CrossFit London

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 [...]

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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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Protecting your hands from pull-ups [Palm guards]

by Steven April 5, 2010 Articles

[Edit: The second post in this series is now up, detailing my experiments with this and other approaches to hand care.] Maybe it’s just me. It seems that no matter how well I take care of the callouses on my hands – especially before a pull-up oriented workout – I will get to the last [...]

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WOD Easter Sunday: The Happy Fifty

by Andrew April 4, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

A big smile from Amelia caught at the top of a burpee, in todays Easter WOD, renamed the Happy Fifty 50 Box jump, 24 inch box 50 Jumping pull-ups 50 Kettlebell swings, 1 pood Walking Lunge, 50 steps 50 Knees to elbows 50 Push press, 45 pounds 50 Back extensions 50 Wall ball shots, 20 [...]

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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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