In Dunbar’s Problem, we talked about the colloquial usage of “game” and how manipulation and inspiration are the two ways to influence an opponent’s behavior. War and Sport, just like game, are about influence, we just call it strategy. In a sport like CrossFit — where the goal is to crown the fittest people alive — it seems like there is hardly room for strategy. But strategy is exactly what Jason Khalipa needed to take down Rich Froning, the reigning fittest man, at the 2013 CrossFit Games.
