@@spencergsmithI’m a year late to this lol but I also think a part of it is the perception of plausibility that everyone could do it. What I mean is, the movements weren’t insane or convoluted; it was all based on fundamental Crossfit movements but performed at a high level. Like people love to watch a metcon of snatches, deadlifts, and pull-ups because most of us can plausibly do those movements. But you write some convoluted workout where it’s triple backwards-unders into double backflips into 1200lbs farmers carry’s and people will say “There’s no chance I could ever do that” and won’t feel nearly the same empathy as we did for old CrossFit games. It also doesn’t have the exceptionality of, say, the Strongest Man In The World competitions where it’s purely entertainment to see crazy shit being pulled off. It hits right in that zone where it just isn’t quite as personally investing and not as entertaining. That’s my two cents.
CrossFit's charm is that you do your best until the end and cheer for them
The good old times.
Yeah. There really was something magical about the early years of the CF Games that seems to have been lost, at least temporarily.
That "something magical" was : lets fuc@%#ing go an do the workout and dont think about your IG followers, noreps, money and that sort of stuff...
@@spencergsmithI’m a year late to this lol but I also think a part of it is the perception of plausibility that everyone could do it. What I mean is, the movements weren’t insane or convoluted; it was all based on fundamental Crossfit movements but performed at a high level. Like people love to watch a metcon of snatches, deadlifts, and pull-ups because most of us can plausibly do those movements. But you write some convoluted workout where it’s triple backwards-unders into double backflips into 1200lbs farmers carry’s and people will say “There’s no chance I could ever do that” and won’t feel nearly the same empathy as we did for old CrossFit games. It also doesn’t have the exceptionality of, say, the Strongest Man In The World competitions where it’s purely entertainment to see crazy shit being pulled off. It hits right in that zone where it just isn’t quite as personally investing and not as entertaining. That’s my two cents.
@@DisDatK9 I agree, it was elegant in its simplicity
Pretty awesome to see Neal Maddox the oldest competitor help the youngest competitor finish this grueling event 👏
So emotional, so emotional, impressed
The most iconic CrossFit heat
RICH LEGEND
Gold
Maddox 👏👏
Koski🔝🔝🔝
Легенда
If got chin over bar it was just barely over. Judge couldn’t see from below…
I’ll say it; “I miss Carson”.
Should be repeated at the games!
PEAK Crossfit the good days