Apparently ‘the journey to self-mastery begins in the physical province’. So says Greg Glassman, the founder of the CrossFit phenomenon.
When you arrive at your CrossFit gym, you enter a bare, box-like warehouse unit with simple equipment and your coach and mates ready to go for an hour’s intense training, just like yesterday and just like tomorrow. You hear the thudding echo of dropped barbells and the thump of weights hitting padded mats. You see sweat on the grimacing faces of those working out, and the grinning faces of those already finished.
Thinking inside the box
There are currently more than 15,500 CrossFit gyms (otherwise known as boxes), with more than 4million members, in 162 countries. Glassman sought to help stem the tide of an obesity and related illness tidal wave sweeping America. His vision is a healthier populace. His method is to create a community which strives alongside each other to be healthier, and therefore better, people.
