I feel sorry for the judges. The most important thing about Chad is the awareness that they are trying to bring so I really like the idea of putting that on the big stage.
This could be a good one to watch if they had all of boxes lined up somehow and then had to advance them every 50/100 reps. It's also one where you could have the male and female athletes going at the same time which is always a cool comparison for long workouts.
Yeah I think they have a plan of how to make it more fun to watch. Part of why people should chill out and withhold judgement until they, yanno, actually see the event. Dave did say in his recent athlete interview that there will be two heats, because of equipment restraints.
I think something most people are missing is the connection to the CrossFit community, with Chad and wife Sara being L4 Flowmaster. Which to me makes doing the workout worth it. It’s a shame people are talking so negatively about it.
Hell Yeah! I love this workout. Everybody is going to watch the first 100, take a break and come back and be glued watching when they hit about 700. Ultimate buy in
My thoughts exactly. In regard to the spectating it will be fine. This is the sort of event you turn on, make some food, passively watch. It will get interesting when you notice the entire field is going twice as fast as you did it unweighted.
Heck you could grab a box do it while watching the livestream and see how long you can keep up with the person in LAST place just to see the stark difference between us normal people and Games athletes.
I frikn love this guy. Spent the last week in Moab, had no cell phone, got home and this is the first thing I watched and it’s a gem. Can’t wait for Castro’s response with that stupid smile.
Initially I thought it was dumb. But the more I thought about it it started to sound awesome! There’s definitely some strategy in this one and I’m excited to see how it plays out.
I love it. Any box can do this. Any home gym can do this. Anyone doing CrossFit can measure themselves against the best out there. Doesn’t require developing a skill like muscle ups, just raw fitness. ❤
Exactly… what….you… said. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I feel like step up or step aside is totally how this plays out! I have done this workout several times scaled and it hurts, it’s supposed to.
I had an initial reaction of "ugh, I'm gonna be there, how boring!" But after listening to your points, totally changed my mind. This is about the fittest on earth. Not the most spectator-friendly, nor the most accessible to athletes. This is why you have a strong fan base 💪🏻
Exactly. He found a workout that people have not been training. These professional, new age, ignorant to the methodology athletes have absolutely no idea what they are talking about when it comes to how to grow the sport, programming, viewership, etc. “Not a games test” “dumb” “not CrossFit”. The ignorance! They don’t know their history, what CrossFit is intended to be, or the intent of the Games. Their cries are exposing their ignorance. Good job, Andrew. I’m glad you are 100% right with your take here
I LOVE it!!!!! It is so Crossfit, it is a mental and physical grind. The more people whinge the more they need to take teaspoon of cement and get on with it.
@@Zer0BurnOver I would agree in a quarter final or semi final, but I bet it will come down to the wire among these elites. There will be some outliers for sure but for the most part it’s gonna be a race at the end. A very anti climatic race 😆
This reminds me of playing college golf in Michigan. The weather during the spring season was always aweful. Cold, wind, drizzle, sometimes some light snow flurries. Half the field would check out because they didn’t want to even be there. It was a great opportunity to nut up and grind it out and get a W. We will see how some athletes’ attitudes will impact their performance.
100% agree. It wont be the most exciting thing to watch, at first...but in the end it may. They are going to have to REALLY hurt win. That will be fun to watch and CrossFit isn't just 5 minute workouts with a heavy barbell. It encompasses so much more and like the marathon row, this is part of what CrossFit is. So, they should be tested in this. Also, its one event...there are a LOT more workouts to watch the entire weekend and I for one an super stoked to be going to Texas to watch this. LFG.
If it wasn't for the all the americans who put their lifes on the line or died in wars - I'm not so sure how free and save my beloved neutral Switzerland would feel right now. Thanks for your service!
I agree they should be focussed on making a great test to find the fittest. Not worrying about how things look. Will be interesting to see how this fits in to the overall programming
Constantly Varied. I think a lot of people and affiliates have forgot that part about the sport and programming. CrossFit is not just the 21-15-9 WOD but also a 5k run, an obstacle course, and even going for a swim. Games is looking for the Fittest, not the best Fran time or the heaviest snatch. Love this workout, done it about 6 times, one of my favorite.
You're missing the point that it will be neither dramatic nor fun to watch for many spectators who paid to attend the Games. I trust the athletes that made the Games have trained in broad time and modal domains. If there were an actual challenging ascent and descent (Texas is largely flat) that these step ups are attempting to mimic, that would be fun to witness. And, no, "a lot of people" have not forgotten "constantly varied" is a core tenet of the methodology.
@@mccask so a workout needs to be fun to watch or dramatic? Did someone tell Castro this? I think you missed the point, it’s not about what looks good on RUclips or tv or in the stands. The Games are not about you or I.
You nailed it Hiller. There needs to be long workouts (45+ mins) in order to test the aerobic system. Otherwise it’s not a complete test of fitness. I personally think they should run a 10k every year.
This will be done outdoors in the middle of the night. In darkness and silence. And possibly not with a box but on a hillside or double steps. This is the twist.
This workout is mind numbing, no doubt. But in a test of things, this is brilliant. It’s new to the CrossFit games and will tax the athletes and they are being forewarned in advanced. And this is true to CrossFit to honor those who gave their lives for this country. Hiller you got it right. Good job!
Agree on the seriousness of this WOD being a kick ass challenge, did it a few times. For spectators, we watch time consuming sports all.the.time, no complaints on base ball, US foot ball, Tour de France, ultra marathons etc. This is fine as an event if many.
Yea I’m stoked to see elite athletes put up Crazy times and hammer away. I get very impressed when some of the upper athletes at my gym go sub 60. I’m a 80ish minute type of guy with all the bs I do lol
This event can be run for all 80 individual competitors in one heat due to it's simplicity. How long does it take to run 4-8 heats of a 15-20 minute workout? The answer is, a lot longer that this will take them to do in one heat. I think that it will be exciting, and I agree with your take Hiller. If you want the max lifts, you also need the endurance events.
each athlete will have one box, and advances the box every 100 reps. That’s going to be pretty cool to watch, imagine 2 athletes neck and neck toward the end, place is going to go nuts.
I think this is an awesome workout and I’m super excited to see it. Those who are crying that it isn’t “spectator friendly” aren’t paying attention to the pacing strategies employed by each athlete and the drama of when an athlete hits a wall 600 reps in because they went too fast and suddenly they are slowing down dramatically as someone who started more conservatively eventually overtakes them. Or maybe the person who started fast has enough of a lead that despite being in agony somehow holds on and wins by just a couple repetitions. I guess as someone who has ran 3 marathons and had a completely different experience each time (due to certain aspects of each race such as pacing, nutrition, mindset, and the course being different working or not working to varying levels in each race), I guess I just find myself fascinated by endurance events more than most people. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good max C&J event or a short 21-15-9 two-movement metcon as well, but I find something super special about the endurance events. To each their own, I guess.
I like it, and will be doing it myself during Games week. Can you start training us for it like you did Murph? hehe. Having to do the same thing over and over 1000 times for time (and not just to complete it) is addressing the mental focus and fortitude needed as a Games athlete. It's going to take some amount of strategy to keep your pace and to recover for the remainder of the workouts.
Because it will exhaust a few very specific muscles...it seems like this workout will make people vulnerable to injury the remainder of the weekend. But I've never done it and I have no idea how hard this is for elite Crossfitters.
Listen to Castro interview w tia. He wouldn’t do a running marathon because it would be too hard to recover for athletes. Tia is like id love it. Let’s do it! GOAT.
We did this at my gym for labor day last year. We were allowed to partner with as many people as we wanted so I did it with 3 others and we all did 250 lol
Another great video! However if you think TDC is just programming Chad RX I think you dont know TDC. There is going to be a twist. Also everyone should do Chad 1000x at least once!
The twist should be a penalty at the end of the workout. After you do the thousand step ups you complete a penalty of some other exercises (burpee for ex) based on how long you took to complete Chad.
I haven’t read all of the comments but did anyone watch Castro’s interviews yesterday, he made it sound like it’s going a variation of Chad to make it less monotonous.
I think it's great after all the controversy during the quarters. It's like TDC and CrossFit is trolling everyone. It's awesome!!! I personally think it's a great "part" of the test of the CrossFit Games and finding the fittest on earth.
Absolutely, if CF want the Games to stay true to their intent, then these type of WODs are relevant and super necessary. If they just want to pack the stands and make money, it will no longer be a test of fitness and the winner couldn’t be crowned, or lay claim to being “the fittest on earth”.
I hope they do it in the stadium on Friday night as event 1. Can you imagine having to go through the remainder of the Games after having done that workout?
i think there is a case to be made that even athletes who would excel at this workout are worried about how hard of a product this is to sell. every CrossFit athlete works harder then all the pro golfers, but none of them make as much cuz many more people want to watch golf over CrossFit. I'm not saying this is a bad workout or a not good test or anything, just seems like it will be tough to package as a cool race, but maybe im wrong and tons of new people get into crossfit because of how exciting this workout is.
Murph was fun to watch and it was a 30min or more event. I don’t think Chad will be boring. I think watching the pain on people’s faces will be very intertaining haha.
Castro rules. Making all the athletes do something he knows they don’t wanna do and that they’ll bitch about. For that reason is awesome. TDC-1 Athletes-0
Dave did an interview with someone and commented that there will be a twist to the Chad event. So that means literally anything when it comes to what can happen since Dave isn’t above doing something drastic and calling it a little change or twist
I guess that the chekosg guy must be new and not realize that CF was used by the services, LEO, and firefighters in order to improve their performance and protect them while performing their jobs. Also, Hero workouts includes some European countries military not just American military
Add this to the lists of “positive things” you’ve said about CrossFit in your videos
Dave will say it doesn't count because it is about him though. It's almost as if.....
And it had to be something Dave shoulda been roasted on. Unwatchable crap
1000 step ups and 10 muscle ups every 10 mins = X
I don't really drink. Was just planning on starting for this one
HAHAHAHA AAWESONE
I feel sorry for the judges.
The most important thing about Chad is the awareness that they are trying to bring so I really like the idea of putting that on the big stage.
This could be a good one to watch if they had all of boxes lined up somehow and then had to advance them every 50/100 reps. It's also one where you could have the male and female athletes going at the same time which is always a cool comparison for long workouts.
This. Advancing to a new box every 100 reps will make it watchable.
Problem is space. You would need 800 boxes to have males and females go at the same time and advance ever 100 reps (10 boxes * 80 athletes)
@@ftrprez1747 80 box and you move your box
Yeah I think they have a plan of how to make it more fun to watch. Part of why people should chill out and withhold judgement until they, yanno, actually see the event. Dave did say in his recent athlete interview that there will be two heats, because of equipment restraints.
lol carrying their boxes to each square
Great take on this hiller.
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I think something most people are missing is the connection to the CrossFit community, with Chad and wife Sara being L4 Flowmaster. Which to me makes doing the workout worth it. It’s a shame people are talking so negatively about it.
This has been missing for the past 2 years. Thank god Dave is back!
Well said Mr. Hiller. “If they don’t want to do it then they shouldn’t be there!”
Hell Yeah! I love this workout. Everybody is going to watch the first 100, take a break and come back and be glued watching when they hit about 700. Ultimate buy in
Great perspective Hiller. Made me think about this from a different angle.
FANTASTIC TAKE!
YES! This hero WOD needs more publicity. A straight grind of a WOD. Excited to see the fastest time.
“I’ve done CHAD 4x’s” adjusts mustache
I think it would be awesome to do it 1st event out the gate to really see who has the endurance to get through the weekend!
I love Chad 1000x! As my teen says, "It isn't that deep." It will be interesting to see if the endurance people kill it.
My thoughts exactly. In regard to the spectating it will be fine. This is the sort of event you turn on, make some food, passively watch. It will get interesting when you notice the entire field is going twice as fast as you did it unweighted.
Also, eff the outsiders. We're right, they're wrong. It's lonely at the top
Heck you could grab a box do it while watching the livestream and see how long you can keep up with the person in LAST place just to see the stark difference between us normal people and Games athletes.
I enjoyed the marathon row and I'll be pleased to watch so many step ups! I just like to see competition.
Love it, it’s interesting, it’s different, glad they announced it too! Before hand
you nailed it!
ON POINT AS USUAL! 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇
If you have been watching the Dave interviews. Chad seems to be just part of the workout. Will be exciting.
I frikn love this guy. Spent the last week in Moab, had no cell phone, got home and this is the first thing I watched and it’s a gem. Can’t wait for Castro’s response with that stupid smile.
Initially I thought it was dumb. But the more I thought about it it started to sound awesome! There’s definitely some strategy in this one and I’m excited to see how it plays out.
I love it. Any box can do this. Any home gym can do this. Anyone doing CrossFit can measure themselves against the best out there. Doesn’t require developing a skill like muscle ups, just raw fitness. ❤
Exactly… what….you… said. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I feel like step up or step aside is totally how this plays out! I have done this workout several times scaled and it hurts, it’s supposed to.
I think this is a great workout for any level of crossfit. I’ve done this one multiple times and love it.
I had an initial reaction of "ugh, I'm gonna be there, how boring!" But after listening to your points, totally changed my mind. This is about the fittest on earth. Not the most spectator-friendly, nor the most accessible to athletes. This is why you have a strong fan base 💪🏻
All of us who love watching road bicycle racing and marathons on TV love this event!
@@lukesherwin4137 I love Tour de France personally, I think it will play out better than people conceptualize
Exactly. He found a workout that people have not been training. These professional, new age, ignorant to the methodology athletes have absolutely no idea what they are talking about when it comes to how to grow the sport, programming, viewership, etc.
“Not a games test” “dumb” “not CrossFit”. The ignorance! They don’t know their history, what CrossFit is intended to be, or the intent of the Games. Their cries are exposing their ignorance.
Good job, Andrew. I’m glad you are 100% right with your take here
Well said!!!
Agree 100%
@@NickFreije @hillerfit
@@NickFreije is there any chance Hiller could work for CrossFit?😂 it seems he knows some shit about some shit.
I thought this workout was dumb, but you made some good points. Looking forward to trying it out.
Well said, Andrew.
I love it.
Changed my mind!
It’s a great test and will definitely test athletes ability to recover and leg endurance for the weekend.
“To those of you who…. Who want fancy pantsy…..”❤ Nice perspective hiller 💯
Awesome post. Yes, make it the first event!!
I LOVE it!!!!!
It is so Crossfit, it is a mental and physical grind. The more people whinge the more they need to take teaspoon of cement and get on with it.
Great insight Andrew. I always knew there was a brain in your brawn 😁
I like this workout. It's tough one even if it's one movement.
It’s basically a 900 step up buy in to watch a 100 step up race and I’m here for it.
That’s like saying it’s a 13 mile half and a .1 mile race. Not even close if you don’t do well on the 13 mile first.
@@Zer0BurnOver I would agree in a quarter final or semi final, but I bet it will come down to the wire among these elites. There will be some outliers for sure but for the most part it’s gonna be a race at the end. A very anti climatic race 😆
Do it! Just do it!
the more I think about this, the more I wish I was going to watch the Games in person this year. I wish this was the first event.
This reminds me of playing college golf in Michigan. The weather during the spring season was always aweful. Cold, wind, drizzle, sometimes some light snow flurries. Half the field would check out because they didn’t want to even be there. It was a great opportunity to nut up and grind it out and get a W. We will see how some athletes’ attitudes will impact their performance.
100% agree. It wont be the most exciting thing to watch, at first...but in the end it may. They are going to have to REALLY hurt win. That will be fun to watch and CrossFit isn't just 5 minute workouts with a heavy barbell. It encompasses so much more and like the marathon row, this is part of what CrossFit is. So, they should be tested in this. Also, its one event...there are a LOT more workouts to watch the entire weekend and I for one an super stoked to be going to Texas to watch this. LFG.
If it wasn't for the all the americans who put their lifes on the line or died in wars - I'm not so sure how free and save my beloved neutral Switzerland would feel right now. Thanks for your service!
I’m not upset; I’m on vacation. But I’ll comment for the algorithm 😂
I agree they should be focussed on making a great test to find the fittest. Not worrying about how things look. Will be interesting to see how this fits in to the overall programming
CrossFit: The sport of fitness, not the sport of how good you look.
Excellent commentary as usual
Finding the fittest on Earth doesn't have to be boring.
Constantly Varied. I think a lot of people and affiliates have forgot that part about the sport and programming. CrossFit is not just the 21-15-9 WOD but also a 5k run, an obstacle course, and even going for a swim. Games is looking for the Fittest, not the best Fran time or the heaviest snatch. Love this workout, done it about 6 times, one of my favorite.
You're missing the point that it will be neither dramatic nor fun to watch for many spectators who paid to attend the Games. I trust the athletes that made the Games have trained in broad time and modal domains. If there were an actual challenging ascent and descent (Texas is largely flat) that these step ups are attempting to mimic, that would be fun to witness. And, no, "a lot of people" have not forgotten "constantly varied" is a core tenet of the methodology.
@@mccask so a workout needs to be fun to watch or dramatic? Did someone tell Castro this? I think you missed the point, it’s not about what looks good on RUclips or tv or in the stands. The Games are not about you or I.
@@italiaryan35 Wrong. Without spectators and ticket sales, there are no Games. They are absolutely for the spectators.
@@mccask hate to tell you but the Games have never brought in money. No one going to lose sleep if you don’t turn on the competition.
Exactly, totally agree.
You nailed it Hiller. There needs to be long workouts (45+ mins) in order to test the aerobic system. Otherwise it’s not a complete test of fitness. I personally think they should run a 10k every year.
Dave said Chad “with a twist”
Did he? If so that’s cool. Wonder if it would include running or something
with a twist, as in, literally with a twist, perhaps lol
@@Thomas-sk7qi maybe 1000 box step overs? Lol. Easier to judge!
@@cole.s1442 He mentions it in the Emily Rolfe interview
The twist is they are doing it 14 times
This will be done outdoors in the middle of the night. In darkness and silence. And possibly not with a box but on a hillside or double steps. This is the twist.
What if, this is the final event. Legs on 🔥
First 250 will be a separate event like the first 2k of the 2013 half marathon row. This will be fun
This is a test of will.
This workout is mind numbing, no doubt. But in a test of things, this is brilliant. It’s new to the CrossFit games and will tax the athletes and they are being forewarned in advanced. And this is true to CrossFit to honor those who gave their lives for this country. Hiller you got it right. Good job!
I'm interested in see what twists in the workout Dave has planned for this workout!
Agree on the seriousness of this WOD being a kick ass challenge, did it a few times.
For spectators, we watch time consuming sports all.the.time, no complaints on base ball, US foot ball, Tour de France, ultra marathons etc. This is fine as an event if many.
I was thinking I was the only one who liked this Hero WOD for the Games. 🥳
Yes. Agree.
Yea I’m stoked to see elite athletes put up
Crazy times and hammer away. I get very impressed when some of the upper athletes at my gym go sub 60. I’m a 80ish minute type of guy with all the bs I do lol
This event can be run for all 80 individual competitors in one heat due to it's simplicity. How long does it take to run 4-8 heats of a 15-20 minute workout? The answer is, a lot longer that this will take them to do in one heat. I think that it will be exciting, and I agree with your take Hiller. If you want the max lifts, you also need the endurance events.
This is the first notable positive/defense video for Crossfit. I hope Dave Castro sees this lol
My theory is that all the events will be some form of benchmark/hero/girl WOD
each athlete will have one box, and advances the box every 100 reps. That’s going to be pretty cool to watch, imagine 2 athletes neck and neck toward the end, place is going to go nuts.
I think this is an awesome workout and I’m super excited to see it. Those who are crying that it isn’t “spectator friendly” aren’t paying attention to the pacing strategies employed by each athlete and the drama of when an athlete hits a wall 600 reps in because they went too fast and suddenly they are slowing down dramatically as someone who started more conservatively eventually overtakes them. Or maybe the person who started fast has enough of a lead that despite being in agony somehow holds on and wins by just a couple repetitions.
I guess as someone who has ran 3 marathons and had a completely different experience each time (due to certain aspects of each race such as pacing, nutrition, mindset, and the course being different working or not working to varying levels in each race), I guess I just find myself fascinated by endurance events more than most people.
Don’t get me wrong, I love a good max C&J event or a short 21-15-9 two-movement metcon as well, but I find something super special about the endurance events. To each their own, I guess.
I like it, and will be doing it myself during Games week. Can you start training us for it like you did Murph? hehe. Having to do the same thing over and over 1000 times for time (and not just to complete it) is addressing the mental focus and fortitude needed as a Games athlete. It's going to take some amount of strategy to keep your pace and to recover for the remainder of the workouts.
Better than the marathon row
Because it will exhaust a few very specific muscles...it seems like this workout will make people vulnerable to injury the remainder of the weekend. But I've never done it and I have no idea how hard this is for elite Crossfitters.
Listen to Castro interview w tia. He wouldn’t do a running marathon because it would be too hard to recover for athletes. Tia is like id love it. Let’s do it! GOAT.
I hope this is the final event
I have never done this workout and I hope I never have to do it unless I make it to the games I'd be happy to do it.
When I first heard this I was excited to watch the games because I know how much chad1000x fucked me up and Castro said there’s going to be a twist.
If this turns out to be Event 1 it'll be very similar to last year starting with a 40 min max effort bike
Also, when we see the video 3 years from now, it will only take 5 mins to watch.
We did this at my gym for labor day last year. We were allowed to partner with as many people as we wanted so I did it with 3 others and we all did 250 lol
Another great video! However if you think TDC is just programming Chad RX I think you dont know TDC. There is going to be a twist. Also everyone should do Chad 1000x at least once!
Giga Chad
The twist should be a penalty at the end of the workout. After you do the thousand step ups you complete a penalty of some other exercises (burpee for ex) based on how long you took to complete Chad.
I haven’t read all of the comments but did anyone watch Castro’s interviews yesterday, he made it sound like it’s going a variation of Chad to make it less monotonous.
That little narrow box really made me nervous for you 😮
Pro 4 will be box step ups for 1000 Reps Ahead. 🙃 The heart behind the event is great, and it has caused quite a stir to boot.
I think it's great after all the controversy during the quarters. It's like TDC and CrossFit is trolling everyone. It's awesome!!! I personally think it's a great "part" of the test of the CrossFit Games and finding the fittest on earth.
I hope there is a way for spectators to see what rep they are on. Like a screen or something
It could look cool with 10-20 boxes in a line and it’s step overs. So it seems like a down and back race.
Can you do Chad in the 40-50 minute range? Haley Adams said she did in the 40 minute range.
You pronounced it right the first time.
My mom spelled it weird 🤷🏼♂️
-Collan
Chalk up a positive video on CrossFit from Hiller. Lol
Absolutely, if CF want the Games to stay true to their intent, then these type of WODs are relevant and super necessary. If they just want to pack the stands and make money, it will no longer be a test of fitness and the winner couldn’t be crowned, or lay claim to being “the fittest on earth”.
I hope they do it in the stadium on Friday night as event 1. Can you imagine having to go through the remainder of the Games after having done that workout?
i think there is a case to be made that even athletes who would excel at this workout are worried about how hard of a product this is to sell. every CrossFit athlete works harder then all the pro golfers, but none of them make as much cuz many more people want to watch golf over CrossFit. I'm not saying this is a bad workout or a not good test or anything, just seems like it will be tough to package as a cool race, but maybe im wrong and tons of new people get into crossfit because of how exciting this workout is.
I think watching 1000x step ups is much more fun than watching a 5K.
you meant watching a 4.5k...
CrossFit need a mile TT at the games.
i 100% agree.
are you on crack?
Murph was fun to watch and it was a 30min or more event. I don’t think Chad will be boring. I think watching the pain on people’s faces will be very intertaining haha.
I hope they play his story right before they go. 🇺🇸❤️
Speed Triathlon, 400 yard swim, 800 run (sprint) and a mile bike sprint. Probably be finished in 10-11 minutes.
Step ups went so well in quarterfinals 🤔
Castro rules. Making all the athletes do something he knows they don’t wanna do and that they’ll bitch about. For that reason is awesome. TDC-1
Athletes-0
What about “2024, the year of Hero’s” the whole games is HERO WODs 🤘🏼
Dave did an interview with someone and commented that there will be a twist to the Chad event. So that means literally anything when it comes to what can happen since Dave isn’t above doing something drastic and calling it a little change or twist
I guess that the chekosg guy must be new and not realize that CF was used by the services, LEO, and firefighters in order to improve their performance and protect them while performing their jobs. Also, Hero workouts includes some European countries military not just American military
I mean I get yesterday was July 4 but I've been waiting