crossfit endurance

Up your 5k time

by Andrew June 9, 2011 Barefoot Running
Thumbnail image for Up your 5k time

There comes a time in every runners life where they go, “you know what,  I know i can jog that 5k, now i need to do it faster”. And thats not surprising, after all 5k is based on a race, and races are based around how fast you are, Now, the chances are that  you [...]

12 comments Read more →

CFE: 21-May-2011 Midline Stability

by stretch May 22, 2011 CrossFit London workouts

Midline stability! It’s an important factor for all movement, not just running.  So what exactly is midline stability? How do we create awareness? How can we improve it? After some Kelly Starrett mobilitywod ankle and hip mobilization and a number of POSE running drills, the participants where ready for todays CFE session. The objective was [...]

1 comment Read more →

CrossFit Endurance WOD: 14 May

by stretch May 14, 2011 CrossFit London workouts

Today’s CFE London session challenged London Crossfitters to complete a WOD of 6x 200m intervals on the 3minutes (run 200m, rest the remainder of the 3minutes, then repeat…hard and fast). After a dynamic warm-up and number of POSE running drills the athletes were eager to deliver their best 85-90% effort. These intervals are designed to [...]

0 comments Read more →

Running Night at Bethnal Green

by Andrew March 29, 2011 Barefoot Running
Thumbnail image for Running Night at Bethnal Green

The running club for non runners met up again this Tuesday. Once again the session consisted of drills for proper running technique, plus a short and sharp little running workout to wrap things up! As with anything practicing these drills on a regular basis will yield results over time, please be patient with it as [...]

5 comments Read more →

The running club for non-runners

by Andrew March 16, 2011 Articles
Thumbnail image for The running club for non-runners

At long last an East london running club that 1)  deals with non runners and 2) teaches you how to run 3) does something more than say, “well its walking this week, jogging next week, then jog a bit faster” 4) is a mixture of Crossfit Endurance and POSE running techniques. The sessions are led [...]

7 comments Read more →

Vibram Five Fingers: The almost barefoot truth

by Andrew July 25, 2010 Articles

The fact that I have for some time worn Vibram Five Fingers occasionally, and that I’m one of the few genuine barefoot runners in London means, apparently, that I ought to have  a “position” on Vibrams. For what they are worth, here are my personal Vibrams views. They are not universally cool (yet) and as [...]

3 comments Read more →

WOD 19 July: Death by 10m

by Andrew July 19, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

It was a lovely night. A strength biased Crossfit Warm up with particular focus on shoulder mobility in the samson stretch. We escalated the weight on the overhead squats and converted the 2nd and 3rd rounds of pull ups and dips to weighted ones. With Andrew back from his Crossfit Endurance certification, it was time [...]

2 comments Read more →

Barefoot Journey…nice to have alternatives…well, possibly!

by Andrew April 11, 2010 Articles

One of the great things about barefoot running is that you actually start switching the muscles of your feet back on. You can actually feel the ground rather than bouncing around with a pair of pillows on your feet. Which begs the question, do you always need to run barefoot to feel the floor? Well [...]

5 comments Read more →

The Barefoot Journey…oochie, ouchie!

by Andrew April 5, 2010 Articles

With my achilles tendonitis spiralling agonisingly out of control, it’s time to seriously consider barefoot running. As I had suggested before, start with wandering barefoot round your flat, but, eventually you have to take the (stupid) step of going outside. My first strategy was to go out in light plimsols. Find a quiet area, and [...]

4 comments Read more →

Running, pose, Chi, Barefoot , Biomechanics and stuff

by Andrew January 17, 2010 Articles

The problem with running is that we all think we can do it. And of course, on one level we can. If I was to say, move faster with no consequences for your long term knee , foot, or  body health, sure we can all do that. But we  at Crossfit London are moving to [...]

4 comments Read more →