I just read a blog post from "Freaky World" about CrossFit. It's a fairly balanced article, although I think it does have a minor tilt toward the perspective that argues CrossFit is a little too hardcore.You can read it and judge for yourself, but this excerpt should give you an idea of its tone:
In the last year this controversial exercise program has attracted a growing following of thousands nationwide, who log on to CrossFit.com for a daily workout, said its founder, Greg Glassman. Participants skip StairMasters and weight machines. Instead they do high-intensity workouts that mix gymnastics, track and field skills and bodybuilding, resting very little between movements.
The emphasis is on speed and weight hoisted, not technique. And the importance placed on quantifiable results has attracted hard-charging people like hedge fund managers, former Olympians and scientists. But some exercise experts are troubled by the lack of guidance for beginners, who may dive into stressful workouts as Mr. Anderson did. (He had not worked out regularly for two years.) “There’s no way inexperienced people doing this are not going to hurt themselves,” said Wayne Winnick, a sports medicine specialist in private practice in Manhattan, who also works for the New York City Marathon.
Personally, I'd like to see more about the positives than the potential risks associated with ill-informed people trying to overdo it. If done correctly, I am convinced that CrossFit Workouts are truly the way to go.
