CrossFit CEO Greg Glassman announced on Tuesday that he will resign and retire from his position with the organization.

CrossFit CEO Greg Glassman announced on Tuesday that he will resign and retire from his position with the organization, just days removed from his controversial tweets that linked George Floyd’s death with the coronavirus pandemic.

“On Saturday I created a rift in the CrossFit community and unintentionally hurt many of its members,” Glassman said in a statement. “Since I founded CrossFit 20 years ago, it has become the world’s largest network of gyms. All are aligned in offering an elegant solution to the vexing problem of chronic disease. Creating CrossFit and supporting its affiliates and legions of professional trainers has been a labor of love.”

“Those who know me know that my sole issue is the chronic disease epidemic. I know that CrossFit is the solution to this epidemic and that CrossFit