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Wod, Wednesday 4th April

by Andrew April 7, 2012 CrossFit London workouts

20 minutes of torment at Crossfit London tonight…. 100/70kg deadlift 15 reps 10 pull ups 400m amrap 20 minutes.  

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KIngs of Strength and Core Conditioning

by Colin December 3, 2011 CFL News

Saturday 3rd December 2011 The dead lift has to be king of the strength movements up there with the back squat. I was watching a friend of mine coach one of his boxers through a strength program. Not one dead lift, back squat and shoulder presses performed sitting down.  If you want to build strength [...]

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WOD 18 Aug: CrossFit Total – what’s not to love?

by Chris August 19, 2011 CrossFit London workouts
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Thursday 18 August Mobility: personalised Strength: CrossFit Total – back squat 1RM, overhead press 1RM and deadlift 1RM I’m sure I’ve said it before but I love doing Total – who doesn’t want to know how heavy they can lift? I set the guys off with their own mobility asking: what do you need to [...]

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WOD 4 Aug: Thursday skill: turkish get-up THIS

by Chris August 5, 2011 CrossFit London workouts
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Thursday’s session… Mobility: Samson stretches and scorpions Strength: deadlift 1×5 and weighted chins 2×6-8 Skill: turkish get-ups with dumbells, kettlebells, plates and barbells Finisher: squat clinic – plate squats Didn’t manage to post on Tuesday but catch Sally’s account of the session here. It was dynamic effort on the deadlift and a kettlebell snatch and [...]

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Safety lifting review

by Andrew February 25, 2011 Articles
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Crossfit London is so in favour of heavy lifting, it’s almost a cult trait! Everyone lifts: be it a one rep max, 21 reps of a thruster in Fran or 70 reps of an overhead squat in a shocker work out like Nancy. It’s part of life, here. Bodyweight is great, and an equal part [...]

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WOD 10 Feb: The Ugliest Rep

by Chris February 10, 2011 CrossFit London workouts

That’s the thing about the CrossFit Total. Since it’s your max effort it’s going to be a bit ugly – by definition it’s the maximum you can lift for just one rep so it’s going to be hard. A shock to the likes of Jenny who commented ‘I’m not used to things being this hard [...]

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