Greg Glassman’s early CrossFit Journal stories are still revolutionary today.
Much like how the LINUX operating system was created out of a gift culture and is free for anyone to download, CrossFit is open source there are no franchising fees, no gimics to sell, and anyone can access this “code” via. Greg’s mission was to develop a CODE for FITNESS via clinical trial (ie measuring inputs and outputs). We scale load and intensity we don’t change the programs.īRIEF HISTORY: CrossFit was developed in Santa Cruz, California by Greg Glassman in the Late 90′s. We’ve used our same routines for elderly individuals with heart disease to cage fighters one month out from televised bouts. UNIVERSALLY SCALABLE: The CrossFit program is designed for universal scalability, making it the perfect application for any committed individual, regardless of his experience. Conversely, it will punish the specialist. From Combat, to survival, to organized sports, to life itself, CrossFit will allow you to reach new levels of performance. Our specialty is that we do not specialize. We’ve learned that harnessing the natural camaraderie, competition and fun of sport yields an intensity that cannot be matched by other means”īROAD: CrossFit delivers fitness that is – by design – broad, general, and inclusive.
“In implementation, CrossFit is quite simply a sport-the sport of fitness. CrossFit founder Gregg Glassman describes this factor very effectively. A major element of CrossFit is coached group training with the competition and camaraderie that this environment creates.
CrossFit is defined as constantly varied, functional movement at a high intensity.ĬrossFit training mixes various workout elements (weightlifting, gymnastics, monostructural, etc.) in as many combinations as creativity will allow.
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