re: The failure of crossfit comes from the top - by one of the crossfit elites

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Good principles (which I favor) , bad applications (which is my main criticism of crossfit)


Complex motor movements with heavy weight to exhaustion is a bad idea

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Yup. The Olympic and power lifts aren't meant to be done til exhaustion. As the body tires, proper form(which is crucial for these lifts) fails, and the potential for injury increases.