Dave Castro Announces Individual Event 2: Hammer Down

[@ulyssesmarcatto749]

Crossfit finally gets to be broadcasted on live tv. Dave Castro: lets hit a tire with hammer so they can laugh at us

[@jater10]

If on TV, needs to be spectacular but also relatable to most of the viewing audience - like a NFL combine bench press test. Its gonna look ridiculous and judging gonna be all over the place.

[@arezfit7035]

Oh jezzz this mf come back to destroy the sport

[@yappydabbad9323]

Everytime castro introduces an event he sounds like he invented light.

[@itciai]

Hiller gonna have a field day with this, oh boy.

[@SuperDan1006]

I think he actually likes it

[@stephenr85]

It's a good workout. Should be a fun race to watch as well. Those guys will be blitzing.

[@Mr_Bob_Loblaw]

😂😂😂😂

[@Dutch_fellow]

Hiller is trying so hard to stay relevant, he is so annoying :')

[@markpeter506]

@@Dutch_fellowHiller is more relevant than CrossFit HQ at this point. He may be a lot of things but thing he’s not is irrelevant in the CrossFit space.

[@SuperDan1006]

It’s always harder than it looks. Its either going to be a race of cardio in this evolution of functional fitness, or we’re going to see who’s shoulders and grip hold out the best. I like it.

[@1badlife]

Love this for the judges

[@Pepesilvia267]

Probably why they don’t have a standard on how hard they have to swing cuz that would suck to judge. Switching hands will be easy. The height of the sledge will be hard.

[@skylarfouss6712]

More like sledgehammer taps than swings

[@zaklacey8491]

Who’s gonna be the first to knock themselves out with the rebounding sledge?

[@johndoe-gh2or]

This event must be sponsored by the tractor supply co.

[@vanillaghetto]

"When they were seated, Dave Castro released Individual Event 2: Hammer Down, presented by Bear KompleX."

[@HippieP629]

Yes. We've been made to sign an NDA stating that we'll never reveal in yt comments that this event is sponsored by tractor supply. You're correct.

[@cjd959]

I love the tire flip, brings me back to the old Crossfit days, the garage gym era. I think this is a sleeper workout. Seems easy or even stupid, depending how you look at it. But I think it will be a lot tougher than what meets the eye. I would have loved a bigger heavier tire for the men though

[@LittleCrowYT]

It's a helluva workout just on its own, but in a competitive setting with ~50 of the fittest people in Crossfit?! It's gonna be an insane sprint with some unexpected results. Having it so early means some athletes are gonna have to work a little harder throughout the weekend to gain some much needed points

[@trophyhusbanddiaries2805]

We hammered the tires also just not quite the same form lol

[@benjaminyandle9017]

I feel like this sucks.. I love the idea of the tire flips being incorporated. But hammer swings?!? It’s definitely a workout to see who can cut corners and not a test of the most fit.

[@naomipianika3584]

Great move CF. I like that they are keeping it fresh. Looking forward to watching this.

[@prescottosegie]

This crossfit games is gonna interesting it cool to see Castro announcing workouts 😎

[@abstractgeniuscomments]

Dosen't get any more Old Skool than this, love it!

[@gordo608]

I love it. It's called grunt work kids, welcome to what CrossFit actually is. Enjoy. I'm surprised this isn't giving a callback and using the Rogue Sisu hammer.

[@Mush4Christ]

Was NOT sold UNTILL till the tire toss - i think this gonna be epic to watch and painful to do - love the creativity Dave - LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[@jonipflager1235]

When he said four rounds I literally wanted to vomit realizing the pain and fatigue they are going to experience-I’m here for it!! ❤❤

[@Arrrghjay84]

Is it the first time they’ve ever used a sledgehammer on a tire? Wish he’d have mentioned it 😂

[@jakemiddy]

Comments section is carnage. It's one event of many. I think this is super cool, unique, and will be great to watch!

[@shabblabbat]

Awesome! Something new and fun🎉

[@jadeteasdale9198]

Pure grunt work. More of a full-body workout than what you’d expect.

[@docmarcano4456]

Jumping in and out the tire, would have been fun 😂

[@Tom-fb3hk]

I would add a burpee tire jump over instead of touching the floor 😂

[@HippieP629]

Guaranteed rolled ankle in there somewhere

[@ultralightbeing6080]

@@Tom-fb3hkdefinitively should have been added

[@CryptoJay]

Actually I like this a lot, its a test of fitness 100%, this is awkward implements and athletes have to move them around in a functional way, great workout!

[@iammstarr]

Aweseome! Unknown and unknownable. Glad Dave is back.

[@nickmallett7391]

Worth including this event just to watch people lose their shit in the comments 😅

[@blueeyedbull67]

That's going to be fun to watch. See who goes hell's bells for time!

[@jadeteasdale9198]

I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT Classic CrossFit bringing it back.

[@stephaniegamez2831]

I love how this is different!

[@nadiamoulay3861]

That is functional fitness at its best. Love it. Sounds fun!

[@leonjohnstone9405]

I love it. It’s a great functional test and the truly fittest will prevail.

[@GSG9Kazmir]

4 Rounds of this is going to be brutal. Shoulders and lower back are going to be burning. Efficiency is going to be key.

[@michellehodnett9955]

Love the new implement. Shake it up! Could be anyone’s game.

[@fistswithyatoes]

Every athlete in those stands is thinking “I trained all year for this bs??!”

[@ReneESSOMBA]

Upper body endurance test not sure where the bs here!! Lol

[@fistswithyatoes]

@@ReneESSOMBA a test to find the fittest on earth does NOT include floating a fucking sledgehammer lightly onto a tire 50 times. If you can’t realize how mid this is you’re hopeless bro 😂😂

[@ReneESSOMBA]

@@fistswithyatoes is that the only test of the games? If not then my comment stands and your comment is pure BS

[@Pepesilvia267]

It’s “the fittest on earth” not “the best with a barbell.” Athletes should be training all year to get fitter as defined by CrossFit. This workout will absolutely suck and kill the athletes. 200 reps with a sledge regardless of how hard you hit the tire will toast the shoulders. Maybe toast the grip a bit which might conflict with the sandbag toss. I loved the old old sledge beam games workout and it toasted a lot of good athletes. CrossFit as defined means the fittest should be able to apply their fitness to any activity. If your complaint is “this is too easy” try doing it for time. These athletes love heavy barbells and never say those are hard events but the sprint style or chipper style events they always hate. I think this is good programming

[@kyucklebeans]

@@ReneESSOMBAyou’re defending this total garbage? How bad do these Games have to get before your are willing to question Dave’s nonsense?

[@gunslinger2088]

Brooke's thinking about what story She's gonna post in her room after this..

[@delunadenny7084]

😂😂

[@younghe08]

Sledge hammers basically softball toss.

[@HippieP629]

Noted. Fun fact: Easton makes Hammer softball bats. It's a circle of life thing

[@heathercousins6622]

Damnit, this actually looks fun

[@thisisspartacus]

Thanks, I hate it.

[@HippieP629]

Great. We've relayed your sentiment to Dave. It's now removed.

[@bdlgabriel]

The first place winner is hired to work on a farm. In event 3 there will be cattle handling

[@ArisGoldenFamily]

The way that Justin looks so excited!! Love the way these athletes truly enjoy these workouts. Is Toomey here to break the system again?!

[@XxIamForgivenxXTV]

Wish there was a way for the athletes to hammer in post as they go across the field hahaha. This should be a fun fast event to watch.

[@Pepesilvia267]

Hammering in a post? They did this wayyyyyyy back in the day and it was a massive failure if I recall right. I do agree it would be cool in this event. I remember when they did it year years ago it was just painful to watch. Maybe it was just me.

[@PrimalPetersen]

Haters gonna hate. This is grunty.

[@Vampire__Squid]

Strongman guy here. The men have embarrassingly light tires, should've been around 500 lbs. But too late to change that.

[@HippieP629]

Hello. We've informed Crossfit and they'll now be 500 lbs. Thank you for your input.

[@Vampire__Squid]

@@HippieP629 I just said they can't change it, all the weights have been finalized

[@andrewjudd9001]

Damn this is different, but definitely functional.

[@JasonBoring]

Not measurable

[@stevepasche]

Kind of took the wind out of my sails for my excitement of the games. Given the past issues with judging, tbe sledghammer hit seems sketchy.

[@mikewindmuller2621]

Wo ist die live Übertragung...😢

[@DearyLeary]

Is this a joke?

[@rtistoutlaw3573]

Wouldn't that be something and if he came out tomorrow and he says nope, I was just joking. This is the real workout.🤣🤣🤣

[@Bossman_aus]

@@rtistoutlaw3573We can only hope.

[@HippieP629]

Yes. Everyone laughed at the end

[@LeighFraiser]

Love the faces on the athletes! 💪💪💪

[@WesVee]

Can’t wait to watch!

[@gersinhomachado]

This can’t be true bruh. What the heck

[@rtistoutlaw3573]

This is early 2000 vibes🤣🤣🤣

[@JustAStranger2222]

Tactical games watching this for nationals: “got it Dave”

[@tomcat1517]

This is actually so cool. Something that u can call functional training. This is crossfit, ladies and gents.

[@victorianstrengthclub6858]

I Like it 🎉

[@AdventuresWithAndrew]

We get to see them perform step overs twice! Yay 🙃

[@alex_x_x_6]

How do you judge the hammer swings?

[@HippieP629]

Fairly

[@Craig_Alexander]

This is why people make fun of crossfit

[@benjaminyandle9017]

I know. Where’s Adrian? This even sucks.

[@dallredCF]

How heavy are the tires? They look a little on the light side for this level

[@vanillaghetto]

Hammer Down 4 rounds for time: 50 hammer strikes (16/20-lb sledgehammer) 14 sandbag throws/get over the tire (70/100-lb sandbag) 5 tire flips (242 lb)

[@HippieP629]

@@vanillaghetto Someone understood the assignment

[@fergal_bsil1675]

I love it!!!!

[@Weout77]

The look on Colton’s face says it all

[@millerj8888]

Castro needs to go for so many reasons. So much of the embarrassment of the sport comes from Castro. Here is yet another event example of why he should be fired.

[@imagicgolem]

Anyone got a link?? Where are you guys watching them? KZbin doesn't broadcast the games anymore?

[@M_Kingdom_9]

Games are suspended until further notice

[@Tobias-ec5jr]

No live Events online after Lake event today? 😮

[@Kalidor99]

Lazar Dukic drowned

[@Tobias-ec5jr]

@Kalidor99 thx. I heard about it after I send my post. Really shocked:(

[@EdgarGarcia-bc4gd]

Me, running to the comments 😂

[@sharikeener7907]

Oh Dave 😮😮😮

[@tarekhosny8166]

This is underwhelming.

[@Est1994JoJo]

I am crying too lol

[@HippieP629]

Yes. There's an underwhelming and an overwhelming. 2025 Games will be whelming.

[@alexvoith7985]

Can we please mic up athletes for doing this?

[@delunadenny7084]

This is going to be hard. Colton and through it with ease. Side note, I really think Dave needs the fittest contenders for demo team. Paige powers should’ve demo to get realistic stats in testing.

[@noone-ld7pt]

So basically the lower you squat the lower you have to raise the hammer. Seems pretty abusable. Tecnically I could squat to the ground and just bounce the hammer slightly up and down and it would clear these standards right?

[@HippieP629]

Yes. We will zoom in to you when you defeat the other athletes. Hooray.

[@iimmru]

Seen all your comments. Having fun sucking Dave's dikc?😄

[@dchambers6554]

Damn, Dave, four rounds? Jesus Christ 🙏

[@HippieP629]

Yes. Jesus high-fived Dave too.

[@the_culture3259]

Kind of old school pure CF Grunt work. Kind of cool

[@pmdmk1422]

should've done 1 burpee before the jump over the tyre instead of touching the floor......................

[@HippieP629]

I'll tell Dave

[@p0ddie]

Lazar literally died for Castro's sins. He also made sure this event never goes live. May his memory be a blessing.

[@thetaterful]

They have got to add some delivery to this and not make it so awkward.

[@HippieP629]

Noted. I've informed Dave that the addition of the Cha Cha slide would be more to your liking.

[@ramblr5900]

Be the hammer don’t be the nail

[@kevinmorrison-HTC]

Man this is beautiful! Stop with all the hate folks. Dave bringing it back to what CF is all about. The work!

[@ahlersk1234]

So yeah, next event

[@miguel41792]

At this point might as well have them start framing a house and put all that functional training to work.

[@HippieP629]

Yes. Dave has now included the "construct a wood-framed 3 bdrm / 2bath single-family home" as the extra event on Sunday.

[@streetparkingteacher]

dope!

[@Kodeblac]

I would like to see burpees after jumping from the tire (same as box jump burpees) instead of throwing the sand bags and tapping the floor.

[@nikoskatsaitis2703]

You have the best athletes in the world and you pick this event to make them hit a tire with a hammer. They need to find some other team to make the events

[@boldforchrist9000]

What's Hiller think of this?

[@jcollesano]

Someone's getting stitches...

[@notcanonsmith]

The athletes faces say it all.

[@Keno_psia]

4:34 here is the plot twist, i knew it was comming 😂

[@spencer1803]

for one of the first crossfit games, they had to pound a metal stake into the ground

[@kylepadeezy]

Sounds good

[@OldDirtyDaniel]

This would be dope, if they had to do full swings

[@EnoughRhetoric]

I feel sorry for the demo team knowing they had to do this multiple times. Pretty boring for them.

[@Krumholt]

thats gonna suck

[@louisegallant2010]

Omg, you have the fittest athletes and you make them so this....

[@iammstarr]

You do it, let us know how badly you fail.

[@HippieP629]

Good point. I'll relay this to Dave immediately

[@the_toxicity_99]

Tyres be like : Didnt order for a Tai massage bruv.

[@joshwebb9729]

I will not be calling any of them to use a sledge for anything that matters

[@tylerscott6640]

Why wouldn't they make the standard on the swing be a half halo mace-style behind the head build up then swing down? I guess it could be dangerous if hammers start flying out of people's grips but then why use them in the first place? They would have to lower the reps with that style.

[@HippieP629]

Yes. Apart from the string theory math required to interpret your message, we'll relay your message to Dave

[@tylerscott6640]

@HippieP629 You've never swung a mace or hit a tire with a sledgehammer? Or chopped wood? Or goofed around and posed all cool with a sword like Conan or a ninja with a katana? It's that motion- getting the hammer behind the head then coming down in front like a med ball slam. Not this half ass range of motion they're going for. Like I said, I think it's for safety reasons but it just seems lame to do it that way, in my opinion.

[@johndoe-gh2or]

This is terrible lol

[@HippieP629]

Noted. We'll inform Crossfit. Thank you

[@ginamarie5575]

Everyone like WTF 😂❤🎉

[@roysamila3150]

Why not doing that?

[@rogeragarcia]

Scott's tire flip technique is incorrect. Way to represent! Definitely no lumberjacks on the hammer.

[@Omgoodness1]

Get ready for another tragedy take this off before you have another serious injury

[@r3iKoEXE]

no. aint no way they're broadcasting this live. this this reason people laugh at crossfit

[@DudeWhereAm_I]

Colton looks like he’s never swung a sledge

[@SuperDan1006]

Isn’t Colton a country boy? Pretty sure he’s swung a sledge. It’s those muscles that make it look awkward.

[@Wawan-F45]

Awesome 💪😁👍

[@M3phy]

so raise the hammer and let it fall on the tire?

[@Ifetayoyoga]

Looks silly but I actually like the workout 😊