Archive | June, 2011
7th June 2011

7th June 2011

There were just 3 movements in tonight’s workout.

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6th June 2011

A grey day gave way to a beautiful sunny evening in Ashton which meant one thing…obstacle course warm up. The constituents vary but the result is always the same – FUN! Tonight’s included bear crawls, boxes, hurdles, tyre flips, backwards running and sprints. This was followed by overhead mobility work and a refresher on technique [...]

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regionals day 2

4th June 2011

Sets of seven squats on Saturday. I do like alliteration. This was followed by a max effort 1000m row or 800m run. Then it was off to Bolton to soak up the atmosphere and sunshine at the Reebok CrossFit Games Europe Regional. It was great to catch up with CrossFitting friends from all over the [...]

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foundations deb caz wayne

3rd June 2011

Whilst Chris was busy judging at the Reebok CrossFit Games Europe Regional, back at the gym we were tackling Goats and Cluster Fran. You could pick your goat from a list or provide your own suggestion as to what you suck at. This was followed by a version of benchmark Fran with squat clean thrusters [...]

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2 June 2011

Take a high skill movement, add some high intensity full body movements, a small pinch of enforced rest and time for 3 minutes and you have the recipe for tonight’s workout. In 3 mins 15 Overhead Squats Max Rep Box Jump rest 1 min In 3 mins 15 Overhead Squats Max Rep Knees to Elbows [...]

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1st June 2011

Tonight we got our hench on with some bench press. This was followed by a couplet pairing snatches and wall ball. Bench Press 7 – 5 – 5 – 3 – 3 – 1 15 Hang Power Snatch 30 Wall Ball 10 Hang Power Snatch 20 Wall Ball 5 Hang Power Snatch 10 Wall Ball

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