COACHING

Kai Rainey's health was in a downward spiral until she took control and traded her unhealthy lifestyle for a healthier one with CrossFit.

The CrossFit Level 1 Certificate Course is the base requirement for anyone wishing to train others in CrossFit. But just as the air squat is the foundation — not the end point — of exceptional fitness, the Level 1 is only the beginning.

Being coachable is key to getting results.

On game day, there is no predicting what an athlete will face. CrossFit can help prepare for the unknown and unknowable.

For life-changing results, you need the kind of coach equipped to change lives. So, what makes a coach equipped?

Watch the recording of our newest webinar, when we took a deep dive into the CrossFit course, Coaching Fundamentals.

The CrossFit Training and Education team is excited to release Coaching Fundamentals, a new online course specifically geared toward coaches who are early in their career and eager to develop their skills and proficiency in the six criteria of effective training: teaching, seeing, correcting, group management, presence and attitude, and demonstration.

The Teaching Movement course will help you refine your teaching skills and get new ideas about how to run an effective and fun class for every level of athlete. Gain access to a video library of teaching progressions that can be used in group classes or personal training sessions.

The Teaching Movement course will help you refine your teaching skills and get new ideas about how to run an effective and fun class for every level of athlete. Gain access to a video library of teaching progressions that can be used in group classes or personal training sessions.

Doug Katona starts with the three running fundamentals: Pose/position, fall, pull.

Chris Michelmore offers tips for the average CrossFit athlete when a swimming WOD comes out of the hopper.

If the bottom of your snatch is full of trepidation and shaking, Bill Starr has the cure.

Workout of the Day for 211206: For time: 20 back squats, 40 toes-to-bars, 60/40-calorie row.

Seminar Staff Flowmaster Tefy Escudero refers to CrossFit's theoretical hierarchy of development shown in “What Is Fitness?” and explains why nutrition is the foundation of the pyramid.

Workout of the Day for 211205: Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 min. of: 5 burpees, 15-foot rope climb, 1 ascent, 30 double-unders.

Workout of the Day for 211204: Nasty Girls V2: 3 rounds for time of: 50 single-leg squats, alternating, 7 muscle-ups, 10 hang power cleans.

Gymnastics coach Kevin Montoya demonstrates techniques for scaling the pistol.

Workout of the Day for 211201: 3 rounds for time of: 500-m row, 21 push-ups, 12 strict toes-to-rings.

Workout of the Day for 211130: With a continuously running clock, complete 5 thrusters every minute. From 0:00-5:00 use ♀ 55 / ♂ 75 lb. From 5:00-10:00 use ♀ 65 / ♂ 95 lb. From 10:00-15:00 use ♀ 75 / ♂ 115 lb. Continue adding ♀ 10 / ♂ 20 lb. every 5 minutes for as long as you are able.

Workout of the Day for 211128: Complete as many Echo bike calories as possible in 10 minutes while performing rounds of: 10 box jumps, 15 push jerks, 20 seconds on the Echo bike.