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WOD 1 Mar: The Howard Mobility Complex

by Chris March 1, 2011 CrossFit London workouts
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I woke earlier than my alarm goes off this morning. Way too early. As I write this I’m salivating at the thought of my afternoon nap… but I digress. So I got to the gym and began writing my mobility on the blackboard. It was right then I had my FLASH of inspiration (stay with me). A [...]

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WOD 22 Feb: Big Fat Fran

by Chris February 22, 2011 CrossFit London workouts
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I had a good weekend, thanks. Despite what the morning folks might think. So it wasn’t that I was feeling particularly mean but I think if I’m going to threaten clients with fast heavy workouts then a Heavy Fran has to pop up from time to time. We did some mobility drills and kipping as [...]

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WOD 15 Feb: Muscle Up Met Con

by Chris February 15, 2011 CrossFit London workouts

Quick post, I’m letting the photos tell the story. Workout for today was: Shoulder warm-up Push press 3-3-3-3-3 And the metabolic conditioning was… 3 rounds for time: 15 muscle ups (scaled to jumping muscle ups and band assisted in many cases), 8 Turkish get-ups and 400m run (or row for an injured Helen). It’s getting lighter [...]

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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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WOD 8 Feb: The Squat Clinic – Open for Business

by Chris February 8, 2011 CrossFit London workouts

Sometimes in a class you just let everyone get on and do it. Keep a watchful eye that all is in order and everyone happy and even find time to enjoy a nice cup of tea from your flask. Not today. I was dashing around like a crazy fool. My own fault really. We recently [...]

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WOD 3 Feb: Mostly Front Squatage

by Chris February 3, 2011 CrossFit London workouts
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Today we kicked off by warming the wrists up, so everyone knew to get ready for front squats. After moving through a few rounds of mobility work we went to to drills of a different kind. Front squat drills. Using dowels and the aid of a wall, the focus of the first drill was to keep [...]

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