What Is The Problem With Crossfit? | 5 MORE things that ruin Crossfit

[@tylerjaehamilton]

What problem do YOU have with Crossfit? Comment down below

[@jawwadahmed4895]

THRUSTERS THRUSTERS THRUSTERS

[@tylerjaehamilton]

@@jawwadahmed4895 Word.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

@Nick Anderson this is true, especially as a athlete who runs off the boxes program. Maybe you need to invest into a program like comptrain, where you get more of an advanced look at your program (comptrain program is free)

[@stoissdk]

As an average "Joe" and regular gym go'er that just want to stay in shape and keep my mobility (soon to be 40 and going into "maintenance" mode) - Crossfit was probably the one thing that kept me going. That being said I have ONE big gripe with Crossfit and that is the emphasis on speed/reps at the sacrifice of form at the risk of injuries. That's fine if you attend competitions, but this is counter-intuitive for your average Joe/Jane that just want to stay in shape. But then, many instructors are probably also your average Joe/Jane, that only ever attended the Crossfit instructors course and left with next to no understand of form, but instead a drill instructors mentally and tendency to just yell, shout and push people to go faster. You got the choice between "strength", "form" and "speed". Most people can only handle two at a time and we all know which one gets ditched first...

[@tylerjaehamilton]

@@stoissdk absolutely correct, longevity>performance when it comes to life, if you're not looking to compete at a high level, then technique should be absolutely a priority! So many CrossFit coaches act like zealots screaming and yelling pointless queues. I understand your frustrations

[@tidefanyankee2428]

Brooke Wells should never be penalized, unless she wears larger shorts...then....maybe. Other athletes should be penalized if they get between Brooke and the camera obstructing our view of her...in fact, disqualification may be in order.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

This is fucking gold

[@tidefanyankee2428]

@@tylerjaehamilton Hate to see her go, but LOVE to watch her leave......mmmm mmmm mmmm She is proof God LOVES us and wants us to be happy.

[@mikebegin9982]

My number one general rule within the gym is, "If you can't raise, lower, or return a weight under control, then it is too heavy for you and you need to reduce your weight." This seems to go against the core values of cross fit. Unfortunately, I am one of those who need to stay true to myself and will never do cross fit in its current/popular form.

[@GTE_Channel]

I hate that everybody pretends crossfit is the first sport ever where people get injured, try to lift weights way to heavy for them or do things with bad technique Someone who does crossfit and tries to lift something way to heavy or doing it in a stupid variation is not representative for any crossfit class. A good coach will focus on technique and will not let you use high weights if that compromises your technique.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

This is correct, When I speak of the problems in Crossfit, I talk about those zealots and fanatics who praise terrible form and encourage high intensity

[@9cookie2monster]

bruh legit 99.9% of crossfitters do their excersizes half assed and you can see it at their ''comps'' also xfit people do get injured way more for the dumbest shit.Xfit has more injuries than contact sports and other lifting sports so yeah pretty fucking bad XD

[@twirdman2]

@@9cookie2monster Do you have any proof of that? www.inverse.com/article/56611-crossfire-dangerous-risks-rhabdo and specifically this line Current evidence suggests that the injury risk from CrossFit is comparable to Olympic weightlifting, weightlifting, distance running, track and field, rugby, football, ice hockey, soccer or gymnastics. Doesn't seem to line up with what you are saying. Also if you watch strength sports like strongman or powerlifting you will see the same kind of form degredation and injuries. Bicep tears are fairly common in strongman because lifting atlas stones quickly can lead to putting the bicep in a compromised position. You'll see a lot of other dangerous things in strongman because they are doing high rep based events. Also some of the event selection is fairly dangerous, watch a continental clean and tell me that isn't as dangerous as many of the movements in crossfit. As someone who absolutely loves strongman I can still recognize it is dangerous as hell and this is modern strongman which has become significantly less absurd than early strongman comps. Franco Columbo got massively injured because WSM in 77 though that it would be a good idea to strap a fridge to athletes backs and make them run. In powerlifting you will often see pulling with slightly rounded back and you will also see the occasional squat morning since they are working with maximal loads.

[@OblivionChain]

@@twirdman2 Roast the other person! i'll second to those injuries. let's talk about tendon tears. GO on youtube and do tendon fails ... I clearly do not see crossfit gyms being failed for this. Sure some fall from a box jumps or hit their head from a snatch. That's stupid but theyre fine after a few moments ... NOW A TEARED UP TENDON FROM A HAMSTRING CURL OR BICEP CURLS IS VERY COMMON IN POWERLIFTING AND BODYBUILDING. ... .... ... YOU ARE NOT FINE AFTER A FEW MOMENTS. here's another one and my own opinion from working in the fitness industry for over 8+ years. They are MORE injuries in regular gyms from people that use regular exercise machines. HOW YOU SAY?! NO ONE is around to teach someone that has never trained to use to do this exercise you might argue back "tell them to hire a trainer?" do you know how stubborn men/women are to go seek help? 60% of a regular gym's membership is women. only 40% or less hire a trainer. others will have their friend that "looks fit" to show them around or obviously use youtube/bodybuiding.com/instragram to show how to do something ... there is still no one around to teach them how to prevent injury. crossfit jumps have a lesser rate of injury. WHY!? there is a coach that teaches a group session and if the coach is good... he will guide the entire class on how to scale, know the stimulus of the intended workout and teach the new people what to know ... THE PAYMENT FOR THE COACH IS ALREADY IN THE MEMBERSHIP. Someone needs more attention? they'll gladly give it. i do it. There is a trainer to make sure everyone is safe. regular gyms .. go watch teared tendon fails

[@twirdman2]

@@OblivionChain Yep. I do not train crossfit but I think it gets way more shit than it deserves. I don't compete but I train a lot of strongman moves and I've definitely injured myself by being stupid on them. I still don't feel 100% after I got what I think was an intercostal muscle tear by doing a really heavy farmers walk, 227 pounds per hand. You see people tearing biceps all the time because many of the lifts put you in compromised positions, things like Atlas stones. Now sure some crossfit movements are dangerous if programmed poorly. The big one is kipping pullups. A kipping pull up is a different movement than a pull up and in some way requires less upper body strength to do than a normal pull up, but that does not mean it should be done if you cannot do a pull up. If you lack the strength to do a pull up a kipping pull up can destroy your shoulder. You will lack the tendon, ligament, and muscle strength to handle the eccentric. That doesn't mean it is a bad movement it just means you shouldn't do it if you cannot execute a few flawless pull ups.

[@c4videos481]

We need more ppl like you and content such as yours thw fact that u do crossfit and are able to talk about some bad aspects about is truly enlighting

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Thank you C4

[@user-lj8ui9ew4x]

EVERYONES ON STERIODS

[@FacePullTiToX]

I love these videos, mate. I'm a PT myself and I can totally relate to the OHsquat mobility issue. Keep it up

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Thanks facepull, it's exactly what people focus the least on, especially crossfit coaches and it needs to be addressed

[@bluepeter3470]

At last a gentleman speaking the truth about steroids. My deepest respect. Give the man a cigar.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Thanks! 🚬

[@bluepeter3470]

Absolute Beast hello Thank you for replying. Please keep up the good work.

[@normcmiller]

I’d be equally concerned about blood doping during the games. Just like the Tour de France.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Tour de CrossFit

[@lovelyjubbly87]

Spot on, good points there. They should hire you to organize the games :)

[@tylerjaehamilton]

The thought is good! however that's a lot of planning....

[@daderr99]

I don't know if you already touched on this, but I sometimes feel like crossfit defeat the purpose of its own exercise selection. Cross-training should aim to gain benefits from all aspect of training, the athleticism from pylometrics and Olympic lifts, the strength from the holy 3 lifts of power lifting, the body control from bodyweight exercises, cardio from sprints etc etc. However most of the times I see workouts like amrap with heavy deadlifts, burpes and maybe push up where your goal is to make a lot of reps and that's just dumb. If you are making heavy deadlifts you should focus on that and focus on the cardio aspect of your training in another moment, or at least you shouldn't lift as heavy and spend your recovery time being active with burpes and push up but without the goal of accumulating a large number of reps on all of 3 exercise. That's only an example and an extreme one, but I hope the message passes, English is not my first language.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Davide, if your second language is this good, you must have a tongue like a lizard! Your point is valid, generally they combine heavy deadlifts with fast cardio isn't ideal. However CrossFits lactic acid threshold can act slightly differently than other sports, forcing high level athletes to do fast cardio and lift heavy...to hit CrossFits recovery stimulus. The key word is athletes, regular guys like myself should not be doing heavy deadlifts for time.

[@toydigger]

@@tylerjaehamilton Never done crossfit. Can you refuse some exercises? Can you do it on your own tempo even with others? And what about music? Are you made deaf with electronic music during indoor exercise? Sorry, 3 questions

[@tylerjaehamilton]

@@toydigger Great Question! You can always refuse exercises that don't interest or aline with your goals, your an adult. Your own tempo is encouraged, as CrossFit is 'Relatively High intensity' that definition lies with your ability. I cannot comment on the gyms music because it comes down to your specific CrossFit box. But my music is all hilltop hoods

[@dan1mal678]

I was happy to hear you talk about steroids. Thanks for being honest. I love Crossfit

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Thanks Dan! it ruins all sports but Crossfit its just way more noticable

[@jimmymor6706]

Absolute Beast mk k. Kn

[@MrVoetj]

3:40 , we had Laura Horvath become second in 2018 in her rookie year

[@tylerjaehamilton]

We did, however her last year was a massive drop off, saying that she had an amazing performance at strength in depth so we'll see how she's does this year

[@MrVoetj]

@@tylerjaehamilton i think the new way they did the games wasn't really her cup of tea. But indeed after strength in depth it looks promising 😉

[@tylerjaehamilton]

@@MrVoetj true that 👍

[@justinhenriksen]

The Josh Bridges segment: I don't think that's Josh you're circling on (tall guy, gray shorts, skins?) Josh (is not tall: 5'5") is the dude in the blue shirt with good form in front of him amirite? Or did I miss something?

[@raviprabhakar5334]

Really true no knowledge was given to me about my mobility ..

[@tylerjaehamilton]

They just keep yelling at you until something looks right!

[@theoompalompa]

Umm. 15:58. The guys circled is not Josh bridges. Josh is in the blue. His dead lifts look pretty good to me.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

at 15:58 I'm wondering who was scoring the guy doing terrible deadlifts, I wasn't concerned about Josh

[@paulcharlwood702]

As a 56 year old coastal rower who took up Crossfit 5 months ago to improve his fitness for next rowing season, and who has fallen in love with Crossfit, I would have to say, related to subject 5, that the worst thing is the lack of coverage of Masters/Veterans heats. You kind of expect 20 and 30 somethings to be able to do this stuff if they are fit, but 50, 60 or 70 somethings? That's impressive, even if scaled, and should be inspirational even for the Mat Frasers of this world let alone couch potato Joe Public. The box I am a member of is run by 2 guys in their 50s and I would say that 50% of their members are over 40, but I guess we are too wrinkly to make for good TV

[@tylerjaehamilton]

I agree Paul, zero coverage in the Masters athletes out there and their should be! My box is absolutely full of competitive master's, to be honest we don't have really any competitive young guns anyway.

[@tidefanyankee2428]

The folks in their 20's might be better Crossfit athletes, but the folks in their +40's have more money. Who ever the sponsor of Crossfit is now, or in the future might want to consider who has the money to buy their products, rather then who looks best in them right now. I'd like to see more Masters competitions as well. Maybe more people in that age bracket (Masters) would take it up if more people were exposed to it.

[@fredfox5]

What’s with the plush yellow bedding and the flock of crows in the background?

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Australia

[@Kaantop7]

Do you think 5x5 is nice to increase strength ?(bench ,squat etc) and would you tell me what you use to increase

[@c4videos481]

Have you looked at starting strength or stronf lifts...5x5 is great for beginners..bench squat deadlift overhead press

[@tylerjaehamilton]

This comment requires quite a complex answer, My answer will be a chauffeur driver response. 5x5 with elements of progressive overload (Slight increases weekly until a max out day) will be suffice to increase strength, however especially in those powerlifting movements, I'd recommend checking out elitefts.com and look at their conjugate method post.

[@Caleb-lu3zl]

I'm just a fan of lifting weights in general and if you're working out then I think that's commendable. I like the idea of crossfit and I watch it sometimes but I think that's most of the events are kind of weird light or who wants to watch people cycling and doing burpees.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Agree'd. There is great entertainment to be had from CrossFit, however it does combine boring elements of sports such as long distance running, rowing...Which even at the Olympic level is an acquired taste

[@anakkampung2013]

Great video. Again. I like how you explain the things that ruin crossfit. Thank you. I myself also do crossfit... also find that some of the movement in crossfit are just laughable. Lol.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

If you cannot laugh at your own sport then you're a Zealot and possibly in denial 🤣 Thanks for the comment Quadra!

[@markkealy4417]

Are you saying to keep your weight on your heels during an overhead squat? Or is that just a cue to try to get midfoot pressure?

[@tylerjaehamilton]

It's a general cue

[@markkealy4417]

@@tylerjaehamilton Great! Thought I was going to have to try and relearn my squat from the ground up

[@4_the_health_of_it]

I think the mobility issue is coach specific. I am an older CFer and thus have some mobility issues. The coaches at my box they typically help me with mobility issues with static and dynamic stretches before and after the workout.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Absolutely Michael, However my reference is to the Course Coaches and how little they run through problems like mobility and try to 'cue' the issue rather than fix it.

[@4_the_health_of_it]

Absolute Beast point taken - I understand

[@hankmancil178]

Do ALL athletes get tested or is it random?

[@tylerjaehamilton]

It's mostly random. But I've seen them purposely test people they suspect.

[@Dannysoutherner]

I do not understand the practical life enhancing benefit of doing a Romanian Squat on top of a kettlebell with 300 pounds on your back. And kipping pullups, flailing like a fish on a hook while destroying the shoulders. Those are the two moves that just say Crossfit to me. Olympic lifting I respect if done safely. That doesn't scream Crossfit to me.

[@younesbabahamed3563]

i did a strenght part yesterday in a box and we did a 101 % back squat after a RM of hang clean and a conditioning wod ,that make sense ?

[@tylerjaehamilton]

So let me just get this straight, you did a max hang clean, then into a workout and finished with a 1RM back squat? I also need to know what the workout was.

[@younesbabahamed3563]

Yes sure , we started with 1/RM hang squat clean Rest 3 min 2/AMPAP 9 of 1Hang clean 60kg 30 DU 2hang clean 60kg 30 DU 3hang clean 60kg 30 DU Rest 4 min 3/back squat 9reps 70% 7reps 77% 5reps 83% 3reps 85% 1rep 90% 1rep 101% Note : I did a PR at the RM hang of 70kg, and followed by the best score of AMRAP(3round +30)and after that I was dead, knowing that I weigh only 70kg for 1m78 and I did like everyone else the third part , and here I have an annoying knee pain, I love crossfit but for me it was illogical

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Firstly, 2x 1RMs in the same session seems A bit aggressive... They are separate stimulus so I see the appeal, however I would of done the 1RM Back Squat during the AM session, then during my PM session 1RM Hang clean + Workout. There's no way your body would be able to recover after not only a 1RM but a workout with hang cleans at 90% for you. This is where a scaling option for weight should have been implemented. Knee pain during squatting is not normal either, if it's not a classic inner quad tightness (foam roll inner quads) it could be a patella problem, which you might need to see someone about (if pain persists for 2+ Week)

[@younesbabahamed3563]

totally agree with you, it's a new box I think there is a lack of experience too, even the coach when I gave him that it was illogical, he agreed and he told me said I'm just following the instructions. by the way the truth is that this is the second crossfit channel that I really enjoy the content, your content is great, can't wait to see more and thank you for your feedback I really appreciate 🤙,keep going 💪🔥🔥

[@younesbabahamed3563]

Sorry 😅 do tou have Instagram ?

[@janusnordow]

Lasha probably is. He got popped like 6 years ago and then added something like 80 pounds to his clean and jerk. Unlikely that he did that clean.

[@Vespira21]

I saw bad quality videos of people defending / criticizing crossfit, and they had like a lot of views. Yours is well documented, respectful, words are picked wisely, but still you get 100x less view than theirs ... To finish, in my own opinion, I think that people have a hard time to see what's relevant to compare between sports. To me it's the main issues of all this useless debates. I mean, the girl you were stating, who said that there is 25 movements in crossfit : yeah that's cool, but professional sprinters (100m, 200m , 400m) do an amazing sport, still there is only a few movements in these sports. It's really dumb to compare the goals, type of exercises, number of exercises, etc as people are looking for different things in sport.

[@bigtimepimpin666]

I forget the guy's name, but the founder of Crosstit, does not do crossfit himself. He just rakes in the money from those who DO crossfit. What's up with that?

[@bigtimepimpin666]

Glassman

[@tylerjaehamilton]

He's like 100 years old 🤣

[@bigtimepimpin666]

Hahaha. Ok, I guess we can all look forward to just taking it easy eventually! He looks 35 years younger than his age!

[@tylerjaehamilton]

@@bigtimepimpin666 fun fact: He use to be a gymnast, he invented the workout 'Fran' as he wanted to get more intensity in his training

[@bigtimepimpin666]

@@tylerjaehamilton ah interesting. Now I get why they have stuff like the rings and why muscle ups, pull ups, and chin ups look more like the parallel bars than what muscle heads do.

[@jonathanjones8907]

Love how people crucify the entire sport of crossfit for a a few bad apples taking performance drugs... but many other sports that also have had this issue... nfl... mlb.. etc. There is not countless videos on the topic..

[@tylerjaehamilton]

That is 1/10 other points that I cover. I crucify the ones that take drugs and act like they don't.

[@MRBarton369]

Kipping things, Cost for a monthly membership at a box...I know the overhead and affiliate cost it's still too much for ppl That is all I love everything else. It's a fantastic community and way of health. But Sara Sig was leading CrossFit games on final day her rookie year Love the channel and content

[@dan1mal678]

Curious what you use for programming? I am new to this channel sorry.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Comptrain at the moment

[@tylerjaehamilton]

@Colonel Cuck Of The Cuckold Army I have recently changed, currently being coached by Evan Morris. But that was after a year on CompTrain

[@LoganBluth]

You know plenty of sports require multiple days of competition demanding quick recovery times, right...? Not just Crossfit?

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Name one sport that requires multiple modalities over multiple days of competition

[@thebar2021]

@@tylerjaehamilton Decathlon

[@MyMd1111]

Like every franchise at some point the overall quality gets f up.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

And traded for viewership!

[@TeKilla666]

Great video mate. Btw, Laura Horvath got the 2nd place in her rookie year 2018.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Yes! Well pointed out! She also has been fairly irrelevant since then.

[@Mattiedamacdaddy]

“Steroids undoubtedly ruin every sport” ridiculous statement on the face of it. The NFL wouldn’t have nearly the same appeal if every athlete wasn’t juiced to the gills

[@socratespublius6047]

Literally the exceptions that you gave of Patrick Velner and Matt Fraser are hilarious.

[@PrebenHPedersen]

Gotta say i cant do cross fit but I found your channel cause i wanted to know more about this complet sport. Boy you hit the nail sqaure on love your insight and the No bull shit talk. Sub from me

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Welcome Preben!

[@Jrez]

The main problem is that it's CrossFit. If it wasn't CrossFit it wouldn't be so bad.

[@leeramsden3095]

Those hawks outside sound terrifying!

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Type in magpie swooping Australia and you'll see just how terrifying they are

[@sisandamagala6747]

"12th place in a competition in Uganda"😂😂thats funny, love the content man

[@johnthomas5260]

Max how many workouts we do in a day..

[@ErickSanchez-xq7kk]

I have Ehler Danlos Syndrome(specifically I a lot of flexibility), and it becomes a problem if I try to do The Overhead squat for example, do couches care about my syndrome, NO, THEY DONT GIVE A SHIT, they just tell me to reach my limit and if i cant they say im weak, fucking idiots...

[@tylerjaehamilton]

I have a few people that I've trained with the same condition. It's a lot of backwards methodology to be able to reduce range of motion however, it's very do able with enough research

[@ErickSanchez-xq7kk]

@@tylerjaehamilton thats the problem... They dont know about my condition

[@mathieul4303]

Why not do calisthenics + cardio instead

[@maou3118]

Overhead squat is weird whats the advantage?

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Development of the Snatch.

[@maou3118]

@@tylerjaehamilton thanks for answering bro

[@bgallegos43]

I believe every alot of crossfit athletes are on steroids, like if rich froning was on steroids crossfit wouldnt expose him he is the money cow for crossfit

[@a1ace1991]

That's feels over reals man you got come back with some evidence.

[@jokurandomi93]

Coach problem sounds like it should be easy fix. Require Crossfit trainers to be certified PT's (If that's a thing in US) that know what they are doing and can actually teach proper techniques and form. It seems like Crossfit trainers are just Reddit mods of the fitness world... Untrained and out of their depth.

[@bigtimepimpin666]

I was confused as fuck. The guy's narrative doesnt match the Portuguese subtitles. I get it now...

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Sorry for the confusion

[@bigtimepimpin666]

6:05 great example

[@tonyc.5166]

Great Analysis!

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Appreciate it!

[@mcxii5709]

Let's talk about HSPUs and long term brain injuries

[@isidrojrramirez4850]

If you think it’s only guys like Ricky that are on gear because he got caught. You really need to open your eyes to the big picture. Better yet think of when CrossFit games first started, Bigger Faster Stronger means more money. So the sport itself is full of it trying to rep natty 🤷‍♂️

[@mikpopiel473]

Problem with the Certs? Only enough information to be dangerous.

[@Drumz_of_Liberation]

I'm glad people are starting to wake up to the prevalence of PEDs in the sport of CrossFit. Obviously, the apologetics will never end, because everyone wants to believe that their most beloved athletes are the exception, but hopefully as people become more aware of the problem it will force CrossFit to raise their drug testing standards. Presently, they seem to overly rely on in competition testing, but if they are truly interested in cleaning up the sport, then they need to invest more in random out of competition testing. As an example of how this could work, athletes who place in the top 100 in the Open could be subjected to unannounced drug tests at any point during the following CrossFit season. Athletes who qualify for the games or win a sanctioned event would recieve "pro status", which would place them in a drug testing pool for as long as they maintain their pro status . Pro status would remain in effect for a definite period of time (perhaps, between 1-3 years), and expire if athletes do not meet all of the following conditions: they must compete in at least 1 CrossFit sanctioned event during the [1-3] year period after obtaining pro status; they must pay an annual membership fee to maintain their pro status; and they must be present for and/or pass all their drug tests (athletes who cannot be present for testing need to have a compelling reason for their absence). All the proceeds collected from the membership dues could go towards maintaining and improving strict drug testing standards in the sport (i.e. working with WADA). On that last point (and with this, I will end this overly long comment), I think if you're an athlete, and you want to compete on equal footing in a "clean" sport (as clean as it can be, anyway), then this would be a small price to pay to create such an environment for yourself and others like you. I personally find the utter lack of concern on this matter from the athletes who compete in this sport to be absolutely baffling. I mean, if you have aspirations of pursuing the sport semi-professionally, then you probably have a desire to win, or at least place well, at officially sanctioned events. That said, PEDs fucking work - like really really well - and all things being equal, a drug free athlete has no chance against an enhanced one. To make matters worse, sports have the tendency to normalize around drug use, to the point that PED use becomes necessary to compete at the highest levels of those sports where the use of PEDs is widespread. Given all this, why aren't more notable athletes coming forward to pressure CFHQ to improve their drug testing standards? If they are truly drug free, wouldn't it be in their best interest to do so? It's my theory that the overwhelming silence from the athletes on this issue actually tells a pretty compelling story - that story is basically the same that has been told for decades in bodybuilding, strongman, and powerlifting, which is that no one is complaining at the highest levels of the sport because it's already understood among the athletes themselves that PEDs are necessary to be competitive. In other words, the sport has already normalized around the use of PED's.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

This comment right here is complete gold! I fully agree, Especially with the random testing, just like Olympic weightlifting. Yes people will still be able to get around it, however it would make it MUCH harder to cheat the system, as we recently saw with Lefteris, how someone so dominate at the sport, with so much light at the top can still be caught cheating, with a clear idea of how someone can cycle on and off for competition too, coming 3rd in the open should give him better odds to perform on the big stage against athletes hes technically fitter than? Yet at dubai he performed terribly.

[@TrustNJesusChrist]

I find it a joke that it took this long. The crossfit games have been around, how long? And each female that competed have the body of competitive bodybuilder chicks. And we know that they aren't natural.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

@@TrustNJesusChrist naaaahhh....

[@damianheslop6380]

If CrossFit had weight divisions I think it would be taken more serious. Might even get to become an Olympic sport. CrossFit is becoming more, and more like sarmfit 😁 great vid

[@thorstenhundertmark2572]

On Point!!! Greetings from Germany...

[@tylerjaehamilton]

G'Day!

[@sneakonproductionz]

said it on the last video. I really think BB front rack is kind of dumb

[@kimengel9076]

Great vid ❤️

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Thank you Kim, thanks for taking the time to watch it!

[@MrBeckenhimself]

All of them are on stuff. ALL of them.

[@andresbeltran5779]

What about a dude calles lance armstrong?, Did he ruined his sport 🧐

[@tylerjaehamilton]

He took 7 Tour de France wins off rightful winners, safe to say YES. 🤣

[@boydmccollum692]

Absolute Beast - LA didn’t take wins off the rightful winners. There’s a reason why no one was moved up to the top spot for the Tour titles that were vacated: This is why: 1999 1. Lance Armstrong 2. Alex Zülle (‘98 busted for EPO) 3. Fernando Escartín (Systematic team doping exposed in ‘04) 4. Laurent Dufaux (‘98 busted for EPO) 5. Ángel Casero (‘06 implicated in Operacion Puerto) 2000 1. Lance Armstrong 2. Jan Ullrich (‘06 implicated in Operacion Puerto) 3. Joseba Beloki (‘06 implicated in Operacion Puerto) 4. Christophe Moraue (‘98 busted for EPO) 5. Roberto Heras (‘05 busted for EPO) 2001 1. Lance Armstrong 2. Jan Ullrich (‘06 implicated in Operacion Puerto) 3. Joseba Beloki (‘06 implicated in Operacion Puerto) 4. Andrey Kivilev 5. Igor González de Galdeano (‘06 implicated in Operacion Puerto) 2002 1. Lance Armstrong 2. Joseba Beloki (‘06 implicated in Operacion Puerto) 3. Raimondas Rumšas (Suspended in ‘03 for doping) 4. Santiago Botero (‘06 implicated in Operacion Puerto) 5. Igor González de Galdeano (‘06 implicated in Operacion Puerto) 2003 1. Lance Armstrong 2. Jan Ullrich (‘06 implicated in Operacion Puerto) 3. Alexander Vinokourov (Suspended in ‘07 for CERA) 4. Tyler Hamilton (Suspended ‘04 for blood doping) 5. Haimar Zubeldia 2004 1. Lance Armstrong 2. Andreas Kloden (Named in doping case in ‘08) 3. Ivan Basso (Suspended in ‘07 for Operacion Puerto ties) 4. Jan Ullrich (‘06 implicated in Operacion Puerto) 5. Jose Azevedo (‘06 implicated in Operacion Puerto) 2005 1. Lance Armstrong 2. Ivan Basso (Suspended in ‘07 for Operacion Puerto ties) 3. Jan Ullrich (‘06 implicated in Operacion Puerto) 4. Fransico Mancebo (‘06 implicated in Operacion Puerto) 5. Alexander Vinokourov (Suspended in ‘07 for CERA) When you know and understand the sport of cycling, you know how pervasive PED usage was in the 90s/2000s. The 1996 winner, Bjarne Riis admitted to using PEDs when he won AND was allowed to keep his title. Why? Well the number 2 guy, Jan Ullrich as a suspected doper (and in 2013 admitted to it as well). Lance was a scapegoat for cycling, where he bore all the sins of the sport. Say he was a cheat, say he was a dick and asshole, all absolutely true. But to say he took wins off of more deserving riders? Lol.

[@YoungMoonShepherd]

Neither of those two substances are steroids.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Performance enhancement drugs, steroids is just a sexier sell to the average person.

[@willosborne5590]

Injuries? There’s a few . But it beats the hell out of Union and Netball. Probably the two most popular sports in Auzzie and NZ. I come in from rugby. Now that’s a sport that f&$ks up up royally 😂

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Correct William! I found it far more mentally satisfying knowing that the only way you can injury yourself in CrossFit is through your own actions! Nothing's worse then getting injured by someone else's shoulder charge or tackle.

[@slicktrips]

top thing that ruined crossfit ....... people mental enough to think its a sport

[@johyn]

and simply because you keep repeating this is a sport I love does not make it a sport. it is a collection of exercises

[@benjaminbillingham6099]

Table tennis ?

[@anthonyliptak2585]

Dude just look up the definition of sport. Porn could be a sport if you wanted it to, so could driving to church on Sunday.

[@joebloggs6922]

@@kg4024-z2z i class bodybuilding as more of an art form. At the end of the day, they are showcasing their bodies.

[@paullee3660]

2 days for training a coach? Try 2 years.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

2 days is plenty, however there should be mandatory work experience of upto 3 months prior to qualification

[@paullee3660]

Absolute Beast doing the job before doing the training, really? Try that with your doctor. In the UK it is three days just to become an assistant coach in lifting, which is just one small part of CrossFit. Yes that A just an assistant for one of your many events. You’re going to get a lot more people hurt before the lawsuits start shutting down your “sport”, I think.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

@@paullee3660 Paul I'm on your side! It's far too short to correctly learn the modalities taught in CrossFit Not sure if you interpreted my comment correctly 🤔

[@soldjer21]

My buddy went and got his level 1. He has a beer belly.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

@@soldjer21 comment of the year 🤣

[@snop6176]

Crossfit existing is my problem with it

[@freewillbe6731]

And of course you said Uganda 11:45 min. from all places. I get your point, yet makes me think about other supremacy’s in this particular sport.

[@soldjer21]

Triple unders are not functional just a circus trick. Backwards running I am not training for the zombie apocalypse. Waiter carries with weight, quick way to shoulder replacement.

[@metalrocks999]

Maybe if you're weak

[@robhollis3830]

Greta content. Spot on about everything.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Cheers Rob!

[@k9leadstheway531]

Some of the females in CrossFit games looked more jacked then the males lol

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Way more jacked, I've seen many of them in person, huge.

[@billpalmer7745]

Check out some of the masters guys. Totally natty. Nuts seeds and ring dips 😂

[@AndreLaranjo]

I thought Josh was the guy in blue... lol

[@tylerjaehamilton]

🤣

[@Scyllax]

Crossfart: Forcing Elitist Flatulence

[@stefanstillwell4854]

( great vid as always!)Until people do away with the idea that movements are either functional or non- functional were gonna continue to have bizarre movements enter the fitnesss world( and crossfit isn't the only culprit). Movements should be judged from by what you can gain from them, not how much they resemble an athletic movement; I.e a bench press looks nothing like anything in another sport, but is a reliable way of increasing upper body strength for OHP, HSPU ect, surely that makes it functional?(strongmen never compete in the bench, but train it regularly, why ? general strength). Crossfit should re-kindle it's love of basic compound movements, and set far higher movement standards

[@morrisdartel9969]

His shoulders are all kinda fucked up!

[@maou3118]

Stupid bird on the background wont stop screeching

[@tylerjaehamilton]

If I went outside it would kill me

[@gloriouspaper1935]

Hear me out. Require all athletes to do steroids so u can see just how fit people can get

[@Mjao519]

Steroid abuse doesn't make you fit. Steroid abuse changes how your body responds to being torn up, cause you don't get fit in the gym. You tear your body up in the gym, so it will rebuild itself and become stronger, while you rest and recover. Steroids changes how your body rebuild itself, forever, but it does not make you fit. You don't have your base genetics anylonger when you abuse steroids, and you can never go back. I think it's sad when you decide to become a droid instead of encourage and cherish your own potential. And steroid abuse does not make anyone healthy, haven't seen anyone being a one hundred year old steroid abuser, rarely over 70 if any.

[@matthieucostes3261]

You and all bad commentary are only talking on the coaches performance in every Crossfit boxes around the world. I mean if someone got a oversquat problem mobility of course the coach HAS to give guidelines to improve his ankle mobility, hips mobility, back and shoulder mobility. Crossfit is not only 1h per day. doing wod. I mean if you have a probleme with mobility, you have to work on it alone, when you wake up, before and after your workout, before going to sleep. I know a lot of people complain about mobility but they didn't work on it for years. If you love crossfit and you want to improve your movements / your fitness, you HAVE to work on your nutrition / your mobility. About roids, there is this problem in every sport, even curling and golf use it.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

M C, this is true, however that's the difference between a good coach and a great coach. A great coach will give mobility exercises to help assist the athlete after the 1 hour session.

[@makrele2487]

My problem is: XFit renamed the normal Pullup - where is no kipping allowed - in a Crossfit-Pullup, which is more a swingelingdingdong. Most Crossfitters i know have big problems with their back because of doing exercises wrong. Its the time factor that is unhealthy for the athletes. And i hate, that some of the athletes make it a religion. Its just a sport, nothing spiritual. And least, i hate all drugs people use for getting better or bigger in a sport. XFit is there not an exception.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Your absolutely right, however the butterfly Pull-up, or how you put it "swingelingdingdong" which is 10x better 🤣, has no real benefits. When you reference the normal pull-up I assume you mean a pull-up without a kip?

[@bahbahblacksheep9373]

crossfit is not a sport it is a workout or workouts designed to get you an injury especially kipping pull ups and fast weight lifting , over head squatting is one of the most un human movements ever invented me thinks greg glassman is laughing at all these people wrecking them selves while getting rich

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Roasted

[@MrBubbadon]

Then what the crap Is it- and I don’t do CrossFit

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Entertainment

[@MrBubbadon]

Absolute Beast so the NBA and NFL aren’t all about entertainment?

[@tylerjaehamilton]

@@MrBubbadon not sure if your fighting me on CrossFit being or not being a sport, it is a sport just like shin kicking, Mr Fook has the right to his opinion. I do Crossfit Full time.

[@hotramen5952]

they are all on drugs. the girls could all win their body building pro card 365 days a year. you all know that there are coaches that specialize in making you pass piss tests right? they get close to the test and they start shooting short or no ester juice, stay clean for a few days, and boom, pass. what would be really funny, if they had pass a week before and then every single day of the games, and then a week after. the injuries would go through the roof and no records would ever be broken again.

[@crossfitsuriname9450]

like your approche !!!

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Thank you

[@hmingacolney7846]

Nothings wrong

[@JustBrian1892]

Olympic movements.... I just don’t get it...majority of people are going to improve through technique improvements. It’s like trying to get your golf swing.... 🙄 I work out to improve physically not be practicing a movement forever. I get there’s great power and mobility advantages... but the time it takes to perfect techniques... just do mobility work and stick to the main presses! I see people putting on Kgs to their prs.... it’s through technique ( ye I know not always) stick to the squats dead’s etc.... more gains and as an experienced strongman safer and easier to reach than an ill taught clean! Or even sandbag over shoulder for power.... try teaching someone a sandbag over a shoulder compared to a snatch.... one is a lot easier to grasp, that speaks volumes to how the body wants to move naturally! Great vids brother!

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Excellent Reply Matthew! Two different styles of lifting, 2 different modalities used. Olympic weightlifting looks at moving a weight from the ground to overhead with as little effort as possible. Powerlifting looks at moving the heaviest weight possible. I definitely agree, powerlifting is way easier to teach and coach correctly...but there is just something oddly satisfying about Oly lifting

[@JustBrian1892]

Absolute Beast I’m with you there it certainly is satisfying .... I just feel I don’t want to be able to manipulate weight over head I want to be strong enough to do it. .... I work out to get stronger and fitter not to be able to manipulate weight, So I just feel crossfit core value is to be functional but Olympic movements are so far from that..my friend doesn’t ask me to go around and help lift his barbell....more like a sofa of some sought.. A bit like the kipping pull up vs the pull up. But I agree I like doing them but there shouldn’t be so much emphasis on it so old Doris can join in too who is older and hasn’t got the hours weekly to learn technique. I just feel that it’s all just to be flashy and show off, which is why people are doing it much too early. But good discussion though 🤔

[@tylerjaehamilton]

@@JustBrian1892 that it is, as long as people are moving, lifting some weight and eating relatively healthy everyone is a winner.

[@chronometa]

I hope you don't own an affiliate 😂

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Luckily I do not 🤣 #mercyonmegreg

[@jdh7144]

I have a lot of ambivalence regarding steroids in CF to be honest. I really sympathize with the usual arguments against them and I think I naturally and intuitively feel that is correct - it's cheating! Right? But if you think about it, it's not like Ricky Garard was just sitting around eating fired food and playing call of duty, then juiced up a fews days before the games, and then came in third in 2017. He still had to work his ass off up to and in the games. I mean it's definitely MOST fair to have testing and a "clean" sport but I'm just saying it's not like these folks doused a kitten with fuel and set it on fire FFS. Let's get a grip. I agree about coaches not knowing fuck all about how to coach those with less than great mobility into having better mobility. I spent most of my first two years in CF being told I wasn't doing a few things correctly, and was met mostly with frustration when trying to find out HOW to do it right. Anyway, it was hours and hours of scouring the webs and the tubes that I was able to diagnose my problem (shitty hip and thoracic spine mobility) and what to do to improve it all. I think for me though the thing that kind of grinds my gears right now the most is how heavy or technical the open is programmed. I mean I get going heavy and multiple reps of difficult gymnastic movements for the top end athletes at the games and the sanctionals, but for those of us, the mere mortals, who love the sport of it all, and only "compete" with a few idiot buddies locally, it seems the Open could still be the open AND more inclusive by having programs weights and movements that basically all of the athletes in a box could do. It's not like the top athletes aren't still going to top out tip top. There won't be some fluke that just because the programmed squat cleans are only 60kg that some no name average guy who WODs three times per week with an extra stone of body weight from his beers on the weekends is going to out rep Velner, no? And fucking muscle ups in the open?! Why?! I can hear argument for the BAR muscle up, but even then. Is this sour grapes and it just sucks to suck as much as I do? Maybe. But there's my thoughts. Like my horrible relationship with my ex-girlfriend from college I just can't quit it or stop it. I'm sick.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Great comment JDH Yes, Ricky still had to work hard, that's not what his drugs enhanced thought, they enhanced his recovery, which in terms is the hardest and most important part of CrossFit As for the open, I completely agree, most workouts should be capacity based, instead of having heavy gymnastics and weightlifting littered throughout the workout, they should have the final 3-10 minutes building to a max or doing as many reps of ring Muscle-ups as possible to help cater for the casual athletes, which is 90% of the fan base.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

@Steven Pitts kids are a reflection of their parents

[@jdh7144]

@Steven Pitts I don't recall making an "it's ok to cheat" argument, did I? If you are having trouble with reading comprehension, I would suggest re-reading before knocking over straw men.

[@jdh7144]

@@tylerjaehamilton I don't want to bog down any more time into my philosophical musings about performance enhancers, other than to say if some are trying to use them when most aren't because of the rules, then it's definitely cheating to use them. I'm considering not doing the open anymore because of the way its been programmed (but who am I kidding I probably will). Usually the first two workouts are mere mortal doable, but then it usually gets stupid heavy by the third workout. And I like your idea that you have a capacity workout and then build to a max something, then it can straddle both worlds and those athletes with a big clean or snatch can catch those extra points and set themselves further apart.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

JD exactly, The open has always scared me, because its a lot of physical and emotional pressure to perform. I believe not knowing is always a love/hate relationship.

[@sumsar01]

Everyone in competitive sports is on roids m8.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Not everyone, but there are a good hand full of people that are

[@sumsar01]

@@tylerjaehamilton If there is a significant amount of money in the sport you can be sure they are. These are the best of the best. These people will do anything to get an edge. But it doesnt matter that much competetive sport is already barred by genetics in the first place.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

@@sumsar01 that's what I mentioned in the video, as soon as money is involved, people are willing to do anything

[@thebar2021]

You use this an an excuse as to why you were never an elite athlete. I know countless professional athletes in a wide range of sports that have never used PED's. However, I know many that have used them. The number of actual users is far less than you think it is and it's rather pathetic to label everyone's accomplishments as if they cheated. You're not as talented or didn't put in the work required regardless to how great you think you are. What an annoying little loser

[@britishrocklovingyank3491]

2 day course. Yikes.

[@johyn]

dear beast man you can keep saying it but it is not true. cross fit is not a sport. do not be stupid. simply because you love the idea of doing exercises all together does not make it a sport.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Sports definition; An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. Unfortunately Johyn, that's as little requirement for 'sport' as CrossFit needs to be considered. I understand it doesn't feel like a sport, however anything with the ability to win is under that consideration

[@danielmerrell8926]

you talk about proper form then you throw kipping pullups in just do proper pull ups with proper form lol

[@grubblin]

Imagine liking crossfit

[@Skabanis]

Lol cross shit ...hello injuries

[@tylerjaehamilton]

From a good coach, no. from a trash coach, possibly sponsored by the local chiropractor

[@Zach-ss1be]

Lmao if you think anyone competing in these games are legit you are a total fool

[@landonbarretto3139]

This is bullshit. If you're going to criticize CrossFit then you can criticize every other damn sport for similar things. Ricky Gerard. Lance Armstrong - ever heard of him? Ben Johnson - ever heard of him? Bodybuilders - what the hell do you think they do? No one who takes the Level 1 thinks they're an expert - it sure the hell is a better way to go than getting an on-line certificate certifying someone as a health expert. Most CrossFit coaches are very cognizant of taking people through proper movement patterns. And this dude is criticizing the process for getting into the Games. Get lost.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Thanks for your opinion Landon. I will not openly criticise another sport that I do not currently compete in, that would be narcissistic of me. As for the people who take the coaches courses, I don't believe any of them think of themselves as 'experts', it was the course coaches I was referring to. Finally I do not criticise the process for getting to the games, I criticise the way CrossFit changed the process with a lack of communication to the community, breaking their main moral code of integrity.

[@Monscent]

Lol ALL of those top xfit athletes are on gear. We arent blind.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

It would be good to see some more random testing...

[@kevmoful]

CrossFit in general is a dumb movement

[@Locreai]

20 percent injury rate

[@tylerjaehamilton]

So specific... How did it come to this number?

[@Locreai]

That's on the conservative side of it. www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6201188/&ved=2ahUKEwjRscX9oObnAhUhm-AKHXohB6oQFjAKegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw15GcXSSxOs1X6nSoZ7pOXI . www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6201188/&ved=2ahUKEwjRscX9oObnAhUhm-AKHXohB6oQFjAKegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw15GcXSSxOs1X6nSoZ7pOXI

[@green15838]

Women seem bigger than men!!

[@tylerjaehamilton]

They don't just 'seem' it's factually correct that some woman are

[@green15838]

@@tylerjaehamilton Wow!!

[@JudoAndrew]

Steroids are a hell of a drug.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Yeah they are 💪🤫

[@metalrocks999]

Crossfit needs more steroids

[@tylerjaehamilton]

I'd watch an enhanced CrossFit division

[@pauloandrade27]

More??

[@tylerjaehamilton]

@@pauloandrade27 🤣

[@Anonymous-sb9rr]

In strongman everyone is on steroids and nobody cares.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

You see the weight they lift? Of course we want them on juice cause that shits insane

[@teamrogers1047]

“What is the problem with Crossfit?”, well...Crossfit.

[@tylerjaehamilton]

Gotcha