The CrossFit Games announces the first workout in the open entry portion of its competition. It's a great thing.
If you've never heard of it, sign up for the Games. It'll cost $10. It's worth at least 10 times more. If you have heard of it, get ready for a series of inspiring stories about the amazing things people in the Open are doing.
One bit of information that stood out among all of the incredible personal profiles and absurd Danny Broflex commercials (see video below) was a simple picture Zach Wentz recently tweeted:
The CrossFit Games app is the most popular free app in sports. More popular than the NFL, NCAA, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, and every other sports app. Turns out it reached #1 for sports in several countries.
It's a cool piece of information. And the underlying reality that makes it possible (that 1. lots and lots of people like CrossFit and are participating in the movement's signature competition, and 2. that those people also have iPhones) is really staggering. CrossFit and the Crossfit Games have come an impossibly long way in a short period of time.
Contemplating the way Greg Glassman has revolutionized the fitness industry--and in a way that extends far beyond the vast reach of his own company and its thousands of affiliates--I'm excited. I don't see a Munger's Mental Models app going #1 anytime soon in any category or in any country. But Glassman's success provides hope in the capacity of the business titan Charlie Munger's ideas to transform society and our educational practice. After all, how many people currently clamor for education reform? Contrast that with the number of people who, at the time Glassman founded CrossFit in the early aughts, would have ever considered that fitness needed even a minor overhaul?
It's nice that the CrossFit Games has stirred me from a too-long, work-induced break from this blog. I'll have more soon about a few ideas I have about Munger's ideas and how those who are interested in them might work together to put them to good use. Any ideas on that topic either in advance or after that effort are welcomed, as always.
As promised, here's Danny Broflex's invitation to sign up for the 2014 CrossFit Games:
If you've never heard of it, sign up for the Games. It'll cost $10. It's worth at least 10 times more. If you have heard of it, get ready for a series of inspiring stories about the amazing things people in the Open are doing.
One bit of information that stood out among all of the incredible personal profiles and absurd Danny Broflex commercials (see video below) was a simple picture Zach Wentz recently tweeted:
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| CrossFitGames App is #1 in Sports. Thanks Zach Wentz. |
The CrossFit Games app is the most popular free app in sports. More popular than the NFL, NCAA, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, and every other sports app. Turns out it reached #1 for sports in several countries.
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| CrossFit Games App international ranking. |
It's a cool piece of information. And the underlying reality that makes it possible (that 1. lots and lots of people like CrossFit and are participating in the movement's signature competition, and 2. that those people also have iPhones) is really staggering. CrossFit and the Crossfit Games have come an impossibly long way in a short period of time.
Contemplating the way Greg Glassman has revolutionized the fitness industry--and in a way that extends far beyond the vast reach of his own company and its thousands of affiliates--I'm excited. I don't see a Munger's Mental Models app going #1 anytime soon in any category or in any country. But Glassman's success provides hope in the capacity of the business titan Charlie Munger's ideas to transform society and our educational practice. After all, how many people currently clamor for education reform? Contrast that with the number of people who, at the time Glassman founded CrossFit in the early aughts, would have ever considered that fitness needed even a minor overhaul?
It's nice that the CrossFit Games has stirred me from a too-long, work-induced break from this blog. I'll have more soon about a few ideas I have about Munger's ideas and how those who are interested in them might work together to put them to good use. Any ideas on that topic either in advance or after that effort are welcomed, as always.
As promised, here's Danny Broflex's invitation to sign up for the 2014 CrossFit Games:
