Over Thirty Years of CrossFit Programming Experience —
Refined for Your Community
One Core Programming Service — Integrating Four Comprehensive Tracks — Built to Serve Everyone You Serve
30+ Years CrossFit Programming & Coaching Experience — including working alongside CrossFit founder Greg 'Coach' Glassman, dating back to before CrossFit Affiliates, the L-1, The CrossFit Journal, or even CrossFit.com existed.
30+ Yrs
Programming Experience
4
Athlete Tracks
1
Core Service
Every
Athlete Served
Affiliate & Gym Programming
Build a Thriving Gym Through Effective Programming
The success of your gym relies on growth and retention. People come for results; they stay for community and engagement. It all begins with effective, dynamic programming, paired with informed, caring instruction — both foundational pillars to a strong and thriving gym.
You and your staff provide the coaching; let me provide the programming that drives results.
Built for Coaches. Designed for Athletes. Engineered for Growth.
Many programs prioritize volume over effectiveness — forcing coaches to fit an overloaded session into an hour. Others rigidly isolate strength and conditioning, leaving athletes strong but slow, or fit but weak. I take a different approach. One built on purpose — not "Strength Biased," not "Cardio Biased," not "Gymnastics Biased," but truly "Fitness Biased."
Four-Tiered Prescription
A Four-Tiered Prescription for Every Athlete
Integrated seamlessly within one core service are four comprehensive prescriptions designed to serve the full spectrum of your membership.
General Athlete
Master’s Athlete
Competitive Athlete
Master’s Competitive
Every athlete in your gym is accounted for. Every session, every day.
Seamless Implementation
Seamless Implementation for Coaches and Athletes
Providing exceptional programming is essential — but successfully delivering it to your athletes is equally critical.
I make that process seamless.
Every session includes:
Programming is delivered through a secure, dedicated member portal — accessible to every subscribing gym with their unique login credentials, where it can be viewed, downloaded, or imported into your preferred delivery platform.
When Passion, Purpose and Precision Converge
Collectively, these advantages foster engagement, enhance community, accelerate growth, and improve retention — creating a gym culture that not only thrives, but sets a new standard for excellence.
Philosophy in Action
Why I Don't Map Out Complete Warm-Ups for Every Day of Programming
The simplest answer? Because your coaches deserve better.
Prescribing every warm-up squanders valuable time better spent on programming quality — but more importantly, it robs coaches of essential opportunities to develop their craft.
Instead, I provide thoughtful warm-up guidelines — highlighting key movement prep, mobility considerations, and stimulus-specific recommendations — offering structure while leaving the creative design in your coaches' hands. This approach teaches coaches how to think, not what to think — developing problem-solving ability and independent judgment rather than dependence on scripts.
Your coaches are your front-line liaisons between you and your membership — the gatekeepers to your community. Investing in their development doesn't just create better coaches — it strengthens your entire gym culture. It builds leaders who think independently, solve problems creatively, and take ownership of their decisions.
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About Jason
Jason Highbarger
I have over 30 years of CrossFit programming and coaching experience — including working alongside Greg 'Coach' Glassman long before the inception of the CrossFit website, Journal, Level 1 Certification, or Affiliate Program.
For over a decade, I designed and implemented the vast majority of programming for the two CrossFit Affiliates I co-owned — averaging nearly 20 hours weekly on programming while raising a young daughter. A labor of love that grew unsustainable. So I started exploring other options.
What I found was clear: the available programming options were underwhelming. Thoughtless logistics that waste class time. Overloaded sessions impossible to execute well in an hour. Generic templates created by people who've never managed a gym floor.
I knew I was better — and I knew I had to do something about it.
The question was never if — but how to bring it to gym owners worldwide.
I've dedicated most of my life to helping people — and this is the natural evolution of that calling — the best way I know to help the greatest number of people.
That's why I built PARAGON PROGRAMMING™ — to deliver world-class training design with real-world implementation awareness. Programming created by someone who's run gyms for over a decade and understands every constraint you face. To serve those who serve others.
Paragon Programming™
The Standard in Programming Excellence — World Class for a World Market
Built by a Gym Owner Who Pursues Excellence — For Gym Owners Who Embody It