Hello listeners and welcome back to the show.

Last week, I recorded an episode about a friend of mine and her experience at a CrossFit gym.

In response to the episode, I received a very lengthy email from a listener.

I think that the points raised were interesting enough that I should respond to them.

And I'd also like to thank the listener for the respectful tone of the email.

Sometimes it can be very difficult when we have something that we love challenged or critiqued

because it makes us feel challenged or critiqued.

However, a debate allows for someone to make a claim, someone to make a counterclaim, and so on until one side has overcome

the objections or created a compelling enough case. I'd also like to take this opportunity

to remind everyone that listens in that the show is limited.

It's limited by time.

I would love to have a show where I can do in-depth research and present every single nuance of a topic.

But sadly, the shows are limited to 10 to 15 minutes and I can't possibly cover every angle in that time.

So I would suspect that every episode, including this one, might have left the door open a little

bit further to be a counter-argument. But this week, let's have a Kevin Responds episode.

I also want to say to the person that mailed in, it's not my

intention to attack anything that you enjoy in your life or hold in high regard. I don't

operate that way. I'm as objective as possible and also come from a place of knowing quite a lot

about how fitness works. So after this episode, I don't want you to feel that I've

attacked you in any way, but I'm also about to drop a significant salvo on your email. Let's get started

with the email. I'll respond to each point as we go so that listeners are able to follow on point by point.

So it starts off. Thanks for a great podcast, Kevin. I have a bunch of

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