{"id":96,"date":"2014-07-28T17:55:14","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T16:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sophiespirit.bujournalism.info\/?p=96"},"modified":"2014-07-28T17:55:14","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T16:55:14","slug":"video-interview-exclusive-crossfit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mammj2014.buprojects.uk\/SophieSpirit\/index.php\/2014\/07\/28\/video-interview-exclusive-crossfit\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview Exclusive: &#8220;Crossfit is as dangerous as any other sport&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossfitblackfriars.com\">Crossfit Blackfriars<\/a> co-owner, Richard Edmonds, was &#8220;instantly enticed&#8221; by Crossfit the moment he was introduced to it. He has noticed an increasing popularity in the fitness practice\u00a0and the amount of people enquiring about classes and turning up at Blackfriars blackbox.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I think people want something new.\u00a0They want variation and they see results. A lot of people who come to Blackfriars are friends of people who are already here and they see that they\u2019re getting fitter, stronger. It\u2019s something different and exciting. Every day is different. It\u2019s great for your body and mind and I think that\u2019s why it\u2019s so popular.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click on the video to hear and see Richard&#8217;s full interview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pRO8g1oZ3l8\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, Crossfit is not just about the physical activity you put your body through. People who train in Crossfit tend to follow a &#8216;paleo&#8217; diet. Richard describes it as, &#8220;If it swam, if it ran, if it\u2019s out of the ground or off a tree then it\u2019s good to eat. What we try to do is take people away from processed foods and sugar. It\u2019s a good balance for a healthy lifestyle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, critics have <a href=\"http:\/\/paleoleap.com\/eating-disorders-and-paleo-diet\/\">accused the paleo diet<\/a> of triggering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationaleatingdisorders.org\/orthorexia-nervosa\">orthorexia<\/a>, a type of eating disorder,\u00a0by feeding an unhealthy obsession with eating the \u201cright\u201d food. Particularly when it comes to\u00a0an extremely strict version of Paleo like the Whole30, some have questioned whether it\u2019s all too easy for the diet to consume your life to the point where your dedication to \u201chealth\u201d is doing more harm than good. In the case of\u00a0recovering anorexics, the restriction of certain food types can trigger the restriction of calories as well.<\/p>\n<p>However, Richard says that in order to be able to attend Crossfit classes, you need to be fuelling your body with food. &#8220;People who practice Crossfit need to eat a good amount of calories to be able to perform to their maximum capacity. If you&#8217;re not eating, you wouldn&#8217;t be able to do Crossfit, it&#8217;s as simple as that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105\" style=\"width: 1048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a style=\"text-align: center;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mammj2014.buprojects.uk\/SophieSpirit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/crossfitmandeadlift.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105\" data-attachment-id=\"105\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.mammj2014.buprojects.uk\/SophieSpirit\/index.php\/2014\/07\/28\/video-interview-exclusive-crossfit\/crossfitmandeadlift\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mammj2014.buprojects.uk\/SophieSpirit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/crossfitmandeadlift.jpg?fit=1038%2C692&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1038,692\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mammj2014.buprojects.uk\/SophieSpirit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/crossfitmandeadlift.jpg?resize=1038%2C692&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A man at Blackfriars pauses to recover from a deadlift WOD.\" width=\"1038\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mammj2014.buprojects.uk\/SophieSpirit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/crossfitmandeadlift.jpg?w=1038&amp;ssl=1 1038w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mammj2014.buprojects.uk\/SophieSpirit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/crossfitmandeadlift.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mammj2014.buprojects.uk\/SophieSpirit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/crossfitmandeadlift.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1038px) 100vw, 1038px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man at Blackfriars pauses to recover from a deadlift WOD.<\/p><\/div>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript 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