Bruce Edwards Is the New CrossFit CEO: Chris Cooper's Reaction

About this episode

Chris Cooper shares his reaction to Bruce Edwards becoming the new CEO of CrossFit.

Bruce Edwards just became CEO of CrossFit. Two-Brain founder Chris Cooper thinks it’s the right call, and he has a very personal reason for saying so: Bruce fired him. Personally. In this episode of “Run a Profitable Gym,” Two-Brain CEO John Franklin sits down with Chris for an unfiltered reaction to the April 28, 2026, appointment, following Don Faul’s resignation in March. In 2018, when Bruce trimmed the CrossFit Media team, Chris learned everything he needed to know about the kind of le...

People in this episode

Host: Chris Cooper

Guest: Bruce Edwards

Topics covered

• CrossFit
• CEO appointment
• business reaction
• entrepreneurship
• media team

Keywords

• CrossFit
• Bruce Edwards
• Chris Cooper
• CEO
• Two-Brain
• business
• entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CrossFit, Two-Brain

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