Obviously, he's making observations on the fly from the position of a guy who's never seen a kipping pullup OR a thruster before, and I'm not criticizing the man himself. As for the pullups, he's right about the more-vertical motion being a shorter line, but doesn't factor the effect of the kip into the speed of the motion (and the ability to just keep going.) Hell, powerlifters don't even walk out of the racks anymore - they use a monolift. Descending slowly, weight on the heels, isn't realistic. More posterior chain recruitment in the Thruster is going to necessarily require more forward lean, which is going to increase the bar path and shoulder rotation in the push-press (and increase the time per rep, also.) I'm not sure how familiar he is with the front squat, but at the rate of descent Amundson shows, there are a thousand tiny adjustments happening on the way down AND the way up. Sorry, I'm a big fan of Tate, but I don't think physics agrees with his point. The resulting movement will be more efficient and will produce more reps in less time.ДЄdditional reading: Human Power Output and CrossFit Met-Con Workouts by Tony Leyland, published July 1, 2008. His recommendation? Sit back and drive off the glutes and hamstrings. Tate explains that the quads burn out quickly, and that leaning forward also makes for a longer bar path. There was a shitload of wasted energy being applied because of that.вЂќДЄmundsonвЂ™s second set was better, but he shifted his weight too far forward and took his posterior chain out of the movement. Every time he applied force, one rep it was in the front of the foot, one rep was in the back off the foot. During the post-WOD critique, the uncensored powerlifting coach explains what he saw. With Amundson 10 reps into his opening set of thrusters, Tate shifts his position and starts pointing to Greg. To give Tate a taste of what CrossFit is all about, Amundson did Fran at a private seminar held Jan. Greg Amundson is the original CrossFit firebreather and consistently finishes Fran under three minutes. Dave Tate of Elite FTS is a powerlifting expert with a 930 lb.

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