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Thursday, June 4, 2009

CrossFit becomes an international fitness phenom with its brutal online workouts

"When I first started, I didn't think performance was possible for me," says Werner, here spotting Fran Mason on the pommel horse. "I needed a cane and I was in pain all the time. Everything we teach comes from that." The trick, he adds, "is to give people just a little more than they can handle."