Why diet isn't 85-90% of crossfit

I'm sure many of you have read that 85-90% of crossfit is diet, if you haven't that is great, you haven't been brainwashed yet. There are so many things that are a factor in being a successful crossfitter that when I hear this statistic it makes me want to ram my head through dry-wall, multiple times, while squirting lemon juice in my eyes, and listening to cher. First off lets get the obvious out of the way and remember that EVERYONE has a different genetic composition. I have had friends that can eat like crap, be in amazing shape, but they have to work much, much harder in the gym to build any muscle. So already this statistic changes based on the individual. 

Moreover lets look at what crossfit is, a broad, inclusive approach to fitness. We aren't in the business of producing powerlifters or six-packs but we tend to produce both. If we wanted to produce a powerlifter we would be spending a lot of time in the gym and if you have every seen a diet of a powerlifter there is one rule: eat like you have rosie o'donnell breathing down your neck, therefore their diet is probably 10-20% of what they do. If we want a six-pack it's strict paleo and no high glycemic index foods until you are doing laundry on your stomach. For those individuals diet may be 90% of their work. But for a crossfitter we are worried about performance. We need strong diet to get the most out of our workouts but we also need smart and intense workouts to promote the proper amount of hypertrophy needed to build strength. On top of that we need adequate recovery time so our bodies can become better and we need to attempt to reduce stress in our lives (yes, stress will fuck your lifting up more than tabata chugging will). If I had to give a number of what diet is to crossfit I would give... No wait, I'm no asshole that is pretending to know something I don't. Diet is a part of crossfit and a large one, but that is it, a part and nothing more. What I'm trying to say is the next time you hear someone say diet is 80-90% of crossfit promptly ask 80-90% of what and then provide a swift roundhouse kick to the jaw. Tell them I told you to do it.

Beer=Paleo