Ep 64: CrossFit's Good, Bad, and Ugly
The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig
4.6 • 17.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2015
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
This episode delves into the good, the bad, and the ugly of all things CrossFit, straight from a world-class CrossFit coach. It answers many important questions, including: -What are the 3 most dangerous exercises in CrossFit gyms?- What are the most common nutritional mistakes of CrossFit athletes?- What do elite CrossFit athletes do differently than the rest? Example: How do Rich Froning and Jason Khalipa warm up?- Is the CrossFit Games really CrossFit?- Is CrossFit a fad?- What is the future of CrossFit? The man to answer all this (and much more) is Kelly Starrett. He's trained CrossFit athletes for more than 130,000 hours (!) and 10 years at San Francisco CrossFit, which opened in 2005 as one of the first 50 CrossFit Affiliates in the world. There are now more than 10,000 Affiliates worldwide. Kelly's clients include Olympic gold medalists, Tour de France cyclists, world record holders in Olympic lifting and powerlifting, Crossfit Games medalists, professional ballet dancers, and elite military personnel. Even if you have zero interest in CrossFit, this conversation invites you inside the mind of one of the world's top coaches. Kelly discusses habits, strategies, and thinking that can be applied to nearly everything. We cover a lot. QUESTION(S) OF THE DAY: If you had to pick one sport or weightlifting movement for the rest of your life, what would it be and why? Please share and explore answers in the comments here.
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| 0:00.0 | Kelly, what did you have for breakfast? |
| 0:02.0 | I ate 20 dwarves while doing a handstand on the carpet. |
| 0:07.0 | It's a key to that carpet. |
| 0:10.0 | I think this altitude I can run flat out for a half mile before my hand starts shaking. |
| 0:15.0 | And I also have a personal question. |
| 0:17.0 | Now I've seen the perfect time. |
| 0:21.0 | I'm a cyber nanny organism living in Tishiova, Meadow, and Pusca. |
| 0:26.0 | This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens. |
| 0:35.0 | I get asked all the time what I would take if I could only take one supplement. |
| 0:39.0 | The answer is invariably Athletic Greens. |
| 0:42.0 | I view it as all-in-one nutritional insurance. |
| 0:44.0 | I recommended it, in fact, in the four-hour body. |
| 0:47.0 | This is more than 10 years ago. |
| 0:49.0 | And I did not get paid to do so. |
| 0:51.0 | With approximately 75 vitamins, minerals, and whole-food source ingredients, |
| 0:55.0 | you'd be very hard-pressed to find a more nutrient-dense and comprehensive formula on the market. |
| 1:00.0 | It has multi-vitamins, multi-mineral greens complex, probiotics, and prebiotics for gut health, |
| 1:05.0 | and immunity formula. |
| 1:06.0 | Digestive enzymes, adaptogens, and much more. |
| 1:09.0 | I usually take it once or twice a day just to make sure I've covered my bases |
| 1:13.0 | if I miss anything I'm not aware of. |
| 1:16.0 | Of course, I focus on nutrient-dense meals to begin with. |
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