Olympic Weightlifting

WOD 12 November: Snatch, and a visit to Push Up hell

by Andrew November 12, 2010 CrossFit London workouts
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Friday night is olympic lifting night, switching between the clean, and the snatch. Tonights move, the snatch, always seems to be the more unpopular move, as the slightest error in positioning, converts a beautiful pose into a drunken sprawl: guys with impressive dead-lifts and back squats  battle to hold a 20kilo bar in the receiving [...]

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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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While England lost, the Crossfit London i-Course scored goal after goal

by Andrew June 27, 2010 Articles

While England were being crucified by Germany, another fabulous Crossfit London UK  i-Course, (the best way to kick start your Crossfit training, and the ideal preparation for a Crossfit certification) was held in Bethnal Green at The Blackboard Gym. The audience was treated to a hat trick of some of the fundamental Crossfit moves how [...]

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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 14 June: Yay burpees…?

by Steven June 14, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

Kicked off today’s session with some solid technique work on the snatch. Specifically we focused on speed under the bar, and working to catch it in the deepest possible overhead squat. So we kept the weights down and really drilled technique in volumes. The results seemed to speak for themselves as previously habitual power snatchers [...]

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WOD 31 May: A Fran by any other name…

by Steven May 31, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

Phew! Long day today…in the gym from 0630 until 2000! We finished off the hanging power snatch cycle today with three shots at a new PB. Snatch 3-3-3-1-1-1 And it seems that all this talk of kittens, squirrels and jumping like a salmon must be working. Kate, Sophia, John, Vincent, Ben, Warren, and Jahn all [...]

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Olympic weightlifting masterclass 1 May: A pinch, a punch, and lots of snatching! Oh, and some extra ears for Steven

by Andrew May 1, 2010 Articles

A fantastic afternoon of snatching, cleaning, kittens and squirrels… Lots of mechanics. loads of easy to do drills, lots of great and lovely coaching and marvellous learners. Kinga gave Steven some new ears Terrific !

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WOD 26 April: “Carlos wept”

by Steven April 26, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

Today’s sessions had a different feel to them. We started up with a ‘snatch clinic’; breaking the movement down into its component parts before building it back up in to the full sequence. Lots of emphasis on jumping aggressively to ‘full extension’ with the hips, and catching the bar low. Some really impressive technique building [...]

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WOD 6 April: The Good, the Bad, the too Wide

by Andrew April 6, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

Tonight was a “sort of ” snatch assistance exercise night, developing skill and balance in some of the key snatch moves in our: “Snatch Batch” work out 5 x overhead squat 5 x Snatch deadlift 5 x Snatch balance As many rounds as you can in 30 minutes, but with a skill/strength focus, so lots [...]

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i-Course 28 March 2010

by Kate March 28, 2010 Articles

Well, another great i-course day at the Crossfit London UK’s Blackboard Gym in Bethnal Green E2. But why take our word for it, here is Ben’s view of the day Guys, Thank you both (and to everybody, participating and instructing) for what was a superb day. I’ve been on some poor courses, fitness and otherwise [...]

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WOD 20 March: “Randy”

by Steven March 20, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

Today’s CrossFit London’s intrepid athletes had a go at the hero workout, Randy. Much to Twyla’s dismay, this was all about the Snatch! Sorry, Twyla! Randy 75 power snatches at 75lbs (35kg) We tweaked this slightly today to make it hanging power snatches, rather than snatches from the floor. This allowed us to emphasis the [...]

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