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STARRETT COACHING CLIENTS AT HIS CROSSFIT GYM IN SAN FRANCISCO. ACCORDING TO STARRETT, THE CROSSFIT AP-
PROACH TO FITNESS—A COMBINATION OF POWERLIFTING, GYMNASTICS AND METABOLIC CONDITIONING—CAN BUILD THE
ULTIMATE “SUSPENSION” THAT CAN ENABLE HIGHER PERFORMANCE IN AN ENDURANCE ATHLETE AS WELL AS PREVENT
INJURY. ESSENTIAL TO THIS PROCESS, STARRETT SAID, IS AN OBSESSION WITH GOOD TECHNIQUE, MOBILITY WORK AND
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