The first involved all weighted movements, the second all bodyweight. Which was worse? There’s only one way to find out…
No, not a fight. Just do them and see for yourself!
Archive | January, 2012
30th January 2012
Today’s classes brought 3-rep front squats and a fun time priority workout. Time priority is another way of saying that you work for a set amount of time rather than doing a set amount of work, in this case a 12 minute AMRAP (as many rounds as possible).
28th January 2011 – Nancy
It was Member’s Choice today at CrossFit Tameside. This gives our members a chance to have a go at programming a workout, choosing a movement or picking a benchmark if they so wish. Kieran fancied trying Nancy and seeing if he could get himself on the gym leaderboard. With a great first time of 22.06 he bagged himself second place, well done!
27th January 2012
Tabata This – a classic CrossFit interval workout. Taken from CrossFit.com Tabata Intervals (20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest repeated 8 times) is applied in turn to the Squat, Rower, Pullups, Sit-ups, and Push-ups with a one minute rotation break between exercises. Each exercise is scored by the weakest number of [...]
26th January 2012
Heavy thrusters as a strength movement? You betcha. It develops hip power and acceleration, not to mention that it will make lighter thrusters in workouts feel significantly easier. Actually that last bit might not be true. Thrusters in a workout will always suck. Thrusters – Work up to a heavy triple 15-12-9 Knees to Elbows [...]
25th January 2012
A chance tonight to drill technique on Olympic lifting. This was followed by a gassy workout of running, press ups and kettlebell swings. No need to break this one, keep pushing and see how fast you can tear it up.
Tuesday 24th January 2012
“¡Andale! ¡Andale! ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba!”
Speed under the bar, speed into a squat and speed of the rope were all worked tonight in this tasty triplet.
Monday 23rd January – CrossFit Games 11.6
With just over a week until registration opens for the 2012 Reebok CrossFit Games Open, it seemed like a great time to revisit the last workout from last year’s Open. The Fran ladder. You can now check out the beta version of the 2012 Reebok CrossFit Games website. CrossFit Games Open 11.6 Complete as many [...]
21st January 2012
Is there a better way to start your Saturday morning than with some heavy back squats? Well maybe, but it has to be pretty high up the list. After that there was some time to work on some rowing technique and get a sweat on in preparation for the English Indoor Rowing Championships next month. [...]
