Dan Bailey
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<p>It's not a sport. :)</p>
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<p>He reminded me of Brad Thorn towards the end there.</p>
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<p>Awesome how completely shattered that he probably couldnt see or hear and yet with those last couple of reps he made it look as though he was lifting a 1kg bar it looks effortless in terms of lack of strain.</p>
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<p>Jesus, Allah and Richie McCaw!! </p>
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<p>That was epic. Know what you mean Hooroo, he had a touch of BBBT about him. A man that thrives in that pain zone aye! Mad bastards.</p>
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<p>Froning has won the Games four years in a row and retired last year, moving to the Team games.</p>
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<p>There are a few of these four vs one type workouts, I'll flick up the British chick (Sam Briggs) to make us all feel worse. The best part of her video is she made all of them do another workout afterwards because she wasn't done.</p>
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<p>Oh and Hooroo, if Fishing can be classed as a sport so can Crossfit :)</p> -
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<p>So is beer pong and and food eating too I suppose. All meaningless and not really sport.</p>
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<p>Is weightlifting a sport? Triathlons? Gymnastics? Running or Rowing? Crossfit is just a mix of those disciplines, just like a decathalon. </p> -
<p>Good point actually as I go to 'The Sport' 5 times a week. 3 times with a PT.</p>
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<p>So just to be clear, you don't think the following are sports either?</p>
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<p>Running</p>
<p>Swimming</p>
<p>Rowing</p>
<p>Weightlifting</p>
<p>Triathalons</p>
<p>Ironmans</p>
<p>Decathlons</p>
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<p>Those Olympic events are, yes. Crossfit isn't. Unless you can all any type of movement with some arbitrary scoring attached a sport. In that case, everything is a sport as I just timed how long the Photocopier took to pront something. If it does it quicker tomrrow, I'll score it 3 points.A new sport born!</p>
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<p>Ironman is not an Olympic sport.</p>
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<p>The definition of a sport is;</p>
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<p>"<span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;">an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment"</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;">That's exactly what the Crossfit Games are. I think you are confusing the training part (what I do at the gym) with the sport part. I wouldn't call the weekly training I do a sport, that's gaining fitness and working on skills for fun, and in my case to compete in things like the Open. Better athletes get onto the Regionals and to the actual Games.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;">Crossfit is two different things, a way to workout AND there is a sport-afied version.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;">Looks like a sport to me;</span></p>
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<p>Oh, you are just trolling. How very WS90210 of you.</p>
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<p>I've made my case, you disagree with me (and the definition of sport). Whatever.</p>
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<p>Not trolling, just clarifying what I think of it. I would bet that within ten years you'll struggle to attend crossfit in the same way you'd be hard pressed to find a decent jazzercise class. Hence the Fad comment</p> -
<p>Who knows what will be popular in ten years time?</p>
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<p>So far Crossfit has been going 15 years, and still seems to be in a strong growth mode. Look at the Open numbers;</p>
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<div>"Each year, participation in the Open grows exponentially. In 2011, about 26,000 people signed up for the first-ever Open. The next year, 69,370 people signed up. In 2013, there were 138,619 participants, and this year registration closed with 209,585 people.</div>
<div>The growth tracks nicely with the number of CrossFit affiliates around the world. This averages to about 23 Open participants per affiliate each year. Of course many affiliates have many more participants than that. This year, CrossFit NYC has the most Open participants of any affiliate: 676 of their approximately 2,000 members registered for the Open this year."</div>
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<div>It will be interesting to see the numbers later next month. They seem to be tracking with the number of gyms opening, just looking at the new affiliates in NZ since I started in 2011 is pretty impressive.</div>
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<div>With the support from ESPN and Reebok, their future looks pretty healthy. Also, these gyms are just businesses that license IP from Crossfit. People are always looking for places to workout, so no reason for them to go anywhere as they have good equipment and a fun environment to exercise. So even if there is a backlash against Crossfit, it's just a gym at the end of the day.</div>
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<div>And just to be argumentative, I looked into the figures for Jazzercize and that's still going strong too! Surprised me.</div>