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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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i-Course 20 March, 2011

by Andrew March 20, 2011 Articles
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A fabulous mixed group of “normal people”, trainers, and physical therapists got together in Bethnal Green to try out the world famous Crossfit London i-course: the one-day course that gets you practicing most of the essential Crossfit basics (squat, clean, snatch, ring work, handstands, muscle ups) As always, a phenomenal Crossfit London team, led by [...]

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“Why movement matters”, by Jon Nicholson

by Andrew March 1, 2011 Articles
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Jon Nicholson is leading the next Crossfit London UK Mobility workshop : The Squat Pattern, and if you don’t have your ticket yet, now is the time to get booking. It’s on the 26 of March. Time, and tickets, are running out. Jon is a Feldenkrais practitioner, and has attended (and loved) the Crossfit London [...]

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WOD 21 Feb: Professor Tabata says “Work”

by Steven February 21, 2011 CrossFit London workouts

Sally couldn’t make last night, so I picked up my gear and headed in to treat the evening classes to a dose of Tabata. All through February the 0630/0730 classes have been working through a range of classic CrossFit benchmark WODs, so I thought it only fair to give everyone else the same opportunity. The [...]

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CrossFit London Olympic Lifting I, February 2011 review

by Steven February 12, 2011 Articles

Another terrific bunch of guys and gals dropped by the Blackboard gym this afternoon, for the first olympic lifting masterclass of the year. Sally and I took the willing crew through the famous CrossFit London Squat Workshop before getting into the details of the snatch, and clean and jerk. As usual, there were plenty of [...]

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CrossFit London Mobility Workshop: Squat Pattern

by Steven January 19, 2011 Mobility Mash Up Programme
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Crossfit London UK Mobility Programme Movement Education Workshop: The Squat Pattern Saturday 26th March, 1430-1630 For more information on how to book a place on this course, click on “Getting Started“. In this workshop, we shall examine the fundamental mechanics of squatting. Along the way, we’ll learn about how the brain co-ordinates movement (“Why do [...]

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