Here are the individual PDF articles published in June 2009, collected together in a single download.

The video and audio articles are not contained in the PDF.

The articles included here are:

Kilgore - Built to Move
Weiss - Scaling: How Less Can Be More
Morse - Less Is More for Champion Runner
Budding - You Be The Trainer - #1
Starr - Mastering the Jerk
Warkentin - Is “Punishment” a Dirty Word?
Eich - Forty Years in the Fitness… Continue Reading

During his April, 2009 visit to the United States Military Academy at West Point, Todd Widman conducted a one-on-one coaching session with a cadet named Matt Feiden.

Matt is a strong athlete who plays slotback on the Army football team. He’s a solid performer on most lifts. But flexibility issues have led to problems with squat cleans. Todd coaches Matt through a session that tackles his weak point.

Todd… 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

This is third part of episode 3 of the Boz and Todd experience. It took place at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York when Boz and Todd visited for a certification seminar on April 25-26, 2009.

When they graduate, the cadets seen in this video will become second lieutenants in the US army. But first they had to get past Boz and Todd. And that… Continue Reading

This is the second part of Episode 3 of the Boz and Todd Experience. This session took place at Black and Gold CrossFit in West Point, NY on April 25th and 26th, 2009.

In this episode, Boz coaches Ashley on her presses as a complement to the pull-up work she did in Part 1. Ashley is a multisport athlete, competing in Olympic-style weightlifting, track (heptathlon), and rugby for the US… Continue Reading

This is the first part of Episode 3 of the Boz and Todd Experience. This session took place at Black and Gold CrossFit in West Point, NY on April 25th and 26th, 2009.

In this episode, Boz coaches Ashley on her pullups. Ashley is a multisport athlete, competing in Olympic-style weightlifting, track (heptathlon), and rugby for the US Military Academy at West Point. Her best lifts are about 155lbs in the… 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, Kyle Maynard addresses the athletes from the perspective of someone… Continue Reading

This is the 46th episode of CrossFit Radio, which aired at 6pm PDT on March 18th, 2009.

0:00 Intro
3:00 Major Andrew Thompson of CrossFit Quantico
1:00:00 Letter from Terry Dickman on what a whining bastard Neil was with Jeff Tincher

USMC Maj. Andrew Thompson runs a unique military affiliate. After starting with one trainee, they commonly have over 40 participants per session. They do things very differently at CrossFit Quantico… Continue Reading

Rob Ord has trained hundreds of individuals seeking entrance into the Navy’s elite special operations communities. On his website Brass Ring Fitness, he also provides balanced training regimens for those seeking to achieve the disciplined mind and body of the Warrior Athlete.

It’s not hard to grasp the importance of mental and physical preparation for individuals in areas where physical abilities make all the difference. Occupations such as… Continue Reading

On January 6, 2009, Coach Greg Glassman was invited to give a presentation on CrossFit to over 100 future leaders of our nation’s military from the National War College at the National Defense University’s Baruch Hall. He presented on the same stage where President Bush, Secretary of Defense Bob Gates, and Colin Powell also addressed the students of the National War College. Present in the audience was Lt. Gen. Frances Wilson, President of the… Continue Reading

On January 6, 2009, Coach Greg Glassman was invited to give a presentation on CrossFit to over 100 future leaders of our nation’s military from the National War College at the National Defense University’s Baruch Hall. He presented on the same stage where President Bush, Secretary of Defense Bob Gates, and Colin Powell also addressed the students of the National War College. Present in the audience was Lt. Gen. Frances Wilson, President of the… Continue Reading

On January 6, 2009, Coach Greg Glassman was invited to give a presentation on CrossFit to over 100 future leaders of our nation’s military from the National War College at the National Defense University’s Baruch Hall. He presented on the same stage where President Bush, Secretary of Defense Bob Gates, and Colin Powell also addressed the students of the National War College. Present in the audience was Lt. Gen. Frances Wilson, President of the… Continue Reading

On January 6, 2009, Coach Greg Glassman was invited to give a presentation on CrossFit to over 100 future leaders of our nation’s military from the National War College at the National Defense University’s Baruch Hall. He presented on the same stage where President Bush, Secretary of Defense Bob Gates, and Colin Powell also addressed the students of the National War College. Present in the audience was Lt. Gen. Frances Wilson… Continue Reading

Russell Berger is an affiliate owner (CrossFit Huntsville) in Alabama. He has some strong ideas about the perception that increased numbers of CrossFit affiliates are dangerous to the long-term health of CrossFit:

CrossFit is thriving. Ask an owner from one of nearly a thousand CrossFit affiliates worldwide what they thought they would be doing for a living five years ago, and running a CrossFit gym probably didn’t make their short-lists… Continue Reading

In this special episode of CrossFit Radio, Coach Glassman, Mark Rippetoe, Lon Kilgore, Robb Wolf, and Andy Stumpf come to the table with facts and science to combat the attack waged against CrossFit, its participants and its co-creator Greg Glassman by the NSCA’s Mike Boyle and Gray Cook in their podcast.

Here are a few of the topics discussed:

• Why bother?
• Uncle Rhabdo and the so-called “cavalier attitude” of CrossFit toward injury
• The “cult-like” allegiance to Coach Glassman
• The accusation… Continue Reading

Tony Blauer of Blauer Tactical introduces a series of real world groundfighting drills. Designed originally for law enforcement and military scenarios, the drills shown in this video have been adapted to personal street defense. The four drills are:

1. Flexors vs Extensors
2. Legs Only
3. Inside the Legs
4. Protecting the Advantage

Tony Blauer is a pioneer in scenario-based combatives, and has specialized in techniques to survive a surprise… Continue Reading

The work of a military fighter pilot is often described as long periods of mind-numbing boredom interspersed with short periods of stark terror....One of the ever-present threats is the effects of operating in a high G-force environment. The most dangerous of these is the pooling of blood in the lower extremities, which can cause G-induced loss of consciousness (G-LOC). G-LOC has claimed numerous pilots' lives. To counter the effects of blood pooling and… Continue Reading

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