snatch Archive

• 1June 20, 2010

  20 June: Olympic Weightlifting Masterclass Level 2

  Crossfit London UK staged another of their phenomenally successful Olympic lifting masterclass 2. The sessions are led by Commonwealth Gold-medalist...

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• 1June 13, 2010

  WOD 13 June: Normal service is resumed

  This morning was a good time to banish all thoughts of technological ineptitude, inexplicable clumsiness, and all-round disappointment. Positive thinking....

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• 2May 31, 2010

  WOD 31 May: A Fran by any other name…

  Phew! Long day today…in the gym from 0630 until 2000! We finished off the hanging power snatch cycle today with...

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• 0April 26, 2010

  WOD 26 April: “Carlos wept”

  Today’s sessions had a different feel to them. We started up with a ‘snatch clinic’; breaking the movement down into...

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• 1April 25, 2010

  WOD 25 April: Snatches, box jumps & sit-ups

  London Marathon be damned…there’s a WOD to do! Quick snatch warm-up before a little focus work on the snatch balance....

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• 0April 24, 2010

  WOD 23 April: The squat experiment continues…

  Tonight’s nastiness continues with a cute order change. Rather than squat when fresh, try it when you are, to put...

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• 0April 6, 2010

  WOD 6 April: The Good, the Bad, the too Wide

  Tonight was a “sort of ” snatch assistance exercise night, developing skill and balance in some of the key snatch...

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• 1March 20, 2010

  WOD 20 March: “Randy”

  Today’s CrossFit London’s intrepid athletes had a go at the hero workout, Randy. Much to Twyla’s dismay, this was all...

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• 0March 2, 2010

  WOD catch-up 1&2 March

  Too much posting, too few hours means, I’m behind in my updating of the website. So Monday’s fun  with a...

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• 1February 28, 2010

  Crossfit by candlelight [February i-Course review]

  Well, the i-Course was going well; we were a good way through the cleans, when disaster struck…the building was plunged...

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