CrossFit - "Fran" at the 2011 Arnold

Many of the worlds top CrossFit athletes go head to head in "Fran" while at the 2011 Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio, set as a face-off between Team Rogue and Team Again Faster in front of a large crowd.

The workout consists of
21-15-9 reps for time of:
95 pound Thruster (65lbs for women)
Pull-ups

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• camille leblance bazzinet
• miranda oldroyd
• rich froning jr
• dave lipson
• austin malleolo
• spencer hendel
• heather bergeron
• josh everrett
• rob orlando
• jason khalipa
• matt chan
• pat burke

[Damien333]

Crossfit is an easy target when the haters sit on their fat asses in front of their computers complaining and doing jack shit about their own lives. I fucking dare you to try crossfit,you'll be whining like little bitches when Fight Gone Bad kicks you in the fucking teeth.

[joedirt22222]

I agree that this workout is very hard. But what's the point of showing off your skills if you can't do it right.  I could do 100 pushups but my form would be terrable, that's why I don't have a video of me doing it. I do promote crossfit but I also promote good form.

[pressure01]

@anhisking I have to agree with you. I am a big proponent and fan of crossfit, but being an athlete requires that you develop a skillset and a type of athleticism that not everyone has. Not anyone can be proficient at basketball, I've tried and I will always sick at it. But if you work hard enough, anyone can be proficient at Crossfit workouts. It's not the same as being an athlete!

[mrsanchez141]

just asking here...can't you just do half the amount of reps for each set with just proper form while keeping the same speed? wouldn't that workout be just as hard and stop people from complaining because I do agree using momentum looks sloppy and are for beginners who don't have the strength to do any moves with proper form.

[anhisking]

so if not getting your chin over the bar counts as a rep.. what would count as a no rep?

[anhisking]

@Etrajbe an athlete is someone who regularly participates in sport or athletics, being mediocre at all the components of fitness makes u a crossfitter not an athlete.

[ballsbeardman]

I've done the FRAN but with out kipping or swinging pull ups. I found it extremely challenging. I'd never trained to do a thruster before nor did I do a 21 15 9 sequence prior. My best time was 7min. I've only done the work out twice. I find cross fit good but not the be all end all of of work out systems. I don't subscribe to any one system but all systems. I like the work outs but I dislike the CULT and arrogance that comes with Crossfit. Crossfit didnt invent working out.

[CoolHandBernard]

Even with the kipping, they barely ever get their chin over the bar.

[Xzarr]

I love crossfit, I have only recently found it but now that I have I intend to keep at it! The only thing that I don't like is that for some people it encourages bad form due to the time component. Technique and correct form are just as important if not even more so than getting a personal best time but having sloppy form.

[JTGA38NG]

@nnnbbbmmm79

The rules are the same for everybody in the competition. What ethical questions are being raised by a bunch of people getting together under the same rules to compete to do something the most times or the fastest. I think that is what people refer to as sports. Their not claiming that this is the way that everyone should do their pull-ups. And if you have worked out in CF boxes you know that you have days that have dead hand pull ups and all sorts of "non kipping" exercises

[duces02]

Show good form GodDamnit.

[seeg51]

damn camille is hot