Bethnal Green Gym E2

WOD 17 April: Jumping for Spring joy

by Andrew April 17, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

Happy crossfitters frolicked in the Bethnal Green light beams as they pranced and jumped like happy spring bunnies and lambs ( not  like the ones about to be slaughtered, obviously) . Happy , happy times. We were so happy we thought we would do….. 12 push presses 20 box jumps x 5 woo, hooo but [...]

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WOD 12 April: I don’t like Mondays

by Steven April 13, 2010 CrossFit London workouts
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The Boomtown Rats had it right… Little bit of push-up work, with some variations to warm up the shoulders and arms, before working up to a three set max for: Weighted Dips 5-5-5-3-3-3 Like all exercises at CrossFit London we actively scaled this workout to meet the capacity of our clients. Where folks were able [...]

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WOD 11 April: The “Crusher”

by Steven April 11, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

Seems that London Underground had it in for the 1000 session today by closing the line from Liverpool Street to Bethnal Green. Nevertheless, Twyla and Rita showed up full of vim and vigour, throwing themselves into double-unders practice and three set of five overhead squats. After that is was a small matter of dealing with [...]

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WOD 5 April: Barbara’s little sister, Ba.

by Andrew April 5, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

We had such a lot to practise, GDH sit ups, rows, wall ball, box jumps, thrusters…..hat we had  time to do a mini barbara: only 3 rounds of 20 Pull ups 30 pull ups 40 sit ups 50 squats with a 3 minute rest in between rounds.

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Are you fit enough to BLEEP?

by Andrew April 3, 2010 Articles

Andrew Stemler from Crossfit London UK, debates the controversial recommendation by  Sir Liam Donaldson The Chief Medical Officer to bring the “bleep test” into all schools According to fitness geeks, the bleep test developed by Leger & Lambert is quite fun, and a useful exercise tool in its own right. The test is pretty much established as both reliable [...]

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WOD 3 April: Kate’s Moment

by Andrew April 3, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

Kate has ” a time” with her bar, and enjoys a “woman, Iron” moment that doesnt involve a Rowenta, in todays max clean, max weighted  pull up wod,while Pat hauls up an impressive 30kg.

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WOD 31 March: An end to March madness

by Andrew April 1, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

Matt and Brian from The USAF at Mildenhall joined us for a lunch time WOD, a seasonal mix of kettlebells pull ups and Box jumps, a work out enjoyed by most of the classes on this last day of March 5 Pull ups 10 box jumps 15 Kettlebell swings we went for a 12 minute [...]

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WOD 24 March: “The well earned rest”

by Andrew March 24, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

Out went horrible workouts, and in came relaxation, bench sitting, and chilling out: Big Time. We invited every class just to take it easy. Pictured above is the 6.30pm class waiting for their first cup of tea and a scone. Oooooh, I’m such a fibber! Sorry. Skill practise, mostly focusing on double-unders (or tangling yourself [...]

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WOD 12 March: The callous ripping class

by Andrew March 12, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

Oooooo, you could ‘ave yer callous off with that work out. 21-18-15-12-9-6-3 Overhead squat Knees to elbows Pull ups …insanity Then say owwwww! And it was great for activating your core. Almost as good as Legs, Bums and Tums…

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WOD 4 March: “Nate” & Kettlebell Hell (and Heaven?!)

by Steven March 4, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

Fun times in Bethnal Green! Tonight’s crossfit challenge was the hero workout, Nate: As many rounds as possible in 20mins of: 2x muscle-ups 4x handstand push-ups 8x kettlebell swings And then at 1930, Sally kicked more butts with Kettlebell Heaven and Hell! 60x kettlebell swings 50x box jumps 40x goblet squats 30x pull-ups 20x ab [...]

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WOD 3 Mar: Heavy Thrusters & weighted pull-ups

by Andrew March 3, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

And in a packed class tonight a Fran variation:  heavy thrusters (ideally 60kg) and weighted pull ups (ideally 20kg). 15, 12, 9

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