Tonight’s workout was based on 3 progressively more functional ways to get an object from shoulder height to overhead. Shoulder press, push press and finally split jerk. We finished with 10 minutes of 3 pull ups on the minute.
Archive | May, 2011
30th May 2011 – Barbell Complex and Jackamid
We opened our Bank Holiday session with a barbell complex. Combining strength and conditioning in a tidy package our athletes worked up to a maximum weight for: 5 Deadlift 5 Hang Squat Clean 5 Push Press 5 Front Squat This was followed by a pyramid workout based on benchmark Jackie. As is often the case [...]
28th May 2011 – Mind Eraser
When CrossFit’s Director of Social Media Lisbeth Darsh brought a workout called Mind Eraser to our attention it went to the top of our to-do list. Those who came on Saturday are probably hoping it’s a while before she recommends any more workouts. Why’s it called ‘Mind Eraser’? Well we can vouch for the fact [...]
Bank Holiday Hours – 30th May
Just a reminder that classes tomorrow are at 10 and 11am.
27th May 2011
Tonight we went back to the backsquat and followed it up with a variation on the benchmark workout Angie
26th May 2011
There was a distinct gymnastic flavour to the session tonight as, after a gymnastic warm-up, we worked on progressions towards hanging inverted on the rings.
25th May 2011
Most of tonight’s sessions were dedicated to working on deadlifts, either for maximum weight or improving technique. We followed this with a 10 minute double under challenge, with a twist
24th May 2011
Tonight’s workout was another one borrowed from CrossFit New England called ‘Cement Mixer’. Complete it as written and you’ve managed 2.8km and 84 toes to bar in under 21 minutes, tough stuff. As always this is scaleable so we altered the number of rounds, the distance run and also the movements to suit each athlete. [...]
23rd May 2011
Tonight we did some Cleaning. Well, it is meant to be Spring. The cleans we did were of the Olympic variety, working on assistance drills and flexibility as necessary to improve technique. This was followed by a short pressing couplet.
21st May 2011
A busy day for our members meant a quiet morning at the gym. Dean joined our friends at CrossFit 3D for a strongman session at Mo Power Strength & Conditioning. James and Chris were at the Body Power Expo at the Birmingham NEC doing workout demos and spreading the word about CrossFit. James dropped in [...]
