CrossFit workout craze sweeps the Corps

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CrossFit workout craze sweeps the Corps

By Bryan Mitchell

Special Warfare Operator 1st Class (SEAL) Andy Stumpf always needs to be in shape.

But before he took an AK47 round to the hip during a tour in Iraq, he thought his conventional regimen of weight training and running was the key to fitness.

The injury prompted the San Diego-based sailor to try a different kind of workout, one that was sweeping through the military community and would prove to be a blessing as he worked to rejoin his comrades.

Stumpf found CrossFit — and six months after he was shot, he was back on active duty.

Now, he’s the owner of CrossFit Coronado in San Diego, where he trains a handful of his fellow SEALs, as well civilians looking for a different style of workout.

“Before, I thought the key to really getting fit was to add more training volume,” Stumpf said. “Run, run, run, to get good at going long. But you layer that extra training volume on top and you’re breaking your body down.

“What CrossFit has taught me is that randomized, functional movement is how you get fit.”

The CrossFit concept
CrossFit boasts that its specialty is not specializing.

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