The Professional Coach Every Article

Here are all the articles published in the Professional Coach since its first edition on June 8, 2021. Articles that are no longer relevant have not been included in this list. This post is updated weekly.

Issue #79 – May 1, 2025

Breaking Language Barriers in CrossFit: A Coach’s Guide to Cross-Cultural Communication
Ask a Coach: How Can I Get Our Athletes to Care and Commit to the Community Cup?

Issue #78 – April 24, 2025

Coaching Tips for Running CrossFit On-Ramp Programs
Ask a Coach: How Often Should We Retest Workouts With Our Members?
More Than Muscle: Mark Peters and the Purpose Behind Elite Fitness

Issue #77 – April 17, 2025

Sprint and Agility Training for CrossFit
Ask a Coach: How Can I Help Athletes Master Skills When Our Gym’s Standard Scaling Options Aren’t Working?
From Injury to Independence: Jaime’s Adaptive Training Journey After a C6-C7 Spinal Cord Injury

Issue #76 – April 10, 2025

Enhancing Empathy in the CrossFit Affiliate
Ask a Coach: Should the Athletes’ Heels Leave the Ground on the Push Press?

Issue #75 – April 3, 2025

The Whiteboard: How CrossFit Coaches Build Trust, Track Results, and Create Community
Ask a Coach: My Wrists Hurt During Front and Overhead Squats. What Should I Do?

Issue #74 – March 27, 2025

Ask a Coach: What’s the Difference Between CrossFit and HIIT?

Issue #73 – March 20, 2025

Accessory Work in CrossFit Part 1: Enhancing Fitness Without Compromising the Methodology
Accessory Work in CrossFit Part 2: Common Weak Movements and Exercises to Improve Them
VIDEO: Accessory Work in CrossFit: Essential or Overrated? | Coaching Insights with Joe Alexander and Stephane Rochet

Issue #72 – March 13, 2025

CrossFit Open 25.3 – Tips for CrossFit Coaches

Issue #71 – March 6, 2025

CrossFit Open 25.2 – Tips for CrossFit Coaches

Issue #70 – February 27, 2025

CrossFit Open 25.1 – Tips for CrossFit Coaches

Issue #69 – February 20, 2025

CrossFit Common Movement Themes Series Part 2 – Midline Stability
Ask a Coach: How Do You Handle People Who Intentionally Miscount Reps or Do Not Do the Full Range of Motion?

Issue #68 – February 13, 2023

Mastering the Art of Seeing and Correcting in CrossFit Coaching

Issue #67 – February 6, 2025

Are You All In? Communicating the Value of Competition to Your CrossFit Members
Ask a Coach: Should I Get My VO2 Max Tested?

Issue #66 – January 30, 2025

How to Effectively Coach Aging CrossFit Athletes: A Full Class and Q&A with Aimee Lyons

Issue #65 – January 23, 2025

Mastering Efficiency: The Core-to-Extremity Movement Theme
Ask a Coach: What is the Community Cup, and Why Should We Participate?

Issue #64 – January 16, 2025

Maximizing Coaching Time Through More Purposeful Warm-Ups
Ask a Coach: Should We Always “Program for the Best and Scale for the Rest”?

Issue#63 – January 9, 2025

Empathizing with the Ego and Elevating Your CrossFit Member’s Experience
Ask a Coach: What Are the Most Common Ways You Introduce Your Members to the Importance of CrossFit’s Nutrition Recommendations?

Issue #62 – January 2, 2025

The Professional Coach Survey – Please Respond!

Issue #61 – December 26, 2024

TPC 2024 Round-Up Part 2

Issue #60 – December 19, 2024

TPC 2024 Round-Up Part 1

Issue #59 – December 12, 2024

Advice for Your First Year as a CrossFit Coach
Ask a Coach: How Do I Stay On Track During the Holidays?

Issue #58 – December 5, 2024

Body Proportions and Lifting Technique
Ask a Coach: Should I Use the Mixed Grip on the Deadlift?

issue #57 – November 28, 2024

CrossFit for Kids, Young Teens, and Families
Ask a Coach: What Do You Say When a Member Asks Why They Aren’t Progressing?

Issue #56 – November 21, 2024

Movement Improvement in CrossFit and the PVC Pipe
Ask a Coach: What Separates Good Coaches From Great Coaches?

Issue #55 – November 14, 2024

Beyond the Workout: How Coach-Athlete Bonds Drive Performance
Ask a Coach: Should My CrossFit Athlete Increase, Decrease, or Maintain Weight on Heavy Days?

Issue #54 – November 7, 2024

Ensuring Coaching Excellence at CrossFit BloNo: A Commitment to Growth and Community
Ask a Coach: How Should I Deal With Members Who Are Convinced They Need an Extra Program To Get Fit?

Issue #53 – October 31, 2024

Why Every Class at CrossFit Roots Starts and Ends at the Whiteboard
Ask a Coach: How Do You Efficiently and Effectively Scale Pull-Ups for Large Classes Over an Entire Year?

Issue #52 – October 24, 2024

How Much Intensity Is the Right Amount of Intensity?
Ask a Coach: How Do I Successfully Coach a Class of Athletes of Different Types and Abilities and Add Value to Them All?

Issue #51 – October 17, 2024

Get the Most Out of Your Everyday CrossFit Athletes
Ask a Coach: Should You Wear a Weightlifting Belt in CrossFit?

Issue #50 – October 10, 2024

How to Hire Great CrossFit Coaches
Ask a Coach: How Do We Manage Rest and Recovery for Athletes of All Ages?

Issue #49 – October 3, 2024

Developing Coaches for Lifelong Growth and Career Success
Ask a Coach: I’ve Always Dreamed of Joining CrossFit’s Seminar Staff. Do You Have Any Advice for Me?

Issue #48 – September 26, 2024

Unlock the Power of Data to Elevate Your Members’ Experience
Ask a Coach: Do You Have Advice on How To Run a Member-Only Competition at Your Gym?

Issue #47 – September 19, 2024

From Good to Great: How to Elevate Your CrossFit Coaching With Better Cues
Ask a Coach: When Should I Take the Level 2 Training Course?

Issue #46 – September 12, 2024

The Most Important Service in Any CrossFit Affiliate
Ask a Coach: How Can I See and Correct Better When Coaching a Large Class with Such Varying Abilities?

Issue #45 – September 5, 2024

The Primer on Protein for Health Across the Lifespan
Ask a Coach: My Classes Are Getting Crowded. Should I Move Locations Or Cap Classes?

Issue #44 – August 29, 2024

How Will a Single-Leg Squat or Handstand Walk Help Me in Life?
Ask a Coach: Do Members Need to Be Able to Do One Strict Pull-Up Before We Teach Them How to Kip?

Issue #43 – August 15, 2024

How to Classify, Assess, and Coach Aging CrossFit Athletes
Ask a Coach: How Do I Effectively Cue Longtime CrossFit Athletes Who Are New To Me?

Issue #42 – August 8, 2024

From Inspiration to Implementation: How to Make Coaching Changes Stick
Ask a Coach: Other Gyms Do a Strength Session Followed by a Met-Con; Should We Do That?

Issue #41 – August 1, 2024

The Value of the “Athlete Mentality”
Ask a Coach: Why Don’t We Ever Do Zone 2 Work in CrossFit Classes?

Issue #40 – July 25, 2024

Developing The Front Squat
Ask a Coach: How Do I Continue To Grow as a Coach When I Don’t Look up to My Fellow Coaches or My Gym’s Owner?

Issue #39 – July 18, 2024

CrossFit Doesn’t Apologize about Nutrition, and Neither Should You
What Makes CrossFit, CrossFit?

Issue #38 – July 11, 2024

What Do I Do When New Members Refuse to Scale?
How To Scale New-To-You Members?

Issue #37 – June 2024

Developing a Muscle-Up
Coach Lamb Uses Fran to Test His University of Northern Colorado Athletes — CrossFit

Issue #36 – May 2024

Heavy Day: Full Class Coaching Demonstration
Webinar On-Demand: Sami Mansfield – Oncology Wellness and Exercise Specialist
Vary Your Scaling Options: Push-up Edition
Interview With Terrence Ogden of Project Grit

Issue #35 – April 2024

Planning a CrossFit Class: The Napkin Timeline
Nutrition: Implementing Quality and Quantity
Writing Grants and Applying for Scholarships To Raise Money for Underserved Populations, With Jenn Pishko

Issue #34 – March 2024

Watch Nicole Christensen Coach a CrossFit Class
Nicole Christensen Coaches a CrossFit Class: Digging Into the Details
Webinar On Demand: How To Start a Kids Program
Habits for Health and Performance Inside and Outside the CrossFit Gym

Issue #33 – February 2024

Ask a Coach: Is CrossFit Safe for Kids?
Webinar: We Cure Chronic Disease

Issue #32 – January 2024

CrossFit Is Not Dangerous
Webinar On Demand: Programming With Adrian Bozman (CF-L4)
From the Clinic to the Affiliate and Back
What CrossFit Is to Me

Issue #31 – December 2023

You Do More Than Run a Class, You Provide an Experience

Issue #30 – November 2023

Programming Basics: Part 1
Programming Basics: Part 2

Issue #29 – October 2023

The Coach Holds the Standard
Discussion: “The Coach Holds the Standard”
Kai Rainey Changes Her Health Trajectory and Career With CrossFit

Issue #28 – September 2023

How To Set Up Your Coaching Space To Optimize Command and Control
Coaching Pain Points
Strict Before Kipping?
Training and Nutrition for the Female CrossFit Athlete

Issue #27 – August 2023

Shoulder Pain Evaluation for the CrossFit Coach

Issue #26 – July 2023

The CrossFit Coach: Scott Panchik
The CrossFit Coach: Sage and the Burgener Legacy in CrossFit Weightlifting
Failing and then Passing the Level 4 Evaluation

Issue #25 – June 2023

Meet Coach Kelly
Clearing Up Misconceptions in CrossFit Injury Data
Worksheet: Scaling CrossFit Workouts
Jocko Willink Podcast: Always Finding Ways to Get Stronger, Faster, and Fitter

Issue #24 – May 2023

Worksheet: Create Your Own Lesson Plan*
Webinar On Demand: How to Prepare for the Level 2

Issue #23 – April 2023

Five Tools To Help You Become a Kick-Ass Coach

Issue #22 – March 2023

Worksheet: Scale Your Own Workout*
Interview with Kristin Bowen, CF-L4

Issue #21 – February 2023

Katie Hayes: The Path of a Career CrossFit Coach
The Coach: CrossFit’s Force Multiplier
Creating a CrossFit Warm Up

Issue #20 – January 2023

CrossFit and Parkinson’s
CrossFit Coaching & Parkinson’s
CrossFit Coaching and Parkinson’s: Trainer Reference Guide

Issue #19 – December 2022

Webinar Replay: How to Prepare for the Level 4

Issue #18 – November 2022

Coaching Veterans and First Responders
Inside the Certified CrossFit Level 4 Coach Performance Evaluation

Issue #17 – October 2022

An Interview With Graciano Rubio
Turkey Day Talk
Movement Worksheet: The Air Squat

Issue #16 – September 2022

To Build Better Relationships, Be a Servant First.
Returning to Play After Having a Baby
Coach, We Have a Baby on Board!
Behavior Change: Social Persuasion and Emotional and Physical States

Issue #15 – August 2022

The Power of Competition
Dueling Lesson Plans, Episode 2
Self-Efficacy Through Vicarious Experiences

Issue #14 – July 2022

An Interview With Mike Burgener
Real-World Coaching With Coach B
Why Don’t You Just Say Jump?
Building Technique From the Ground Up, Part 2: Foot Placement With External Load
Teaching Progression: Push Jerk
I Taught the Push Jerk, and They Never Came Back

Issue #13 – June 2022

Increasing Self-Efficacy Through Mastery
All You Need Is a Level 1
Building Technique From the Ground Up

Issue #12 – May 2022

Leadership is a Coachable Skill
The Lowly Push-Up Revisited
Worksheet: Correction Strategies*
A Fresh Take on the Lowly Push-up
The Professional Coach Q&A: Stephane Rochet and Nicole Christensen

Issue #11 – April 2022

Do It Right. Do It Well.
The What, Why, and How of Creating and Running a CrossFit Seniors Program
The Inertia of Aging
Winnie the Pooh Would Have Been a Good CrossFit Trainer
Professional Development Worksheet 5: The Nine Foundational Movement One-Sheets*

issue #10 – March 2022

Creating a Class Where Kids Want To Be Coached
The CrossFit Kids Startup Curriculum and Interview With Matt Evans (CF-L4)
Worksheet: Set the Bar High*
20/20 Coaching Vision: Improving Athlete Fitness by Seeing Better

issue #9 – February 2022

How to Manage Common Pain Points of the CrossFit Open With Your Athletes
Dueling Lesson Plans*
“Your Classes Just Aren’t Fun”
Dueling Lesson Plans: The Interview*
The Professional Coach Q&A: Nicole Christensen and Karl Steadman

issue #8 – January 2022

Watch the Coach’s Cut with Chris McDonald
How the Judges Course Can Make You a Better Coach and Athlete
CrossFit Coach (CF-L4) Takes on the Nutrition Challenge
CrossFit Coaching and Diabetes

issue #7 – December 2021

Watch Adam Neiffer’s Story: Humble, Hungry, Awesome
Knee Surgery: A Practical Guide for Scaling

issue #6 – November 2021

Coach’s Cut With Chuck Carswell*
Professional Development Worksheet 2: Coach’s Cut with Chuck Carswell*
What Top CrossFit Coaches Think You Should Read

issue #5 – October 2021

Using the Professional Coach to Create Purposeful Staff Meetings*
Coach’s Cut with Annie Sakamoto
Class Plans as a Tool for Coach Development
Four Friends Take on the Level 2

issue #4 – September 2021

Jason Leydon on Becoming a Professional Coach
Start Where You Are
Roundtable Discussion: The Nine Foundational Movement One-Sheets

Issue #3 – August 2021

Watch Annie Sakamoto’s Story: 17 Years of CrossFit Coaching
Set the Bar High
Read: In Defense of High-Rep Olympic Lifts
Watch In Defense of High-Rep Olympic Lifts

Issue #2 – July 2021

Worksheet: Coach Evaluation Packet*
Humans Crave Structure
Why Pursue the Level 3

Issue #1 – June 2021

What Makes a Great Coach
Jeremy Gordon on Family, CrossFit, and Fighter Jets
Scaling CrossFit Workouts With Nicole Christensen and Jeremy Gordon
Last Words: It’s Just a Warm-Up

*May be used to earn CEUs. Contact educontent@crossfit.com for more information.