Josh Bridges movement standards in 16.4

[jaylgee1]

Due to the complaints about Josh Bridges deadlifts in 16.4 i watched the Video in 0.25% of the original speed and made some screenshots.
1) when he stands upright after closing his belt before the second round of deadlifts
2)At the beginning of the downward movement to pick up the bar
3)At the end of the upward movement of his lift

Sorry for the primitive method, i am untalented with phototools etc.
Imgur

What do you think? Is this a no rep?

If my screenshots are too small, watch the video yourself at

(You can adjust the speed by clicking at the options wheel at the bottom right)

 

[psalms119]

@jaylgee1 there isn't really a polite way to say this: Bridges reps are at best questionable. Some of the other guys in this video are just plain garbage.

An entire gym was DQ'd a while ago over multiple athletes with spotty box jumps. Isn't this really the same situation?

 

[dawn16]

@psalms119 The same situation?

Not really.

Bridges is a big name.

I can absolutely see why some people are treated differently than others because of popularity. A "celebrity" versus a gym of...well, non-famous people...

 

[psalms119]

@dawn16 Yeah, of course there is some of that going on. But this video is horrendous. It's not just Josh; he isn't even the worst of them.

I don't know the other guys but if you told me this was a video of people mocking CrossFit, I would believe it.

 

[chelz1995]

@psalms119 The guy behind Bridges had some ugly deadlifts . The guy in front of Bridges looked the best

 

[xnibiru]

@chelz1995 I thought that at first. But the guy right of him bounces the bar in the second round. First round looked good though.

 

[youroriginsmatter]

@xnibiru The guy in front of Bridges is at least straightening his hips and getting his shoulders behind the bar, but he never straightens his knees. Fully extended knees and hips at the top of the DL is the movement standard.

 

[psalm51flower]

@psalms119

there isn't really a polite way to say this: Bridges reps are at best questionable.

To me his deadlifts are no better than Josh Golden's box jumps from 2 years ago. If HQ thought Golden had to be DQ'd, how do they not take action on Bridges? Oh, yeah, because Bridges is a big name.

 

[alexis1]

@jaylgee1 Matt chan simply commented on the video "uh" . Invictus should be ashamed of that video. They all had b.s. reps somewhere. The guy on the far left is the worst thing I've ever seen. Bridges shoulders were no where near behind the bar most the time.

You cannot get over the line being that wide with your feet spread apart if you measured correctly. Simply impossible. Third from left is horrible.

Far left and right are bouncing the barbell hard in the second round.

 

[phoneixlioness]

@alexis1 The deadlifts I could care less about, I'm sure that's just due to angle, we'll never know with that wonky fish-eye wide angle. But the HSPU line is absurd. Not only were his feet wide, his hands were wide too. Remember last year, during the live event, he tried it and couldn't get past the line at all with that wide of arms. There's no way they followed the correct standard for HSPU. It's a joke.

 

[sonali]

@phoneixlioness I actually wrote this above not realizing you already said it. I get the feeling the HSPU this year were the most bro-repp'd movement in CF Open history

 

[charlie88]

@phoneixlioness i didn't do the open last year, but our coach said that that made the HSPUs standards a little different this year. Everyone that we measured and taped off their line had a far more reasonable line to pass the feet over in full extension.

 

[phoneixlioness]

@charlie88 They are identical to last years standards, nothing has changed. You can verify it http://games.crossfit.com/workouts/the-open/2015 (it's 15.4)
against 16.4 here http://games.crossfit.com/workouts/the-open/2016

 

[robertmharvey]

@phoneixlioness Fisheye (actually just panoramic) corrected. It's a little better. Not much.

 

[nora021449]

@alexis1 Where'd you see Matt Chan's response?

 

[alexis1]

@nora021449 It was in the youtube comments

 

[morgannorth]

@alexis1 I actually thought the guy using the red and yellow plates to the right of josh was doing all his reps on the DL perfectly fine. HSPUs on the other hand... uh

 

[tevkevhop]

@alexis1 Do you have a link to the Matt Chan comment? I havent had any luck tracking it down.

 

[kum77]

@tevkevhop Here is a link to someone's screencap of it, before it was taken down.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeQSTSnWEAEknsF.jpg:large

 

[kum77]

@tevkevhop I saw it yesterday too. I went back and looked through all of them and it looks like he has since removed it (or someone removed it).