With the rollout of the first COVID-19 vaccine in the US this week, media coverage has been incessant about distrust of our medical industry in the black community. I’ve noticed very few of them actually talk about why. Medical racism. Have you heard of it? It’s been around, it’s an ongoing problem, and it’s coming…… Continue reading Medical Racism: What Was the Tuskegee Experiment?
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Our Last Episode About CrossFit
Good morning everyone. I want to apologize for being silent yesterday. I was frustrated and, honestly, just speechless. I needed the 24 hours to process my thoughts and let those frustrations quell before I opened my mouth and spoke again. So here are my thoughts, and full disclosure, at the top of the show, this…… Continue reading Our Last Episode About CrossFit
This is not ‘cancel culture’, this is fighting systematic injustice
I’m going to keep it short and sweet today because my intent is to try to communicate to Cody Anderson why his statement about bullying and cancel culture is wrong. While he did say he does not agree with or support the things Greg Glassman has said, he has criticized our movement for perpetuating “cancel…… Continue reading This is not ‘cancel culture’, this is fighting systematic injustice
The Weekend’s Aftermath: A Unified Community
If you sat me down with a pen and some paper and told me to write down the craziest 72 hours I could imagine in the world of elite fitness sports that would result in over 250 gyms de-affiliating from CrossFit, I could not have come up with, in a hundred tries, on hallucinogens, what…… Continue reading The Weekend’s Aftermath: A Unified Community
Reebok Announces End of Relationship with CrossFit
After a week of turmoil in the CrossFit community, the embattled organization and its leadership have lost their partnership with Reebok. In a story broken by Footwear News and picked up by the Yahoo News feed, it is made clear Reebok no longer wants to continue negotiations with the fitness company. The dynamic of the…… Continue reading Reebok Announces End of Relationship with CrossFit