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Craig Patterson: The Sky is Falling, and I’m Selling Umbrellas
A Group Class at CrossFit NYC. In a previous article, guest author Jason Darr critically analyzed many of the claims made by Craig Patterson in promotional articles for his company, the MadLab Group....
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Coca-Cola Fudges “Transparency” Numbers
Editor’s Note: Please see the update at the bottom. Coca-Cola has made significant, unexplained changes to its scientific funding list. The soda company has dramatically increased the amounts declared...
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Thank You For Sipping: Debunking Beverage Propaganda
Join the fun here. The American Beverage Association spends substantial time and money trying to convince people there’s no relationship between soda and disease. It’s not working very well. One...
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Nanette Barragan Speaks Up Against Isadore Hall
California State Senator Isadore Hall enjoys substantial funding from the alcohol, tobacco and soda industries. Hall’s district includes some of the less prosperous areas of Southern California,...
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Coke Tries to Back Away from “Exercise is Medicine”
The American College of Sports Medicine has claimed that Coca-Cola will no longer fund “Exercise is Medicine.” In addition, Coca-Cola has gone missing from the ACSM’s sponsor section. The Coke-ACSM...
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CrossFit, Injury, and Risk: A Paradigm Shift
“Your diabetes has been cured with lifestyle regimen” Says Dr. Harry Isaacson from the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. He’s speaking to his patient, Pete Katz. After following CrossFit’s...
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Kahn-man? Richard Kahn Defends the ABA
Editor’s Note: We are pleased to present this guest post by our colleague Derek Fields. Dr. Richard Kahn. Source: The New York Times. Many readers may not be aware that the American Beverage...
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No, Not Everyone Knows How Bad Soda Is
CrossFit has warned against consuming too much junk food since its founding. Only in the past few years, however, has CrossFit Inc. directly targeted junk food producers. You may have seen CrossFit.com...
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ACSH: Off the Coke Teat, Still Trying to Suck
Hank Campbell. Last week CrossFit CEO Greg Glassman sent a letter to American Council on Health and Science President Hank Campbell. Glassman asked Campbell to lead the ACHS in an effort to “publicly...
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Following Coke Money: The Trail Continues
Editor’s Note: We are pleased to present this article by our colleague Derek Fields. Coke money. On February 8, 2016, the Russells published a blog post investigating unannounced and unexplained...
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True, False or Misleading: Evaluating Health and Fitness Claims
Not everyone supports CrossFit’s campaign to fight chronic disease and remove Big Soda from the health sciences. Perhaps some of the critics really care about the health of the nation. If that is their...
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Is Exercising More Unhealthy?
Source. If you start to exercise more, is that an unhealthy sign? A new “study” on CrossFit suggests it is. The article’s entitled “Exercise addiction in CrossFit: Prevalence and psychometric...
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Isadore Hall Scrutinized Over Eviction, Brother’s Sexual Harassment
Editor’s Note: We are pleased to present this guest post by our colleague Derek Fields. California State Senator Isadore Hall could be in trouble for repeatedly using his position as a politician to...
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ACSM Fellows Accidentally Show CrossFit Safer than ACSM
And now, a new ACSM scheme. Some ACSM fellows ran a survey and found that CrossFit training had a lower injury rate than ACSM exercise. This was likely an unpublishable conclusion, so the academics...
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Inside the ACSM’s ‘Exercise is Medicine’
This article was originally published in the CrossFit Journal Prescribe What to Whom—and Why? There are two distinct fronts in the war between CrossFit and chronic disease. The first—and most...
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Coke “Transparency”: Less Clear Than Ever
Editor’s Note: We are pleased to present this guest post by our colleague Derek Fields. Last week Coke rolled out the first ever six-month update to its transparency database. This update increased...
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Coke’s “Partnership” With the CDC and NIH Foundations
Coke’s Opaque “Transparency” Campaign Coca-Cola has reneged on its promise to fully reveal its health and science funding. A previous article exposed the loopholes that Coke uses to hide the scientists...
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Did Isadore Hall Break Campaign Finance Laws?
Editor’s Note: We are pleased to present this guest post by our colleague Derek Fields. Isadore Hall may be in even more trouble. A report to the California Fair Political Practices Commission alleges...
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The NSCA Sues CrossFit To Silence The Truth
In 2013 the NSCA published what has become known as “The Devor Study” in their Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. The article included CrossFit injury data that we determined to be...
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American Medical Association Next to Cut Ties with “Exercise is Medicine”
Source. The American Medical Association has denied co-founding the “Exercise is Medicine” initiative, contradicting the American College of Sports Medicine’s repeated claims. The AMA has also fully...
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