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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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Got strict pull-ups? [Cruel Summer]

by Steven July 14, 2011 Articles
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After last week’s bombshell effectively banning kipping pull-up from WODs until October, I stumbled across this article from a female crossfitter training in Miami. It charts her journey from starting out with CrossFit with no pull-ups to developing 30 unbroken kipping ones. And yet, even with these – admittedly impressive – numbers, her pulling strength [...]

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Beginners Programme v3.0

by Steven July 12, 2011 Articles
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Since we started our ‘three session’ Beginner’s programme over a year ago we have had around 250 people go through the process. This has given us a terrific bank of data with which to evaluate its success, along with the areas we still need to develop. The feedback that we received tended to focus on [...]

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Foundations. Because it’s good to practice.

by Andrew July 11, 2011 Articles
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Isnt it always the same. You take a course, or learn a skill, then the next time it comes up in real life, you realise that you must have drifted off halfway through that lecture. Where do you put this hand, where does my foot go? So, rather than leave you stuck up a tree, [...]

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TOM 3….. the usa journey continues

by Andrew July 4, 2011 Articles
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Another nail biting update from our roving Croffit London coach, Tom. Tom is doing is best to encourage the former colony, now know as the US of A to cough up its back taxes! Good Job “Sorry for the missing update! Have been on a spiritual journey to Yosemite National park and testing the true [...]

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It’s a Cruel Summer [but it's for your own good]

by Steven July 3, 2011 Articles
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The subject of kipping pull-ups verus ‘stricts’ comes up a lot at the edges of the CrossFit community. Inside the CrossFit world they are seen as an essential/cool skill to increase cycle time and thus power output i.e. if I can do 20 (kipping) pull-ups in the same time that you can do 10 (stricts) then I [...]

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Advice for Crossfit newbies, by Stephanie Bales

by Kate June 26, 2011 Articles
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The following post is by awesome Crossfit Londoner Stephanie Bales. She offers some reflections and advice to newbie graduates of the Beginners Classes: What next? So you’ve graduated from Crossfit London’s beginners’ sessions and are ready to wade your way into an open WOD. Congrats! Here’s a couple words to the wise from a fellow [...]

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Race for Life – I must be mad!

by Sally June 21, 2011 Articles
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  Some of you remember last year I did a 5k Race for life on Clapham Common. This year is no different. This year for more of a challenge I signed up for a 10k but that was before I knew I was pregnant!!! This isn’t going to stop me but might slow me down!!!! [...]

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Toms Travels. Duex or dos

by Andrew June 16, 2011 Articles
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The continuing  Nail biting tale of a Crossfiter abroad…. Week dos! Vancouver!!! Am still recovering from 3 days straight at Crossfit westside, each workout involved something i didn’t want to do because of lack of “phyz” and cramped travel conditions! WOD 1: 3 rounds of 800m run and dumbell thrusters mmm that was nice after [...]

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