Clean & Jerk

WOD 12 September: Over, under, swing, squat

by Steven September 12, 2010 CrossFit London workouts
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More Sunday morning fun and games this week, kicked off with a trial run of the “Over/Under” game*. Involving two teams jumping over boxes, and climbing under low-hanging PVC tubes, it amused (me) and “warmed up” (them) in equal measure. We followed this with my “warm-up of the week”: a 10 minute ladder of kettlebell [...]

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Olympic Weightlifting

by Steven September 8, 2010
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The Olympic Lifts (Clean & Jerk, and Snatch) are some of the most explosive, technical and exciting movements in the athletic arena. According to CrossFit founder, Greg Glassman, the value of the lifts outstrips their much-promoted development of strength and power. Those who struggle to learn the clean often suffer from a lack of sufficient speed, [...]

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20 June: Olympic Weightlifting Masterclass Level 2

by Andrew June 20, 2010 Articles

Crossfit London UK staged another of their phenomenally successful Olympic lifting masterclass 2. The sessions are led by Commonwealth Gold-medalist Giles Greenwood assisted by Foz Rahman and Andrew Stemler. The sessions focus on the elusive “double knee bend” and add an extra layer of skills to those learned in the i-Course or the  Crossfit London [...]

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WOD 17 May: The problem with hip extensions…

by Steven May 17, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

You know when you just can’t find the right tool for the job? You look for ages, and then end up having to perform some sort of McGyver-esque fudge using a broken screwdriver, a wire hanger, and some electrical tape? No? Just me, then… Anyway, today was kind of like this. Sure, we cracked on [...]

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WOD 10th May

by Sally May 10, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

Full House! What a busy first class. Was great to see so many faces. After a bit of who-ha over who was who and if members could jump in (its always better to book as it avoids disappointment) The class kicked off with some clean & jerk practise followed by 5,5,5,3,3,3 Some neat cleans from [...]

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WOD 19 March: Clean & Jerks and Pull-ups

by Steven March 20, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

Cor blimey, guv’nor. Talk about a WOD that looks simple on the board, but just sucks when you go at it! 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Clean & Jerks 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 ‘Dead hang’ pull-ups That means in round one, you do 10 C&Js and 1 pull-up, round two is 9 C&Js and two pull-ups, and so on. Splendid work from [...]

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Crossfit by candlelight [February i-Course review]

by Andrew February 28, 2010 Articles

Well, the i-Course was going well; we were a good way through the cleans, when disaster struck…the building was plunged into darkness (semi-gloom really, but that doesn’t sound so windswept and exciting!), and nothing we could do would get the lights back on again…not swearing,  not moaning, not blaming shody workmanship, so…leaving the calm, and [...]

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WOD 5 Feb: Clean & Jerks [Video]

by Steven February 6, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

Today’s WOD consisted of five sets of five clean & jerks. This is a physically and psychologically tough exercise as we not only have to drive a lot of weight off the ground, but we have to dive underneath it as well. Great job by everyone as usual; lifts are progressing very well. I managed [...]

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The Crossfit London UK Olympic Weightlifting Masterclass II, 7 March 2010

by Steven February 2, 2010 CFL News

Do you want to boost your Olympic weightlifting training? Fancy some accessible, do-able, high performance lifting tips? but don’t have access to regular tuition or an international level trainer? If so this is the masterclass for you.

This 3 hour masterclass assumes that you have a basic snatch and clean and jerk. This would normally mean you have attended an i-Course, or a similar introductory session.

Put it this way, the session will probably warm up with some Snatch Balances: if you don’t know what they are, this will probably be too advanced, but, if you do, or you’ve had, say, three hours of tuition, with a few hours of practice, you are probably ready. If you have lingering doubts ask by, emailing Andrew.

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Olympic Lifting Masterclass I (REPS)

by Steven January 18, 2010 Olympic Weightlifting
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The CrossFit London Olympic Lifting Masterclass I, 1430-1730 October 15, 2011 With Andrew Stemler and Steven Shrago For more information on how to book a place on this course, click on “Getting Started“. We will teach you how to clean & jerk and snatch – from scratch! In just three hours! Until now the olympic [...]

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Olympic Lifting Masterclass I (REPS)

by Steven January 18, 2010 Olympic Weightlifting
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The CrossFit London Olympic Lifting Masterclass I, 1430-1730 June 11, 2011 With Andrew Stemler and Steven Shrago For more information on how to book a place on this course, click on “Getting Started“. We will teach you how to clean & jerk and snatch – from scratch! In just three hours! Until now the olympic [...]

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