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What’s more important: Food or Sleep?

by Philip August 11, 2011 Articles

This post is originally from my own blog but I figured you guys might benefit as well. Would you rather miss an hour’s sleep a night, or one meal a day? Don’t answer reflexively, think about it. We all know we need to get our 8 hours a night, but things get in the way. [...]

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Wednesdays fight gone bad

by Andrew August 7, 2011 Articles
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Hi All, We have Fight Gone Bad  on Wednesday. So I’ll allow the class sizes to go to 10 if need be. I’ve cancelled the last class, as theres no way I can shout “change” for more than 3 lessons without my tongue falling out. For those who need reminding Fight Gone bad ” the [...]

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Greg Glassman and Cicero: exordium

by Andrew August 5, 2011 Articles
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There are only 2 people in the world I really listen to. One is Greg Glassman, the other is Cicero. Whilst the span of the centuries separated them, they both guide us in how to run our  sessions, especially beginner sessions. The often ignored  ”letter to trainers”   with its emphasise on virtuosity, holds in [...]

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Captain america almost gets crossfit

by Andrew August 4, 2011 Articles
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Thankfully good  principles  seem  to underpinned much of the training that Chris  Evans did to prepare him for his role as Captain America, According to the gossip magazines, at the heart of his regime were the following principles 1) high heart rate during training 2) compound weighted moves ( dips, squats, deadlifts and pull ups) 3) Balanced [...]

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Gymnastics on holiday for the month.

by Andrew August 1, 2011 Articles
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We waived a tearful goodbyeee to Gymnastic Amelia as she leaves to visit home  for a month. The classes will restart in  early September in  a new “dedicated”  Sunday format that will take more account of the widening ability gap between some of our trainees. We  will be having 3 lessons ranging from intermediate, beginner [...]

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We are a fad. Its official.

by Andrew August 1, 2011 Articles
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Well, who knew. Thank you the Daily Mail It take the popular press to sum it up. I wonder if this is original research? Or did they just hack our phones Thanks to Si for the Spot.

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Immoral Shoulders: too forward for their own good?

by Andrew July 31, 2011 Articles
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  There seems to be a  developing debate between ‘shoulders shrugged’ and ‘shoulders down with external arm rotation’ when overhead squatting, or hanging from a bar. As happens, too often. a therapist decides that their simplistic view of the world is “king” and attempts to foist it on others. The explanations they give often seem [...]

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Exercise-related transient abdominal pain” Opps, I’ve got a running stitch

by Andrew July 31, 2011 Articles
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For those of you who enjoy a bit of science while suffering should read  MORTON, D. P., and R. CALLISTER. Characteristics and Etiology of exercise-related transient abdominal pain. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 432-438. Is as good a place as any to begin to get up to date with what causes the stitch. [...]

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Foot position when squatting

by Chris July 27, 2011 Articles
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How should your feet be placed for the squat? Probably before you got to CrossFit you’d keep them fairly close and toes forward. Then we got you to place them shoulder width apart and turn the toes out. However, this is now in question, thanks to a few videos posted to www.mobilitywod.com. CrossFit mobility man, [...]

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Tom updated

by Andrew July 22, 2011 Articles

 Hot off Toms Sore thumbs in America, Toms latest update. “In the past couple of weeks there hasnt been a whole lot of visiting box’s but…. I stayed in San Francisco after my yosemite trip and did the following: Slept, phyz, ate, pooped, sunbathed, ate, pooped, slept! Participated in another power lifting session with Kelly [...]

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Fish Oil: Omega 3

by Andrew July 18, 2011 Articles

To me Fish oils have become a symbol of one of my central Crossfit struggles. For those who know me, I have a lot of  struggles. My struggle with multiple strict  muscle ups. My struggle with ring handstands. My struggle with reality. One of the many conflicts that occupy our time is merchandising: should we [...]

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