crossfit/mt-archive2/group_feb.html This month, it will be 10 years since I flew out out to Research Park in Soquel California to spend 3 days with my friend Greg Glassman doing one of the first CrossFit Trainer Certifications. I met an awesome group of people that day. It was a 3 day cert that that took place in the original CFHQ gym before it was expanded. The gym is a fraction of the size of many CF gyms today. It wasnt called a level 1 because levels were not yet created. I learned a bunch from that day. The greatest lessons had nothing to do with health, fitness, training, nutrition, or business. One of those lessons was how much things can change in 10 years. That weekend Kurtis and Laurie Bowler announced that they would become an affiliate, and TJ Cooper announced that he would become an affiliate. CF was up to 5 affiliates. Now, CF has approximately 10,000 and they are adding more than 5 a week. CF does 16 plus level one certs every week with 60-80 people in each cert, as well as other specialty certs. We didnt have 16 people in our whole group. On my flight back, I sat next to a fitness editor from a womans magazine. When I told her about CrossFit, she thought I didnt know about fitness. She told me her readers would never do these workouts. Now, CF themed magazines can be found in the womans fitness section of my local supermarkets magazine rack. CF has gone from an underground movement to mainstream. This past week, an astronaut used anti-gravity resistance devices to do the CF benchmark workout Angie in outer space. Greg Glassman went from training people at $70.00 an hour to signing a $30 million 10 year deal with Reebok for sponsoring his CF Games that are now televised on ESPN. When I go into a local globo-gym I see people training CF style and they dont even know it. Weve changed what it means to workout. Weve made it so that people can get the right equipment because we created a market and education. 10 years ago, the resources did not exist and the market did not exist. Now CrossFit has the resources and access to top people. CF has had Powerlifting seminars taught by AJ Roberts, Louie Simmons, and Mark Bell. Champion Olympic lifters like Klokov are visiting CF gyms. With greater resources and faster feedback cycles the rate of improvement is accelerating. WE MADE A REVOLUTION HAPPEN. NOW, IT IS TIME TO GET THIS PARTY STARTED!!!! Lets get it started in here! Im looking forward to the next 10 years being a whole lot more amazing and mind blowing. I want to thank Greg Glassman, Lauren Jenai, and everyone else in that photo. I love you people!!! CrossFit Seminar, February 13-15 2004: Cameron Earle, Kirk Lovely, Kurtis Bowler, Kevin Johnson, Michael Rutherford, Lauren Glassman, Greg Glassman, Mike Halbfish, Londale Theus, Jason Highbarger, Jeff Profio, Greg Amundson, Roger Silva, TJ Cooper, Laurie Bowler - Michael Halbfish
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