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:
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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
