does a crossfitter who does parkour beat a level 5 half-elf palladin?
So I think Iāll make matters worse. If you got into crosstraining, what sort of combination do you think would produce the best athlete? Iād go for sprinting and boxing. Any takers?
Me too. It would make sense. I mean, these guys can drag an anchor up, climb rigging like it was a fucking ladder and work all day. Why wouldnāt they be well rounded athletes?
[quote]red04 wrote:
Ultra marathons? Please, whales swim hundreds of miles a day every day, get on their level![/quote]
But whatās their bodyfat %
[quote]red04 wrote:
Ultra marathons? Please, whales swim hundreds of miles a day every day, get on their level![/quote]
I wanna see them run, eh swim(?), through Death Valley!
Ostriches. Ostriches are fucking badass. Forget all that head in the sand stuff, those guys are the shit. They can run like buggery.
[quote]Der_Steppenwolfe wrote:
Ostriches. Ostriches are fucking badass. Forget all that head in the sand stuff, those guys are the shit. They can run like buggery.[/quote]
Yeah but itās to easy to kill , one must simply grab them by the neck and gouge out the eyes
Looks very well rounded to me
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]ZJStrope wrote:
Umm what about Military Special Forces like Rangers/SEALS/Green Berets/etc?
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Nah, they were mentioned earlier. Most impressive well-rounded badasses, Yes. Athlete, probably not. [/quote]
They absolutely are athletes. Those guys go through some unbelievable training and conditioning.
[quote]legendaryblaze wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]ZJStrope wrote:
Umm what about Military Special Forces like Rangers/SEALS/Green Berets/etc?
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Nah, they were mentioned earlier. Most impressive well-rounded badasses, Yes. Athlete, probably not. [/quote]
They absolutely are athletes. Those guys go through some unbelievable training and conditioning.[/quote]
I brought them up earlier but they were ignored. you know you gotta be chasing a ball, puck, finish line, or some trophy to be an athlete!
[quote]silverblood wrote:
[quote]legendaryblaze wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]ZJStrope wrote:
Umm what about Military Special Forces like Rangers/SEALS/Green Berets/etc?
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Nah, they were mentioned earlier. Most impressive well-rounded badasses, Yes. Athlete, probably not. [/quote]
They absolutely are athletes. Those guys go through some unbelievable training and conditioning.[/quote]
I brought them up earlier but they were ignored. you know you gotta be chasing a ball, puck, finish line, or some trophy to be an athlete![/quote]
I think the mental strength and toughness in these guys is something that is completely overlooked.
Iām probably gonna get flamed for this because someoneās granny was in the Special Forces and his whole house is decorated with memorabilia, but I donāt think theyāre all that well-rounded and their mental strength is far more impressive than their actual physical capacities.
I met one of my best friends and training partners about a year out of the Special Forces. He was a French Paratrooper who passed the SAS qualification and was a reconā commando for his para unit. He served in Afghanistan and in Africa, I forget where. I might of got some of those terms wrong because we talk about it in French, but you get my meaning I think. Heās 8 or 9 years younger than me, and is near his physical prime.
Now, for certain things, heās a total beast. He never gets tired, once he sets his pace for running he could pretty much run all day. His pulling strength and endurance is phenomenal. When he does pullups (no kipping but a little leg movement) he seems to fly up and over the bar. Barbell rows the same. His back strength is just crazy, I guess itās from doing shitloads of pullups everyday for 5 years.
But then in things like squat, deadlift and pushing movements heās mediocre at best. Iām no athlete, Iām naturally one of the least athletic people youāll meet, but Iāve worked hard to get to a level slightly above the realm of embarrassing. And I outlift him.
DROC
Oh and, far more important, Eva Andressa gets my vote too.
http://dl.ziza.es/upload/image/042013/22/eva_DON/eva_andressa%20(8).jpg
Just gunna thread bump of the ages, considering there is now 5 years worth of athletes to add too the list.
Ill chuck in Mat Fraser as an all rounder
I agree and would like to add Sam Briggs and Tia Toomey to the list. People like to shit on Crossfit, but thereās no denying those athletes are real beasts.
I honestly donāt get how theyāre simultaneously strong, enduring, and shredded, especially the females.
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You could easily add froning, smith and dottir in any list and they wouldnt look out of place.
As someone who used to religiously train it and regularly still does, it comes down to consistancy.
If I dont do atleast an all rounder wod (either fran, grace, elizabeth, murph or double DT) atleast 4 times a week, I can tell because the next weeks performance is grately reduced
I admire BB, I love the theatre of strongman, But ill stand by the claim that elite crossfiters are the fittest people on earth
I know many people here donāt like claiming steroid use without proof, but I strongly suspect that most of the elite crossfit people use PEDs.
Itās like they donāt have an off-season, and I donāt understand how that is sustainable.
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I donāt think anyone does
I HATE natty or not debates, but Iām going to have to agree on this one. A while back, some lesser known ātop athletesā (still miles away from the podium) got ācaughtā and banned. I feel like those people were more like sacrificial lambs to protect the real top tier. Even w/ PEDs, theyāre still impressive as fuck. I honestly donāt think I could get anywhere close to that level on all the PEDs in the world
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Crossfit athletes are pretty good at what they do, but the best athletes in the world are absolutely not competing in crossfit. The best athletes in the world compete in more popular sports, where more money can be made. You will never have a true world class athlete doing crossfit unless the prize money in competition increases substantially. If, say, Rich Froning had been a better athlete, he would have played football or baseball professionally. He would have never even tried crossfit. He competed in crossfit because his athletic prowess was not sufficient to compete in a ārealā sport.
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Baseball was hisnsport of choice I believe, although he dropped out of the system at college level.
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