The Redeemed and the Dominant: Fittest on Earth

This is a very good film, one which I have watched quite a few times but as other reviewers have stated every now and then the film talk to the makers of Crossfit about the use of drugs in the sport and all the time they are saying no that none of the big names are taking something, they are, 100% they are taking performance enhancing drugs. It would have been better if they had said yes we know most of the athletes are taking something and we are trying to stamp it out.

Stop treating the audience like idiots.

I loved this documentary, it really focuses on the hard work and commitment that these athletes have. It was emotional and inspiring in equal parts.

My only critic is that some athletes are not so documented as others but the value is similar. great for spending 1h30 hours off entertainment

Every single one of these people are on steroids. The human body is not biologically able to recover from that much strain in such a short amount of time. Nobody walks around with 7-8% bodyfat, lifts over 300 lbs and runs several endurance performances in 1 week without the help of serious amount of drugs. No amount of training is going to overcome the neurological limitations that the human body has.

At one point they comment on "you can't look at a person and see if they are on steroids", but you can look on their numbers and realize that they are. Compare what they are doing to Olympic athletes and you'll see that they are often putting in as high or higher results than olympic freaking competitors. And the Games is the golden standard of steroid use. The Olympics is often a state-sponsored doping program. And here we see a privately founded circus for performance enhancing drugs.

Despite what the naysayers are saying, I thought this documentary was excellent. Well produced. Good story lines. You can feel the emotion of the athletes. Makea me want to get out there and exercise, which is basically all I was looking for.