Reebok CrossFit GamesJul 8, 2015 by Armen Hammer
Guessing Games: Reading The Tea Leaves Of Dave Castro's Instagram
Guessing Games: Reading The Tea Leaves Of Dave Castro's Instagram
Dave Castro has already let us know the first announced event for individuals at the 2015 CrossFit Games, and he just told us about the first announced event for the teams, but what guesses can we make about the rest of the Games events? I dove into the depths of TDC's Instagram account to read the future and here's what I found.
Testing Events
He has some of the fittest athletes on Earth testing events for him.
Kenny Leverich and Josh Bridges have both been to the Games multiple times and are Games level athletes. Jamie Hagiya barely missed out on qualifying in 2014 and did well after recovering from a busted Achilles in 2015. They're not slouches and when you're testing events meant to break the fittest athletes in the world, you've gotta put some fit people through a ringer.
Also, did anyone else notice that Adrian Bozman seems to have peed himself in that photo?
That stain is suspect.
Teasing Obvious Things
Oh look, he's swimming in the ocean...At this point the most "unknown and unknowable" move would be to not include an open water swim even if we already know the Games will start at the beach.
Trying New Things
Other than shooting guns a lot (seriously, like a lot) he's doing some interesting things in his own workouts. Things like 25m underwater repeats, which would be really simple to implement at the Games and would be a gnarly way to make swimming workouts even harder.
New Implements
He's also teasing some new implements. Some are obvious like this metal box thing with Rogue's name lasered out (more on this in a second):
And this sweet hatchet (throwing axe?) with a gun behind it.
But he also leaves us some more clever hints. Hints that may or may not be hints at all. Go back up to that photo with Josh Bridges and Kenny Leverich testing events in his backyard.
Do you see the odd implements on the ground behind them?
TDC is a meticulous man, and I wouldn't put it past him to have left these in the photo on purpose. Yes his backyard probably has a lot of things that we may see at the Games, but remember that the first time a stationary bike made it into the Games he had received one as a gift for his home gym in the months leading into the Games.
So what are those things? They're both strongman implements. The first is a log, usually used in a clean & press events. It's an awkward piece of equipment and can really mess with people if they haven't played around with it and mastered its use.
The second is a husafell stone, which is a big heavy rock shaped kind of like the Superman logo which is used as an implement in heavy carries in strongman shows. It's notoriously difficult to hold onto because of its size and weight, and is a killer on the lower back and core.
I think we may see both these implements at the Games this year. Remember that weird metal thing with "Rogue" lasered out of it? That thing clearly has some depth to it and it's not impossible to think that thing might be an H-stone.
So what do you think we'll see at the 2015 CrossFit Games?
Testing Events
He has some of the fittest athletes on Earth testing events for him.
Kenny Leverich and Josh Bridges have both been to the Games multiple times and are Games level athletes. Jamie Hagiya barely missed out on qualifying in 2014 and did well after recovering from a busted Achilles in 2015. They're not slouches and when you're testing events meant to break the fittest athletes in the world, you've gotta put some fit people through a ringer.
Also, did anyone else notice that Adrian Bozman seems to have peed himself in that photo?
That stain is suspect.
Teasing Obvious Things
Oh look, he's swimming in the ocean...At this point the most "unknown and unknowable" move would be to not include an open water swim even if we already know the Games will start at the beach.
Trying New Things
Other than shooting guns a lot (seriously, like a lot) he's doing some interesting things in his own workouts. Things like 25m underwater repeats, which would be really simple to implement at the Games and would be a gnarly way to make swimming workouts even harder.
New Implements
He's also teasing some new implements. Some are obvious like this metal box thing with Rogue's name lasered out (more on this in a second):
And this sweet hatchet (throwing axe?) with a gun behind it.
But he also leaves us some more clever hints. Hints that may or may not be hints at all. Go back up to that photo with Josh Bridges and Kenny Leverich testing events in his backyard.
Do you see the odd implements on the ground behind them?
TDC is a meticulous man, and I wouldn't put it past him to have left these in the photo on purpose. Yes his backyard probably has a lot of things that we may see at the Games, but remember that the first time a stationary bike made it into the Games he had received one as a gift for his home gym in the months leading into the Games.
So what are those things? They're both strongman implements. The first is a log, usually used in a clean & press events. It's an awkward piece of equipment and can really mess with people if they haven't played around with it and mastered its use.
The second is a husafell stone, which is a big heavy rock shaped kind of like the Superman logo which is used as an implement in heavy carries in strongman shows. It's notoriously difficult to hold onto because of its size and weight, and is a killer on the lower back and core.
I think we may see both these implements at the Games this year. Remember that weird metal thing with "Rogue" lasered out of it? That thing clearly has some depth to it and it's not impossible to think that thing might be an H-stone.
So what do you think we'll see at the 2015 CrossFit Games?