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Gymnastics leotards haven’t evolved since the 1980s, and neither have gymnasts’ hairstyles—tied back tightly, wrapped in a scrunchie, and finished off with head full of metal “gymnastics clips.”
The same cannot be said of CrossFit: Our culture, the clothes we wear, the food we eat, and our proficiency of the movements, have been in a rapid and constant evolution since the inception of our sport. What was cool last week is no longer cool today. And what was seen to help performance last year is now a total joke.
[h=2]CrossFit in 2009: “What’s a double under?”[/h]Toronto, Ontario: Two months into CrossFit, I show up to my first throwdown wearing Asics running shoes. A rookie of the sport, a quick scan of the venue helps me deduce the other three footwear options available are: Old-school Converse flats, inevitably smelly Vibram five-fingers, or bare feet.
It doesn’t occur to me to pack food that day; I assumed we’d go to Subway between events. I ask one of the more experienced CrossFit athletes from my gym if I can have a couple of his almonds, and he explains he can’t spare a single nut because he has 21 almonds with him—exactly seven Zone blocks of fat. I feel like Elaine on Seinfeld when she was rejected by the woman in the stall next to her—the woman who couldn’t spare a square of toilet paper.
The first workout of the day is 3 treacherous rounds for time of:
400 meter run
5 squat clean (at 105 lb. for girls)
10 pull-ups
Athletes complain about the unnecessarily heavy squat cleans in this alleged “big-man” event, which force many girls to opt into the scaled division at the last minute. Meanwhile, the final workout of the three-event competition is a 1,000 m row followed by 50 box jumps and 50 double-unders.
“What’s a double under?” I ask someone from my gym when the final event is announced.



http://www.sweatworks.net/crossfit-from-2009-present-shoes-to-food-to-the-muscle-up/
 
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