In case you missed it, here are the links to my national Keeping Fit columns that comprised a four-part series on the burgeoning sport/workout brand of CrossFit:
• Rich Froning Jr. — Monday, March 5, 2012
• Angie Pye — Monday, March 12, 2012
• Alicia Connors — Friday, March 30, 2012
• Graham Holmberg — Monday, April 9, 2012
And here are some photos I took while participating in a one-of-a-kind fitness stunt — highlighted by a CrossFit flash mob — earlier this year at Yonge and Dundas Square in Toronto as part of Reebok’s global CrossFit campaign …
Reebok's CrossFit billboard campaign at the corner of Dundas and Yonge streets in downtown Toronto.
What's in the red Reebok-CrossFit box (a 15,000-pound shipping container) suspended 30 feet above Yonge-Dundas Square?
All is relatively quiet at the popular downtown landmark just prior to the arrival of the flash mobsters.
One unsuspecting passerby stops for a smoke break on a large tire doubling for a piece of CrossFit workout equipment. Um, sir, that's not quite what event organizers have in mind!
Amid a haze of smoke, an industrial crane dramatically lowers the 'box' to the concrete.
And here comes the orange-clad flash mob!
These energetic CrossFit enthusiasts waste no time getting to work.
Nice shoes.
The impressive CrossFit flash mob is 200 strong.
Even some young kids take part in the fun.
Coolest. Flash mob. Ever.
The flash mobsters are from some of the nearly 200 CrossFit gyms across Canada.
The red Reebok-CrossFit box comes in handy.
It is quite a spectacle.
OK, so what is in the red Reebok-CrossFit box, anyway?
CrossFit equipment, of course.
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