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An Interim Test

by Colin February 4, 2012 CFL News

Saturday 4th February 2012 Wow where has January gone? Strength 3-5 Plyo press ups on the minute every minute for 10 minutes. With lots of scaled options. WOD For those who are my regulars you will know we have been experimenting with structured rest intervals. Aside from the physical benefits there is also a psychological [...]

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We’re selling Omega 3: Pure Pharma fish oil in the gym

by Andrew January 29, 2012 Articles
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We have now decided to stock PurePharma fish oil. It is a leading high dose fish oil. Loads of top Crossfitters use it, perhaps you should too? 120 capsules for £24 Pay on line, pick it up from the gym (we won’t post it out) Click here to go to the online store According to the [...]

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CrossFit London January 2012 Olympic Weightlifting Masterclass

by Steven January 28, 2012 Articles
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Another cracking day in the gym. Colin, Alex and I were joined by 15 enthusiastic trainees from all over the country. We kicked off the the famous CrossFit London Squat Workshop, and followed up by going through the snatch, clean and split jerk progressions. Good times, and a great start to the year. Well done everyone!

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Standing Room Only

by Colin January 21, 2012 CFL News

A packed class today with lots of new faces and some old friends too back in from the cold. We looked at the Burgener warm up.  It is a warm but also a muscle memory drill. I use it a lot and it really helped with my first pull phases. We worked with PVC and [...]

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The Crossfit London Challenge at Seni (June 2/3 2012)

by Andrew January 20, 2012 Articles

Seni is a massive martial arts and fitness event held at the Excel Centre ( Docklands) . This year, Crossfit london has been invited to run an area with the aim of giving both the public, and pre vetted  competitors, the opportunity of “Strutting their Stuff”. For the “passing public”  we will have lots of [...]

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Teams, cults, elitism, inclusion, getting a slushie in the face – and a goat-free day

by Andrew January 8, 2012 Articles

Steven and I have dreaded this day: it was the one where we began setting about creating a team and a competitive wing to Crossfit London, with all the problems that involves. We have gamed nightmare scenarios where team members roam around the corridors of Crossfit London, throwing slushies in  the face of  the “yet [...]

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New Year New Beginnings

by Colin January 7, 2012 CFL News

I turned up early today to ease out the stiff legs from yesterdays run I found the beginers class jam packed and our very own Crossfit London team training in the back room.  Fantastic! This year is going to be even better.  I was even more heartened to hear some of the great improvements that [...]

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Saturday 17th December 2011

by Colin December 17, 2011 CFL News

Not long now for the big weekend of festive feeding. Work hard now so you can enjoy guilt free gorging! Strength 3 Strict Shoulder Press every minute on the minute with a weight close to your 5 rep max. WOD A bit different this one. 5 times 2 minute rounds of 15 dumbell thrusters 30kg/20kg [...]

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WOD 3 The London Throw-down Or The Saturday Throw-up

by Colin December 10, 2011 CFL News

Today is dedicated to WOD 3 of the qualifiers for the London Throwdown Competition. WORKOUT 3 100 Double unders 30 K2E to pull-ups 30 Hang snatch 35/25kg 100 Double unders Movement Standards Double unders: Any rope may be used. Rope must pass under the feet twice. Only complete reps to be counted, not attempts. K2E [...]

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Drum role please!….

by Tom December 4, 2011 CFL News

Final brief for First of all, Visit www.londonthrowdown.com to find out the workouts! Here’s how The SICFIT London Throwdown qualifiers will work at Crossfit London Uk: -Monday evening classes 1730-2030, will be devoted to WOD 1 -Wednesday evening classes 1730-2030, will be devoted to WOD 2 -Saturday morning classes will be devoted to WOD 3 Other coaches [...]

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KIngs of Strength and Core Conditioning

by Colin December 3, 2011 CFL News

Saturday 3rd December 2011 The dead lift has to be king of the strength movements up there with the back squat. I was watching a friend of mine coach one of his boxers through a strength program. Not one dead lift, back squat and shoulder presses performed sitting down.  If you want to build strength [...]

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