Boyle: Olympic lifts are only for the Elite
If your relationship with CrossFit goes back further than a few years, you might know the name Mike Boyle. Boyle is a professional strength and conditioning coach who publicly criticized CrossFit in 2008, claiming CrossFit workouts would “traumatize” shoulders and “destroy lumbar disks.” He compared CrossFit training to beating a client with a baseball bat and “trying to pass that off as training” (The Strength Coach Podcast, episode 19.5). He is also infamous for coming out against the barbell squat. Recently, he was interviewed for a […]
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