Jillian Michaels urges people to avoid CrossFit, calling certain exercises ‘cheating’

Jillian Michaels has never shied away from sharing her health-related advice, even when it’s unpopular. The trainer has spoken out against the keto diet several times, calling it a “fad” that won’t help you lose weight. Now, in a video for Shape magazine, Michaels is criticizing another health trend: CrossFit.

In the video, Michaels said CrossFit doesn’t offer a wide enough variety of exercises and therefore doesn’t help people build strength, agility, and mobility as much as it could.

“So, on one hand, it stops being effective because you’re not challenging the body from various angles of push and pull, with different varieties of exercises and different types of movements that work different modalities,” she explained.