The founder of the US fitness brand CrossFit will step down from his position as CEO following a disastrous few days that have seen the fitness program lose key partnerships, endorsements and the business of hundreds of affiliated gyms around the world. 안전토토사이트

The move comes after a pair of offensive tweets by Greg Glassman. On Saturday, in response to a tweet from the research centre Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, which stated “Racism is a public health issue”, Glassman tweeted “It’s FLOYD-19”, in reference to the police killing of George Floyd, whose death has sparked a global protest movement.

CrossFit eventually released an apology for Glassman, but BuzzFeed News recently recovered audio from Glassman’s staff Zoom call where the now-ex-CrossFit CEO floated conspiracy theories about George Floyd’s murder and said, “We’re not mourning for George Floyd — I don’t think me or any of my staff are.”

Shortly after BuzzFeed published the story, Glassman announced his resignation.

According to BuzzFeed, the call was 75 minutes, and Glassman dismissed the need to have CrossFit speak out on the systemic racism and police brutality that victimizes the black community. Via BuzzFeed:

“I doubt very much that they’re mourning for Floyd,” Glassman said on the call about protesters and CrossFitters who were looking for the company to speak out. “I don’t think that there’s a general mourning for Floyd in any community.”

Glassman had served as CrossFit’s CEO since co-founding the workout brand that built a large following while charging affiliate gyms a fee to use the “CrossFit” name. Dave Castro will replace Glassman as CEO.