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A week ago, I listed. I hope you listened, because what went down was nothing short of spectacular.

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I was catching glimpses and recaps even while I was and watched all the final day’s events live. I don’t watch sports much these days—a topic for another blog post—but this was one of the best sporting events I’ve seen in a long time. If you missed it, here is a recap of some of my favorite moments. Swimming, beach running Crossfit is all about training for the “unknown and unknowable” and this year, they really meant it. Every kind of exercise was on the table. For the first time ever, we even got swimming.

And not just any swimming, but *ocean *swimming in the very first workout. This also included running on soft sand, pull-ups, push-ups and squats. Not surprisingly, a Navy SEAL. Softball, gymnastics The first day continued with a. This included an L sit hold for time, a handstand walk for distance and, my personal favorite, a softball throw for distance.

In the past, Crossfit has taken flak for being too focused on pure work: how far can you run, how many reps can you crank out, how much weight can you lift. Testing these skill movements helps separate the true all-around athletes from the guys that are just workhorses. Rope climbs, redemption. Day 1 concluded with a workout that included. Download sims 2 censor patch cheatcc. This is standard fare for Crossfit, but if you watched the, you may remember Rich Froning Jr.

Losing his grip on 1st place when he couldn’t climb the ropes in. After a full year to work on this weakness, he came back this year and absolutely crushed the rope climbs at the end of day 1 for some beautiful redemption. Monkey bars, biking The variety continued on day 2 with the workout. This combined front squats, riding a watt bike (another first for the games) and a 100 foot monkey bar course. You don’t often get to see full grown men racing each other across monkey bars, but believe me, the ending of will have you on the edge of your seat.

Sled push, sled pull The dog sled made a huge and unexpected presence in the final day of the Games. In the morning, the required the athletes to push a ~450lb sled across the stadium. If seeing the Games’ smallest male competitor, 150lb Chris Spealler, doesn’t get you out of your seat, nothing will. The concluded with the athletes picking up a rope and doing a sled pull. It provided a wonderfully visual way of knowing who was in the lead.

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