Crossfit Strongman?

JC said:
Agreed. But lets not be naive here. Just 'cause you can run 40m with a 320 yoke, then do some double under, snatches and cleans etc, doesn't mean you're "healthy"
Also, if attracts the same kind of prize money as crossfit, you'll find that a lot more people go down the "supplement" route (which isn't to say all the best crossfitters in the world aren't supplementing now...and that in itself is unhealthy)

adamkeep said:

I would love to see that money come the strongman way though! Some goofy numbers for you here. I read that there were nearly 60,000 men that registered for the European regionals in the Crossfit Games. Each person paid the equivalent of $20. That's $1.2 million just from the men in Europe. There were nearly as many women and we still haven't counted Asia or the US which is a massive draw. The money coming in and going out of CFHQ must be staggering!

martinb said:
I would suggest you need to call it crossfit
1 because of the double unders and wall balls
2 the ten grand prize money comes from somewhere

IainKendrick said:
None of the above means its crossfit.
If the meet is being run and being sponsored by crossfit or reebok? If so then it gets called crossfit. If not it cam be called whatever the orgs think is right.

IainKendrick said:Fair enough then.

Looks like addidas want in on strongman too lol

brownbear said:
Powerlifring more of a fila/gola sport lol

Ben_F said:
Comp' claendar is packed already this year, so will have look at some dates in the autumn when I get to work (will also give people the chance to get fit and maybe learn some new disciplines!).

terryhollands said:I think I'm gonna test some of this out Saturday. Won't be doing double unders as I can't yet but the rest I can do. If I do it ill post the results, lol, if I'm not dead that is

martinb said:
Jenkins is involved in crossfit so I'm assuming they will be putting up the money.

macroth said:
The money is good but not quite that good. Nearly 140,000 entrants worldwide in the Open, including only 7,500 men and 3,000 women in Europe. Those numbers include Masters up to age 60+. That's still almost 3M dollars raked in when you round up for team entries, etc.
Still, it's a multimillion dollar machine for sure, and Glassman has made out extremely well since launching his little website 12 years ago.

terryhollands said:I think I'm gonna test some of this out Saturday. Won't be doing double unders as I can't yet but the rest I can do. If I do it ill post the results, lol, if I'm not dead that is