Are you ready to get in shape for the new year? Or are you ready to make tons of money off of people looking to get in shape for the new year? 

Enter CrossFit, one of the biggest brands in modern fitness. But are they legit? Or full of shit? And most importantly, how can you make money off of it? 

In this first of three parts, we discuss what CrossFit is, where it came from, and what has become of founder Greg Glassman in the last couple of years. 


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Sources for this episode:

Podcast

Barbell Medicine Podcast. Episode #155: All Things Crossfit. Oct. 11, 2021. 

Web

https://www.crossfit.com/

https://drsears.com/

https://assets.crossfit.com/pdfs/certifications/CCFT_CandidateHandbook.pdf

http://crossfitykv.com/

https://smagazineofficial.com/uncategorized/what-crossfit-really-feels-like-05317153

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CrossFit

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6505252/

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6201188/

Are Injuries More Common With CrossFit Training Than Other Forms of Exercise? in: Journal of Sport Rehabilitation Volume 27 Issue 3 (2018) (humankinetics.com)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/10/greg-glassman-crossfit-ceo-resigns-george-floyd-protest-coronavirus-tweets-conspiracy-theories

https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/does-crossfit-have-a-future

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https://zonediet.com/the-zone-diet/

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https://www.crossfitfortify.com/how-much-do-crossfit-trainers-make