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Help find us a new home! [A Moving Plea]

by Andrew April 22, 2010 Articles

As you may have noticed, we are very busy with most classes either packed or reassuringly full. We need to add more classes to the time table, we need more specialist equipment. We need more trainers…in short we need more space! So this little announcement is for our loyal, patient, forgiving, and lovely members (and [...]

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Barefoot Journey…nice to have alternatives…well, possibly!

by Andrew April 11, 2010 Articles

One of the great things about barefoot running is that you actually start switching the muscles of your feet back on. You can actually feel the ground rather than bouncing around with a pair of pillows on your feet. Which begs the question, do you always need to run barefoot to feel the floor? Well [...]

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The Barefoot Journey…oochie, ouchie!

by Andrew April 5, 2010 Articles

With my achilles tendonitis spiralling agonisingly out of control, it’s time to seriously consider barefoot running. As I had suggested before, start with wandering barefoot round your flat, but, eventually you have to take the (stupid) step of going outside. My first strategy was to go out in light plimsols. Find a quiet area, and [...]

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Protecting your hands from pull-ups [Palm guards]

by Steven April 5, 2010 Articles

[Edit: The second post in this series is now up, detailing my experiments with this and other approaches to hand care.] Maybe it’s just me. It seems that no matter how well I take care of the callouses on my hands – especially before a pull-up oriented workout – I will get to the last [...]

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Are you fit enough to BLEEP?

by Andrew April 3, 2010 Articles

Andrew Stemler from Crossfit London UK, debates the controversial recommendation by  Sir Liam Donaldson The Chief Medical Officer to bring the “bleep test” into all schools According to fitness geeks, the bleep test developed by Leger & Lambert is quite fun, and a useful exercise tool in its own right. The test is pretty much established as both reliable [...]

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Weight loss, performance and Diet: some thoughts from Crossfit London

by Andrew February 16, 2010 Articles

At Crossfit London UK, we will be looking at lots of diets, and ways of eating over the next few years. We have members who have lost kilos of weight in ways not approved of by official sources, equally we have members who struggle when they stick to official guidelines. Some claim to love dairy, [...]

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