The Level 1 is two days of classroom instruction, small-group training sessions, and coach-led workouts. Talk to anyone who has completed their Level 1, and they’ll likely mention how learning the ins and outs of the CrossFit methodology changed their perspective on health, movement, and future goals.
However, taking the Level 1 is just the beginning. Many people ask us what they should do next to make the learning stick and continue to improve as coaches. That’s why we created The First 30. The First 30 is an email course delivered to new Level 1 trainers designed to support them in the months following their Level 1 and throughout their coaching journey.
Whether you followed The First 30 immediately after finishing your Level 1 course or are in the middle of it, we want you to feel fully equipped to coach your athletes each time you take to the gym floor. That’s why we’ve compiled all the resources from that course and some additional ones in one place. These include cornerstone articles, worksheets, templates, continuing education courses, and more. With these tools always at your fingertips, you can continue to grow as a coach and change even more lives.
Aging Athletes
- The Inertia of Aging
- The What, Why, and How of Creating and Running a CrossFit Seniors Program
- Coaching the Aging Athlete
Behavior Change
Disease
- Stress and Chronic Disease: Dr. Jon-Paul Khoo
- Webinar On-Demand: Sami Mansfield – Oncology Wellness and Exercise Specialist
- CrossFit Coaching and Diabetes
- CrossFit and Parkinson’s
- CrossFit Coaching & Parkinson’s
- CrossFit Coaching and Parkinson’s: Trainer Reference Guide
Coach Development
Coach Stories
- Watch Adam Neiffer’s Story: Humble, Hungry, Awesome
- Watch Annie Sakamoto’s Story: 17 Years of CrossFit Coaching
Behind the Scenes With Level 4 Coaches
- Watch Nicole Christensen Coach a CrossFit Class
- Nicole Christensen Coaches a CrossFit Class: Digging Into the Details
- Heavy Day: Full Class Coaching Demonstration
- Coach’s Cut with Annie Sakamoto
- Watch the Coach’s Cut with Chris McDonald
- Coach’s Cut With Chuck Carswell
- Professional Development Worksheet 2: Coach’s Cut with Chuck Carswell
Great Coaching
- What Makes a Great Coach
- Five Tools To Help You Become a Kick-Ass Coach
- The CrossFit Coach: Scott Panchik
- The CrossFit Coach: Kelly Kelly
- Worksheet: Coach Evaluation Packet
- Set the Bar High
- Worksheet: Set the Bar High
- Jason Leydon on Becoming a Professional Coach
- Start Where You Are
- 20/20 Coaching Vision: Improving Athlete Fitness by Seeing Better
- Worksheet: Correction Strategies
- “Your Classes Just Aren’t Fun”
- Leadership is a Coachable Skill
- To Build Better Relationships, Be a Servant First.
- How To Set Up Your Coaching Space To Optimize Command and Control
- Coaching Pain Points
- The Coach Holds the Standard
- Discussion: “The Coach Holds the Standard”
- You Do More Than Run a Class, You Provide an Experience
- Professional Training
- Coaching Fundamentals Course
Injury
- Clearing Up Misconceptions in CrossFit Injury Data
- CrossFit Is Not Dangerous
- Shoulder Pain Evaluation for the CrossFit Coach
- Knee Surgery: A Practical Guide for Scaling
Judges
Kids
- Creating a Class Where Kids Want To Be Coached
- The CrossFit Kids Startup Curriculum and Interview with Matt Evans (CF-L4)
- Webinar On Demand: How to Start a Kids Program
- CrossFit Kids Course
Lesson Planning
- Worksheet: Observation Class Timeline
- Dueling Lesson Plans
- Worksheet: Dueling Lesson Plans
- Dueling Lesson Plans: The Interview
- Dueling Lesson Plans, Episode 2
- Dueling Lesson Plans: The Interview, Episode 2
- Planning a CrossFit Class: The Napkin Timeline
- Class Structure and Lesson Planning
- Worksheet: Create Your Own Lesson Plan
- Class Plans as a Tool for Coach Development
- Humans Crave Structure
- Lesson Planning Course
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
- Why Pursue the Level 3
- The Professional Coach Q&A: Preparing for the CCFT
- Level 3 – Certified CrossFit Trainer Exam
Level 4
Methodology
- Mechanics, Consistency, Intensity: What Does It Mean?
- Threshold Training Part 1: Muscle Ups
- Do It Right. Do It Well.
- Fundamentals, Virtuosity, and Mastery: An Open Letter to CrossFit Trainers
- A Deft Dose of Volume
- CrossFit’s Four Fitness Models
- Characteristics of Functional Movements
- An Interview With Graciano Rubio
Movements
- Roundtable Discussion: The Nine Foundational Movement One-Sheets
- Worksheet: The 9 Foundational Movements
- Building Technique From the Ground Up
- Building Technique From the Ground Up, Part 2: Foot Placement With External Load
- Strict Before Kipping?
- Teaching Progression: Push Jerk
- I Taught the Push Jerk, and They Never Came Back
- Developing a Muscle-Up
- Developing The Front Squat
- How To Win Friends and Influence Push Presses
- The Lowly Push-Up Revisited
- A Fresh Take on the Lowly Push-up
- Movement Worksheet: The Air Squat
- Watch Squat Therapy with Dennis Marshall
- CrossFit Movements
- CrossFit Anatomy Course
- CrossFit Dumbbells Course
- CrossFit Running Course
- CrossFit Spot the Flaw Course
- CrossFit Teaching Movement Course
Nutrition
Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Returning to Play After Having a Baby
- Coach, We Have a Baby on Board!
- List of Pregnancy and Post-Partum Resources
Programming
- Programming Basics: Part 1
- Programming Basics: Part 2
- Webinar On Demand: Programming With Adrian Bozman (CF-L4)
- Programming Considerations in the Level 2 Training Guide
- CrossFit Programming Course
Scaling
- Scaling Professional Training
- Professional Training: Scaling, Part 1
- Professional Training: Scaling, Part 2
- Scaling CrossFit Workouts
- Scaling CrossFit Workouts with Nicole Christensen and Jeremy Gordon
- Worksheet: Scaling CrossFit Workouts
- Scaling Options Cheat Sheet
- Worksheet: Scale Your Own Workout
- CrossFit Scaling Course
Self-Efficacy
Special Populations
Warm-Up
Weightlifting
- Read: In Defense of High-Rep Olympic Lifts
- Watch In Defense of High-Rep Olympic Lifts
- An Interview With Mike Burgener
- Real-World Coaching With Coach B
- Why Don’t You Just Say Jump?
- Real-World Coaching With Coach B – Garage Session
- The CrossFit Coach: Sage and the Burgener Legacy in CrossFit Weightlifting
Have we missed a resource you think we should add? Let us know in the comments.
To download a PDF of this list of resources, click here.
The First 30 Resources for CrossFit Coaches