Considering tonight was a deadlift technique session working up to a ‘heavy’ set of 5 reps there were plenty of PBs floating about. Deadlift work to a heavy set of 5 reps 2 – 4 – 6 – 8 – 10 – 8 – 6 – 4 – 2 reps Goblet Squat Pullups Pressups
Archive | July, 2011
27th July 2011
In anticipation of this weekend’s CrossFit Games finals in California, we mashed together a couple of the workouts from the Open qualifiers way back in March.
26th July 2011
21-15-9 Overhead Walking Lunge (Plate Carry) Ring Dip Then immediately run 400m A.F.A.P. Front Lever Progressions after all that we messed about with some strongman-esque games
23rd July 2011
“I can feel myself getting stronger, it’s a fantastic feeling” – those words from Heather made my day today. Heather got a well deserved personal best on her front squat today and Geoff knocked a whopping 36 seconds off his 500m row time in just 6 weeks. Both PBs are very special to me as Heather and Geoff are my parents.
21st July 2011
It was strictly bodyweight tonight as we took the CrossFit benchmark “Angie” and gave it a little twist
20th July 2011
Tonight we started with some bench press working up to a 3 rep max. We followed this with CrossFit benchmark Annie.
19th July 2011
Fantastic efforts by everyone tonight as we worked on squat cleans. Workouts where you perform reps on the minute for a set number of minutes have a magical time warping effect. At first it seems like you have loads of time but by the end those minutes seem to pass much faster. There was a [...]
Holiday Workouts
If you’re going on your hols maybe you’re looking forward to a well-deserved break from the gym. That’s absolutely fine; if you’ve been training hard then a rest week can do you the world of good. But should you want to do a workout or two then don’t let a lack of equipment stop you. [...]
