Wow. The CrossFit community turned out in force today for our Barbells for Boobs Challenge. Everyone was incredibly generous with their cash, time and support – thank you all for making today such a success!
Archive | October, 2010
Fright Gone Bad
3 Rounds for Maximum Total Reps 1 min Single Arm Dumbell Snatch 1 min 20″ Box Jumps 1 min Ball Slam 1 min 20kg Thruster 1 min Row (calories) 1 min Rest
Mingin’ Monster Mashup
We have done tonight’s workout before, way back in April. Unlike fine wines, CrossFit workouts don’t get nicer with age. When we first came up with this chipper and a half Karen and I both tried it and decided it should be called mingin’. It seemed appropriate in the week before Halloween to revisit it. [...]
Take the Red Pill
The terms blue pill and red pill have become a popular metaphor for the choice between the blissful ignorance of illusion (blue) and embracing the sometimes painful truth of reality (red).
Death By 10m
We’re counting down to Halloween with a week of horror themed workouts. Be warned, the link may occasionally be terrifyingly tenuous.
Cluster’s Last Stand
Today’s workout was chock-ful of lovely clusters. Not the yummy chocolately kind though. The clusters our athletes faced were a tasty squat clean and thruster combo.
Dead(lift) On Arrival
Tonight’s workout was deadlifts followed by a front squat and press ups couplet. Tomorrow the UK CrossFit Community descends on Swansea for the CrossFit Velocity Divided We Fall Team Games. Here is a video we put together to featuring previous UK and Irish community events to get everyone in the mood.
Cleans and Tabata
With an eye on next week’s ‘Barbells for Boobs Challenge’ tonight’s workout was an opportunity to practise clean technique. This was followed by some tabata intervals.
