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CrossFit Inc. is Suing the National Strength and Conditioning Association

June 3, 2014 by Russell Berger

CrossFit Inc. is suing the National Strength and Conditioning Association for intentionally publishing a fraudulent study about CrossFit. You can read CrossFit’s filing here. CrossFit 614, the affiliate where corresponding author Steven Devor conducted his fraudulent study, already sued Devor and the NSCA. Unfortunately, the NSCA’s corrupted science didn’t just harm CrossFit 614. The NSCA also falsely besmirched the reputation of all CrossFit affiliates, and spread the lie that they are practicing dangerous training. The NSCA could have avoided this. I […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: CrossFit, CrossFit study injury, JSCR, Lawsuit, NCAA, NSCA, OSU, Peerreview, risk, Steven Devor, Strength and conditioning, William Kraemer

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Why Erin Simmons Wants You to Know She Doesn’t Do CrossFit

May 31, 2014 by Russell Berger

This post was written in response to Erin Simmon’s article “Why I Don’t Do CrossFit.” It was originally published here. “ONE hot summer’s day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. “Just the things to quench my thirst,” quoth he. Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. Turning round again with a One, […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: abs, CHAMP, CrossFit, Deadlift, ericrobertson, fitnessmodel, functionalmovements, highreps, injury, intensity, rhabdo, risk, technique

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Dr. Steven Devor Defends His Fraudulent Study in the Press

March 31, 2014 by Russell Berger

When I interviewed Dr. Steven Devor about his fraudulent study, he conceded that my questions were “legitimate” and promised to get back to me with answers. After hanging up the phone, he refused to ever speak to me again, yet shared his findings with a number of media publications as if nothing was wrong with them. In other words, Devor appears to have known his data was (at best) inaccurate, and supported it as fact anyway. Why? I believe Devor’s […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: ACSM, CrossFit, CrossFitaffiliate, CrossFitstudy, Devor, Fraud, injury, injuryrate, JSCR, Lawsuit, mensjournal, militarytimes, NSCA, OhioState, OSU, outside, outsidemagazine, Peerreview, risk, Smith, StevenDevor, Strengthandconditioning, WilliamKraemer

CrossFit Affiliate Lawsuit Against Steven Devor, Michael Smith, and the NSCA

March 27, 2014 by Russell Berger

In spring of last year, the NSCA published a study conducted by Ohio State University researchers that took place at one of our CrossFit affiliates. The study claimed a 16% “overuse or injury” rate among participants. Further investigation lead me to the conclusion that this data was not only misleading, but was literally fabricated. Google reveals that the study is currently cited or linked to by hundreds of web pages and blogs, and the study’s lead author has been interviewed in a […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: ACSM, CrossFit, CrossFitaffiliate, CrossFitstudy, Devor, Fraud, injury, injuryrate, JSCR, Lawsuit, NSCA, OhioState, OSU, Peerreview, risk, Smith, StevenDevor, Strengthandconditioning, WilliamKraemer

On Movement and Risk

January 29, 2014 by Russ Greene

If you have eyes, you’ve noticed journalists and struggling trainers speculating about the dangers of CrossFit. If you have a brain, you’ve noticed the hysteria fails to meet basic logical standards. Meaningful claims about risk must meet at least the following three points, to start: 1. Evidence: It is not enough to look at a workout program and assume it’s dangerous. One would hope this was obvious, but some American College of Sports Medicine fellows keep falling short. They have […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: CrossFit, Injuries, injury, Injury Rates, risk

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