Given that there are high degrees of variation in quality across CrossFit affiliates, it's possible that customers of one box have better and safer experiences

Given that there are high degrees of variation in quality across CrossFit affiliates, it's possible that customers of one box have better and safer experiences than customers at another. If this is true -- and it is -- then "well, my experiences with it have been totally different" is also true, and has nothing to do with being cult-like.