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Will Gadd
Personal blog · willgadd.comhealthculture
Will Gadd's personal blog at willgadd.com covers health and culture. Since 2012, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-06-10, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for Will Gadd's post explaining why he doesn't do CrossFit. The one comment discusses CrossFit's appeal as a short, intense workout but does not judge the post itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
The popularity of cross fit can be explained, at least in part, because it promises to cram an extremely effective workout into a short period of time that is easy to fit into ones day using short intense intervals and paired opposition exercises. It is almost presented as a hack to get fit in a small amount of time (and is not, to me, out of place on hacker news). Setting aside the idea that the culture can contrib…
Comment linking /injury-and-a-few-crossfit-mods-as-a-result-planes/
on “Why I Don’t Do CrossFit”Submitted It doesn’t matter what, but do it. as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Breathe, avoid McDonalds. as a story · 2 points
HN discussion