You can choose to be treated fully clothed, or in underwear with modesty covered by towels. You can have a full body (about an hour) upper or lower halves (about 30 mins) or a specific problem area (15 + mins)

While Andrew is away doing his Crossfit Kids certification, I thought I’d make a start on

Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 August between 1.30pm and 3.30pm.

If you want a massage, please email me
kate@crossfitlondonuk.com

We’ll try to work out a proper schedule for the future, with both of us available.
But in the meantime, don’t be shy to just come up and ask, and we’ll try to give you a treatment there and then if there’s time.

Thanks!

Kate

Massage has been practiced for millions of years!

The uses and benefits of sports and remedial massage

For those people recovering from an injury, massage can break down scar tissue and adhesions, release excessive muscle tension, promotes circulation, reducing symptomatic pain, prevents secondary problems and improve the rate of healing.
Helps a full and speedy recovery

Improved self awareness, by fine tuning training, postural improvement>Improves flexibility, better technique.

Promotes relaxation with physical and psychological benefits, leading to enhanced performance and greater physical enjoyment of one’s sport and active lifestyle.

Uses and benefits with injuries:

Remedial massage offers a complimentary part to play in the remedy for the soft tissue component of musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction caused by life’s stresses. These include:

Increased local circulation removing muscle waste (like squeezing out a dirty sponge) and restoring nutrition. Improved quality and quantity of training, as well as improved recovery. Early identification of potential problems, feeling for changes in the muscle leading to injury prevention advice (posture/training adjustments)

CONTRAINDICATIONS -
Don’t have a massage if you are experiencing any of the below:

Acute inflammation: Indicated by redness, heat, swelling, pain or dysfunction. The subject may mention their discomfort in a particular area. One may test an area of inflammation by applying constant pressure for 10 seconds. If pain increases rather than decreases in the duration, then further massage is contraindicated.

Open wounds: Any break in the skin, including scratches.

Bone fractures: Be especially cautious with fingers and toes.

Joint dislocations: It is vital that a joint is correctly realigned before massage treatment is allowed.

Deep vein thrombosis:  DVT is a blood clot which usually occurs in the calf muscles, though it may occur in other places. It is frequently seen in the elderly, or women taking the contraceptive pill. The area must not be massaged as this may cause the clot to dislodge and travel to the heart, causing myocardial infarction. DVT symptoms may include pain in the calf without obvious cause. The skin may be red, shiny, painful and exquisitely tender. The subject may also feel generally unwell.

Varicose veins: This is caused when a valve breaks down, and the vein bulges under the pressure of blood. The vein becomes visible under the skin as blue. Massage may include the area around the varicose vein, but not over the vein itself.

Infectious skin diseases:

Bacterial and fungal infections:

Colds and fever:

Melanoma:

Bleeding disorders eg: haemaphilia:

Diabetes: Massage may have the same effect on the subject’s blood sugar level as excercise.

Pregnancy: Mainly contraindicated because of litigation. With the exception of the abdominal area, massage may resume after the first trimester.

Hypertension – check with doctor first

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[Friday 09:00] We are experiencing lack of water ‘issues’ in Gales Gardens today. There seems to be no supply to any of the arches at the moment.

What this means for you:

1. The showers are not working. If you were planning on showering post-workout, then you may need to make alternative plans. Or just don’t sweat…(good luck with that!)
2. You should try and bring some drinking water with you. There is no facility to fill up bottles at the moment.

I’l update this post over the course of the day with any changes.

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This is in part due a recent upgrade to the latest version of the WordPress software (3.0) and also due to the convergence of factors technical, physical, philosophical and spiritual i.e. I haven’t a clue why this is happening.

So consider this advanced warning that as I open up the bonnet and start tugging at stray wires (SQL), hitting things with a hammer (PHP), and generally using a spanner (HTML) instead of a screwdriver (CSS), things may get a little worse before they get better. If, indeed, they ever get better…

Needless to say our online booking and scheduling system will continue to run just fine, as it is looked after by technical experts who actually know what they are doing…

Even so, it may be useful just to bookmark that particular page…you know…just in case.

Online booking and scheduling: http://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ws.asp?studioid=7779&stype=-7

Also: I know lolcats are sooo 2008, but they’re just adorable. Just look at his wittle face…awww…look at it!

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A Crossfit London UK barbecue, that’s what!

Pimms, burgers, a proper chance to chat with your mates from class. Basking in a sunny alleyway if nice (cowering in the box if not).

Give us your ideas for what you think would make a spiffing summer party

. All Crossfit London UK athletes and a ‘plus one’ are welcome. (Andrew’s note. Nice partners only, wives, husbands, girl friends, boyfriend,  CP’s, mates, anyone who is nice!)

The  date, after loads of consultation is Saturday

• 21 Aug

Please post any ideas  below or email us. We’ll get an idea of numbers nearer the time.

Lovely

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All at CrossFit London would like to wish Efe the very best of luck over the weekend, and look forward to welcoming him back on Monday (or maybe Tuesday) as a newly minted CrossFit Level 1 coach!

Have a great time, Efe!

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All classes will now be starting 30mins later than previously. The new times ase as follows:

• 1800 (replacing 1730)
• 1900 (replacing 1830)
• 2000 (replacing 1930)

I have taken the liberty of rescheduling everyone who was already booked in for upcoming sessions to the new timetable. Please go through and check your booking to make sure you are comfortable with the new times.

Steven & Andrew

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The only downside of this option is that it lacks a certain flexibility. For example if you can only make two sessions in one week, there is no way of “making up” the missed session the following week. Also, with holidays coming up, there is no way cram your sessions into a shorter timeframe so that you don’t ‘waste’ sessions if you’re away.

So…I have changed the parameters of the 3x/week option to allow a little more flexibility in how members use their sessions.

Put simply, members can now book up to four sessions per week on this membership. The total number of sessions available per monthly membership is still the same (13), but more flexibility is now possible.

For example, members can continue to schedule three sessions per week for four weeks as before. Or they could schedule four sessions per week, for three weeks. Or 2x/week for two weeks and 4x/week for 2 weeks. And so on!

There are no change to the price of the membership, and the change will come into effect from your next monthly renewal.

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As you can see from the header I am going to be running the Race for Life 5km – a serious feat for someone who doesn’t do running!

I am planning to run in memory of my wonderful mother who died last August from a rare form of  cancer.  She was an amazing lady who is up there looking down at our Thursday night beastings feeling very proud of her girl. She never quite understood why you would want to train in such a way but she did enjoy hearing about what new method of torture I was into.

So I am calling out to all you good good people and asking for some sponsorship. All proceeds go to Cancer Research UK. Any amount is welcome as all the pennies adds up.

Also if anyone fancies coming down on the day to cheer us all along  it would be lovely to see a few familiar faces. Of course a well deserved drink after!!!

Here is the link to the sponsorship page.

Thank you all in advance – it’s much appreciated.

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So this little announcement is for our loyal, patient, forgiving, and lovely members (and to investors, property managers, estate agents and people wondering around London noticing ‘to let’ or ‘for sales’ boards).

We need a new (or possibly a second!) venue.

We are after:

• A commercial property to let or to buy
• 2000  to 3000 sq foot, with a suggested rent budget of  £3-4000 pcm.
• Mainly ground floor (concrete please), but some upper office space/storage could be nice
• Some outdoor space would be fabulous; It’d be nice to be near a park!
• Near to a tube station
• The planning usage is a Class D2 ( or one with a reasonable chance of use change)

At this stage we are quite open to suggestions (Highbury, city fringes, East London)

Crossfit is famous for choosing industrial locations. Ideally factory units serve our purposes, with high ceilings for ropes, pull up bar systems. We are sort of ok with a railway arch, but they are a bit damp…

If you notice any good proprty for let or sale, please drop either Andrew or Steven a line, or post ideas for areas, buildings, agents, contacts in comments below.

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