The Southtown Classic was set on fire
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The Southtown Classic is kind of the "home" competition for the WOD.LOL team.
No long journeys, no questionable AirBnBs this time: just two days of WODs, pain, atmosphere, and banter at CrossFit ST40 in Soustons, right near home.
The vlog starts on Saturday morning, on the first day of the competition.
No filmed preparation before: we dive straight into the thick of it.
And to be honest... we thought it would be "easy".
Spoiler: it wasn't.
🎬 Day 1 — Saturday: three WODs to get into the heat
Saturday morning, first event, first ergometer... then a second... then a third.
WODs designed for the tall, the heavy, the strong.
In other words: not really the profile of our team of steroid-powered elves.
This format forced us to work on exactly what we like the least:
Long distances on the rower
Calories to lose your soul
Few technical skills to exploit
Lots of desire, lots of cardio, and no escape
The WOD.LOL teams give their all:
Brandon / Adrien
Solenne / Lilou
Gaëtan / Mélanie
The WODs are unforgiving, but the atmosphere carries us.
The crowd creates real intensity.
Friends are everywhere around the floor.
The local spirit is what makes this competition so cool.
🔥 Day 2 — Sunday: 3 more WODs, more ergs
Second day, same menu: three new WODs, still heavy on ergs, still designed for those with 1m20 legs.
But instead of letting themselves be walked over, everyone stepped up their game.
The results are in:
Solenne & Lilou win the competition 🥇
Brandon & Adrien finish 4th, just missing the podium
Gaëtan & Mélanie secure a strong 6th place
A real performance, especially in a format that didn't favor us.
A weekend where we learned, where we gritted our teeth, and most importantly, where we showed that a "small build" can do a lot of damage when they master their pacing.
😂 Highlights — Serious on the floor, big kids off the floor
While it was serious on the floor, off the floor, it was pure madness (in a good way):
Non-stop self-deprecation.
Jokes about ergs for 48 hours.
Cameras everywhere.
And an improvised boxing/MMA fight at the end of the vlog that perfectly sums up the atmosphere:
we know how to suffer, but we also know how to laugh.
🤝 Guests & atmosphere
Familiar faces around:
Alexandre Pinsolle, clearly here to win, but always up for a laugh.
And then friends everywhere: Thomas, Agathe, Pierre, and many other familiar faces.
The overall atmosphere?
Serious competition, but warm, local, authentic.
True "local" fitness, where athletes, judges, teams, and spectators know and respect each other.
❤️ Thanks Tommy & the team
A huge thank you to Tommy, who handled all the filming, the vlog editing,
and even real-time WOD recaps all weekend.
The guy is everywhere at once: behind the camera, on the timeline, in the inside jokes.
A weekend like this, without him, wouldn't be the same.
Thanks also to the entire WOD.LOL team:
for playing along in front of the camera
for the self-deprecation
for the energy
for the good vibe
That's what makes these vlogs, and that's what we love to document.
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