Inside the Box: How Crossfit Shredded the Rules, Stripped Down the Gym, and Rebuilt My Body, Paperback

In "Inside the Box," veteran journalist and marathoner T. J. Murphy goes all in to expose the gritty, high-intensity sport of Cross Fit(r).Murphy faced a future with a permanent limp from one too many marathons. Desperate to reclaim his fitness and strength, the 47-year-old signed up for his first Cross Fit(r) workout with nothing to lose. Anaerobically blasted by each workout of the day, Murphy discovered a sweat-soaked fitness revolution that s transforming bodies and lives. Cross Fit is the sport of fitness, a radical new approach to exercise that is turning the traditional gym workout upside down. Every day at thousands of Cross Fit gyms across America, fitness seekers of all shapes and sizes flex their inner athlete by racing to finish fast-paced workouts. Each workout mixes weight lifting and gymnastics into an explosively effective and addictive new way to lose weight and carve out a new physique."Inside the Box" is Murphy s journey through Cross Fit. From staggering newcomer to evangelist, Murphy finds out how it feels, why it s so popular, whether it can fix his broken body."