Greg Glassman and Dr. Timothy Noakes

In this May 2020 interview, Greg Glassman and Dr. Timothy Noakes discuss Noakes’ 2013 book Waterlogged and the role of organizations such as the American College of Sports Medicine in promoting (over)hydration guidelines that led to multiple fatalities. The two also discuss how industry influence and the pressures of “consensus science” have led to the widespread corruption of the health sciences, and Noakes reflects on his experiences with CrossFit and the CrossFit community.

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Further Reading

• The original 2014 discussion on the CrossFit message board: Exercise Associated Hyponatremic Encephalopathy, Gatorade, and the American College of Sports Medicine
• A 12-part series by Dr. Noakes called The Hyponatremia of Exercise, published on CrossFit.com in 2019