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“It’s frigging working,” CAPT Brian Chontosh, USMC says of his experience in using CrossFit-style workouts to prepare for the rigors of combat. CAPT Chontosh followed Coach Greg Glassman to the lectern at the American Society of Exercise Physiologists national conference held April 3, 2009 on the campus of Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas.

In part 1, CAPT Chontosh said he has seen Marines with perfect scores in conventional… Continue Reading

First Lieutenant Matthew Hoff delivers a frontline report on why military fitness tests are important and how they might be improved.

I write this from an iffy Internet connection in Iraq at Joint Security Station Loyalty. My vantage point as a U.S. Army Platoon Leader assigned to 5-73 Cavalry (Panther Recon) has caused me to wonder whether current PT tests might be improved to better measure what’s most important: the ability to perform… Continue Reading

This video tells of the birth of a CrossFit affiliate within the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. It all began with a handful of cadets doing CrossFit workouts.They faced obstacles familiar to civilian CrossFitters: a globo gym environment complete with mirrors, curl bars, and dirty looks from people using machines and doing body-building exercises.

Major Dan Blackmon describes how CrossFit… Continue Reading

Tony Budding was member of the team from CrossFit HQ that traveled to San Antonio, Texas in February 2008 to work with members of the Warrior Transition Battalion from Brooke Army Medical Center at a special Level 1 Certification.

In this video from Again Faster, Tony works on hip drive with Matt Miles, an athlete with a leg prosthesis. Matt’s range of motion is limited. But Tony points out that there is great… Continue Reading

In February 2008 it was my privilege to serve as a member of the CrossFit HQ team that traveled to San Antonio, Texas, to work with members of the Warrior Transition Battalion from Brooke Army Medical Center. We learned important lessons about the human and technical aspects of working with athletes with catastrophic injures.

Here are a few of the most important:

Be quick to listen and slow to advise—It will take time to establish trust and a rapport with each athlete. It’s… Continue Reading

On February 12-13, 2008, a CrossFit HQ staff went to Alamo CrossFit in San Antonio, TX for a special Level 1 certification seminar. Members of the Warrior Transition Battalion from the Brooke Army Medical Center gathered to learn the basics of functional movement and how to scale for any starting point.

In this video by CrossFit Again Faster, Kyle Maynard talks about the gains he’s seen—both physical and mental—after every CrossFit… Continue Reading

This is the 57th episode of CrossFit Radio, which aired at 6pm on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009.

Dave Maxwell is a Major in the U.S. Army and he is doing as much as he can to get CrossFit better integrated into the Military. He is refers to himself as an Affiliate Coordinator rather than an owner. He has recently helped start an affiliate at Fort Leavenworth, which is his second military affiliate.

Major… Continue Reading

On February 12-13, 2008, a CrossFit HQ staff went to Alamo CrossFit in San Antonio, TX for a special Level 1 certification seminar. Members of the Warrior Transition Battalion from the Brooke Army Medical Center gathered to learn the basics of functional movement and how to scale for any starting point.

In this video from CrossFit Again Faster, the challenges and opportunities of rehab are explored. The mental and physical… Continue Reading