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WOD 6 December (AM)

by Chris December 6, 2011 CrossFit London workouts

Strength: back squat 3 @ 70%, 3 @80%, 3 @ 90% Metcon: 3 min AMRAP of 3 power cleans (70/45), 6 push ups, 9 ring dips. Rest 1 min, repeat 6 times. I tried this metcon out on the weekend and it’s the dips that really punish you on this work out, especially straight after [...]

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WOD 1 Nov: Dips and other wonderful things

by Chris November 1, 2011 CrossFit London workouts
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Strength: Dips 5-5-5-5-5 or bodyweight dips or negative dips/ring dip combo Skill: Power clean practice Metcon: 15-12-9-6-3 of power cleans and bar facing burpees FYI: Happy CrossFit birthday to me… first class was Nov 2nd last year, despite ageing horribly in the past twelve months from 5.20 alarms it’s been a tip top year. Big thanks [...]

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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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Foot position when squatting

by Chris July 27, 2011 Articles
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How should your feet be placed for the squat? Probably before you got to CrossFit you’d keep them fairly close and toes forward. Then we got you to place them shoulder width apart and turn the toes out. However, this is now in question, thanks to a few videos posted to www.mobilitywod.com. CrossFit mobility man, [...]

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WOD 19 July: Double Under Success x 3

by Chris July 20, 2011 CrossFit London workouts
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Tuesday session: Mobility: arm circles, scapular wall slides Skill Warm Up: double under form, deadlift form, push/split jerk form Strength: push/split jerk 5-5-5+ Metcon: 10 minute AMRAP of 10 deadlifts and 10 double unders Finisher: static ring hold competition. Well done to Jenny, Helen and Patricia who all conquered double under technique and then went [...]

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WOD 14 July: Holy Cramp!

by Chris July 14, 2011 CrossFit London workouts
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Thursday morning: Mobility: dislocations, pec mobilisation drill, overhead squats Strength: overhead squat 5-5-5+ Skill: unilateral strength work – lunge variations Finisher: hamstring strength test I wanted to spend some time working on the unilateral strength of the athletes today. The lunge allows us to address bilateral strength issues – it is often the case that we [...]

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WOD 12 July: Deadlift Breathing and Grip

by Chris July 12, 2011 CrossFit London workouts
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Tuesday morning session looked like this: Mobility/Warm Up: scapular push ups, deep box lunges Form/Skill: box jump technique, push press technique Strength: deadlifts 1×5, weighted/assisted chins: 2×6-8 Metcon: 3 rounds of 12 push press and 21 box jumps Today’s deadlift component was used to work on some form. For those who were not already aware [...]

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WOD 30 June: With the Front Squat in Mind

by Chris July 1, 2011 CrossFit London workouts
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After heading back from a wunderbar weekend in Berlin it has been a busy ol’ week so finally made it back to the blog. Rather than recap Tuesday, I’ll send you to Sally’s blog to read about the team workout, which I also joined in on. Well done Eric… we rocked! The Thursday session went [...]

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WOD 24 May: Good Morning Helen

by Chris May 25, 2011 CrossFit London workouts
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Tuesday morning workout: Mobility warm up and dummy 400m run for metcon Warm up with barbell: strict press x 5, push press x 5, push jerk x 5 Strength: push press 5-5-5+ Metcon: Helen. Three rounds of 400m run, 21 kettlebell swings, 12 pull ups Finisher (7am): 3 x maximum push ups in one go [...]

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WODs Round Up

by Chris May 20, 2011 CrossFit London workouts
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I’ve been covering Sally’s evening classes for the last two weeks. Which I’ve very much enjoyed as I get to see a whole different bunch of athletes and some familiar faces too (minus the just-got-out-bed look that I’m used to… me included). It’s meant less time (and energy) to blog so here’s some recaps of [...]

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