@krista123 Looks like Nike just released their Trident Max, with Dri-Fit handle for superior traction while thrusting wildly in the air.
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be_a_light
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@jaylgee1 Those deadlift reps are shit, you don't even need a better angle or slow down the video to tell that. I just looked through the first set and every rep violated the standards. He is a top athlete, and would probably have won this event even with proper reps, but stuff like this really pisses me off. Why is it always the same athletes every year who keeps posting this shit without being called out for it?
shirleybaccus
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orbitalightning
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@shirleybaccus At first I thought Bridges was gray shirt, so I thought everybody had their panties in a bunch, not his fault if the dudes behind him are cheating on the deadlifts lol!
shonspawnel
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@jaylgee1 This is bad. Wow!
I watched the video repeatedly. I read the camera comments, and tried to watch as closely as I could to make a judgment. After watching closely, I think these scores are illegitimate and should not count.
I cannot give any credibility to the camera comment. Here is why: the athlete on the far right, who in theory should be most harmed by the fisheye perspective, starts off the WOD is doing bad looking reps. Bad camera or bad reps? We get the answer at 1:21.
At 1:21, he pauses, and then, since he is tired, moves more deliberately. At this point, he does some good reps. His good reps are obvious despite the camera angle. (he does a few bad ones, too).
The shirtless athlete on the far left exhibits a similar pattern. His reps appear to be terrible. Again, it is not the camera. At 0:56 he stands up tall to rest, and in spite of so called camera issues, he is visibly standing up tall with his shoulders back. Sadly, he almost never reaches this position during the WOD.
Josh's reps appear close, but given that this sort of nonsense was tolerated in that gym, I cannot see any reason for giving him the benefit of the doubt.
I watched the video repeatedly. I read the camera comments, and tried to watch as closely as I could to make a judgment. After watching closely, I think these scores are illegitimate and should not count.
I cannot give any credibility to the camera comment. Here is why: the athlete on the far right, who in theory should be most harmed by the fisheye perspective, starts off the WOD is doing bad looking reps. Bad camera or bad reps? We get the answer at 1:21.
At 1:21, he pauses, and then, since he is tired, moves more deliberately. At this point, he does some good reps. His good reps are obvious despite the camera angle. (he does a few bad ones, too).
The shirtless athlete on the far left exhibits a similar pattern. His reps appear to be terrible. Again, it is not the camera. At 0:56 he stands up tall to rest, and in spite of so called camera issues, he is visibly standing up tall with his shoulders back. Sadly, he almost never reaches this position during the WOD.
Josh's reps appear close, but given that this sort of nonsense was tolerated in that gym, I cannot see any reason for giving him the benefit of the doubt.
merleharlin
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@shonspawnel I guess all I can say in Josh's defense is that he does appear to stand straight, but just never straightens his shoulders or gets them behind the bar.
The reps by the guys on the far left and right are really bad though. Bar barely over their knees, they're almost rowing it.
Guessing the gym just does not teach a full range of motion which is why Josh and the others are all doing poor reps.
The reps by the guys on the far left and right are really bad though. Bar barely over their knees, they're almost rowing it.
Guessing the gym just does not teach a full range of motion which is why Josh and the others are all doing poor reps.
@merleharlin Guy on the far left has scheuermann's disease. His thoracic spine grew incorrectly and he can't retract his shoulders... it's a shitty situation.
@jaylgee1 Pausing at the very top it's clear there are many no reps without hips fully extended. There are plenty of questionable grey area reps that may be do to the angle and alot of good reps. Definitely enough no reps that HQ should penalize that performance 15%. If they don't it's a total sham.
@ktorres08 Yeah - the reps around 1:14 are great examples of his full DL vs. his short DL's
@jaylgee1 I don't like using videos to evaluate movement standards. You will see great judges constantly moving around the athlete to ensure standards are being followed, which is almost impossible using a single video camera.
For example, watch the judge of Kara checking depth and height on each repetition at
. On the other side you have a judge standing behind Josh while performing chest to bar pullups at
. I would argue the video is proof that the judge didn't perform to the standards he should.
On top of this, GoPro's fisheye makes the whole thing painful to judge. Please pay attention to the pull up bar in the background:
For example, watch the judge of Kara checking depth and height on each repetition at
On top of this, GoPro's fisheye makes the whole thing painful to judge. Please pay attention to the pull up bar in the background:
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