Mike Boyle and Gray Cook on Crossfit
This is an old StrengthCoach Podcast interview that Gray and I did sharing our opinions about Crossfit. Three years ago when it was recorded it generated quite a controversy. The great responses to the last two posts, Confessions of a Crossfit Coach, makes me think there might be some interest in this. Do me a favor. Please don’t waste time telling me how much you hate me if you are a die hard Crossfitter. You can go add to the really long thread on the Crossfit site written by all the other people who hate me.
StrengthCoach Podcast Episode 19.5- Gray Cook and Michael Boyle discuss Crossfit
Michael Boyle's Strengthcoach.com Blog 
December 29, 2012 at 5:05 am
This link should get you there
http://strengthcoachpodcast.typepad.com/the_strength_coach_podcas/2008/09/episode-195—strength-coach-podcast.html
December 28, 2012 at 12:58 pm
Mike,
Any chance you could re up that podcast? Im getting:
“The information you requested could not be retrieved. File not found.”
Thanks!
December 13, 2012 at 5:46 pm
Keep us posted.
December 13, 2012 at 5:42 pm
I have recently (last week) been hired as the fitness consultant and strength coach of a local Boxing club. At the interview the president of the facility told me that twice a week, a Crossfit trainer comes in to train the Boxers, and that she was happy with what she saw. I went into the club to observe this activity. I could not beleive what I was seeing. I have been strength training for 45 years, in that time I have trained in facilities in many countries, all over Europe, the West Indies, New Zealand and Australia. In all that time I have never witenessed a system of training that takes the athlete (Not weekend warriors) to failure and then some. Half the Boxers had poor lifting techniques to begin with, half way through the session I had to leave, or try and put a stop to what I was seeing. That would have been dificult since everyone was into it. When I got home I fired off an email quoting some of the top people in the fitness industry and their opinions on Crossfit training:
Dr. Stuart McGill, Michael Boyle, Eric Cressey, Mike Robertson, Gray Cook etc. I simply stated that, it was my responsibility to ensure her athletes would get the appropriate sport specific training -SAFE TRAINING being the most important ingredient. I’m waiting for a response, either I will get my marching orders, or, hopfully my experience and qualifications, and above all COMMON SENSE will win the day.
I’ll let you know what happens
Cheers
Brian Lloyd
February 21, 2012 at 5:19 am
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November 18, 2011 at 9:04 am
Thanks Bryan. My concerns have not changed much. The only good thing is that the rapid spread of Crossfit may lead to a rapid failure rate also. They have no restrictions on location, competition etc. so many are doomed to fail because of proximity to each other.
November 18, 2011 at 7:16 am
Thank you for re-sharing this podcast. I am new to your site and probably would have never found it. I have spent a fair amount of time on the Crossfit website. Seems to me that the culture is as much of a liability as it is an asset. It may not have been true three years ago, but there seems to be plenty of information on following a progression appropriate to the individual and the need to spend time on improving technical correctness. The concern I have is relying on the common sense of the user to slow down long enough to understand the progressions and being willing to invest the time to get at least a reasonable measure of technical proficiency. Thanks again for sharing this info.