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WOD 8 May (AM)

by Chris May 8, 2012 CrossFit London workouts
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Strength: sumo deadlift 1RM Assistance: overhead squats 3 x 8, lunges x 75 Metcon: 21-15-9 of front squat and pull ups

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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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