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“The Nature and Prevalence of Injury During CrossFit Training,” Dr. Paul Hak, Part One

July 3, 2014 by Russell Berger

The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research recently accepted a study titled “The Nature and Prevalence of Injury During CrossFit Training.” The authors, Mr. Paul Taro Hak, Dr. Emil Hodzovic, and Mr. Ben Hickey, are based at the All Wales Trauma and Orthopedic Training Program in Cardiff, UK. It has been published as an abstract (ahead of print). Of 132 respondents, 73.5% reported having sustained injury during CrossFit training. What the authors did get correct is noting the statistical difference between […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: CrossFit, CrossFit Study, injury, Injury prevalence, Injury Rates, JSCR, NSCA, Paul Taro Hak

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Dr. Lon Kilgore on Exercise Science’s Defining Failure

July 1, 2014 by Russ Greene

While we are often critical of the work of exercise scientists, these critiques are aimed not at the pursuit of scientific knowledge, but the failure of the academic leadership in this field to meet the basic requirements of the scientific method. But there are exceptions. Consider Dr. Lon Kilgore. Kilgore has authored and co-authored many works that integrated science and practice. If that feat sounds easy, it’s not. Take a look at his Amazon.com author page, for example: On June 20 Kilgore published a new article […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: ACSM, CrossFit Study, Exercise Physiology, Exercise Science, Lon Kilgore, NSCA, Scientific method, Starting Strength, William Kraemer

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“Injury Rate and Patterns Among CrossFit Athletes,” Dr. Brian Giordano

June 7, 2014 by Russell Berger

Anther survey-based study of CrossFit has surfaced on the internet, this time in the Open Access Journal for Orthopedic Sports Medicine. The study, titled Injury Rate and Patterns Among CrossFit Athletes, reports a near 20% injury rate among CrossFit participants, but then compares this to the “incidence rate” of injury in running, cited to be between 19.4% to 79.3%. This obviously puts CrossFit on the lower end of the calculated range. But there is a problem with this study. What the authors […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: CrossFit, CrossFit Study, injury, Injury Rate, interview, Peer review, prevalence, Rochester, science, survey

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