Conquest's 2nd Law failure aside, CrossFit is the most important modern case study for identifying elements of a successful social movement. Thread of low-brow thoughts to follow..https://twitter.com/wr_reaction/status/1004740631669956609 …
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2. They kept out all frills extraneous to the goal. Main equipment was barbell, rower, jump rope. Setting was spartan, industrial looking 'box.'
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3. Size of a 'box' was Dunbar-compliant. Bonding via shared pain. A competitive, measured aspect to each workout. Peer pressure & aspirational targets gained from doing these workouts in front of each other.
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4. Central Crossfit org effectively articulated their pitch. Functional programming toward a well-rounded end goal made intuitive & intellectual sense to their target demo. And the pitch was simple enough for members to proselytize forward.
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5. The franchise-lite business model scaled perfectly. Market search took care of itself. Most capable 'box' owners were self-selected. Major risks kept off corporate balance sheet.
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etc. My takeaway is there must be transferable applications from this entity that succeeded so strongly despite strange & immature leadership, and despite fairly lousy fitness programming.
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