CrossFit

CrossFit is growing by leaps and bounds in Australia, thanks in part to the two men Tony Budding interviewed when they visited CrossFit One World in Union City on January 17, 2009.

Matt Swift, who once owned an IT consulting firm, now operates CrossFit Brisbane. Steve Willis has a big personality (even by Australian standards) and an interesting past. He was a Counter Terrorism Team Leader with Australian Special Forces. Today, he… Continue Reading

On April 22, 2009, Coach Glassman gave a presentation to the Officers and Staff Non-Commissioned Officers of the 3d Marine Division in Okinawa, Japan. Major General Robert Neller extended the invitation to increase the unit leaders’ knowledge of fitness, injury mitigation, and overall combat preparedness.

In part 1, Coach Glassman begins by speaking of his early influences. His father is an engineer who once made him precisely measure the… Continue Reading

Tony Budding’s latest creation is a client who is training hard to get to the CrossFit Games. The qualifier is coming up fast. What are the pitfalls? Compare your opinion with those of Andy Stumpf, Maggie Dabe and Lisa Ray.

Jenn has been doing CrossFit for just under a year. She has her heart set on competing in the CrossFit Games. Her qualifier is in five weeks. Jenn has tremendous gas and… Continue Reading

Paul Eich, a.k.a. Apolloswabbie, toiled many years in a wilderness of plyometrics shoes and Bowflex. In 2007 he finally found his way to the Land of Murph and Cindy. This is his story.

I hit a couple of home runs in the fourth grade. From then on, my athletic career was mostly downhill. In 2007, I discovered CrossFit and everything changed. It’s been quite a journey, with many lessons learned along the… Continue Reading

Episode 72 of CrossFit Radio aired live at 6:00 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, June 17, 2009.

01:21 The program began with host Justin Judkins interviewing teenage CrossFit phenom Kallista Pappas. Justin is a high school wrestling coach and said he wished his wrestlers had half of Kallista’s heart. Kallista is only 15 years old and has just qualified for her third consecutive CrossFit Games by submitting a video in the Last Chance… Continue Reading

The beer and the accents may be different, but CrossFitters are much the same the world over, Coach Greg Glassman told participants at a Level 1 Cert at CrossFit Brisbane in Australia on May 16, 2009.

Coach Glassman said his goal is to provide opportunities he wished he’d had as a young trainer. To this day, there is no CrossFit business plan. His approach is to make the meatloaf he’d like to eat, and write the… Continue Reading

The 17th episode of CrossFit Radio Weekend with Dave Young aired live at 6:00 p.m. PDT on June 13th, 2009.


03:57 Dave previewed an upcoming CrossFit Journal article by Mike Warkentin entitled “Is Punishment a Dirty Word?” and then offered his own thoughts on the use of “motivational consequences” to get athletes off their butts.

11:40 When Globo gyms masquerade as CrossFit gyms, it’s bad for everyone. Jason Galvan posted on the subject recently on the… Continue Reading

Tony Budding created a hypothetical client and a proposed workout to challenge the programming skills of Adrian (Boz) Bozman, Chris Spealler and E.C. Synkowski. Find out what these top trainers think of the WOD and share your opinion.

Steve is 42-year-old banker and has been CrossFitting for six months. He can do most of the main-site WODs as prescribed—some of them just barely. Steve often scales workouts back a little so he can keep… Continue Reading