"I walked in there thinking I was in great shape, and it absolutely smoked me," says CrossFit CEO Don Faul of his first CrossFit workout at Flagship CrossFit in San Francisco, California. CrossFit's new CEO sits down for a conversation with Stephane Rochet at the CrossFit Games.

A teaching progression breaks down the full movement into small steps. Oftentimes, the progression can also serve to offer scaling options of the Rx’d movement along the way. This simple and structured approach can be applied to teaching any movement and is a tool that all coaches should have in their back pocket. 

"Constantly varied functional movement at high intensity" — It says it all, but it's so much more.

Chandler Smith is one of the best and most beloved athletes in the Sport of Fitness. And even he had something to gain from the CrossFit Level 1 Certificate Course. Find out what the Army veteran turned CrossFit Games vet learned when he traded the heavy barbell for a PVC.

Gehrt grew up overweight and was bullied as a kid. By college, he had started drinking to mask his low self-esteem. “I turned to drinking because I felt more confident and more funny,” Gehrt says. “I was like, ‘Yeah, let’s be the fat, funny, drunk guy.’” On June 6, 2012, Gehrt crashed his car while driving drunk. He had a blood-alcohol level of .22 at the time.

“I feel like there’s a lot of people that might be at their age and not willing to try,” she says, “and it’s that willingness at any age that allows us to experience new possibilities, new opportunities for growth.”