CrossFit

History of CrossFit 

Greg Glassman and Lauren Jenai founded CrossFit, Inc. in 2000.^[9][10] The company was conceived a few years earlier, in 1996, as Cross-Fit.^[11] The original CrossFit gym is in Santa Cruz, California, and the first affiliated gym was CrossFit North in Seattle, Washington; there were 13 by 2005, and today there are more than 10,000.^[5] Coaches associated with CrossFit include Louie Simmons, John Welbourn, Bob Harper, Mike Burgener,^[12] and Lindy Barber.^[13]
Glassman retains complete control over the company after a divorce resulted in his estranged wife, Lauren, attempting to sell her share in the company. Glassman was able to obtain a $16 million loan from Summit Partners to buy out her
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