Chris Mason outlines a plan of attack for CrossFit competitors interested in using supplements in hopes of increasing their performances.
The CrossFit Games: perhaps a truer test of human fitness has never been devised. For my money, the winner of the CrossFit Games is the true embodiment and owner of the title of World’s Fittest Man or Woman.
Winning or even competing in the CrossFit Games is the ultimate goal for many CrossFit practitioners. For those of you who currently compete or want to compete in the future, the balance of this article will focus on one specific aspect of CrossFit performance optimization that has unfortunately heretofore been somewhat overlooked: supplementation.
Until quite recently, supplementation was not part of the collective CrossFit consciousness. This was, perhaps, part of the CrossFit community’s generalized disdain for hyper-consumerism. CrossFit collectively is a no-nonsense, results-driven methodology, and the grossly exaggerated claims and misrepresentations that are so pervasive in the supplement industry simply have no place in the minds and hearts of its practitioners. You know the sayings: “600 percent increase in your bench press!” “Mind-blowing pumps!” etc.
Whatever the cause, I am glad to see the CrossFit brass willing to allow me to present my thoughts on the subject for the consideration of its practitioners. I truly respect the fact that those at the corporate level for CrossFit value the feedback of their members sufficiently to do so.