The National Strength and Conditioning Association is asking the public to disregard the claims its study made regarding injuries in CrossFit. After two years of inaction and litigation, the NSCA has finally issued an erratum, or correction, regarding one of its most prominent studies. The study, “Crossfit-Based High-Intensity Power Training Improves Maximal Aerobic Fitness and Body Composition,” claimed that 16 percent of its subjects cited “overuse or injury” as their reasons for not completing the training. The full text is available here. Furthermore, the NSCA study […]

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The Global Energy Balance Network story lives on Coca-Cola funds scientists who mislead consumers about diabetes and obesity. This message spread from Tweets to the Times in weeks. In response, Coke has vowed to act with “more transparency.” This August, CEO Muhtar Kent promised to release a “list of health and well-being partnerships and research activities we have funded in the past five years” In other words Coca-Cola will confirm the GEBN narrative. Greg Glassman’s tweet and Anahad O’Connor’s New York Times article exposed how Coca-Cola […]

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Obesity: Does it have anything to do with diet? Coca-Cola and American College of Sports Medicine scientists have attempted to challenge the link between dietary patterns and obesity. On July 17th, 2015, CrossFit CEO and Founder Greg Glassman released his second tweet ever. He exposed a joint Coca-Cola and the ACSM’s project, the “Global Energy Balance Network.” This message reached the mainstream media in August. New York Times health reporter Anahad O’Connor broke the story to the press with a front-page feature, Coca-Cola Funds Scientists […]

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