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.
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)
You Can’t Coach What You Don’t Know To See
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
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