Noob. Oly lifts are older than CrossFit has existed. P.S. your ignorance is showing. Every program/sport has pros and cons.

Olympic style lifting is actually one of the lowest instances of injuries across the board. Clearly you're not an athlete bc if you were you would know that these movements are used in every strength and conditioning program for athletes. Football, Baseball, Basketball, Wrestling etc and guess what they're used for...injury prevention. Don't be so ignorant. Just because you can't perform these lifts...

LOL To all follow-uppers. I love Olympic lifts. I think they're incredible for size, strength, and frequently use them in my athletic strength and conditioning programs. But when they're performed for dozens of repetitions consecutively, as is advocated by Crossfit (which the author competes in), they become totally reckless and dangerous. Especially when you factor in that most people performing them are unprepared desk jockeys who are just looking to say they "snatch" or "clean" or "deadlift" with their pals at CF. Overall, good info. It would've been better if it explained the appropriate USE for these exercises and not just the form itself.