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I'm with you to a large extent, St. Aug. Even at 48 years old, Herschel Walker could quickly become an elite CF athlete, and with some training on the specific movements, he's someone that could potentially even win the Games (even at 48 years old).

That said, I think a lot of folks don't follow what CrossFit means by "the best" (CrossFitter-athlete). For CrossFitters, we measure "fitness," which is essentially "work capacity." There is a difference between "athletic ability" and "physical capacity" where one is realized and the other is not (at least "not yet"). Speal, for example, will always be an elite CrossFitter, no matter the competition (he's a former college wrestler).

I think you are hitting on it, and it really just comes down to how things are defined and measured.

...and yeah, as for your PT comment, some folks aren't ready for a full-on CrossFit workout, and that's why we scale things back for new people and/or people with limitations (lighter weight, restricted movements, substituted movements, fewer reps, etc.) I think it is one of the awesome things about our box -- being part of a PT Clinic, we have about 5 CF-certified coaches who are also therapists, so we have a fantastic resource to help people progress appropriately. Not all boxes/coaches really understand that, and that's unfortunate.

You are right -- right now, the majority of "elite" CF athletes tend to be around 5'10" / 190-200 lbs. That average weight is probably 10-15 lbs. more than it was a couple of years ago.

Because some workouts call for a long run (5k or so) and because the Games require quick recovery in order to do a succession of full-body workouts over three days, from what I see, a "light" running back would probably be the best transition athlete.

As for the purse, 4 or 5 years ago, if you wanted to do the Games, you just showed up the day of and registered. The winner got a handful of cash ($1,000ish). Last year, the winner of the CrossFit Games got something like $10,000. This year, Reebok picked up the sponsorship and the purse went to $250,000, and with the increased TV exposure, that number will likely go up. It will be interesting to see how the new money changes things.

Anyway, I won't bore you with much more. Glad you guys like CF. Hope you give it a whirl sometime...

Nice to see him getting the shot.

How much was the suite?

This is a pretty big deal.

The Cowboys organization is a huge, huge believer in him and his value to their potential success. We gave up yards and points, but I am impressed that Dez Bryant was shut out of the game.

I gave been to 3 UT games this year and attendance has been atrocious.

The people I went with stayed until the end, and although I've boy seen it this empty, it has been pretty awful.

Craig James is the only guy to be directly involved in bringing TWO college football programs to their knees.

I'd love to get the short (audio) clip that they played on CBS before the 4th qtr. started the other night -- similar, but short.

It always gives me chills when the afternoon games reach the evening and we get the announcement that "the sun will find its home in the western sky and it will be Saturday Night in Death Valley."

I "laughed" because it wasn't true.

Call or not, PP7 had two feet in bounds.

She showed up one Saturday morning at the place where I CrossFit for our "open gym" (i.e. - free intro).

No one really noticed she was there until we started the warm-ups that included some running, and then you heard a lot of "who in the hell IS that?" whispers. Pretty funny to those of us who recognized her.