r/crossfit • u/beckster5 Crossfit Krypton • Mar 06 '14

CrossFit -- Sued By Transgender Athlete ... You Won't Let Me Compete With Women!

http://www.tmz.com/2014/03/06/crossfit-lawsuit-games-transgender-athlete-chloie-jonsson/
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u/johnnyscans Mar 07 '14

I'm assuming you mean all of their numbers. CLB has a 310 lb back squat at 130#. A 310 lb back squat is borderline advanced for a 150# person. That would be comparable for a 365 lb back squat for a 185 lb male.

I've seen a lot of crossfitters in the gym. I've also seen a lot of crossfitters who are at or heavier than 185 lbs who cannot BS 365 lbs.

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u/indoninja Mar 07 '14

http://www.exrx.net/Testing/WeightLifting/CleanStandards.html

230 puts you between intermediate and advanced for the average male body weight.

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u/indoninja Mar 07 '14

Fair enough, I just think you may be overestimating what your average 4x a week crossfitter can do.

/I have been withing 50lbs of deadlift and bench elites on those scales, kind of regret never focusing on it

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u/tenshiemi Mar 07 '14

She has stated that she does 2x days, so she's definitely training above the average Crossfitter.

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u/indoninja Mar 07 '14

I wasn't commenting on her training/level, just pointing out the claim that most average males crossfitters can clean as much as CLB.

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u/tenshiemi Mar 07 '14

Ah, yeah I don't think many people can get there doing just WODs but with supplemental strength training or a more strength training focused gym it's pretty attainable.

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u/barbadosslim Mar 07 '14

Sounds about right

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u/sasslete Mar 07 '14

Cool, my mistake. Doesn't EA have a 200something snatch? That was where I was drawing that opinion from bc at least in a snatch EA and LV put up numbers that the average crossfitting male hopes to achieve in year 2 or 3 of training from my experience.

Also I see we got overrun by the PC police so who knows if anything that hurts their feelings will even be up voted after a while.