Greg Glassman has made a permanent impression on the face of how we look at fitness, this is a fact that can not be questioned. And while I don’t train in a “crossfit style”, I do track and read where the community moves and progresses. I have great respect for the community as a whole.
I found it troubling while looking at the winners of the 2011 crossfit games today, and I wonder how crossfit has gone from producing fit women like the picture of Jolie Gentry above to who won the 2007 crossfit games, and Nichole Caroll below to the picture of the winner this year (she is on the right of the bottom picture). Four short years has changed the direction of the philosophy has gone from this:
To this:
It would seem to me that the allure of a large payday has changed the sport to friendly competition to win at all costs…..
