A few days ago, ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” published several articles and videos that took aim at CrossFit, painting our program as dangerous. They extensively covered the injuries of two men, Kevin Ogar and Brad Hawley. While there were many factual errors and inaccuracies within both the written article and the video produced for OTL, one stood out – ESPN falsely reported that Hawley and Ogar were both injured while doing “CrossFit.” So what is CrossFit and what isn’t? Most people simply […]

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ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” tried to produce a show on injuries in CrossFit. They failed. Instead, they covered injuries outside of CrossFit, but tried to present them as CrossFit injuries. The result is a confused, misleading mess. First, ESPN discussed Brad Hawley, who fell from a bar and hurt himself. Unfortunately for ESPN’s journalistic reputation, this accident did not happen at a CrossFit gym. It happened at an IronTribe Fitness location. Kevin Ogar injured himself at an unlicensed fitness competition. […]

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One of the most common myths about CrossFit is that no elite athletes use it. That’s completely false. Here are some top athletes who do CrossFit. It’s not a full list. There are 10,000 CrossFit gyms, and we can’t possibly know every elite athlete who trains at them, or who does CrossFit on their own. Also, these athletes use CrossFit as part of their training – it doesn’t replace their specific training. No strength and conditioning program could. Christie Rampone: captain of the gold-medal winning 2012 […]

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