Network Magazine autumn 2016 | Page 30

CEC ARTICLE EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE: Evidence about both the physical benefits, and the injuries, associated with CrossFit is often anecdotal. So what does the more scientific research have to say on the matter? WORDS: DR MARK MCKEAN PhD CrossFit, and the emotional enthusiasm that goes with this type of training, has polarised opinions within the fitness and strength and conditioning communities. Publically accessible indexed sites like Google Scholar will turn up numerous articles about CrossFit; however, in researching this article I have only used peer reviewed publications through scientific journals. Further, there are also a