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>Crossfit looks to be a kind of sports conditioning training, and as such of course it's going to involve higher intensity, shorter rests and higher reps.

That's kind of the problem, though. Because Crossfit is somewhat randomized, your body never really gets adapted to actually become conditioned.

Mark Rippetoe -- who was associated with Crossfit in its early years -- has a pretty decent rundown here:

http://www.t-nation.com/training/crossfit-the-good-bad-and-t...

>But in a perfect world those people would __still be training that way__, albeit with better instructors and choice of exercises.

I think this is one of the things that bothers a lot of people - a lot of the people doing Crossfit would not be doing explosive barbell lifts otherwise, and they especially wouldn't have a trainer telling them to do them to high reps under time pressure.

Like the article I linked says, it's great that Crossfit has gotten more people into barbell training. It's just the way it's gotten them into it that's worrisome.