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@asphaltpotato My best time was around 5 years ago (37m, 195lbs-ish) with a 3:18. My last time was around a six months ago and was a 3:31 (43m, 225).

@phileobildad Tons of the top women over the years aren’t/haven’t been American. Toomey and the daughters being the most prominent examples.

@actor4life20 It sounds to me like the owner has made their decision and isn’t going to change their mind. That means you’re left with how you’ll react. It seems to me you have three primary options. First, suck it up and do the 4 hours. Second, refuse the 4 hours for membership and get a...

@cybermintz Do you have any videos to prove your claim? Because a HSPU, kipping or strict, requires the head to touch the ground for the rep to start. So, the head must touch the ground... even for a second of half second or else it’s not a rep.

@cybermintz A demonstration. Which is done at a fraction of the speed of an actual rep so that people can get a good look at what’s happening. Look at any videos of 20.3 done by games athletes or look at any of the Games WODs that has HSPU’s in them to see how they’re done in real-time and then...

@cybermintz Incorrect. The standard for a kipping HSPU is no different than a strict HSPU, the head need only come in contact with the ground/mat/whatever. It does not need to rest there. As the arms lower the body to the ground the legs should simultaneously be lowering and preparing for the...

@purinachick That’s a fair assessment. However, I think that the premise that a coach should not be teaching a member how to do butterfly pull-ups if they can not do strict pull-ups is a pretty universal and fair statement. This is not to say that it isn’t happening, I’ve seen it firsthand...

@channel7 You’re right that bringing the knees down to “chamber” for the next kip does apply more force downwards (F=ma) as the legs increase the acceleration of the body downwards in conjunction with gravity. However, and this is the part that’s easier said than done, an athlete should not be...

@keeneve It does. However, that’s true with any motion in CrossFit. There is room for injury in many of CrossFit’s movements and the fast, repetitive manner in which they’re done does nothing to ease the odds of injury.

@channel7 TBF: An exhausted athlete has as much of a chance of injuring themselves during the eccentric part of the movement regardless of kip or not. The kip affects the force applied going up and has definite risks, but anytime we lower ourselves onto our head from full extension we run the...

@kutloello Same height as you, was the same weight. Slowly cut down to 210-ish and the difference is night and day. Just take your time with the cut and you won’t lose any muscle at all.

@fishmansf This sucks sometimes, but… The owner has a demographic that they are trying to appeal to. You may not be that demographic. It sounds to me like the owner is trying to appeal to the people who just want to get fit and move around. This leaves you with a few options. 1) do the...