Josh Bridges movement standards in 16.4

[psalm51flower]

@alexis1 I didn't see Matt's comment, but I did see that Orlando Trejo simply commented "Wtf".

 

[precious_in_his_sight]

@jaylgee1 If Josh knew he was most likely going to win this open workout and the $2,016, then someone should have taken a better video of just him. From that video posted, a lot of his DLs look questionable because of the distance, I can't see the line on the wall for his HSPUs and you can't see the calorie counter on the rower. When winning an open workout and money is involved, a better video should have been taken.

 

[psalms119]

@precious_in_his_sight From a guy in my gym:

"I don't think this is what they meant by FORGING elite fitness"

 

[mcwooly]

@precious_in_his_sight This. he should have a camera man for his workouts. No question

 

[janxharris]

@mcwooly Especially as a "7 time winner of open work outs!" :eyes roll.gif ::

 

[mcwooly]

@janxharris When money is on the line you should have a well made video. How is that not reasonable?

 

[jaylgee1]

@precious_in_his_sight There is a, hardly visible, yellow line where he does the HSPUs

 

[precious_in_his_sight]

@jaylgee1 Yeah, it is hardly visible. How can someone technically judge that from a video perspective?

 

[sonali]

@jaylgee1 Doesn't help that his hands are wide and feet don't come together at the top. This tells me that the tape is a little low. In contrast to last year during the live workout where he got no-repped to oblivion

 

[juliussneezer]

@precious_in_his_sight Yeah, I don't understand why they consistently use such shitty videos and then are surprised when people question everything about it. I understand that they have multiple athletes going at once that will need video verification cause they're going to regionals, but I refuse to believe these folks can't round up 4 additional people and 3 extra cameras to video each one individually. His 16.1 video was shot from about half a mile away. There's no need for that.

 

[wandererhere]

@jaylgee1 He deserves a 15% penalty, you can see clearly he does not finish several repetitions.
CF Games Standards: Starting at the floor, the barbell is lifted until hips and knees reach full extension with the shoulders behind the bar. The arms must be straight throughout. No bouncing.

And his judge (CJ Martin) needs to be barred from judging Open athletes for 1-year; this may seem harsh but this is not the first case of shitty judging.... look at 16.1 he's at least 8 feet behind Josh judging his C2B.

 

[aihi]

@wandererhere

He deserves a 15% penalty

http://games.crossfit.com/announcements/top-score-152-adjusted

Yup. They got Natalie Newhart last year for ~5 reps in a workout where she did 440+. It would be shameful to allow Bridges score to stand with 50+ no-reps

 

[vsw874]

@wandererhere Barred from the Open for 1 year? So he can do next years Open then, lol. Hed only miss one event; 16.5.

 

[wandererhere]

@vsw874 1 year, meaning he misses 16.5 through 17.4

 

[vsw874]

@wandererhere Oh I didn't know you literally meant 365 days. I thought it was a typo or something because after Thursday the next Open event won't happen for practically a year anyways, which is what I was implying.

 

[krista123]

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[janxharris]

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[krista123]

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[beekaye]

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[laurasue912]

@krista123 You two win the internet today! LOL