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OVERVIEW
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ELIGIBILITY ELIGIBILI TY REQUIREMENTS
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REGISTRATION PROCESS
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TAKING THE TEST
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RESULTS PROCE PROCESS SS
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PARTICIPANT PRIVACY AND STA STATUS TUS VERI VERIFIC FICA ATION
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OVERVIEW 1.1 ABOU 1.1 ABOUT T CROSSFIT CrossFit is an open source, international business dedicated to the improvement o human health and athletic perormance. CrossFit’s CrossFi t’s oundation is a precise denition o tness that can be measured, observed, and repeated. CrossFit is a real world, unctional tness program that has a unique capacity to humble the world’s best athletes while at the same time remaining remainin g universally scalable to acilitate development at all ability levels. Through e xtensive practical application, study, and observation, CrossFit determined determined long ago that the nee ds o various populations diered in degree, not in kind. When exposed to CrossFit’s prescription or training elite athleticism constantly varied, high-intensity unctional exercise, athletes o all ages and ability levels reap the benets o improved work capacity across broad time and modal domains. This measurable and repeatable improvement improvement in health and perormance led to the adoption o CrossFit as the principal strength and conditioning program or many law enorcement and military units worldwide. CrossFit’s open source nature and commitment to measurable results ensures the constant evolution o the program as better methods are discovered and validated.
CrossFit has several operating CrossFit o perating divisions. The Media Depar tment is responsible or maintaining maintainin g CrossFit.c CrossFit.com om and its associated websites, which oer extensive instruction and education on human movement, along with specic techniques, strategies, and workouts or both athletes and trainers. The trainers. The CrossFit CrossFit Journal Journal is also updated daily by the Media Department and is the world’s leading resource or original written material and video instruction on athletic development. The CrossFit Certication and Training Training Department is the world’s leading provider o per ormance-based training seminars and certications. The CrossFitt Games Department ormalized the “Sport o Fitness” and crowns its champions the World’s Fittest Man and Woman. CrossFi The CrossFit CrossFit Aliate Aliate Department licenses the the CrossFit CrossFit trademark to qualied trainers trainers or commercial commercial purposes. Each o these these divisions contributes contributes directly to building and supporting a community o genuine tness practitioners. 1.2 MISSION The miss mission ion o the the CrossF CrossFit it Certic Certicatio ation n and and Train Training ing Depart Department ment is to establ establish ish and supp support ort an int interna ernation tional al commu community nity o authentic tness practitioners through open-source publication, education, and accredited certication and certicate programs. 1.3 LEVEL 1 TRAINER CERTIFICATE SCOPE The CrossFit Le vel 1 CF-L1 CF-L1 Trainer Certi cate Course is a two-day two -day introductory course on methodology, concepts, and movements.
The course includes includes classroom classroom instruction on: CrossFit’s concepts concepts and methodology, CrossFit’s oundational movements, programming to optimize training results, and nutrition strategies to support tness. Practicals include small group training sessions where students are instructed in CrossFit’s oundational movements under low intensity with a ocus on improving technique. Students Students have their movement observed and corrected, and engage in dialogue concerning eective correction techniques or coaching others. Large, group CrossFit CrossFit workouts are conducted as an example o how to: conduct a CrossFit class, hold a standard o proper technique under high intensity, intensity, and scale or any ability level.
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1.4 PURPOSE The purpose o the course course is to to provide students students with an introductory level education on the undamental principles and movements that make up the CrossFit program.
The CF-L1 CF-L1 course is is structured to meet a two-old goal: 1.
Provide attendees attendees the understanding to better better use CrossFit methods or themselves themselves;; and
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Provide attendees attendees an initial initial and oundational education or them to to begin training training others others using CrossFi CrossFit. t.
For trainers-to-be trainers-to-be the purpose o the Course is not to provide an e xhaustive CrossFit CrossFit education, but rather provide an initial credential credential and oundation through which to gain expertise saely and eectively with practice and experience. The CrossFit Level 1 Certicate is one o the requirements or becoming a CrossFit aliate. However, earning the L1 Certicate should not be considered the end o an education to be a trainer, but rather the beginning. 1.5 LEARNING OUTCOMES Ater completing this course and successully passing the Level 1 Certicate test, participants will be better able to: •
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Dene the core concepts o the CrossFit program Identiy the primary points o perormance o the oundational movements Perorm the oundational movements saely and identiy when they have a violation o sound movement Identiy correct movement when training others Identiy violations o sound movement and apply appropriate correction toward improved movement Apply the CrossFit program saely and eectively, while gaining experience necessary to develop competency in training others using CrossFit methods
1.6 LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATE TEST The CrossFit CrossFit Certication and Training Training Department Department and Advisory Panel Panel are responsible responsible or test test development and policies governing eligibility and administration o the test. They are also responsible or contracting with a proessional testing testing agency that administers and provides psychometric expertise.
Proessional Testing is the proessional testing agency contracted by CrossFit to assist in the development, administration, scoring, and analysis o the CrossFi CrossFitt Level 1 Certicate test based on the specications developed by the Certication and Training Trai ning Department. Each test orm was beta tested tested multiple times times to ensure ensure statistical statistical validity and the appropriate appropriate level o diculty o all questions that appear on the CrossFit Level 1 test. The cut-point cut-point I.E. passing passing score score or the the test was determined through through a passing passing score score study led by Proessional Proessional Testing Testing and approved by CrossFit’s Level 1 Advisory Panel. The cut-point is determined relative to the minimum knowledge that new CrossFit trainers should be able to demonstrate. CrossFit administers and grades paper tests or its Level 1 Certicate Course. Scoring is done via a portable Scantron CrossFit system o-site. Participants receive receive their test results via email 5-7 days ater the completion o the test. Certicates are individually mailed and can take up to 4 week s to arrive or those living in the United States States and 6-8 weeks or those living outside the United States. The test contains contains 55 55 multiple-choice multiple-choice questions, including including 5 unscored questions questions that do not count count towards towards the participants score Section 1.7. 1.7. Participants are given 60 minutes to complete the test. It is a closed book, b ook, no-notes no -notes test.
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The test is based on the core core concepts, concepts, methodology, and oundational movements o CrossFit, CrossFit, and is designed to be a measure o the participants understanding o these areas. All o the material used comes directly rom the course and the CrossFit Training Guide. Upon passing the test and completing all course requisites, the student will receive a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Trai ner Certicate. Certicate. Participants may opt out o taking the test. Participants who choose not to take the test will be awarded a Certicate o Attendance. A Certicate o Attendance does not aord the CrossFit Level 1 Trainer CF-L1 Trainer designation and is not sucient or training others using CrossFit methods, nor is it sucient or applying or aliation with CrossFit. 1.7 NON-SCORED TEST QUESTIONS 1.7 The CF-L1 CF-L1 test contains contains ve ve unscored questions questions that are being “pretested” “pretested” or evaluated or uture use. These questions are not scored and they do not aect an individual’s pass/ail status. The unscored questions are scattered throughout throughout the test so participants will answer them with the same eort that they give to the actual scored questions.
To ensure ensure the the CF-L1 CF-L1 test refects refects current inormation, inormation, new questions must be continuously continuously introduced introduced and evaluated. evaluated. Pretesting Pretestin g is an accept accepted ed practice that creates a statistically sound standardized test and allows participants to receive scores that are based only on questions that had previously been pretested. 1.8 INSTRUCTOR QUALIFICATIONS All CrossFit Level 1 Course Instructors have passed the Level 1 test and have Coach’s Prep Course Trainer Certicates and have worked at or owned a CrossFit Aliate Aliate or at least 1-year 1-year.. Each has been be en screened and developed, and has demonstrated their competency through rigorous peer review and CrossFi CrossFitt sta training. Positions on sta are competitive and this training, proessional development and evaluation are ongoing throughout each instructor’s time on sta. Many o our trainers have extensive personal qualications and backgrounds in strength and conditioning, college level sports and the proessional health and tness industry. Additionally, Additionally, there are doctors, lawyers, executives, teachers, military and law enorcement proessionals, proessional s, and many other arrays o experience and talent among the CrossFit Instructor sta. For qualications o a specic CF-L1 Instructor, please contact the instructor directly. 1.9 PROG PROGRAM RAM UPDATES Any changes to the Level 1 Trainer Certicate Program’s purpose, scope, requisites, and intended learning outcomes, as well as any changes to the registration process and any and all other changes that may aect participants, will be kept up to date within this Participant Handbook. The most current version will always be avai lable at: www.crosst.com/c-ino/c erts.shtml
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ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS 2.1 ELIGIBILITY Participants are eligible or the CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Certicate i they are at least 17 years old and in good standing with CrossFit, Inc.
I a Participant attends under the age o 17, they will not be permitted to take the test at that time. They will receive a Certicate o Attendance that is valid or 5 years rom the date o the course. To earn a Trainer Certicate, they may attend the test only portion o the course at no charge once they are 17. When that participant passes the test, a Trainer Certicate replaces their Certicate o Attendance and has the same date o validity o the original Certicate o Attendance. Attendance. Should the participant not take or pass the test by the time their original Certicate o Attendance expires, the Participant will have to retake the course and pass the test at a rate o $500, to earn the Trainer Certicate. 2.2 STA STATEMENT TEMENT OF NON-DISCRIMINATION CrossFitt endorses the principles o equal o pportunity. Eligibility criteria or test and qualication as a CrossFi CrossFi CrossFitt Level 1 Trai Trainer ner are applied equally to all participants regardless o age, race, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, sexual preerence preerence or orientation, or disability.
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2.3 PROGRAM REQUISITES CrossFitt Level 1 Trai CrossFi Trainer ner Certicate issuance is based upon the ulllment o the ollowing program requisites: •
Attendance or the entire two-day course rom 9am-5pm, both days, to include: º
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Only by ulflling all o the above stated requisites will a participant be awarded a CF-L1 Trainer Certifcate . Participation is dened as ac tively participating in all group activities and movements, exercises, exercises, and workouts. Attendance Attendanc e is dened as being there rom start to nish each day o the course. Participation in all workouts is required to receive a Trainer Certifcate . All workouts can and will be scaled appropriately appropriat ely or individuals with special needs. Please see the Lead Instructor at the beginning o Day 1 in order to arrange or appropriat appropriate e accommodations.
Due to the introductory nature o the course, and not all attendees being interest interested ed in training others, participants may choose to not take the test. In that case, or in the event that a par ticipant ails the test, a Certicate o Attendance will be awarded. Certicates o Attendance do not aord the CF-L1 Trainer designation and do not expire.
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REGISTRA REGISTR ATION PROCESS 3.1 REGISTRATION AND FEES 3.1 All participants are required to register or the CrossFit Level 1 Certicate program at CrossFit.com under the link or the specic event.
The link will will take the participant participant to to a third-party third-party registration system called “RegOnLine” or registration registration and ee collection. collection. A $250.00 $250.00 deposit US Dollars must be placed to secure a spot in the course. Payments can be made up to 6 weeks prior to the course. The course must be paid in ull 6 weeks prior to the course or you will oreit your spot. Checks are accepted in US unds ONLY. I you are paying by check, then you have two mailing options: By mail CrossFit, Inc. P.O. Box 29869 Phoenix, AZ 85038-9869 USA By courier Wells Fargo Lockbox S4001-01A Re: CrossFit, Inc. Box 29869 1305 W. 23rd St. Tempe, Tem pe, AZ 85282 85282 USA
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The test is included in the the course registration registration and ees. A complete complete list o CrossFit CrossFit course e es can can be ound here here.. I registering or a retest due to ailing a previous test, email seminars@crosst.com to receive a code to be able to complete the registration process described above. The ee or retests is $150.00 US Dollars. I registering or a course to revalidate an expired certicate, email seminars@crosst.com to receive a code to be able to complete the registration process described above. Revalidations must go through the Level 1 Course again, as well as take and pass the test. Fee or revalidating an expired certicate is $500.00 US Dollars. On completing registration, CrossFit will send participants a conrmation email. Please pay close attention to this email because it also contains the link to the most up to date Level 1 CrossFit Training Guide study material or the test. Print and bring your conirmation email or the course along with a government-issued photo ID and a # 2 pencil with an eraser. 3.2 IDENTITY AND TEST SECURITY Individuals taking the CF-L1 Certicate test shall acknowledge that they understand the oll owing through their registration: •
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The examinations examinations and the questions contained contained therein therein are the exclusive property o CrossFit and are protected protected by ederal copyright law. No part o the e xaminati xaminations ons may be copied, reproduced reproduced in part or whole by any means whatsoever,, including memorization. whatsoever
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3.3 LANGUAGE The Level Level 1 Course Course is curren currently tly oered oered in English only. Please contact sem seminars@crosst.com inars@crosst.com at least 2 weeks prior to the course start date or inormation and permission on attending the course with a translator, using a oreign-language dictionary, or to be given more time to complete the test. No accommodations or permissions will be made on-site . Translat Tr anslators ors will be allowed to translat translate e during the course course only. only. No transla translators tors can can be used during the the test. test.
Currently, the written test is oered in Dutch, English, German, French, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish South American & Castilian. The CrossFit Training Guide study material is available in English, South American Spanish, and Italian. CrossFit is continually in the process o translating its educational materials to other languages, so please check with sem seminars@crosst.com inars@crosst.com or the most up-to-date list o languages available. I we do not have the test or study material translated into into your primary language and you are not condent in your English comprehension, comprehension, we strongly urge you to consider attending at a later date when your primary language is available. I we do not have your language available and you still decide to test and ail, the test results will be nal and a $150.00 retest ee US Dollars will apply or your next attempt. 3.4 RETESTING: PARTICIPANT PARTICIPANT FAILS In the event that a participant ails to pass the CF-L1 test or opts not to take the test, he /she will have unlimited opportunities to retake the test during test sessions as scheduled by CrossFit, Inc. within one year rom the date o the initial attempt. Although the opportunities to retest in that year are unlimited, each retest costs $150.00 $150.00 US Dollars. Ater one year o o unsuccessul attempts to pass the test, an individual must re-attend the Level 1 Trainer Course. Fee or re-attendance is $500.00 US Dollars. 3.5 REVALI REVALIDATION: DATION: PARTICIPAN PARTICIPANT T PASSES In the event that a participant passes the CrossFit Level 1 Certicate Test, the participant’s certicate is valid or 5 years rom the date o issue. Ater the 5 years, to revalidate the CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Certicate, the course must be re-attended and the test passed. Fee or revalidating an expired certicate is $500.00 US US Dollars. 3.6 PARTICIPANT CANCELLATION, TEST OR FEE REFUND, OR FAILURE TO APPEAR CrossFitt does not accommodate requests or reunds or transers or courses or tests. Under extreme circumstances CrossFi cancellations cancellat ions by the registered participant may be accepted and reunds or transers accommodated. accommodated.
Registrants who do not attend the course or sit or the test and do not request a reund oreit all ees. I a registrant has missed the course or test due to emergency or hards hardship hip they may contact seminars@crosst.com seminars@crosst.com.. Approvals or reunds and transers will be made on a case-by-case basis. 3.7 COURSE CANCELLATION In the case where CrossFit needs to cancel the course due to circumstances outside o our control e.g., natural disaster, we will reund all course ees. CrossFi CrossFitt is not responsible or any lost travel costs. 3.8 AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT Special arrangements shall be provided to participants with a disability as dened by Section 3 o the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA ADA who submit, with their course registration, a written explanation o their needs along with appropriate appropriat e medical documentation. Forms to use when applying or accommodations are included in the Forms section o this Handbook Section 8.2, under ADA Accommodations Request Section 4.3.
Requests or accommodations must be submitted at least two weeks prior to the course. Accommodations Accommodations will not be given on site. Last minute requests cannot b e guaranteed or approval.
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TAKING THE TEST 4.1 TEST ADMINISTRATION 4.1 CF-L1 tests are administered at all Level 1 Course locations throughout the United States and internationally. For a list o Level 1 and Test Only locations locatio ns and availability, see se e Crosst.com Crosst.com.. 4.2 TEST CONDITIONS Due to the nature o CrossFit acilities, testing conditions and accommodations accommodations may be more austere and/or quirky than typically ound at other testing acilities. Not all acilities will have classrooms classrooms;; however CrossFit does require host acilities to have enough tables or clipboards or all participants taking the test. Participants concerned with environmental environmental conditions aecting their results must communicate this to the course Lead Instructor prior to the star t o the test . Our instructors will do all they can to accommodate participant needs and nd comortable arrangements or the test. I needs or concerns are not communicated beore the test begins, the ability to appeal based on test conditions will be oreited . 4.3 AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT Reasonable accommodations accommodations or testing shall be provided at no cost to participants with special medical/learning needs who submit, with their registration, a written exp lanation o their needs nee ds to seminars@crosst.com seminars@crosst.com,, along with appropriat appropriate e medical documentation. CrossFit CrossFit will not reimburse costs associated with obtaining this do cumentati cumentation. on. All orms and requests should be scanned and submitted via email ema il to seminars@crosst.com seminars@crosst.com,, or axed to 202 354-4889. Accommodation Request orms are available in the Forms section o this Handbook Section 8.2. CrossFit may submit inormation inormation regarding the stated disability and requested accommodation to its own expert advisers and reserves the right to provide only those reasonable accommodations as required by law.
Requests or accommodations must be submitted at least two weeks prior to the course. Accommodations Accommodations will not be given on site. Last minute requests cannot be guaranteed or approval. 4.4 TEST ADMISSION PROCEDURES Participants must be registered or a Level 1 Course in order to sit or the test. No retest participants will be accepted at the door.
Once registered to take the course, participants will be sent an email conrmation and receipt. The conrmation will contain the participant’s name, the course location, the date o the course and test, and the participant’s reerence number. Participants must print and bring this conrmation to the course and test. Organization o participants, distribution o test materials, and testing instructions will begin promptly at the p osted start time. The total testing testing time is is 60 minutes, minutes, not including time time or instructions instructions and materials materials collection. collection. For entry to the course, participants must present a government-issued photo ID such as a valid driver’s license along with their registration receipt. Course attendance is a pre-requisite or on-site testing. Participants without a conrmation receipt, receipt, government-issued government-issued photo ID, or who miss part o the course will NOT be permitted to take the test, and their ees will be oreited Section 2.3. 4.5 TEST HANDLING CrossFitt will take all available precautions to ensure the appropriate and secure handling o completed tests. In the rare CrossFi and extreme case in which the tests become lost or unreadable, participants will be required to undergo retesting retesting but will not be charged a retest ee. Participants will be responsible or their own travel-associa travel-associated ted expenses i travel is required or such a retest. 4.6 TEST IRREGULARITIE S Any problems, suspected instances o cheating, alleged inappropria inappropriate te test administrat administration, ion, environmental testing conditions severe enough to cause disruption o the process, or other irregularities related to test administration should be addressed to the on-site proctors immediately. All such matters will be repor ted, investigated, investigated, and subject to urther action ac tion based on policies and procedures adopted by CrossFit.
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4.7 TEST RULES The ollowing are are the rules enorced enorced at all test sites: sites: •
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All participants must have registration receipt and proper government-issued government-issued photo ID to be admitted Participants are admitted only to their assigned course and test Participants arriving more than ve minutes minutes late or the test will not be admitted and will oreit their ees No guests are permitted at the course or test No unauthorized reerence material, material, books, book s, papers, or personal items purses, briecases, coats, etc. are allowed in the test area No electronic devices are p ermitted during the test, including but not limited to cell phones, Blackberries, iPhones, signaling devices such as pagers and alarms, PDAs, and other hand-held computers No copying, writing, photocopying, photographing, or otherwise recording or transmitting o testing materials, materials, including but not limited to test questions, answers, layout, or conten content, t, is allowed No assisting or soliciting assistance rom other participants or those responsible or the administration o the test No test materials, documents, documents, or memoranda o any sor t are to be taken rom the test site
Participants may not communicate communicate with other participants par ticipants during the test. Proctors are authorized to maintain a secure and proper test administration environment, environment, including relocation or expulsion o participants or guests. Participants who must leave the testing room during the test must receive permission rom the proctor and will be escorted while outside the testing room. Participants will not be allowed additional time to make up or time lost. 4.8 VIOLATING TEST RULES I a participant is caught violating testing rules, the participant will be dismissed rom the test site and may be declared permanently ineligible or uture CrossFit courses and tests. Test proctors are authorized to take immediate and appropriate appropriat e measures against participants who are caught violating testing rules.
Receipt, possession, or transmission o CrossFit test materials, either beore the test, on-site, or in the uture, including test questions in any orm, is a breach o CrossFit policy and is strictly orbidden. CrossFit reserves the right to take whatever measures it deems necessary to protect the integrity o its tests. This could include, but would not ne cessarily be limited to, exclusion exclusion rom a current course and test and uture courses and tests, and suit or recovery o damages.
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RESULTS PROCESS 5.1 SCORE REPORTING 5.1 The CrossFit CrossFit Certication and Training Training Department Department is solely responsible responsible or the decision o issuing certicates. Test results results will be delivered delivered to to participants via email email within 5-7 5-7 days rom the test date. date. Individuals will receive receive a result o pass or ail. No numerical score will be issued. Certifcates will be individually mailed and can take up to 4 weeks to arrive or those living in the United States and 6- 8 weeks to or those living outside the United States .
I an individual wants an additional copy o their Certicate, or needs a rep lacement, requests can ca n be made to seminars@crosst.com.. There is a $25.00 ee US Dollars or each additional certicate. seminars@crosst.com
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5.2 PASSING Participants who pass the Level 1 Certicate test will be awarded a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Certicate, a sample o which is displayed below:
DESIGNATION AND MEANING: The issuance issuance o a CrossFit CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Trainer Certicate Certicate conrms conrms the participant participant has met all program program requisites requisites including including passing the test.
Attainment o the certicate means individuals have demonstrated a basic understanding o the CrossFit undamentals, undamentals, both concepts and movements, presented presented in the CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Trainer Course. This can be a starting point p oint to begin training others and continue successul development as a CrossFit Trainer. It aords the designation o CrossFit Level 1 Trainer CF-L1 Trainer, meets CrossFit’s requirement requirement or training others using CrossFit methods, and provides the oppor tunity to apply or aliation with CrossFit. Certicates o Attendance do not grant any o these privileges. All certicates are non-transerrable. 5.3 AUTHORIZED USE OF THE LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATE A participant who has be en awarded the CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Certicate may list the qualication on stationery, websites, websites, business cards, and other materials as ollows:
Your name, CrossFit Level 1 Trainer CF-L1 Trainer The CF-L1 CF-L1 designation designation does not allow or the use o CrossFit name, name, slogans, art work, photos, or content rom the CrossFit Journal or website in any other business or promotional manner. Only aliation grants the legal right to use the CrossFit name or business or promotional purposes. Certicate holders may state they are CrossFit Level 1 Trainers/CF-L1 Trainer but shall not state or imply that they are certied, registered, or licensed, nor shall they use any other titles or designations to signiy the attainment o the certicate other than those identied in this Handbook.
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5.4 CERTIFICATE EXPIRATION CrossFit’s inormation and methods continually evolve and improve with time. To ensure that individuals using CrossFit’s training methods are current in their understanding o CrossFit’s methodology and movement inormation, CrossFit’s CrossFit’s Level 1 Certicate expires ater ve years rom the date o issue. At the end o that period, a trainer must retake the Level 1 Certicate Course and pass the test in order to re-attain his or her qualication and use the CF-L1 Trainer designation. 5.5 INVALIDA INVALIDATION TION OF A CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE A certicate issued can be invalidated only under the condition that the certicate holder is ound not to have ullled the program’s requirements, including but not limited to attempting to attain the certicate through an unair advantage or alsication or orgery o personal inormation.
I such inormation is ound to suggest a participant par ticipant was granted a certicate under alse identity, it will be investigated and documented by the Appeals Bo ard. 5.6 FAILING Participants who chose not to take or did not successully complete complete the test will receive a Certicate o Attendanc Attendance. e. A Certicate o Attendance simply documents attendance at a Level 1 Trainer Course, does not allow use o the CF-L1 Trainer Trai ner designation, designation, and does not not expire.
Participants who do not pass the test will be notied via a diagnostic email within 5-7 days rom the test date. The diagnostic email will contain contain a graphic outline o per ormance in each o the main subject areas o the test. A sample diagnostic report is displayed below: CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Course Certifcate Test Results
Administered on: February 23, 2010 Test Form A1 A1 Score Score Report Participant Partici pant Name: Joe Smith
[email protected] ID: 3501 35016652 6652 Result: Fail Result by Subject Area:
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Each o the subject areas is weighted dierently, as indicated in the test blueprint in Section 7.3 o this Handbook. This means participants will not be able to average scores on the subject areas in an attempt to determine determine a specic score. Subject area analysis is provided solely or the purposes o preparing or the next test. Due to issues o test item security, CrossFit, CrossFit, its instructors and other representatives representatives will not provide inormation on the exact questions that were answered incorrectly. I you are struggling to pass the test, consider attending the course again or studying and working with someone who has passed the test. 5.7 REQUESTS FOR HAND SCORING Should a participant eel there was an error made in scoring his/her test, a hand score o the answer sheet can be requested. Requests must be made in writing within 30 days rom the date the test was taken. Requests should be sent to CrossFit via email to seminars@crosst.com seminars@crosst.com.. The ee or hand scoring is $25.00 US Dollars.
On receipt o a written request and payment o the $25.00 ee US Dollars, Dollars, the participant’ par ticipant’s answer sheet will b e inspected and hand scored by CrossFit CrossFit.. This process ensures that no stray pencil marks, multiple responses, or other conditions interered with computer scoring. scoring. The results o the hand score will be nal. 5.8 APPEALS POLICY An appeal is a ormal request to CrossFit or special consideration or accommodation accommodation ater the test has been scored. A sound rationale logical basis regarding the need or special consideration must be provided by the student. An appeal is not an avenue or requesting a passing score on a ailed test .
Submission Submiss ion o an Appeal An appeal must be lodged no later than 30 days ater notication by CrossFit o the adverse decision by sending a letter o appeal. Appeals shall be submitted via email to t o seminars@crosst.com or axed to 202 354-4889 within 30 days o the test with the word ‘Appeal’ in the subject line o the email. The Appeals Application Application is is included in the Forms section o this Handbook Section 8.1. Appeals Appeals will not be accepted accepted in any other ormat. Appeals shall include: •
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All relevant supportive documentation must be included or reerenced in the appeal submiss submission. ion. The application or submitting an appeal appears in the Forms section o this Participant Handbook Section 8.1. 8.1. The appeals process is detailed below. Appeals Process Initial Review:
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5.10 COMPLAINTS Complaints Complain ts are dened as any written communication submitted to seminars@crosst.com in which a customer/participant explicitly expresses dissatisaction regarding any area o service. Complaints must be communi communicated cated independently o the standard eedback orm.
Complaints will be handed primarily by the Training Department Registrar or passed on to the appropriat Complaints appropriate e person to handle. All complaints will be handled in an unbiased and timely manner. 5.11 PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK Ater the course, all participants will receive an email rom CrossFit’s Training Department soliciting eedback on all aspects o the course. Additionally, participants can con tact courseeedback@cross courseeedback@crosst.com t.com at any time with course or test eedback.
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To aid aid in trainer trainer verication Section 6.2, 6.2, CrossFit CrossFit maintains maintains a Tra Trainer iner Directory that lists all current CF-L1 trainers trainers.. All individuals who earn the designation designatio n CF-L1 Trainer i.e., take the course and pass the test are listed in this database. The database databas e is publicly accessible, and lists ull name, city, state and all CrossFit qualications or those with a valid CF-L1 Trainer Certicate. Contact inormation is not listed however an option to contact listed trainers through CrossFit’s CrossFit’s messaging service is provided. By agreeing to the policies and procedures within this handbook, par ticipants agree to be listed in this database. I a CF-L1 trainer does not want to be listed, he or she needs to contact seminars@crosst.com and express this in writing . Upon applying or CrossFit aliation, a participant’s certicate status and contact inormation may be shared with CrossFit Aliate Aliat e Department employees. Aliate Department personnel shall handle the inormation securely and in condence and only or the purpose o verication o eligibility or CrossFit aliation. aliation. CrossFit may develop and publish statistical data regarding the exams; however, the identities o individual participants will not CrossFit be divulged. 6.2 CERTIFICATE VERIFICATION CrossFit maintains maintains a Train a Trainer er Directory Directory that lists all current CF-L1 trainers. All individuals who earn the designation CF-L1 Trainer i.e., take the course and pass the test are listed in this database. The database is publicly accessible, and lists ull name, city, state and all CrossFit qualications or those with a valid CF-L1 Trainer Certicate. Contact inormation is not listed however an option to contact listed trainers through CrossFit’s messaging service is provided. By agreeing to the policies and procedures within this handbook, participants agree to be listed in this database. I a CF-L1 trainer does not want to be listed, he or she needs to contact seminars@crosst.com and express this in writing .
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Practical Instruction: 1 Squat/ Front Squat/ Overhead Squat, 2 Press/Push Press/ Push Jerk, and 3 Deadlit/ Sumo Deadlit High Pull/ Medicine Ball Clean
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7.2 COURSE OUTLI OUTLINE NE The CrossFit CrossFit Level 1 Certicate Course Course is a two-day course course comprised o 4 segments:
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7.3 LEVEL 1 TEST BLUEPRINT Topic
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The test is based on the CrossFit CrossFit Level Level 1 material, material, which which is comprised o BOTH BOTH the Level Level 1 Certicate Certicate Course and and the Training Training Guide. Neither by itsel is considered the entire material material rom which the questions are derived. 7.5 TEST-TAKING STRATEG IES We recommend that participants read each question careully and be sure to pay attention to key phrases like ‘best,’ ‘most important,’ ‘least,’ etc. Try not to overanalyze the test questions; they are written to be as straightorward as possible. While more than one answer may contain correct CrossFit CrossFit terminology or methodolog y, there is only one correct answer in relation to the question. We are looking or the most obvious answer. There are no trick trick questions or or hidden meanings meanings.
Some incorrect answers may be plausible answers according to other itness-related sources, but the test o the Level 1 Certiicate Course is speciic to CrossFit. The goal is to asses s a par particip ticipant ant’s ’s underst und erst andin anding g o Cross CrossFit Fit method me thodolog ology, y, terminology, and movements as presented at the Level 1 Course and in the Level 1 Course Materials . The Level 1 test questions are not derived rom or based on any other itness source, related ields, or materials.
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7.6 SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS These are items items i.e., i.e., test questions questions similar to to those that that may appear appear on the Level Level 1 Course Course Certicate Test. These specic
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FORMS 8.1 LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATE TEST APPEALS APPLICATION 8.1 Appeals will not be accepted in any ormat besides that shown here. APPEALS APPLICATION Appellant Inormation Inormation::
Name o appellant: Postal address o appellant: Email address o appellant required: Telephone Teleph one contact numbers numbers o appellant: appellant: Test Inormation Inormation:: Test Tak Taken: en: Test Location: Test Date: Lead Instructor’s Name: Reason or Appeal: Include as much inormation possible:
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I would like to request the ollowing testing accommodations: accommodations: Circle answers in test booklet Extended testing time time time and a hal hal Large print test please provide point size: Reader Separate testing area Special seating please describe describe:: Wheelchair-accessible testing site Other special accommodations please speciy: Participant Signature:
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DOCUMENTATION DOCUMENTA TION OF DISABILITYRELATED NEEDS BY QUALIFIED PROVIDER
A licensed health care provider or an educational or testing proessional must complete this orm. The nature o the disability, identication identicati on o the tests tests used to conrm the diagnosis, a description o past accommodat accommodations ions made or the disability, and the specic testing accommodations accommodations requested must be included. Proessional Documentation: Documentation:
I have known name o partici participant pant
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in my capacity as an proessional title The participant discussed with with me the nature nature o the test being administer administered. ed. It is my my opinion that that because o this this participant’s participant’s disability described below, he/she should be accommodat accommodated ed by providing the special arrangements listed on the Special Testi Testing ng Accommodation Accomm odation Request Form. Comments on Disability:
Signature: Title: Organization: License # i applicable: Phone Number: Date: Participant Instructions:
Return this orm with a copy o the Special Testing Testing Accommodation Request Fo rm to seminars@cross it.com i t.com or ax to 202 20 2 354-4889. 354-4889. All documentation needs to be submitted at least 2 weeks in advance o the scheduled course date. Please write “Accomm “Accommodations odations Request” in the Subject line o the email or cover page o the ax.
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INDEX A
L
R
About CrossFit, 5
Language, 10
Reerences/Studying Reerences/S tudying or the Test, 29
ADA Accommodations Request Forms, 35
Learning Outcomes, 6
Registration and Fees, 8
Level 1 Certicate Test, 6
Registration Process, 8
Level 1 Certicate Test Appeals Application, 33
Request or Duplicate Certicate, 16
Americans with Disabilities Act, application or accommodat accommodation, ion, 35
Requests or Hand Scoring, 15
Americans with Disabilities Act, test taking, 11
Level 1 Trainer Certicate Scope, 5
Appeals Policy, 15
M
Authorized Use o the Level 1 Certicate, 13
Mission, 5
C Cancellation, Test or Fee Re und, or Cancellation, Failure to Appear, 10 Certicate Expiration, 14 Certicate Vericati Verication, on, 17 Complaints, 17 Course Outline, 25 E Eligibility, 7 Eligibility requiremen requirements, ts, 7 F Failing, 14 Forms, 33
Results Process, 12 Retesting: Participant Fails, 10 Revalidation: Participant Passes, 10 N S Non-Scored Test Questions, 7 Sample Test Questions, 30 O Score Reporting, 12 Overview, 5 Statement o Non-Discrimination, 7 P T Participant Feedback, 17 Taking Takin g the Test, Test, 11 Participant Privacy, 17 Test Administr Administration, ation, 11 Participation Privacy and Status Vercation, 17
Test Admissi Admission on Procedures, 11
Passing, 13
Test Conditions, 11
Preparing or the test, 18
Test Handling, 11
Program Requisites, 8
Test Irregularities, 11
Program Updates, 7
Test Rules, 12
Purpose, 6
Test-T Test -Taking aking Strategies, Strategies, 29
I
Trainer Trai ner Certicate Certicate Use, 13
Identity and Test Security, 9
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Invalidation Invalidati on o a Certicate, 14
Violating Test Rules, 12
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