Foundations
Greg Glassman
01 Apr, 2002
We have designed our program to elicit as broad an adaptational response as possible.
A collection of articles by BSI’s co-founder Greg Glassman. They were originally published in The CrossFit Journal. Coach Glassman named his training methodology ‘CrossFit,’ which became a trademarked term owned by CrossFit Inc. In order to preserve his writings in their original form, references to ‘CrossFit’ remain in the below articles:
The Garage Gym
Greg Glassman
01 Sep, 2002
Greg Glassman’s 2002 article, describing the space and equipment needed to build out an ideal training space.
What Is Fitness? – The CrossFit Journal
Greg Glassman
01 Oct, 2002
Greg Glassman’s 2002 article, offering the world’s first meaningful definition of fitness and who is fit.
The Muscle Up
Greg Glassman
01 Nov, 2002
The muscle-up is astonishingly difficult to perform, unrivaled in building upper-body strength, a critical survival skill, and most amazingly of all, virtually unknown.
Glycemic Index
Greg Glassman
01 Nov, 2002
The low-fat diet has cost millions unnecessary death and suffering from heart disease, diabetes, and, it increasingly seems, a host of cancers and other
Strategies for a Seven Minute 2K on the Concept II Rower
Greg Glassman
08 Nov, 2002
Our purpose here is to show specifically how a simple goal, like rowing a seven-minute two thousand meters, can not only be systematically and
Squat Clinic
Greg Glassman
01 Dec, 2002
The squat is essential to your well-being. The squat can both greatly improve your athleticism and keep your hips, back, and knees sound and
Seniors and Kids
Greg Glassman
01 Feb, 2003
The needs of the elderly and professional athletes vary by degree, not kind. Where one needs functional competency to maintain independence, the other needs
Interview: Coach Greg Glassman
Greg Glassman
01 Mar, 2003
In this 2003 interview Greg addresses some of the most common questions regarding the problems with fitness training and what he’s doing about it.
Metabolic Conditioning
Greg Glassman
01 Jun, 2003
In this issue we’ll look at the distinctions between aerobic and anaerobic exercise in detail, and examine interval training.
Metabolic Conditioning Glossary
Greg Glassman
01 Jun, 2003
Definitions of key concepts, such as VO2 max, lactate threshold and more.
Nutrition: Avoiding Metabolic Derangement
Greg Glassman
01 Nov, 2003
An introduction to the ongoing diet wars.
Macroclimbing – The CrossFit Journal
Greg Glassman
01 Feb, 2004
there is a strong consensus among scientists that our
heritage is deeply rooted in both climbing and bipedalism, i.e., both swinging from the trees
Bad Science’s Threat To Fitness – Full Video
Greg Glassman
06 Dec, 2023
In this presentation from 2019, Greg Glassman tells the story of how bad science, primarily in the form of corruption, led him to make
5 Buckets of Death | And The Covid Trashcan Fire
Greg Glassman
15 May, 2024
In March 2020, while still serving as CrossFit CEO, Greg Glassman delivers a version of a talk he had delivered during grand rounds at
PDF Archive
(for now only available in pdf format)
Foundations – 4/1/2002
The Garage Gym – 9/1/2002
What Is Fitness? – 10/1/2002
The Muscle-Up – 11/1/2002
Glycemic Index – 11/1/2002
Strategies for a Seven-Minute 2K on the Concept II Rower – 11/1/2002
Fast Food – 12/1/2002
Squat Clinic – 12/2/2002
Ergometer Scores and Hall of Fame Workouts – 12/2/2002
Interview: Coach Greg Glassman – 1/1/2003
A Postural Error: A Costly Biomechanical Fault: Muted Hip Function (MHF) – 1/1/2003
The Odd Lifts – 1/1/2003
The Overhead Lifts – 1/1/2003
A Theoretical Template for CrossFit’s Programming – 2/1/2003
Hoover Ball – 2/1/2003
Seniors and Kids – 2/1/2003
Police Training – 3/1/2003
The Push-Up – 3/2/2003
How Fit Are You? – 4/1/2003
The Pull-up – 4/1/2003
A Better Warm-up – 4/2/2003
3 Important Ab Exercises – 5/1/2003
A Beginner’s Routine – 5/1/2003
Two Training Aids – 5/1/2003
Interval Generator – 6/1/2003
Metabolic Conditioning – 6/1/2003
Metabolic Conditioning Glossary – 6/1/2003
The Clean – 7/1/2003
Anatomy and Physiology for Jocks – 8/1/2003
Functionality and Wall Balls – 8/1/2003
The Deadlift – 8/1/2003
Benchmark Workouts – 9/1/2003
Really Cool Homemade Parallettes – 9/1/2003
Team Workouts – 10/1/2003
Nutrition: Avoiding Metabolic Derangement – 11/1/2003
Handstands – 1/2/2004
Macroclimbing – 2/2/2004
What Is CrossFit? – 3/1/2004
The Moves – 4/1/2004
CFJ Issue 21: Zone Meal Plans – 5/1/2004
What About Cardio? – 6/1/2004
Ring Strength – 7/1/2004
Why Fitness? – 7/2/2004
Assistance for Bodyweight Exercises – 8/2/2004
Medicine Ball Cleans – 9/1/2004
The Kettlebell Swing – 9/1/2004
A Beginner’s Guide to CrossFit – 10/1/2004
The Girls” for Grandmas! – 10/1/2004
Pull-up Challenge – 11/1/2004
The New Girls – 11/1/2004
CrossFit PT – 12/1/2004
What About Recovery? – 1/1/2005
Gymnastics and Tumbling – 2/1/2005
Fooling Around With Fran – 3/1/2005
The Kipping Pull-Up – 4/1/2005
Working Wounded – 5/1/2005
Garage Gym II – The Revolution – 7/1/2005
Digital Coaching – 8/1/2005
Fundamentals, Virtuosity and Mastery – 8/1/2005
The Overhead Squat – 8/1/2005
The Lifting Shoulder – 9/1/2005
CrossFit Induced Rhabdo – 10/1/2005
The Glute-Ham Developer Sit-Up – 10/1/2005
Skill Transfer Exercises for the Snatch – 11/1/2005
www.crossfit.com – 12/1/2005
Professional Training – 1/1/2006
Scaling Professional Training – 1/1/2006
The Scoop and the Second Pull – 1/1/2006
Validity of CrossFit Tested – 1/1/2006
Single Speeds – 2/1/2006
The Grinder: CrossFit Operations Order #1 “CHAD” – 7/1/2006
The Grinder: CrossFit FRAGO #2: CARLA – 9/1/2006
The Grinder: CrossFit FRAGO #3: VICTORIA – 10/1/2006
The Grinder: CrossFit FRAGO #4: YBF – 11/1/2006
The Grinder: CrossFit FRAGO #5: PATRICIA – 12/1/2006
Evidence-Based Fitness: Rest Day Discussion – 1/1/2007
The Grinder: CrossFit FRAGO #6: GOMEZ – 1/1/2007
The Grinder: CrossFit FRAGO #7: DYER – 2/1/2007
The Grinder: CrossFit FRAGO #8: SHANE – 3/1/2007
The Grinder: CrossFit FRAGO #9: GIROUARD – 4/1/2007
Understanding CrossFit – 4/1/2007
The Grinder: CrossFit FRAGO #10: NOLAN – 5/1/2007
The Grinder: CrossFit FRAGO #11: LEGER – 6/1/2007
The Grinder: CrossFit FRAGO #12: PALMER – 7/1/2007
The Grinder: CrossFit FRAGO #13: SHORTY – 8/1/2007
The CrossFit SAT-Prep Program – 10/1/2012
A Better Beautiful – 12/1/2015
Decade of Dominance – 7/1/2016
Fitness, Luck and Health – 8/1/2016
