Comments for Macssistance.com http://www.macssistance.com Your Online Personal Trainer Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:58:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 Comment on How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolution by RJ Martino http://www.macssistance.com/2010/01/11/how-to-keep-your-new-years-resolution/#comment-157 RJ Martino Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:45:22 +0000 http://www.macssistance.com/2010/01/11/how-to-keep-your-new-years-resolution/#comment-157 thanks for the info. I'm starting slow... 1 out of 5 on your list... I'll try harder. thanks for the info. I’m starting slow… 1 out of 5 on your list… I’ll try harder.

]]> Comment on 5 Reasons Why CrossFit is Crap by Ted http://www.macssistance.com/2009/07/01/5-reasons-why-crossfit-is-crap/#comment-149 Ted Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:52:29 +0000 http://www.macssistance.com/2009/07/01/5-reasons-why-crossfit-is-crap/#comment-149 When is this going to end all this mine is better than your is ridiculous. It seems you can't do anything these days without someone saying it's no good for you. I don't like Cultfit either as it's this type of training has been around for years and a good salesman (Glassman) has package it up and sold it to the MMA/ Navl seal wannabes but at least it's getting them off there ass and doing something. It good to see people excited about fitness even if it is a clever marking ploy (wish I thought of it). When is this going to end all this mine is better than your is ridiculous. It seems you can’t do anything these days without someone saying it’s no good for you. I don’t like Cultfit either as it’s this type of training has been around for years and a good salesman (Glassman) has package it up and sold it to the MMA/ Navl seal wannabes but at least it’s getting them off there ass and doing something. It good to see people excited about fitness even if it is a clever marking ploy (wish I thought of it).

]]> Comment on 5 Reasons Why CrossFit is Crap by Menkenator http://www.macssistance.com/2009/07/01/5-reasons-why-crossfit-is-crap/#comment-148 Menkenator Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:29:02 +0000 http://www.macssistance.com/2009/07/01/5-reasons-why-crossfit-is-crap/#comment-148 Please post a picture of you lifting an entire telephone pole. Please post a picture of you lifting an entire telephone pole.

]]> Comment on 5 Reasons Why CrossFit is Crap by jerad miller http://www.macssistance.com/2009/07/01/5-reasons-why-crossfit-is-crap/#comment-147 jerad miller Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:32:35 +0000 http://www.macssistance.com/2009/07/01/5-reasons-why-crossfit-is-crap/#comment-147 Just wondering why my comments weren't posted? Did you review it and see that you were wrong regarding everything you said about crossfit? I find it interesting that I take the time to post an indepth and thought-provoking response to your butchered attempt to dismiss crossfit only to find that it is being "reviewed" prior to posting and was subsequently never posted. I'm not the only person this has happened to. You only hear what you want to hear and post what benefits you. If you want comments, don't censor them. Just wondering why my comments weren’t posted? Did you review it and see that you were wrong regarding everything you said about crossfit? I find it interesting that I take the time to post an indepth and thought-provoking response to your butchered attempt to dismiss crossfit only to find that it is being “reviewed” prior to posting and was subsequently never posted. I’m not the only person this has happened to. You only hear what you want to hear and post what benefits you. If you want comments, don’t censor them.

]]> Comment on 5 Reasons Why CrossFit is Crap by JERAD http://www.macssistance.com/2009/07/01/5-reasons-why-crossfit-is-crap/#comment-143 JERAD Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:21:38 +0000 http://www.macssistance.com/2009/07/01/5-reasons-why-crossfit-is-crap/#comment-143 I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS EACH OF YOUR POINTS INDIVIDUALLY. POINT ONE BEING CROSSFIT IS NOT FOR ATHLETES: I AM A TEN YEAR VETERAN POLICE OFFICER WHO HAS SERVED ON THE SWAT TEAM AND AS A MOTORCYCLE OFFICER. AM I A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE? NO, BUT MY JOB REQUIRES ATHLETIC ABILITY NONETHELESS. I DISCOVERED CROSSFIT APPROXIMATELY 14 MONTHS AGO AND HAVE SEEN DRAMATIC RESULTS IN BOTH MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE AND JUST LIFE IN GENERAL. CROSSFIT WORKOUTS INCORPORATE OLYMPIC LIFTS, GYMNASTICS MOVEMENTS, RUNNING AND METABOLIC CONDITIONING, ALL OF WHICH HAVE INCREASED MY ATHLETIC ABILITY BOTH ON AND OFF THE JOB. I HAVE LOST 20 LBS. WHILE INCREASING MY 1RM DEADLIFT TO OVER 460 LBS. I ALSO RECENTLY RAN A HALF-MARATHON JUST TO SEE IF I COULD. MY ONLY TRAINING FOR THE HALF-MARATHON YOU ASK? CROSSFIT WORKOUTS 4 TIME A WEEK. WATCH A CROSSFITTER PERFORM 30 MUSCLE-UPS FOR TIME AND THEN TELL ME HE/SHE IS NOT AN ATHLETE. TO ME AN ATHLETE IS SOMEONE WHO TRAINS TO BE BETTER AT LIFE. POINT TWO: CROSSFIT TEACHES PULLUPS WRONG. I WOULD CAUTION YOU TO DO SOME RESEARCH BEFORE YOU JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS. CROSSFIT INCORPORATES MANY VERSIONS OF THE STANDARD PULLUP, INCLUDING KIPPING PULLUPS, BUTTERFLY PULLUPS, DEAD HANG PULLUPS, L-PULLUPS AND WEIGHTED PULLUPS. WHEN I STARTED CROSSFIT I COULD DO MAYBE THREE STANDARD PULLUPS AND NOW, THROUGH THE CONSTANTLY VARIED PULLUP MOTIONS INCORPORATED IN CROSSFIT WORKOUTS, I CAN PERFORM OVER 100 PULLUPS IN A WORKOUT. HOW CAN THOSE KINDS OF RESULTS BE "WRONG"? POINT THREE: CROSSFIT IS NOT BASED ON SCIENCE, BUT RANDOMLY PUT TOGETHER. DO NOT CONFUSE CONSTANTLY VARIED WITH RANDOMLY PUT TOGETHER. THERE IS A METHOD TO THE MADNESS. BY THE WAY, I HAVE DONE HUNDREDS OF CROSSFIT WORKOUTS AND SCOURED THE ARCHIVES OF COUNTLESS AFFILIATE WEBSITES AND HAVE NEVER SEEN A WORKOUT THE LIKES OF WHICH YOU REFERENCE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE YOU FOUND IT SO I CAN RESEARCH IT MYSELF AND BE BETTER ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU. AND FOR THE RECORD, THE CROSSFIT GAMES WILL BE HELD IN AROMAS, CALIFORNIA JULY 2010. IT HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS THE PROVING GROUNDS. IF YOU THINK YOUR APPROACH IS BETTER, PROVE IT. RESULTS CAN NOT BE IGNORED, SHOW UP AND BEAT DOWN ALL THE "NON-ATHLETES" WITH YOUR TRAINING AND THE WORLD WILL TAKE NOTE. POINT FOUR: VISUALLY APPEALING LIFTS AND SUB-PAR RESULTS. I REALLY DON'T FEEL THE NEED TO ISSUE A REBUTTAL TO THIS CLAIM, SINCE YOU OBVIOUSLY PUT NO THOUGHT INTO IT, BUT I WILL. TO BASE AN OPINION ON ONE PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT SPEAKS TO YOUR CLOSE-MINDEDNESS. THE OLYMPIC LIFTS IN CROSSFIT ARE NOTHIG NEW, BUT ARE USED IN NEW WAYS AT TIMES. AGAIN: CONSTANTLY VARIED. CROSSFIT HAS ENABLED ME TO PERFORM 30 REPS OF 135 CLEAN AND JERK IN JUST OVER 3 MINUTES AND AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED DEADLIFT 460 LBS. IF THAT IS SUB-PAR, I CHALLENGE YOU TO DO BETTER. AGAINS RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. AND THE COPS/SWAT OPERATORS I TRAIN WITH ARE ANYTHING BUT SUB-PAR. POINT FIVE: CROSSFIT SELLS A BRAND NAME RATHER THAN A GENUINE WORKOUT. HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE CROSSFIT WEBSITE? LAST TIME I CHECKED IT WAS FREE, AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN. CHECK OUT REPUTABLE AFFILIATE WEBSITES SUCH AS CROSSFIT ONEWORLD, DIABLO CROSSFIT, CROSSFIT BOSTON, CROSSFIT CENTURION, ETC, ETC, ETC. THEY ALL POST DAILY "FREE" WORKOUTS ON THEIR SITES. CROSSFIT IS FREE, YOU EITHER DRINK THE KOOL-AID OR YOU DON'T. CROSSFIT IS BECOMING HUGE. THE IDEA HAS BECOME THE INSTITUTION. THE MOVEMENT IS TOO BIG TO BE IGNORED AND THE HATERS SPIT THEIR DISSENTING VENOM WITHOUT OFFERING ANY REAL ALTERNATIVE. IF YOUR PROGRAM IS BETTER, PROVE IT. POST YOUR WORKOUT FOR FREE ON YOUR SITE AND BUILD A GRASS ROOTS MOVEMENT THAT PRODUCES REAL WORLD RESULTS AND REAL WORLD ATHLETES. AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE "PROVING GROUNDS" IN JULY. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS EACH OF YOUR POINTS INDIVIDUALLY. POINT ONE BEING CROSSFIT IS NOT FOR ATHLETES:

I AM A TEN YEAR VETERAN POLICE OFFICER WHO HAS SERVED ON THE SWAT TEAM AND AS A MOTORCYCLE OFFICER. AM I A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE? NO, BUT MY JOB REQUIRES ATHLETIC ABILITY NONETHELESS. I DISCOVERED CROSSFIT APPROXIMATELY 14 MONTHS AGO AND HAVE SEEN DRAMATIC RESULTS IN BOTH MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE AND JUST LIFE IN GENERAL. CROSSFIT WORKOUTS INCORPORATE OLYMPIC LIFTS, GYMNASTICS MOVEMENTS, RUNNING AND METABOLIC CONDITIONING, ALL OF WHICH HAVE INCREASED MY ATHLETIC ABILITY BOTH ON AND OFF THE JOB. I HAVE LOST 20 LBS. WHILE INCREASING MY 1RM DEADLIFT TO OVER 460 LBS. I ALSO RECENTLY RAN A HALF-MARATHON JUST TO SEE IF I COULD. MY ONLY TRAINING FOR THE HALF-MARATHON YOU ASK? CROSSFIT WORKOUTS 4 TIME A WEEK. WATCH A CROSSFITTER PERFORM 30 MUSCLE-UPS FOR TIME AND THEN TELL ME HE/SHE IS NOT AN ATHLETE. TO ME AN ATHLETE IS SOMEONE WHO TRAINS TO BE BETTER AT LIFE.

POINT TWO: CROSSFIT TEACHES PULLUPS WRONG. I WOULD CAUTION YOU TO DO SOME RESEARCH BEFORE YOU JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS. CROSSFIT INCORPORATES MANY VERSIONS OF THE STANDARD PULLUP, INCLUDING KIPPING PULLUPS, BUTTERFLY PULLUPS, DEAD HANG PULLUPS, L-PULLUPS AND WEIGHTED PULLUPS. WHEN I STARTED CROSSFIT I COULD DO MAYBE THREE STANDARD PULLUPS AND NOW, THROUGH THE CONSTANTLY VARIED PULLUP MOTIONS INCORPORATED IN CROSSFIT WORKOUTS, I CAN PERFORM OVER 100 PULLUPS IN A WORKOUT. HOW CAN THOSE KINDS OF RESULTS BE “WRONG”?

POINT THREE: CROSSFIT IS NOT BASED ON SCIENCE, BUT RANDOMLY PUT TOGETHER. DO NOT CONFUSE CONSTANTLY VARIED WITH RANDOMLY PUT TOGETHER. THERE IS A METHOD TO THE MADNESS. BY THE WAY, I HAVE DONE HUNDREDS OF CROSSFIT WORKOUTS AND SCOURED THE ARCHIVES OF COUNTLESS AFFILIATE WEBSITES AND HAVE NEVER SEEN A WORKOUT THE LIKES OF WHICH YOU REFERENCE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE YOU FOUND IT SO I CAN RESEARCH IT MYSELF AND BE BETTER ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU. AND FOR THE RECORD, THE CROSSFIT GAMES WILL BE HELD IN AROMAS, CALIFORNIA JULY 2010. IT HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS THE PROVING GROUNDS. IF YOU THINK YOUR APPROACH IS BETTER, PROVE IT. RESULTS CAN NOT BE IGNORED, SHOW UP AND BEAT DOWN ALL THE “NON-ATHLETES” WITH YOUR TRAINING AND THE WORLD WILL TAKE NOTE.

POINT FOUR: VISUALLY APPEALING LIFTS AND SUB-PAR RESULTS. I REALLY DON’T FEEL THE NEED TO ISSUE A REBUTTAL TO THIS CLAIM, SINCE YOU OBVIOUSLY PUT NO THOUGHT INTO IT, BUT I WILL. TO BASE AN OPINION ON ONE PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT SPEAKS TO YOUR CLOSE-MINDEDNESS. THE OLYMPIC LIFTS IN CROSSFIT ARE NOTHIG NEW, BUT ARE USED IN NEW WAYS AT TIMES. AGAIN: CONSTANTLY VARIED. CROSSFIT HAS ENABLED ME TO PERFORM 30 REPS OF 135 CLEAN AND JERK IN JUST OVER 3 MINUTES AND AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED DEADLIFT 460 LBS. IF THAT IS SUB-PAR, I CHALLENGE YOU TO DO BETTER. AGAINS RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. AND THE COPS/SWAT OPERATORS I TRAIN WITH ARE ANYTHING BUT SUB-PAR.

POINT FIVE: CROSSFIT SELLS A BRAND NAME RATHER THAN A GENUINE WORKOUT. HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE CROSSFIT WEBSITE? LAST TIME I CHECKED IT WAS FREE, AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN. CHECK OUT REPUTABLE AFFILIATE WEBSITES SUCH AS CROSSFIT ONEWORLD, DIABLO CROSSFIT, CROSSFIT BOSTON, CROSSFIT CENTURION, ETC, ETC, ETC. THEY ALL POST DAILY “FREE” WORKOUTS ON THEIR SITES. CROSSFIT IS FREE, YOU EITHER DRINK THE KOOL-AID OR YOU DON’T. CROSSFIT IS BECOMING HUGE. THE IDEA HAS BECOME THE INSTITUTION. THE MOVEMENT IS TOO BIG TO BE IGNORED AND THE HATERS SPIT THEIR DISSENTING VENOM WITHOUT OFFERING ANY REAL ALTERNATIVE. IF YOUR PROGRAM IS BETTER, PROVE IT. POST YOUR WORKOUT FOR FREE ON YOUR SITE AND BUILD A GRASS ROOTS MOVEMENT THAT PRODUCES REAL WORLD RESULTS AND REAL WORLD ATHLETES. AND HOPEFULLY WE’LL SEE YOU AT THE “PROVING GROUNDS” IN JULY.

]]> Comment on 5 Reasons Why CrossFit is Crap by DK http://www.macssistance.com/2009/07/01/5-reasons-why-crossfit-is-crap/#comment-142 DK Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:08:35 +0000 http://www.macssistance.com/2009/07/01/5-reasons-why-crossfit-is-crap/#comment-142 First off, you really should research a topic BEFORE you try to discredit it (being a leader in the field expected you to know that). You claim Crossfit does not have researched based backing, kind of like your blog post. I am a veteran SWAT officer and we are required to maintain a high level of physical fitness (tested quarterly). In my time as a SWAT officer I have never seen the results I have gotten from Crossfit. My fitness test scores all went up, my GPP is outstanding and I have less joint than I had from the "traditional" lifting and running. Can you explain how my 1RM bench press went up 10lbs to a personal best for me, from one PT test to the next, when I did bench press exactly zero times during that period. Can you explain how my 1.5 mile time improved by over 1 minute when I had only been doing 400 or 800 meter sprints. These should be easy for you to explain with all of your years of experience and since you are a "leader" in the field as you have proclaimed yourself. If you think Crossfit does "visually appealing lifts with physically sub par results", take your likely callus free hands and bring up youtube. Look for videos of workouts like "Transformers" or "King Kong" and see if you consider this sub par. Not doing anything original, doing what has already been done. I guess you only teach brand new exercise movements that you can only find at your country club exercise room. Give me a break, I did not know the only way a program could be effective was if it had all new and original movements. I must also point out that you stating you have been around many great strength coaches, college professors, physical therapists and exercise physiologists. If that is true you must have heard of legendary coaches Mark Rippetoe and Mike Burgener. You cannot question they are legendary in the field of strength training and Olympic lifting. They have been deeply involved in the Crossfit movement for years. There must be something to it if they are willing to devote as much time as they have to furthering the growth of Crossfit. You also may not have heard the name Lon Kilgore. In case you haven't, he happens to be a college professor AND an exercise physiologist. He is also sold on the Crossfit philosophy and all three professionals I have mentioned have written countless articles on Crossfit and done tremendous amounts of RESEARCH on the topic to support their belief it is an excellent system. Sounds like you should re-evaluate who you dub as being "great". Like was mentioned in other posts, Crossfit is not for everyone but it has made me fitter and an overall better athlete. Crossfit does not try to convince people their "product" is the great, the workout does it for them. No one convinced me Crossfit was great, I finished my first workout in September of last year and knew immediately it was the best thing I had ever done(I have been doing it ever since). What have you done besides this lame attempt to draw attention to yourself by attacking the workout program of whole lot highly fit people. The last thing I will say is this: nothing in this post conveys the opinion that you are a terrible trainer (don't jump to conclusions, you may be), the only the I am doing is trying to further prove you don't know CRAP about Crossfit. 1* First off, you really should research a topic BEFORE you try to discredit it (being a leader in the field expected you to know that). You claim Crossfit does not have researched based backing, kind of like your blog post.
I am a veteran SWAT officer and we are required to maintain a high level of physical fitness (tested quarterly). In my time as a SWAT officer I have never seen the results I have gotten from Crossfit. My fitness test scores all went up, my GPP is outstanding and I have less joint than I had from the “traditional” lifting and running.
Can you explain how my 1RM bench press went up 10lbs to a personal best for me, from one PT test to the next, when I did bench press exactly zero times during that period.
Can you explain how my 1.5 mile time improved by over 1 minute when I had only been doing 400 or 800 meter sprints.
These should be easy for you to explain with all of your years of experience and since you are a “leader” in the field as you have proclaimed yourself.
If you think Crossfit does “visually appealing lifts with physically sub par results”, take your likely callus free hands and bring up youtube. Look for videos of workouts like “Transformers” or “King Kong” and see if you consider this sub par.
Not doing anything original, doing what has already been done. I guess you only teach brand new exercise movements that you can only find at your country club exercise room. Give me a break, I did not know the only way a program could be effective was if it had all new and original movements.
I must also point out that you stating you have been around many great strength coaches, college professors, physical therapists and exercise physiologists. If that is true you must have heard of legendary coaches Mark Rippetoe and Mike Burgener. You cannot question they are legendary in the field of strength training and Olympic lifting. They have been deeply involved in the Crossfit movement for years. There must be something to it if they are willing to devote as much time as they have to furthering the growth of Crossfit. You also may not have heard the name Lon Kilgore. In case you haven’t, he happens to be a college professor AND an exercise physiologist. He is also sold on the Crossfit philosophy and all three professionals I have mentioned have written countless articles on Crossfit and done tremendous amounts of RESEARCH on the topic to support their belief it is an excellent system. Sounds like you should re-evaluate who you dub as being “great”.
Like was mentioned in other posts, Crossfit is not for everyone but it has made me fitter and an overall better athlete. Crossfit does not try to convince people their “product” is the great, the workout does it for them. No one convinced me Crossfit was great, I finished my first workout in September of last year and knew immediately it was the best thing I had ever done(I have been doing it ever since). What have you done besides this lame attempt to draw attention to yourself by attacking the workout program of whole lot highly fit people.

The last thing I will say is this: nothing in this post conveys the opinion that you are a terrible trainer (don’t jump to conclusions, you may be), the only the I am doing is trying to further prove you don’t know CRAP about Crossfit.

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]]> Comment on 5 Reasons Why CrossFit is Crap by Thursday 10/22/09 « http://www.macssistance.com/2009/07/01/5-reasons-why-crossfit-is-crap/#comment-141 Thursday 10/22/09 « Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:08:37 +0000 http://www.macssistance.com/2009/07/01/5-reasons-why-crossfit-is-crap/#comment-141 [...] 5 reasons why crossfit is crap Read some of the comments [...] […] 5 reasons why crossfit is crap Read some of the comments […]

]]> Comment on 5 Reasons Why CrossFit is Crap by Hangover Wolfpack http://www.macssistance.com/2009/07/01/5-reasons-why-crossfit-is-crap/#comment-136 Hangover Wolfpack Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:33:50 +0000 http://www.macssistance.com/2009/07/01/5-reasons-why-crossfit-is-crap/#comment-136 Good post on why crossfit is not beneficial to an athlete, especially the part about the bastardization of the olympic lifts. I tried it for a while and saw pros and cons to the program. Cons outweighed the pros however. My strength decreased drastically. I experienced more pain in my joints than all my years of lifting beforehand. My run time improved, but I wasn't willing to sacrafice overall strength, health and a pain-free life for a better run time. Who the hell needs to run more than 50 meters at a time anyway? I eventually ditched crossfit for a more old school, well rounded programs. I do believe people can benefit from crossfit. As the original poster said, it can keep things exciting, especially for the folks who have had trouble staying committed to training before. I do think people, like my couch potato brother for example, would benefit from the program because it could possibly keep him motivated, keep him moving and finish a workout in 20 minutes. People like this are probably the ones who would see the most benefit. For people who are already in good, strong, athletic shape, I would suggest to them not to waste their time with a crossfit program based on my experience. Good post on why crossfit is not beneficial to an athlete, especially the part about the bastardization of the olympic lifts.

I tried it for a while and saw pros and cons to the program. Cons outweighed the pros however. My strength decreased drastically. I experienced more pain in my joints than all my years of lifting beforehand. My run time improved, but I wasn’t willing to sacrafice overall strength, health and a pain-free life for a better run time. Who the hell needs to run more than 50 meters at a time anyway? I eventually ditched crossfit for a more old school, well rounded programs.

I do believe people can benefit from crossfit. As the original poster said, it can keep things exciting, especially for the folks who have had trouble staying committed to training before. I do think people, like my couch potato brother for example, would benefit from the program because it could possibly keep him motivated, keep him moving and finish a workout in 20 minutes.
People like this are probably the ones who would see the most benefit. For people who are already in good, strong, athletic shape, I would suggest to them not to waste their time with a crossfit program based on my experience.

]]> Comment on 5 Reasons Why CrossFit is Crap by Tish Traster http://www.macssistance.com/2009/07/01/5-reasons-why-crossfit-is-crap/#comment-132 Tish Traster Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:34:40 +0000 http://www.macssistance.com/2009/07/01/5-reasons-why-crossfit-is-crap/#comment-132 Hello Dan, I own a CrossFit affiliate in Ormond Beach Florida. I'm a 45 year-old female, worked in the medical field for over 20 years. I received a back injury while moving a very large patient and lived with excruciating, an 8 on a 1-10 scale, back pain for years. I thank God I found Greg Glassman and CrossFit. Both literally gave me my life back. Today I am totally pain free, stronger, longer, leaner, faster and more functional than I have EVER been in my life.I didn't get that working out at sub VO2max on a treadmill in an air conditioned gym at my local country club.As far as being science based, I'm a science major. The metabolic and physiological science behind CrossFit...and the fact it's very quantitative and designed heavily on basic physics principles is what attracted me to CrossFit in the first place. If you are truly interested in becoming a better trainer and helping your clients, you may subscribe to the CrossFit Journal by visiting www.crossfit.com Hello Dan,

I own a CrossFit affiliate in Ormond Beach Florida. I’m a 45 year-old female, worked in the medical field for over 20 years. I received a back injury while moving a very large patient and lived with excruciating, an 8 on a 1-10 scale, back pain for years. I thank God I found Greg Glassman and CrossFit. Both literally gave me my life back. Today I am totally pain free, stronger, longer, leaner, faster and more functional than I have EVER been in my life.I didn’t get that working out at sub VO2max on a treadmill in an air conditioned gym at my local country club.As far as being science based, I’m a science major. The metabolic and physiological science behind CrossFit…and the fact it’s very quantitative and designed heavily on basic physics principles is what attracted me to CrossFit in the first place. If you are truly interested in becoming a better trainer and helping your clients, you may subscribe to the CrossFit Journal by visiting http://www.crossfit.com

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