Inside the Box How CrossFit ï¿½ Shredded the Rules, Stripped down the Gym, and Rebuilt My Body

Name: Inside the Box How CrossFit ï¿½ Shredded the Rules, Stripped down the Gym, and Rebuilt My Body
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ISBN: 9781934030905

ISBN-10: 1934030902

ISBN-13: 9781934030905

Edition: 2012

Authors: T. J. Murphy

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From humble roots in the garage of fitness guru Greg Glassman to over 3,000 rough-and-tumble gym spaces today, CrossFit is a gritty, grassroots fitness phenomenon, with an open-source exercise platform, dedicated to improving lives by improving fitness. Its fervent practitioners, known as CrossFitters, are as competitive as they are sweaty, striving for the pride of marking their time atop the list of the day’s top performers.CrossFit’s “boxes” are brick-walled industrial warehouses, gyms, and garages floored with rubber mats and chock full of kettlebells, free weights, ropes, medicine balls, truck tires, jump ropes, and bags of chalk. CrossFitters race to complete the day’s prescribed…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: VeloPress
Publication date: 9/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Prologue



The Encounter: The Many Paths to CrossFit



The Unknown and the Unknowable: What is CrossFit all About?



Inside the Box: The World Within a CrossFit Affiliate



Making the Invisible: Visible: CrossFit's Focus on Movement and Mobility



Two Oars in the Water: CrossFit's One-Two Punch of Diet and Exercise



CultFit: The Community and Sociology of CrossFit



Irene's Journey: A Case Study



The Jet Stream of High Performance: The Making of a Firebreather



My Date with Fran


Epilogue: The Future of CrossFit


Glossary of Terms


Glossary of Exercises


About the Author