Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness Page #3

He was doing

push-ups outside

And he wanted to take his mind

off of his arms hurting,

So he gives me

this plastic golf club

And says, "alec, hit me in

the legs as hard as you can,"

While he's doing push-ups.

And just, I'm whacking him

in the legs and he's like

still doing his push-ups,

Trying to take his mind

off of his arms hurting.

I really legitimately

don't remember that.

Did he actually tell

a story like that?

Did he dream of that?

Because I have never heard

of that in my entire life.

Besides being extremely gifted

and having a huge work ethic

And having years of crossfit

underneath your belt,

You have to completely commit

to changing your life

To that is your sole existence

and goal.

And even then, you're probably

not going to make it.

you don't know

how good you have to be

Just to suck

at the crossfit games.

once upon a time,

the crossfit games

Was more backyard barbecue

than it was sporting event.

So the crossfit games started

in 2007.

It basically started

as a backyard barbecue

On dave castro's family's ranch.

This is the woodstock

of fitness right here.

it went from a small

event on my family's ranch

With, you know,

50, 60 competitors,

a hundred spectators.

And some competitors even drank

beers in between events.

Now, in the modern area,

we actually have

a qualification process.

We have the worldwide open.

this year we had

Over 300,000 people competing

In the first stages.

out of

those 320,000 people,

In eight regionals,

We had 40 men and 40 women

Make it from there,

And those 40 men and 40 women

that went to those eight

regional competitions

Are absolute, total ninjas who,

if you took any of them

back to 2007,

Probably would've won the game,

so that's how good they are.

To give you an idea how much

fitter these athletes are now,

In 2009, we tested the snatch

at the crossfit games,

And the winning lift

for the women was 145 pounds.

This year

at the regional level,

Athletes had to snatch

135 pounds 10 times

At the beginning of a workout

just to be able to remain

in contention.

And if you get

to the crossfit games,

It means that you're

in the top one percent

of the world's

Best athletes, bar none.

so it evolved

from this little get-together

and gathering

Into this legitimate sport.

there is nothing else

like what we put

these athletes through

At the crossfit games.

what the crossfit games is,

Is truly who's the world's

fittest athlete.

Not the best crossfitter,

the world's fittest athlete.

It's man-made event, crafted

inside some very devious minds

To exceed the challenges

you would ever run into

In the world, period.

And so what you face

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