Tire Flips

A tire flip is not a deadlift. “You’ve got to think offensive lineman,“ Rob Orlando of CrossFit Strongman says as he instructs Tom Rowland to drive into the tire. Ideally, you need to set up a foot to 15 inches away from the tire with the feet outside the hips and the body pressed against the rubber. You drive with the legs to get the tire off the ground, take a half step, then give it a knee with the other leg. Many people get the tire off the ground but struggle to complete the flip, often hanging out