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CFE: Wheels of a Race Car

by stretch June 26, 2011 POSE Running

The wheels of a race car need to run straight and true for maximum performance and to prevent damage to the car.   This statement holds true for runners and their wheels.  Often we see runners who over-pronate (landing on the outside of the foot and having the ankle roll in) and/or land with the foot [...]

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CFE: 18 June 2011 Supercompensation

by stretch June 19, 2011 CrossFit London workouts

Mobility: Injury prevention: looking at shin splints and how to prevent and deal with them.  For more information see the mobilitywod.com (episode_270365) POSE Skills and Drills We warmed-up with a number of POSE running drills in preparation for the W.O.D to come W.O.D Todays W.O.D aimed to test the theory of “supercompensation.”  What is “supercompensation” and what [...]

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Up your 5k time

by Andrew June 9, 2011 Barefoot Running
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There comes a time in every runners life where they go, “you know what,  I know i can jog that 5k, now i need to do it faster”. And thats not surprising, after all 5k is based on a race, and races are based around how fast you are, Now, the chances are that  you [...]

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CFE: 21-May-2011 Midline Stability

by stretch May 22, 2011 CrossFit London workouts

Midline stability! It’s an important factor for all movement, not just running.  So what exactly is midline stability? How do we create awareness? How can we improve it? After some Kelly Starrett mobilitywod ankle and hip mobilization and a number of POSE running drills, the participants where ready for todays CFE session. The objective was [...]

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CrossFit Endurance WOD: 14 May

by stretch May 14, 2011 CrossFit London workouts

Today’s CFE London session challenged London Crossfitters to complete a WOD of 6x 200m intervals on the 3minutes (run 200m, rest the remainder of the 3minutes, then repeat…hard and fast). After a dynamic warm-up and number of POSE running drills the athletes were eager to deliver their best 85-90% effort. These intervals are designed to [...]

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The CrossFit London 100 Days of Burpees Daily Tracker [Day 100]

by Steven May 8, 2011 Articles
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Day 100: It’s done. Over. Finished! There was an amazing atmosphere in the gym this afternoon as the last remaining 100 day’ers* ceremonially completed their final 100 burpees. We were joined by the incredibly sporting, Lauri, Simon, Colm, Cian and Phil for an all-out thrash against the clock. I’m not quite sure how to sum up [...]

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The Burpee Challenge or 100 Days of Burpees

by Colin January 27, 2011 Articles
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Life throws many challenges at us, a lot we don’t actually go looking for. As I write this its 0545 hours and I have been awake for hours with a fitful nights’ sleep full of cold and running a temperature. So I have made this moment that 5 minutes I have been looking for to [...]

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WOD: December 7th: Fra- Wait, what?

by Philip December 8, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

WOD: December 7th: Fra- Wait, what? Today’s workout was dedicated to Katrina and Kate who had to do team Fran this weekend. How horrible is that? A huge number of reps to get done, time limits, all after a full day of crossfit skills. One can only imagine the horror. I for one, would never [...]

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WOD November 30: Deadlifts and Presses

by Philip December 1, 2010 CrossFit London workouts

WOD November 30: Deadlifts and Presses Today was an interesting day. We started off with Overhead Squats and max pull ups to force everyone to expose some weaknesses that everyone has, because a good squat or back squat does not necessarily mean a good overhead squat. I can barely do them with an empty barbell, [...]

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WOD 20 Nov: The Craic Is 90!

by Colin November 20, 2010 CrossFit London workouts
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In my mind Thrusters are horrible. They fill so many people with dread. It has to be the worse part of Fran. They produce a leg wobbling, eye popping, feeling of hypoxia.  So what do you do to crush that fear. You expose yourself to it.  We separated the components, deep front squat with a hip [...]

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A lovely bunch of POSEurs [CrossFit London Running Club]

by Andrew November 15, 2010 Barefoot Running
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We kicked off the Crossfit London UK  Running club with a quick run through some of the basic POSE/Crossfit Endurance  running drills led By Andrew  and Efe. We began to introduce people to the Hierarchy of Forces The hierarchy : Gravity Ground Reaction Elasticity Muscle action and we began to talk about falling, and leaning, [...]

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