back squat

WOD 6 December (AM)

by Chris December 6, 2011 CrossFit London workouts

Strength: back squat 3 @ 70%, 3 @80%, 3 @ 90% Metcon: 3 min AMRAP of 3 power cleans (70/45), 6 push ups, 9 ring dips. Rest 1 min, repeat 6 times. I tried this metcon out on the weekend and it’s the dips that really punish you on this work out, especially straight after [...]

3 comments Read more →

WOD 18 Aug: CrossFit Total – what’s not to love?

by Chris August 19, 2011 CrossFit London workouts
Thumbnail image for WOD 18 Aug: CrossFit Total – what’s not to love?

Thursday 18 August Mobility: personalised Strength: CrossFit Total – back squat 1RM, overhead press 1RM and deadlift 1RM I’m sure I’ve said it before but I love doing Total – who doesn’t want to know how heavy they can lift? I set the guys off with their own mobility asking: what do you need to [...]

3 comments Read more →

WOD 12 Apr: Exhausting Stuff

by Chris April 12, 2011 CrossFit London workouts
Thumbnail image for WOD 12 Apr: Exhausting Stuff

As most of the pictures show, if they weren’t spent by the time the squats were over, they were certainly buggered come the metcon. Even looking through the photos may make you require a sit down and a cuppa tea. And so it went… Mobility: spinal waves, deep lunges, thoracic twists, squat into ankle knee [...]

2 comments Read more →

WOD 10 Feb: The Ugliest Rep

by Chris February 10, 2011 CrossFit London workouts

That’s the thing about the CrossFit Total. Since it’s your max effort it’s going to be a bit ugly – by definition it’s the maximum you can lift for just one rep so it’s going to be hard. A shock to the likes of Jenny who commented ‘I’m not used to things being this hard [...]

4 comments Read more →

WOD 29 Jan: Fake Colin II: The revenge of Fake Colin

by Steven January 29, 2011 CrossFit London workouts

With the real Colin Menniss away on official business, I once again got to step into the role of Fake Colin for the day. I was joined this morning by the always affable El Hefe (Efe), who did a sterling job of running the 0900 Beginners and 1130 classes despite my best efforts to distract [...]

2 comments Read more →

WOD 21 December: Picture Book Post

by Chris December 22, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

Late post and a busy week so just enough time to let you know what we did and bombard you with photos. Tuesday morning class workout was some hip mobility drills followed by a back squat strength component of 3-3-2-2-1-1. And finished up with hard and fast met con of 3 rounds: 15 pull ups and [...]

0 comments Read more →