A few warm up squats from Donnie. More pulls against bands from Mark and Dave. Treston squats 975 and then reverse band squats 1025. Spencer PRs with 675 pull.
Pulls by Janet, Mark, Austin, and Dave. Donnie starts warming up to squat.
Additional lifts including Donnie Thompson.
Squats from Greg Buffington, Ryan Spencer and Ryan Cove
Short clip with Jim McD, Dave Bafus, Juan Laija, Jim Sheffield and new guy Tom
Treston suits up to squat. Mark and Dave do some assistance work with Donnie.
Lots more squats...raw and equipped. Dave attempts 725..Mark works up to 975.
Donnie Thompson talks about the value of training in an unfamiliar environment. The crew warms up for some max effort squats.
Donnie, Matt, Dave and Treston hit up some speed pulls after squatting.
Part 1 of 2. In no particular order...Reuben (Sammich), Reilly, Dave, Treston, Juan, Jim, Mark...and Donnie!
A bunch of squats and a few pulls. Tara pulls a PR. Casey does some block deadlifts. Juan's not a gynecologist. Mark, Austin, Dave and Jim do reverse band squats. Spence tries some multi-ply pulls.
Ryan Spencer takes his first plunge into multi-ply lifting. He and Greg Buffington box squat and free squat with chains. Treston Shull, Dave Bafus and Austin Baumgarten squat with green bands on tensors.
Director/writer/producer Chris Bell talks how that crazy Henry Waxman interview came about and his reaction at the time it was filmed. He also discussed his motivation for making the film.
Director/writer/producer Chris Bell talks about what his younger brother Mark "Smelly" Bell has done since the documentary was completed, and addresses the question, "Are steroids addictive?"
A short video of Mark Bell, David Bafus and Austin Baumgarten doing suspended good mornings. Also a couple squats by Reilly Cook and Juan Laija
Short video, mostly of Jesse Burdick and Mark Bell speed benching. A camera guy from CrossFit Journal was in talking to Mark about powerlifting. Check out his shoes in the final shot.
Mark Bell, Treston Shull, Jim McDonald and David Bafus box squatting with our new Iron Wolfe squat bar and chains. Mark, Jim and David take a few free squats at the end.
Greg Buffington, Ryan Spencer and Janet Loveall squatting. Greg and Ryan work up to some free squats at the end. Greg competes at 198 and Ryan at 165. Some of the new guys also do some raw pulls with chains.
Some heavy floor presses with the Sling Shot.
Click the link at the end to watch the ending that got cut off. Mark, Treston, Dave and "C" doing block pulls. Janet, Juan, Cara and Jim free squatting. Squats on new foam blocks. Good mornings. Some more new folks and new merch.
Selected squat attempts from the American Cup at the 2011 Fit Expo.
Jessica Brown, Greg Buffington and Ryan Spencer competing. (Unfortunately I missed Greg's benches)
