Greg’s Journal

Firebreather 12 Week Plan
Brand new for 2018, I am extremely excited to announce the Firebreather Fitness 12 Week Plan to achieving your fitness dreams and goals. This 12 week plan takes my book Firebreather Fitness to an entirely new level, and includes daily meals plans, and a step-by-step...

Patriot Authors Network
What an incredible group of warriors, leaders, authors and speakers! One of the highlights from 2017 was my recruitment onto the newly formed Patriot Authors Bureau and Eagle Rise Speakers Bureau. This amazing organization includes such world renowned authors as...

How Satvana Yoga, or “Warrior Yoga”, Benefits CrossFit Athletes
There is no shortage of versions and interpretations of yoga. While the poses—the operating language of yoga—are generally the same, yoga teachers have created different forms of the practice to serve different people, different needs, and different goals. My own...

Why CrossFit Athletes Should Try—and Master—New Sports, Part 2
This is Part 2 of a story Greg Amundson tells in his new book FIREBREATHER FITNESS. Don't miss Part 1! Despite having plenty of strength, power, stamina, and an assortment of skills in the gym, I had my Achilles’ heel: double unders. I didn’t like doing them and,...

Why CrossFit Athletes Should Try—and Master—New Sports, Part 1
This is Part 1 of a story Greg Amundson tells in his new book FIREBREATHER FITNESS. Have you ever wanted to learn to surf? Or do a marathon or an ultramarathon? Or join a soccer league? Do you think your exercise program gets in the way? Quite the opposite—the...

Praise for Firebreather Fitness and Greg Amundson
“Greg Amundson is about as motivating and motivated a human being as there exists. I met Greg in 2007 and his energy was immediately infectious. Not only was he probably the fittest guy I knew of at the time, but his lifestyle and way of coaching were one of the first...
The Four Movement Patterns of Firebreather Fitness
Several years ago, I realized that the essential movement patterns that I needed to train could be reduced to four categories of movement: open, close, push, pull. I discovered that as long as I touched base with these patterns consistently, I was ready for action....
Firebreather Fitness: Introduction to Goal Setting
Your goals should provide you with motivation, inspiration, and direction. Goals should fire you up! They should make you jump out of bed in the morning, and make you want to devote your free time to them. In this video, Greg Amundson shares his highly sought-after...

Greg Amundson’s First CrossFit Workout with Coach Greg Glassman, Part 2
This excerpt is Part 2 of a shortened version of the story Greg Amundson tells in the introduction to his new book FIREBREATHER FITNESS. Did you miss Part 1? See Amundson's first introduction to Greg Glassman in Part 1 here. We went back up the stairs and strapped...

Greg Amundson’s First CrossFit Workout with Coach Greg Glassman, Part 1
This excerpt is Part 1 of a shortened version of the story Greg Amundson tells in the introduction to his new book FIREBREATHER FITNESS. I was in the first week of my field training as a Deputy Sheriff in Santa Cruz, California, when my training was put to the test....

CrossFit’s “Original Firebreather”, Greg Amundson, Shares His High-Performance Fitness Program
Boulder, CO, USA — January 11, 2017 — Firebreather Fitness is Greg Amundson’s program to help you get into the best shape of your life—physically, mentally, and spiritually. Amundson is a former SWAT officer, DEA Special Agent, U.S. Army Captain, and founding...

No Excuses
Kyle Maynard is THE MAN. This warriors incredible leadership, inspiration and education in my life, has been instrumental in my journey, and was absolutely vital to writing Firebreather Fitness. It's amazing how God can fashion everything together in a pattern for...

What Is a Firebreather?
After numerous requests from athletes from around the world, on August 20, 2007, I created a unique definition for the word “Firebreather” consistent with my value system, and the original values instilled in me by my father, Raymond Amundson, and the Founder of CrossFit, “Coach” Greg Glassman. My definition of Firebreather is two-pronged:
One who embraces the trials and tribulations of great physical opposition with an indomitable spirit, and
An optimistic energy associated with the heart of an athlete.
Firebreather Fitness goes beyond merely a physical program. It offers a path toward the preparation necessary not only to meet daily demands but also to improve quality of life, to reconnect with the energy and power of nature, and to develop mental and spiritual disciplines that offer tools to influence the perspective by which we see the world.
On FirebreatherFitness.org, I will introduce you to the Firebreather Fitness program in the hope that you will commit to it and enjoy the physical, mental, and spiritual gains I see in those athletes I work with at CrossFit Amundson.
Why does Firebreather Fitness develop mental and spiritual fitness? Because in my experience, life requires far more than just physical fitness. In order to really be at our best, and express the unique gifts bestowed upon us by God, we need to integrate our mind, body and spirit. Firebreather Fitness will help you do just that.
All the best

What’s Inside FIREBREATHER FITNESS?
Firebreather Fitness is Greg Amundson’s program to help you get into the best shape of your life, physically, mentally, and spiritually. Former SWAT officer, DEA Special Agent, U.S. Army Captain, and founding CrossFit athlete and coach, Greg Amundson is a globally...

COMING SOON! Firebreather Fitness by the Original Firebreather, Greg Amundson
Former SWAT officer, DEA Special Agent, U.S. Army Captain, and founding CrossFit athlete and coach, Greg Amundson, shares Firebreather Fitness, his program to help you get into the best shape of your life, mentally and physically. Amundson is a globally recognized...
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