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WOD 25 January: 5 x 10 front squats at Crossfit London

by Andrew January 25, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

A quick glimpse at tonights Crossfit London Woman only session Girls pose (above), and Michelle warm up her front squat (below), in todays, horrible 5 x 10 front squat WOD, preceeded by some kipping practise.

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Real life stories: Gary in month 2 “It’s all about the numbers”

by Colin January 25, 2010 Articles

So it’s now been two months. Wow, time has flown by! Gary has spent his time with me learning new skills and drills and just lapping them all up; Olympic lifts and gymnastic movements such as handstands and muscle up progressions. For someone of his size he is amazingly deft at kicking up to a [...]

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24 Jan 2010, The Crossfit London i-Course Day

by Andrew January 24, 2010 Articles

A fantastic day, a fantastic group! We had some leading personal trainers in the audience showing off great physiques, and asking some really intelligent, well thought out questions. Well done, everyone! A super atmosphere was dampened slightly by our first (and hopefully last!) i-Course injury (some scraped shins in a shin vs. box “shin off”). [...]

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WOD 23 Jan: “Chelsea”

by Steven January 23, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

Chelsea was the CrossFit London workout of the day, today. But before we got to the task of dealing with Cindy’s sister, there was the small matter of the CrossFit London Aid Worker Warm-up(tm) to contend with…apparently passing out bags of medicine (in this case, medicine balls) to a needy local populous is both a) harder [...]

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WOD 22 Jan: Max Cleans

by Andrew January 22, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

Todays workout appears as SQUAT CLEAN 1,1,1,1,1,1,1. Which means work up to your heaviest  squat clean, then, with proper rest between each rep, do 6 more attempts ( 2 to 5 minutes rest)

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WOD 21 Jan: Push jerks & push ups at Crossfit London

by Steven January 21, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

Today’s sessions had it all: impressive technique on the push jerks, dumping of bars from overhead, broken bumper plates (indestructible, my ass), salty language, and steaming heads in the chill of Bethnal Green. We warmed up with some strength work on the push jerk, as everyone strived towards a three rep max. After that, it was [...]

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