One could not ask for it to be closer than this battle for the battle was. Starting September 16 with a meet in Lexington, then a crazy fun team competition, and culminating in the FSU Open on October 20.
Since the battle rules include the possibility of losing ground, there were 5 contenders for the belt:
Zach, leading with 44.75 points
Chelsea with 33
Fern with 29.75
Pat with 29
Ron with 27.
Toss in the fact that there is also a multiplier when the competition is in a pure weightlifting meet and who knows who could end up on top.
Chelsea was in there with the 33 and a 6 for 6 day would have put her to 39 points. Alas, she missed lifts and was fixed at 33. Pat was somewhat on the outside looking in, but could leapfrog past people if others had a bad day and he had a good day. He missed lifts so he was still stuck at 29.
Fern threw it down by hitting two PR in the meet getting her 12.50 points and catapulting her to 42.25 points. Focus was on Zach as he could have a bad day, though unlikely.
Zach hits three PR in the meet, but misses one lift. Walks come back to haunt you in baseball and missed lifts haunt you in weightlifting. His multiplier is 1.25 and he gains 18.75 points ending with a total of 63.5. He is sitting pretty.
Ron, the only challenger left, responds with a 3 for 3 PR snatch performance and then goes 3 for 3 in CJ along with a PR. With his multiplier of 1.75, he gets 36.75 points. I had to check the calculator two or three times before seeing that Ron successfully defended the belt by 0.25 points!
Now, the question becomes, who is going to pry that thing out of Ron's hands with their own great lifting?
Fun stuff! Stay tuned for the next Battle for the Belt!
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Competition: Team CF vs Team WL
OK, not an epic battle, but certainly a good time for all! Trash talking was abundant leading up to this team competition pitting 6 members of Team Crossfit (George, Pat, Chelsea, Terre, Kellene, and Mike) versus 7 members of Team Weightlifting (Ron, Keith, Zach, Jordan, Fern, Erik, and Abby). The contest consisted of: clean (3 attempts to maximum), dead lift (2 attempts to a maximum), and the medley (various stuff to get the heart rate and lactic acid levels up). In the unlikely event of a tie, Fern had brought in the Concept 2 rower for a 1000 meter drag race.
Points were scored for the top 10 positions and the team with the highest point total would be declared the winner. The winner would take all the money, pride, and bragging rights until the next time. Fortunately, there were no injuries so, the day was a good one and, to spare the reader the agony of going through the whole story, the winning team was Team Crossfit. Here are the details.
(one caveat: I think that I have all the numbers right, including the intermediate Battle for the Belt details. But, there might be a revision after a couple of days of other eyes on it besides mine...so, check back!)
First up was the clean to a max. No jerk, just clean. Since we had competitors of all ages, the Sinclair formula was used as well as the master's factor. Lifters were ranked according to their formula number, i.e. Sinclair x Master x Clean (in kg)= posted total. The numbers don't lie, either.
George ended up with the highest formula as he hit a 130 clean. There may have been some illegal contact on his final clean, but it was declared good. In order, we had: Ron in second, Pat, Keith, Mike, Zach, Chelsea, Jordan, Kellene, and Terre.
Now, the lifters prepared for the dead lift. This was a conventional dead lift with the knuckles facing out, same shoes as was worn in the snatch, no straps, and hands outside the feet. So, no Sumo allowed. Fascinating to watch the preparation for the lifters.
The junior lifters and female lifters went first. Chelsea squeezed out a dead lift of 121 that was one more kilo than Fern. Terre, Erik, Kellene, and Abby rounded out the rest.
On to the lightweight (under 200#) men, where there were three lifters. Pat made it not even close as he pulled 175 followed by Ron @ 150 and Keith @ 125.
Heavyweight men were next. George went all out, going 2 for 2, and pulling 215. Zach, also 2 for 2, hit 202, saving it for the medley. Mike and Jordan rounded out the field.
On to the medley which was a sled push, sled pull, implement (!) carry, plate carry, and 20 squats with an empty bar. Fastest time would be the basis for points. The field was divided into juniors/female and men. (it may be better to change how competitors are ranked the next time as this event was a dead heat on points 51 to 51).
Chelsea and Erik were the first pairing and she posted a time to beat of 1:19.72. Abby and Terre battled next followed by Fern versus Kellene. Finishing order had Chelsea followed by Fern,Terre, Erik, Kellene, and Abby
Keith went alone, paced by Ben. Ben had just finished his heavy day 4 lifting and stepped up to help out. Keith hit a pretty good time of 1:19.52 and was just faster than Ben who hit 1:30.00.
Pat and Ron went head to head with Pat posting a fast time of 1:13.63. Mike and Jordan went next. Lots of humanity out on the course with these two going at it. Mike blazed to a 1:02.38 with Jordan, despite taking a header during the plate carry, posted a fast 1:16.68.
Zach and George were battling for pride at this point as Team Crossfit was already spending the prize money. Zach smoked the course and beat Mike's time with a 1:01.94. George, developing a new appreciation for Crossfit and hate of oxygen debt, hit 1:18.56.
Final score: Team CF 146.5 to Team WL 133. Great competition and fun!
Intermediate Battle for the Belt standings have Zach (42) in first followed by George, Chelsea, Pat, Ron, and Fern. Now, Chelsea and Pat can only score a theoretical maximum of 6 points in the 10/20 meet but Zach could lose points according to the battle rules. And Ron could catapult himself into the lead with a
Points were scored for the top 10 positions and the team with the highest point total would be declared the winner. The winner would take all the money, pride, and bragging rights until the next time. Fortunately, there were no injuries so, the day was a good one and, to spare the reader the agony of going through the whole story, the winning team was Team Crossfit. Here are the details.
(one caveat: I think that I have all the numbers right, including the intermediate Battle for the Belt details. But, there might be a revision after a couple of days of other eyes on it besides mine...so, check back!)
First up was the clean to a max. No jerk, just clean. Since we had competitors of all ages, the Sinclair formula was used as well as the master's factor. Lifters were ranked according to their formula number, i.e. Sinclair x Master x Clean (in kg)= posted total. The numbers don't lie, either.
George ended up with the highest formula as he hit a 130 clean. There may have been some illegal contact on his final clean, but it was declared good. In order, we had: Ron in second, Pat, Keith, Mike, Zach, Chelsea, Jordan, Kellene, and Terre.
Now, the lifters prepared for the dead lift. This was a conventional dead lift with the knuckles facing out, same shoes as was worn in the snatch, no straps, and hands outside the feet. So, no Sumo allowed. Fascinating to watch the preparation for the lifters.
The junior lifters and female lifters went first. Chelsea squeezed out a dead lift of 121 that was one more kilo than Fern. Terre, Erik, Kellene, and Abby rounded out the rest.
On to the lightweight (under 200#) men, where there were three lifters. Pat made it not even close as he pulled 175 followed by Ron @ 150 and Keith @ 125.
Heavyweight men were next. George went all out, going 2 for 2, and pulling 215. Zach, also 2 for 2, hit 202, saving it for the medley. Mike and Jordan rounded out the field.
On to the medley which was a sled push, sled pull, implement (!) carry, plate carry, and 20 squats with an empty bar. Fastest time would be the basis for points. The field was divided into juniors/female and men. (it may be better to change how competitors are ranked the next time as this event was a dead heat on points 51 to 51).
Chelsea and Erik were the first pairing and she posted a time to beat of 1:19.72. Abby and Terre battled next followed by Fern versus Kellene. Finishing order had Chelsea followed by Fern,Terre, Erik, Kellene, and Abby
Keith went alone, paced by Ben. Ben had just finished his heavy day 4 lifting and stepped up to help out. Keith hit a pretty good time of 1:19.52 and was just faster than Ben who hit 1:30.00.
Pat and Ron went head to head with Pat posting a fast time of 1:13.63. Mike and Jordan went next. Lots of humanity out on the course with these two going at it. Mike blazed to a 1:02.38 with Jordan, despite taking a header during the plate carry, posted a fast 1:16.68.
Zach and George were battling for pride at this point as Team Crossfit was already spending the prize money. Zach smoked the course and beat Mike's time with a 1:01.94. George, developing a new appreciation for Crossfit and hate of oxygen debt, hit 1:18.56.
Final score: Team CF 146.5 to Team WL 133. Great competition and fun!
Intermediate Battle for the Belt standings have Zach (42) in first followed by George, Chelsea, Pat, Ron, and Fern. Now, Chelsea and Pat can only score a theoretical maximum of 6 points in the 10/20 meet but Zach could lose points according to the battle rules. And Ron could catapult himself into the lead with a
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