A little bit of Cindy in the sun, a little bit of Helen just for fun, a little bit of Karen and a run… Today’s workout took bits of CrossFit named workouts and crafted them into a beautiful pyramid of fun! Run/Mobility/Warm up 5 pull ups 10 press ups 15 squats run 200m 21 kettlebell [...]
Archive | May, 2010
Bank Holiday Classes – 31st May
Classes tomorrow will run at 10am and 11am. Rest day message: Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!
F-R-A-N
Yup, our first encounter with the infamous Fran. Where other gym-goers might compare their bench press, CrossFitter compare their Fran time. On paper she looks innocuous and almost inviting but she has the power to chew you up and leave you dazed on the floor. 2 min skipping/mobility/warm up ‘Fran’ For time 21-15-9 Thrusters 42.5kg [...]
A bit like FGB again
Callum is leaving us to join the Army so in honour of this we thought we’d revisit one of his first and favourite workouts. Callum is a great member – he’s friendly and welcoming to new faces, he gives each workout everything he’s got and has seen great improvements as a result. The army is [...]
In the Zone, Chilli Beef Soup
Tonight was another skills/’do a workout you missed’ day. Here to go with it is another Zone recipe for Chilli Beef Soup. This is inspired by something I had in the States back when I was an air hostess – if you’re in America and you see a ‘Corner Bakery’ then pop in for a [...]
Run, squat, sit, clean
Tonight we welcomed Mark and Kieran for their first Crossfit workout which was 3 Rounds of… In 5 minutes Run 200m once then as many rounds as possible in the remaining time of 5 Front Squats 10 situps 5 Cleans rest 2 minutes between rounds.
Squat fest
Overhead Squat 3 – 3 – 3 Front Squat 3 – 3 – 3 Back Squat 3 – 3 – 3 Aim to increase the load for each set We also welcomed Christine for her first CrossFit workout
Half Angie
This evening’s workout was a modified CrossFit benchmark workout. The workout Angie is normally 100 pullups, pressups, situps and squats and it tends to leave a mark for a couple of days. To allow our athletes, who are all relatively new to CrossFit, to be able to train effectively all week we only did half [...]
Saturday Snatching
Run/Mobility/Warm Up Work up to a heavy single followed by Muscle up technique / progression
CrossFit + BBQ = FUN
The weather was with us for our open evening and bbq! Those who wanted to WOD got a blast of ‘Running Cindy’, those who didn’t provided the cheering and encouragement and everyone enjoyed ‘AMRAP’ (as many refills as possible) of burgers, sausages and more. It was great to meet new people and catch up with [...]
