Average experience — good sport, mediocre gym

I want to separate the sport from my specific experience. CrossFit as a discipline is genuinely compelling — the kipping pull-up, the depth of benchmark workouts, first muscle-up milestone. All of that is real and valuable.

My gym, however, has been mediocre. Coaching quality varies session to session and kipping movements causing injury if rushed has been handled poorly. I've seen people get hurt because progression was rushed. If I were starting over I'd research gym culture more carefully before committing. The sport gets four stars; my current gym gets two. This review averages to three.