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Survival of the Fittest

The 2010 CrossFit Games Coming Soon

Back in July, Social Workout cheered for the CrossFit South Brooklyn Team in the 2009 CrossFit Games. Now our very own Body Electric (winner of the April Body of Work Challenge "Best Workout" Prize) is preparing for the CrossFit Games qualifiers. We're obviously cheering for her now, but we're gasping a little bit too. Check out what she's in for with a look at last year's competition:

Survival of the Fittest

2009 CrossFit Games - SW Backs CrossFit South Brooklyn

While we're on grueling tests of physical endurance: Much like the Tour de France, but different, are the 2009 CrossFit Games, which will go down next week in dusty Aromas, California....

Just tuning in? CrossFit is a national workout phenomenon. Short history: Bad ass trainer/ex-gymnast Greg Glassman earns some small fame training cops in the 1980s. Opens his first gym in Santa Cruz in 1995. Forget about endless running or vain bodybuilding, Glassman preaches, it's all about "functional fitness." That is, everything you might need, say, if you were trying to apprehend a perp: Climbing ropes, sprinting up hills, lifting heavy things over your head. Think Rocky training for Drago fight.

Glassman's gym has no mirrors, no TVs, no pampering, and it's an instant hit. Things really take off, however, in 2001 when Glassman launches CrossFit.com, and begins posting daily workout instructions online. Soon, cops, marines, and even hardcore hipsters across the nation are clearing out their garages, installing chinup bars, and logging in to get their "Workout Of the Day."

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