About Greg Amundson

Greg Amundson is a former SWAT officer, DEA Special Agent, U.S. Army Captain, and one of the founding athletes and coaches of CrossFit. Known in CrossFit as the “Original Firebreather”, Amundson has spent over sixteen years in Military and Law Enforcement service, including details as a Special Weapons and Tactics Team Operator (SWAT) and Sniper in Santa Cruz County, a Captain in the US Army, a Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration and an Agent on the Border Enforcement Security Taskforce (BEST) Team. Greg started his CrossFit training in December 2001, and was mentored by CrossFit Founder “Coach” Greg Glassman for over seven years. A former owner of the very first CrossFit gym, Greg Amundson has traveled around the world teaching CrossFit movement, theory, and application.

Greg has been featured in numerous magazine articles including Competitor Magazine, Lava Magazine, Mens Health, WOD Talk Magazine, Outside Magazine, Inside The Box Magazine, Santa Cruz Good Times and Police Magazine. Greg is the Fitness Expert for Calibre Press Fitness Publications and his contributions to CrossFit and the Law Enforcement community have been chronicled in the bestselling books Inside The Box and Learning To Breathe Fire. Greg is the author of the books Your Wife is NOT Your Sister, God In Me,and United States Army National Guard: Tips For Success, Greg is also a Minister and highly respected lecturer and educator on such topics as Universal Law, Leadership, Warrior Spirit, and Gods Love.

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CROSSFIT JOURNAL ARTICLES BY GREG AMUNDSON

• Forging Elite Leadership
• Coaching The Mental Side of CrossFit
• CrossFit HQ History
• Diet Secrets of the Tupperware Man
• Good Housekeeping Matters 
• The Chink in my Armor
• How to Grow a Successful Garage Gym
• Training 2 Miles to Run 100
• Diet Secrets of the Tupperware Man Vol. II

WARRIOR SPIRIT LECTURES BY GREG AMUNDSON

• Fitness For Leadership – Presented at the Texas A&M Leadership Summit in Frisco, Texas

HOLISTIC NUTRITION LECTURES BY GREG AMUNDSON

• Holistic Nutrition Seminar Part 1 [video]
• Holistic Nutrition Seminar Part 2 [video]
• “In The Kitchen With Greg” [video]
• “In The Kitchen With Greg Episode 2” [video]

SATVANA (WARRIOR) YOGA WITH GREG AMUNDSON

• Warrior Yoga Workshop I with Greg Amundson
• Warrior Yoga Workshop II with Greg Amundson
• Warrior Yoga Workshop III with Greg Amundson
• Complete 1 Hour Warrior Yoga Practice with Greg Amundson
• Firebreather Fitness Warrior Yoga Class with Greg Amundson

PODCAST INTERVIEWS WITH GREG AMUNDSON

• Service On The Warriors Path (Greg Amundson with Kenny Kane)
• Spiritual Fitness (Greg Amundson with Doctor Nicholas Romanov)
• Warriors Service (Greg Amundson with Mark Divine)
• Cops as Professional Athletes (Greg Amundson on “The Squad Room”)
• Conversation With a Modern Day Warrior (Greg Amundson on “Business Of Life Podcast”)
• Holistic Fitness & The Warrior Tradition (Greg Amundson and Mike Flynn on Impact Entrepreneur)

CALIBRE PRESS ARTICLES BY GREG AMUNDSON

• Essential Fitness for Law Enforcement
• Functional Fitness – How To Save your Life
• Fitness for the Force – CrossFit Affiliation for Law Enforcement 
• Mind – Body & Spirit: A Balanced Approach to LEO Fitness Training 
• Eating for Performance and Wellness
• Virtuosity on Patrol 

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