Originally published in the CrossFit Journal May 15, 2011. Click here for Part 2: In this two-part video, CrossFit founder and CEO Greg Glassman explains the purpose of his program. Fitness throughout life is health, and the CrossFit community is leading the way toward transforming the world’s view of health and people’s ability to achieve…
“Where there’s a will, there’s gonna be a way,” CrossFit founder and CEO Greg Glassman says as he addresses equipment concerns about the 2011 CrossFit Games, including the CrossFit Games Open. “I don’t think that any ordinary tool that can be a vehicle for expressing power should be excluded,” Glassman says. He says he encountered…
Today we visit the Glassman Chipper artcile #08 called the “Squat Clinic”. Bill and Chase dive into the long lost art of how important a basic squat can and how being proficient there can translate to improving nearly everything from Fitness to Health. “Why Squat? The squat is essential to your well-being. The squat can…
A documentary about creating the ultimate test of fitness, the CrossFit Games. Nearly 12 years ago, CrossFit Founder and CEO Greg Glassman defined fitness. In 2007, the first test to find the fittest man and woman on Earth was born: the CrossFit Games. “It’s as easy as this: if fitness can be defined and measured,…
When CrossFit Founder and CEO Greg Glassman outgrew the 1,250-square-foot space where he was training athletes in Santa Cruz, Calif., he had a realization. “I said, ‘Well, ya know what? I don’t know anything about business. Nothing.’ So I better go to the bookstore,” he tells an audience at the State Policy Network 20th Annual…
