Our understanding is that the needs of Olympic athletes and our grandparents differ by degree, not kind," One needs functional competence to stay out of the nursing home. The other one wants functional dominance to win medals - CrossFit At Persistence Athletics, we are working every day to develop world-class products and services to fight the world's most vexing problem -chronic disease at the same time pushing the boundaries of human performance in sports. Persistence athletics was founded in 2017 to bring world-class training, nutrition, and coaching to the general population and professional athletes around the world.