Welcome back to the Barbell Medicine podcast. I'm Dr. Jordan Fyganbaum. I hope you had a great week.

In this episode, we're going to talk about the injury risk in

crossfit. Now crossfit is often scrutinized for having an abnormally

high injury rate compared to other types of resistance training. So we're going to

talk about on the podcast, but before we do, let's talk about what is Cross Fit. The Cross Fit website says that Cross Fit is a fitness program that produces measurable outcomes through lifestyle changes centered on training and nutrition.

Workouts consist of constantly varied,

high intensity, functional movements,

and are most fun and effective among friends

at a local Cross Fit gym.

That's a great piece of copy.

Really, hats off to Cross Fit,

but what really is Crossfit?

Well Crossfit is a brand of course, but the training most commonly associated with it

revolves around a workout of the day, also called a wad that combines elements of gymnastics, Olympic

weightlifting, traditional resistance training, and endurance training. While

there's no consensus definition of what is and what isn't a cross-foot workout,

I think most will agree that the combination of these different

training styles into a single workout done in a competitive setting, so for total time or

total reps, is uniquely uniquely Crossfit.

For reference, I've actually been through two Crossfit

certification courses.

I did a traditional level one, as they call it,

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