Obstacles, Open Water, and 200lb Stones | SPARTAN GAMES EPISODE 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- The anticipation of meeting the competition is broken when the 24 elite Spartan Games Athletes arrive in Vermont. New friendships, and old rivalries, take root as the athletes size each other up and prepare for day one’s events. A thrown bucket becomes a powder keg during Spartan Cross, the athletes freeze in the open water swim, and torrential rain unloads during Spartan Highlands Games. Through the unpredictable conditions and the controversial twists, the Spartan Games Athletes do what they do best: compete at the highest level.
DAY ONE EVENTS:
- Spartan Cross: A new Spartan obstacle course event featuring 5k of running and 54 obstacles
- XTERRA Open Water Swim: 45-minute open water swim on a 200m loop in near freezing water
- Spartan Highland Games: Three events in one - single-elimination tug-of-war, Spartan Stones and Keiser Sled Challenge
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Spartan Games: Battle of the Fittest
Twenty four elite athletes - OCR champions, Olympians, NFL pros, triathletes, world champion crossfitters and more - descend on the mountains of Vermont to compete for $100,000. Over four days, they battle in ten grueling physical and mental challenges: obstacle course races, open-water swim, mountain biking, Spartan highland games, functional fitness competitions, ultra marathon, combat sports and more. Every athlete will be tested. Every athlete will be ripped out of their comfort zone. But only one will be The Fittest.
Presented by Harley-Davidson.
Disclaimer: The Spartan Games were a closed competition and all participating Athletes were by invite only. Spartan staff and personnel were limited to those individuals necessary to produce and operate the event. Prior to arriving at the event location, all individuals on-site and present for the competition (including all Athletes and Spartan staff) were required to submit two (2) negative COVID-19 test results: one (1) PCR test within seven days prior to arrival, and one (1) Rapid test within 12 hours prior to arrival. No spectators or other third-parties were allowed on-site during the competition, and no re-entry was permitted.
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I hope you release a full length version that shows the entire races and events.
It would be better if they did a crossfit games type video where you see all the athletes involved for the full duration of each event. It would also be nice if they showed the placement within each event instead of just showing how the leader board changes as the result of the events.
heck, they don't even give the results of the events. sort of a nonsense production. i'll keep watching, but i'll watch cockroach races, so there's that.
Don't forget that Briggs is almost twice as old as some of the other competitors.
I'm watching this at 10pm drinking a Dr. Pepper. I've never been so ashamed of myself.
lol same!
🤣😂🤣💯
I don’t think I’ve ever been so invested in the first episode of a TH-cam series before. Also never watched a video that made me want to workout more than this one. Bring on episode 2!!!
thanks daniel 🙏
Here for Kristi Eramo! So badass girl we love you, you crushed it!!!💕💕
I don’t know whether I want to crush on Sam Briggs or Grant McCartney because these two are the most unbelievable humans. Not only utter beasts in terms of fitness, but amazing people!
Love that Sam Briggs called it a workout...sign of a true CrossFitter. You did awesome!
ya i caught that to
I love it , I’m teamHunter 😆😍😍 , I miss the Races
Watching Hunter in this is like Andy in the last 2 seasons of the office. Almost makes it unwatchable. It is not entertaining or interesting to me. His attitude is a cancer in any organization or sport.
So great to see Ryan and Lindsay excelling across so many disciplines. They’re athleticism and class blows my mind. Whenever I see them at races they are kind and such good sports. I remember Ryan leading at Toughest Mudder Whistler at like 4 in the morning stopping to help a whole group of people through Block-ness Monster. He just lifts people up around him without any drama.
Just signed up for my first ever Spartan race for Oct 2021. 10 months to get in some sort of shape and this is extremely awesome and motivating! Great timing for me!
Great i am going to train to become a Spartan, i turn 61 years old this June, but have always done exercise since i was a child, this gives me something to aim for, just walked 205 miles in the last 3 weeks, and just walked my first marathon last week, after walking 50 miles the past 5 days, ill train alone along the coast, until i reach my goal!!.
Hunter McIntyre is a great heel. The mistake was not throwing the bucket at the back of his knees.
I thought he was dolph ziggler for a second lmao
Love this concept, and really enjoyed the production for this episode- very intriguing!
glad you liked it chad
Can you please release versions that show more of the actual race in real time. This is so edited.
Yes. The editing is sooo annoying. And you don't even show the results for each race, and only show the running total. What??! I couldn't even tell if my faves even won their TOWs or not. On the results, you didn't even show how many swim laps were completed by each athlete!!
yes im much more interested in watching things unfold in real time, all these 1 second clips are annoying and give literally 0 context into whats actually happening in the contest
"Why we got to run so much!?" Welcome to Spartan Grant! I'm excited to watch you during the Games.
I love Hunter. He is so funny
The random seeding for the 1v1 single elimination events sort of completely invalidates the point structure. If you happen to get the #1 as your opponent, you can get 0 points when you potentially could be #2 and get 18. And 18 points is a massive swing completely due to RNG.
yup
Yeah, really not really ideal. I understand the time issues involved, but if you want a sport to be taken seriously (and if you put 100 grand in price money into it, I think you do want that), it has to be less luck based.
"welcome to the jungle baby"
That's true and less than ideal indeed, but the impact is actually lower than that because this was only one part of a 3-part Strength game (adding the rocks and the hammer challenges), and the ranking points were awarded only for the 3 workouts combined (i.e. if you were to win both the rocks and hammer workouts, you could potentially still win the 25 pts even with a direct elimination in ToW). ;)
Is the main goal of Spartan games to find the fittest man on earth? I thought CrossFit games is doing that already, but I absolutely love this series. hope they invite more CrossFit elite athletes to take up these challenges. Please have Mat Fraser and Tia next year if this is an annual event.
quite possible they got invitations. We won't know who did and turned it down/had conflicts. Would love to see that too though.
Fittest endurance athlete
This could be great, but the quick, choppy, incomplete, awful editing, loud annoying music, and the bizarre scoreboard format (not showing individual event results and scores/laps), nearly ruin it.
That's amazing! I can't wait the next episode!
For those that want to skip the drama & prep part: heres the timestamps:
Mens Spartan cross - 7:15
Womens Spartan cross - 11:35
Mens open water swim - 16:25
Womens open water swim - 18:10
Highland games:
Tug of war - 21:25
Stones - 27:30
Sled tool - 32:35
Love the content, makes me miss all the races more
I think Hunter thinks he's being entertaining, but he's not. There's no place for that toxic egoism. I wouldn't invite him back. I'm impressed and inspired by the athleticism of Sam Briggs--in her late 30s and killing it!
He is being entertaining less people would watch if he wasn't there
Are you releasing uncut footage? Would love to see that
Oh yeah
I loved watching this. All fired up for the race season to start.
Hmm Faith is good and as a CrossFit fan I’ve never seen her compete or hear of her
Loved the show! I’ve been watching beastmaster, titan games, and different other competitions and this really is a great one, having all this amazing athletes from different disciplines is just spectacular! Wish Hunter doesn’t get severely penalized since in my opinion is the most complete athlete of all! Bring on the next chapter! Arooooooo
Can’t wait to see the rest of the challenges!
This was awesome! Definitely going to watch the next one!
23:46 Literally the most intense, anxiety inducing tug o war match i have ever seen LOL! Jeeezus that was nuts
This editing is incredible!!
Excellent athletes, a lot of motivation to continue training 👏🏻
"That's not fake meat, that's real dangerous meat on a man." LOL
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Love the show, hate the drama. More athleticism and sportsmanship, less drama please. If this is just a drama reality show, I’m really disappointed. What I love about OCR, triathlon, endurance racing is the culture of support. I’d love to see more of that.
So stoked for this! Awesome stuff, Spartan!
The editing on this episode is horrible. It’s like watching a music video that makes no sense. No idea of what’s happening or any actual competition. Just a cut of someone running then a quick cut to a sled then someone climbing a rope and back to running. What even is this. If all they do is just display a leaderboard and call that the episode it would be. Ether than what was shown here.
Really enjoyed this. Love or hate Hunter... The man can put on a show.
love him!
Who would hate hunter hes been a top dog for Spartan besides some other legends in ocr you gotta respect him no matter what!!!
I don't think they should be penalized personally, it's to find out who is the fittest, that should include mental fitness as well
But how does mental fitness relate to sports behavior / sportif conduct?
@@dmcholland3978 I understand what you're saying, but it was obviously mind games by Hunter, if you're not mentally fit, you're going to react
@@christopherturner8334 I get the mental aspect part, but I also don't think any athlete should be allowed to physically impede another athlete's performance like that. He shouldn't have retaliated, but you should not be allowed to intentionally slap another athlete in competition. If they allow that incident, then what else can he be allowed to do in other events?
@@meghanjansen6941 a very valid point and I'm definitely not saying that I would be outraged if they are penalised, however I do believe if you want to find the fittest, you should be able to take a slap every now and again. This was obviously intentional, sometimes you get a slap during a race that isn't intentional, but during any competition you get people like this that will try to rattle you. Lose because you wasn't good enough, don't blame it on others
@@christopherturner8334 Yes, you should be able to take a slap now and then. But I think that is exactly the reason why both should get a penalty. Aaron for not being able to take that slap, and Hunter for clearly stepping out of what is sportsmanlike behavior. Otherwise you open up a whole gray area by making it hard to draw the line between what contact is allowed or not allowed in obstacle racing.
Sick content. Ready to watch all of their Journey’s
thank you
Love it, but why just highlights? No sense of drama or competition. This is Covid era - this is multiple hours of content that I reckon a large chunk of people would've watched the full races not just highlights. And agreed - Hunter's such an entertaining clown fully backed up by epic competitiveness and strength.
I love the Spartan game idea! This should be an annual thing!
we're planning on it 😏
These are some truly badass people. I am too old now but wish I could do what they are doing. Totally inspired. Wow man, just wow.
I'm pretty excited that Lauren Weeks is doing so well. She's such a phenomenal athlete. Hardworking and humble. I am rooting for her and Webster. Get it ladies!
Hope they check on the guy who got slapped, he may have internal bleeding or something from that brutal slap
i mean when you're carrying something heavy overhead, a slap like that could cause a problem
oh come ooon that was a block - "stay in your lane" - this is getting blown way out of proportion
This is just what spartan needed! Love to see all the competition💪🏾💪🏾
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When the interviews literally last longer than the actual event you show then you know you made a boring competition
I *love* the Spartan races, and I was super disappointed in this video! It totally glosses over the events, with virtually zero airtime for the women's TOW. Really hard to follow the athletes' performances, confusing editing, I hope the rest of the episodes are more comprehensive in their coverage.
I wish if there's spartan games for average people too.
Hunter should have been DQ'd! There's no place in that competition for putting your hands on anyone! That's not what it's about.
That action should have been a DQ penalty but a time penalty makes sense. Putting hands on someone else during competition is a disrespectful violation of the sportsmanship rules. A friendly shoulder bump is one thing but any further than that is a no no, even in a professional sporting event competition. Stirring up the pot is understandable to throw a competitor off but there are ways to do so without violating the rules that could be an instant disqualification penalty. Just saying that there are other ways to stir up the pot enough to throw your competitors off their game without violating rules that will get you kicked out of the event
I loved watching that bucket bounce off Hunter's back. #bulkpony
That bucket is still in rehab 🤕💪🏽wins races
Hunter is just keeping things spicy...that guy got his feelings hurt because he knows he didn't stand a chance in that race...lol
@@andrewthompson9206 Not sure how you mean. Aaron was 4th. Hardly a not stand a chance guy
@@AdrenalineandAdventure he came in about 6 minutes behind Hunter...a 6 min difference on a 5k course is what I mean by not standing a chance
@@andrewthompson9206 still hitting somebody into the stomach is not even close to fairplay. The beast Hunter is in fitness is impressive but his personality is shit.
God, Hunter really is a proper James Blunt isn't he
Wow this is amazing, i only found out about it two days ago, i love exercise and do it everyday, i am 60years old, and have walked 205 miles in the last 3 weeks, this really inspires me to train even harder.
That men's TOW final was EPIC!
Really stupid how they didn't give them uniform cleats. Unfair how only a few had cleats.
Can't wait for the rest of the episodes
I wish you wouldn’t include interviews with Hunter so much, he does the sport and competition such a disservice
Even better than I thought... oh Hunter 😤
So glad Atkins and Webster won this one. Would be a same especially if Atkins lost to Hunter.
CrossFit have been testing the fittest on earth for years across all domains. You’re missing maximal strength and barbell strength endurance. This is more pure endurancey fitness.
Cool test though, I look forward to seeing where this goes.
Were there penalties for failed obstacles? Or was it repeat until completed?
Go Sam and kristie
Love or Hate Hunter...He is the man. One of the most entertaining and kind persons I've ever met in OCR.
Great first episode. That was really entertaining to watch.
What is up with Corinna's points? She got 2nd (18 points) in event 1. Then she got 12points in event 2 (4th), putting her to 30 points (20:36) after 2 events. But at the end it says she has 35 points after two events (34:31).
They really don't like hunter 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Where’s Fraser and Tia?
When is the next chapter? Thanks
Been waiting for this release and it didn’t disappoint. Can’t wait for the rest to come.
Hunter is super human. Absolutely love that guy. Even his attitude, he's earned the right to be how he is.
This is awesome. The Olympics but more epic
Aroo from the Philippines!!!! 🇵🇭💪🏻
AROO
Well I was looking forward to this but the music is killing my brain cells, it’s so incoherent. 🤷♀️
Disqualify Hunter
What a diversity of elite athletes! Respect and admiration to all! Hunter is unreal! Loved to see the tug of war with him & Curt, so close and pulls back, unbelievable!
Hunter should have been DQd. No room for that in any sport.
Yeah! Hi from Argentina.
Can we see complete footage of each event, pretty please with sugar on top? 😁 It would also be helpful to see the athletes' ranking in each event and not just the overall standings.
LETS GOOOOOO!
Wait so where do we see the full episodes? These are just heavily edited.
Also anyone wanna check on Newell after that vicious slap to the stomach? He would have been higher on the leader board if he didnt get slapped.
Love the dedication to bring this all together team. Appreciate that. Also Hunter is a beast.
Not a fan of this presentation. Would be good to actually see a full race instead of a bunch of excerpts stitched together.... meh!
Despite Im not a big fan of Spartan, I must admit this was fun and Im excited for more!
Easy to settle the hunter and Aaron issue. Let them meet up in the pit for a wrestling match.
I'm running my first spartan race this summer. Watching some of these athletes struggle is intimidating but exhilarating aswell. Can't wait for the rest of the season
awesome kennet which race?
@@SpartanRaceTube I want to do the sprint to start. I plan on participating in the one in Pennsylvania. I have a long road ahead of me to prepare physically and mentally and I need to get clothes for the event but im ready to take the next step!
I’ve been waiting for this for awhile. It was well worth the wait. Great 👍 production. Cool digital score boards and updates. Each event was clearly described. Men’s tug of war was epic.
This was fantastic!! So entertaining to see athletes from all disciplines and sports of life compete against each other. Love it!!
Thought it was great. Feel no penalties for Hunter or Aaron. That’s why they are Beasts!
Loved watching this... any chance at doing this for the common racer too?
Thank you for the great content. I do hope that you release another series on the games, where we can see each individual event play out as it happened versus a summary/condensed version that we are getting here.
After watching this i learned to respect different discipline.
We are not created equal. And thanks to this spartan which developes social interaction to each other. Aho aho!
This is making me miss racing even more! Keep em coming.
where is the rest ?
I feel like Hunter missed his calling to be in the WWE. Also, he sounds just like NPH.
Guys, please... Have you ever listened to Hunter on a podcast? Go listen to him talk to Ryan Fischer just about whatever. He’s a great guy. He’s funny and unapologetic about who he is. Wake up, these TINY clips from the comp made the cut for a reason. So you’d watch the next episode. And guess what - you did. Because you love watching Hunter, who by the way was told to stir the pot by the producers, be the stud that he is. So grab some popcorn and enjoy the show, you betas.
Here for Briggs 🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️
In all due respect that was dangerous. Not the hit, but the act of it. When someone is lifting you dont knock the weights down or get involved in their process of doing their exercise. Look at the guy who kicked a guys dead lifting on youtube. Remember these guys are atheletes, if they fuck up their achelise or tear something its career ending. If someone knows this as being an athelete it just shows how dangerous they would become if they ever lose. If you want to prove yourself then do it, show it and respect it. Its one thing to have thick skin while playing around, but its another thing to be an idiot. _Dr.Stupid_
Trying so hard to be/ not be like the CrossFit games. Great to have another outlet for fitness expression, but this is an exhibition vice a test of the fittest. PS - Hunter can’t fail to be portrayed as a world class douche bag. Or is this just to help create a villain?
Demmik wearing Swedish Goggles... that says swimmer. Looks like Shoemaker shut it down once he was ahead. 2800m in 45 minutes is a pretty pedestrian pace.
I am impressed with the events, especially the Spartan Cross that doubles the obstacle quantity of a normal Sprint. The one thing I m not impressed with is seeing one competitor smacking someone else's stomach during the event and the smacked competitor throwing a bucket at his back in return, therefore, that's not being a good sport at all. There's no need for that behavior, even in pro level.
Lol. Hunter. I love this kid.
Love this show. Vermont is beautiful.