What Kind of Pro Athlete Would Win The 2014 Regionals?
That’s right… Think of any type of professional athlete out there in the world. If we took any and/or all of them then who would win the 2014 Regional Tournament?
Would it be a defensive end from the NFL like Michael Strahan?
Probably absolutely kill anything with a barbell in it. Thinking those strict HSPU would be then end of him.
How about Tyga Tyga Tyga Woods??
Athleticism has improved dramatically on the PGA Tour since Tiger came along. I’ve read that Tiger really like O-Lifting as well. However, I doubt he would have the lung power for Event 6.
How about a speedy little point or 2 guard from the NBA?
Iverson had lungs and will all day. However at 6 foot and 165 lbs I think he would have trouble with the load.
How about a professional gymnast? Six time Bulgarian Olympic Gymnast Lordan Lovtchev?
Or an Olympic Weight Lifter? Hongli Li competed in the 77 kilogram weight class (169 lbs). His Oly Total was 366 kilograms (807 lbs).
They would both have their huge advantages. If I had to pick one I’d give it to the gymnast but here’s the problem… These sports are all mainly done in the Phosphagen metabolic pathway. Ok maybe some Glycolitic for the longer gymnastic events but you get the picture. They would crumble under anything highly Aerobic.
I could go on and on but I’d love to hear your best guess. Any professional athlete would benefit from CrossFit but which kind would win the 2014 Regionals?
Special thanks to Matt Chan for giving me the idea for this post. :-) Here is a pic of Matt and 4 time Canada West Regional Champion Lucas Parker.
Cheers!
The House of Shepherd
Friday Workout:
Warm-up: Grab some light DBs and go through workout movement sequence 5 times
Strength: Core Work (Break up as needed) (Budget 15 minutes)
a). 3 x 30-60 seconds: Supine GHD Holds (or regular plank holds on the floor if the GHD is too advanced)
b). 3 x 30-60 seconds: Prone GHD holds (or hollow body position hold on the floor)
c). Log 100 total Russian Twists with a KB or medicine ball
Here’s a supine hold video. Prone is the same thing but facing the floor.
Or, for large classes, find a buddy and hold em down…
Workout: The Bear
Every minute on the minute for 20 minutes:
5 dumbbell deadlifts
5 dumbbell hang power cleans
5 dumbbell thrusters
Score is number of rounds completed. Choose your own weight!
Saturday’s Workout:
Warm-up: Coaches Choice
Strength: Back Squats (3, 3, 3, 3, 3)
Workout: Atrium of Pain V2
*Note the more advanced version in brackets
25 squats (Pistols)
20 sit-ups (GHD or weighted sit-ups)
15 push-ups (HSPU)
10 pull-ups (Chest to bar)
800 m run
10 pull-ups
15 push-ups
20 sit-ups
25 squats
800 m run
Score is total time
House of Eunice
7 Comments:
By Squad 12 Jun 2014
Score should be all rounds completed, and at what weight?
DB weight is the SCORE dudes!
By sheppy 13 Jun 2014
What?
No takers on the post question?
What about an MMA fighter or a hockey player?
By Robert 13 Jun 2014
Rugby! I have thought for a long time that rugby players are the most well rounded athletes of any sport. MMA fighters are up there too.
By Woodchuckles 13 Jun 2014
This years Regionals was gymnastics & body-weight biased so definitely anyone with a high strength to weight ratio would have done well.
Heptathletes are well-rounded track and field athletes and I know that on the women’s side at least several highly ranked Crossfit Games athletes have a gymnastics & heptathalon background (Talayna Fortunato, Julie Foucher).
I believe MMA fighters sometimes use gymnastics for flexibility & strength training so one of them who had used that for training would have been successful…
By Reto 13 Jun 2014
olympic decathelete
By nadia 14 Jun 2014
Someone from alpine skiing like Herman Maier (retired) or Bode Miller probably would do pretty well. They do extensive power lifting, lots of plyometric/gymnastic work and aerobic V02 max training too. You can probably find all their fitness testing stats online for max squat, penta jump, v02 max, lactic threshold, etc. I think you would have to be doing Crossfit to be familiar with specific workouts, movement standards, etc. It would be highly unlikely that you could just transfer someone from another sport and expect them to do well in movements/workouts they hadn’t been training regularly, such as muscle ups. chest to bars, etc.
By Adrian 15 Jun 2014
Hi. Stumbled upon this and thought I would comment. For my money, professional rugby players are in the best condition. They perform lots of Oly lifts, interval training and endurance work. Where they may suffer is in the gymnastics skills. The average test level player is expected to cover anywhere from 5 – 10 km in a game, be able to squat and press 1.5+ his body weight and perform 100m sprints in about 13 seconds (of course this varies by player position). Pretty well rounded and in the Crosfit sphere of fitness I would say. Besides an incredible work rate rugby players are also highly regarded for their pain tolerance levels, determination, good sportsmanship and ability to drink beer. Masters champ Gord Mackinnon played for Canada and All Blacks Owen and Ben Franks own a Crossfit facility.