Learning to Breathe fire : the rise of crossFit and the primal future of fitness

Under the bridge ; Into the red zone: the science behind maximum effort ; The monkey bars: crossfit's genesis ; Rise of the machines: the gym circuit and junk fitness ; The original firebreather ; Nasty girls ; Christmas in Iraq ; Fallujah, for time: sprinting wars and the next generation of combat training ; The blue room: martial arts sublets and the forbidden pleasure of dropping barbells ; The firefighter challenge: five-alarm fitness ; The hopper: trial by lottery in the 2007 crossfit games ; Chris Spealler: a Lamborghini among diesels ; The amazon and the engineer: rogue gears up ; Dark horses: the 2008 crossfit games ; A Clydesdale learns to race ; Globo-gym: the spandex juice-bar business model ; Caveman kosher: post-WOD potlucks and the paleo diet ; Crucible: the 2009 crossfit games ; A good cult ; Faith and the finish line ; The fittest man on earth ; Corporate Kool-Aid: Reebok gets religion ; Forging elite gear: rogue up-armors the box ; Regional competition: nailing colors to the mast ; The ballad of Jerry Hill ; The man in the arena: Carson, California, AD 2012 ; Fight for Mike: a box takes care of its own ; Old school: the original firebreather goes back to basics