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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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April Showers

by Colin July 16, 2011 CFL News
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Saturday 16th July  Skillz Andrew has declared it muscle up month. Woohoo!  So I decided to chip in with some false grip pull ups.  If you are working towards your first muscle up then you need to master this. If you are looking to string multiple muscle ups together then you need to master this. [...]

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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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No One Died Today

by Colin July 9, 2011 CFL News

Saturday 09/07/2011 STRENGTH 2×5 Over Head Squat 1×5+ Over Head Squat What can you say about the over head squat? Well a lot but only one thing nice. Its the king of all core conditioning exercises. Raising your centre of gravity from somewhere between your navel and pubic bone to above your head is very [...]

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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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I cannot stand the mocking…..

by Andrew June 26, 2011 CFL News
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For too many months i have had to endure the mocking and snide comments of those who believe that the music choices of a 50 year old is suspect. For the life of me  I cannot imagine what is wrong with  extracts from  Glee mixed with the occasional bit of obscure 1980′s feminist punk. But, [...]

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Letter to everyone at Crossfit London.

by Philip June 22, 2011 CFL News
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Some of you know already, but for those who don’t know yet: September marks my one year anniversary with Crossfit London, and also the date of my departure. I’ll be leaving mid September to go back to Montreal for a few months before I start moving around again. While I’ll probably come back through London [...]

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Do The Math

by Colin June 19, 2011 CFL News

Saturday 18th June 2011 This morning saw the return of the skillz and drillz session. We looked at the dish and and its various progressions and how this shape translates to on the bar for the start of the kipping pullup.  Some great progress was made and many of you are now well on your [...]

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Booking system problems [Updated]

by Steven June 17, 2011 CFL News

It seems that there have been a few problems with the booking system that have been caused by a recent attack on their servers. This has cause some system slowness, and difficulties with access. Update 14:20, Sunday 19 June It seems as if things have calmed down again. MBO have upgraded their server and firewall architecture overnight [...]

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