Or in tonight’s case, the barbell. Utilising pretty much every major muscle in the body, the deadlift is a highly functional compound movement. It’s also really fun to pick up heavy stuff! Our athletes had to find a 1 rep max which saw lots of PBs and a new gym record by David. We followed [...]
Archive | August, 2010
Tag Team Angie
We celebrated the Bank Holiday in style with a team workout – Tag Team Angie. Not only are team workouts fun but they’re also a sneaky way of getting everyone to work really hard, mwahahahaha. The CrossFit benchmark workout Angie got a team twist so that one person would be running while the other accumulated [...]
Bank Holiday Classes Tomorrow
Just a reminder that the Bank Holiday classes tomorrow will run at 10am and 11am.
Take Comfort In Your Discomfort
Report: 10 Million Killed Annually By Stepping Out Of Comfort Zones AUGUST 24, 2010 | ISSUE 46•34 WASHINGTON—A new report published this week by the Department of Health and Human Services revealed that more than 10 million Americans are violently killed each year while attempting to break away from their regular everyday routines and try [...]
Jerk for your supper
A real jam packed session tonight. To start we worked on Split Jerk technique with a little twist , a 60m sprint between sets. This was followed by a short 15 min blast that seemed to hit the spot. 5 Rounds 3 Split Jerk (aim to increase the weight each round) (rest 60 seconds [...]
Jump to it
Various types of jump were on the cards tonight Box Jumps for maximum height 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 Broad Jumps for maximum distance 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 Weighted Box Jumps 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 We then finished with Death by [...]
All Hail The Chief
The Chief As many rounds as possible in 3 minutes of: 3 Power cleans 60/40kg 6 Press Ups 9 Squats Rest 1 minute. Repeat for a total of 5 cycles. We adjusted this slightly to allow our athletes to pick up an unfinished round where they left off in the next cycle. This encourages everyone [...]
Francy that?!
We started tonight with some technique work on thrusters, working up to a 5 rep max then a little modified version of the notorious CrossFit benchmark workout “Fran” with overhead squats instead of thrusters. We kept the scaling very light to give everyone a taste of the kind of intensity possible in a workout lasting [...]
Pull, Push and Squat
Deadlift 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 Shoulder Press 5 – 5 – 5 – 5 – 5 so ummm where’s the squat? For a little fun at the end of the session we did 8 rounds of bottom-to-bottom Tabata squats. 1 Tabata round is 20 seconds work and 10 seconds rest. [...]
SLK and T10
This morning was a modified version of one of CrossFit’s benchmark workouts. Kelly is normally 5 rounds of run 400m 30 box jumps and 30 wall ball. We shortened it to 3 rounds and added a minutes rest between rounds to really drive up the intensity. Short Lazy Kelly 3 Rounds Run 400m 30 Box [...]
