This was a decent documentary into the world of crossfit - except for me, it opened my eyes even more to the danger of it. The relationships and camaraderie that are built from joining crossfit gets everyone all emotional BUT let's face it...at the foundation of it, people are paying expensive memberships to join a club and be part of something. There's nothing inherently wrong with that but with crossfit, there's great potential for physical injury.
The danger of it comes from the idea that you can take ANYBODY and turn them into an athlete. This is simply not true. There are 3 great examples from the documentary - the lady with the femur fracture, the one with tendinitis, the the really obese one with glasses. They were working out with horrible form. I feel bad for them because none of the trainers ever stepped in to say anything. Shame on you guys.
That's the other danger. There are NO real experts training you - [please realize this. So what even qualifies you to be a trainer or professional at crossfit? Apparently the only prerequisite to open up your own gym is $1000 for a weekend crossfit seminar. After that, you are a certified level 1 trainer and can open up your own gym. Oh..and you need to pay an annual licensing fee of $3000 to CrossFit. That's it.
Being into into athletics and fitness my whole life, I was happy to see a new and exciting sport come into the scene. I even tried crossfit for 3 months a few years ago because I'm always looking to learn and improve. Needless to say, I saw exactly what was documented in this movie. Alot of out of shape, nonathletic people trying out Olympic style moves with trainers who have little to no background in them. The clean and jerk, clean and press, snatch, deadlifts, squats...these are very dangerous exercises. Therefore, crossfit is a dangerous sport because they WILL let anyone through the door.