r/crossfit • u/traderjames7 • 8d ago

Austin Hatfield equipment fail

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Terrible luck for Hatfield as his GHD breaks in WFP Men's Pro3 event.

Anyone know what'll happen to his score?

Could hear the production team in the background saying 'stay away from Austin Hatfield'...

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u/ProChoiceAtheist15 8d ago

Does anyone else realize this is because of how athletes now do the machine incorrectly? Because everyone now sits on the FORWARD half of the pad, they slide INTO the foot plate section. They should be on the BACK half of the pads, so that gravity pulls them AWAY.

That’s why when it broke, he slide down the front. If your GHD breaks, you should absolutely fall off the back.

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u/Specialist-Flan1882 8d ago

His GHD didn't break because of this.

Hip positioning is its own drama piece but its completely irrelevant to how the machine broke

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u/chitphased 8d ago

Yeah, the machine shouldn’t break regardless.