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John Singleton
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John got his start in the fitness world as a young teenager competing in martial arts. After graduation he moved to China for several years to deepen his knowledge in the discipline. Only after returning back home to the UK, where he started pursuing a degree in osteopathy, did he come in contact with the notion of CrossFit.
Enthused with the methodology and how it reminded him of the martial arts approach to training, he took on competing in the first CrossFit Sectionals. One thing led to another, and with his growing knowledge in physiology and exercise science he soon found himself coaching other athletes just as much as he was training.
Having realized his untapped potential as a coach John chose to hang up his competitor shoes to pursue coaching as a career. It wasn’t long before The Progrm was founded and the rest is history. He’s now based in Mallorca, where The Progrm headquarters are, and continues to lead a global community of athletes and fitness enthusiast in the pursuit of peak performance and long term health.
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Professional background:
After years of studying and coaching Martial Arts in the UK and China, John Singleton discovered CrossFit in 2007 while completing a Master’s in Osteopathy in London.
- 2024: Expands into HYROX training, working with world-record holder Mikaela Norman and coaching Moritz Fiebig to the CrossFit Games in Texas.
- 2023: Rebrands The Comp as The Crown, partnering with Nike and coaches Moritz Fiebig to podium finishes in Europe and Dubai.
- 2022: Coaches five individual athletes to the CrossFit Games. Gabi Migała earns podium finishes at Rogue and Dubai, while Jacqueline Dahlstrøm wins Strength in Depth.
- 2020–2021: Opens The Box Mallorca. Athletes Gabi Migała and Jacqueline Dahlstrøm achieve top finishes at the CrossFit Games.
- 2019: Leads the largest group of individual athletes (11) at the CrossFit Games and launches The Comp, a competition for young CrossFit talent.
- 2016–2018: Coached CrossFit Games athletes Sara Sigmundsdottir, Adrian Mundwiler, Lukas Esslinger, and The Progrm’s first Teen Games athlete, Axel Lundgren, to success.
- 2015: Makes history as one of the only coaches to have a male (Björgvin K. Guðmundsson) and a female (Sara Sigmundsdottir) podium at the CrossFit Games in the same year.
- 2014: John establishes The Progrm, now one of the most respected training programmes in the CrossFit community.
John Singleton’s legacy is defined by his commitment to excellence, his nurturing of elite athletes, and his building of a thriving global CrossFit community.