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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In this issue we’ll look at the distinctions between aerobic and anaerobic exercise in detail, and examine interval training.
Definitions of key concepts, such as VO2 max, lactate threshold and more.
Interesting, intelligent, useful information about the pull-up is not easy to come by.
We see the bulk of human action as being composed of a limited number of irreducible fundamental movements. These fundamental movements we call functional.
The deadlift keeps company with standing, running, jumping, and throwing for functionality but imparts quick and prominent athletic advantage like no other exercise.
An exceedingly simple lesson in anatomy and physiology key for effective coaching.
Factors like impact, motivation, perception, recovery, and timing combine with decades of experience seasoned by luck and intuition in designing and crafting workouts.
Parallettes training is fun and highly developmental and is essential to your gymnastics development.
We now work closely with many institutional clients; military and law enforcement, sports teams, and clubs.
An introduction to the ongoing diet wars.
Handstands, hand walking, and pressing to the handstand are critical exercises to developing your athletic potential and essential components to becoming fit.
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
