Recent Posts Tagged With 'crossfit'

• Get the Elite Fitness Manual here!

  Posted on Tuesday June 30th, 2009 at 18:41 in reviews, training guides, exercise technique, kettlebells, crossfit, bodyweight exercises, olympic weightlifting, gymnastic ring training

  Olympic lifts, kettlebells, gymnastic rings….these are a few of our favourite things…. Ever wished that there was a single instruction manual containing all of this cool stuff? Well, now there is! Andrew Stemler, creator of the popular i-Course -...

• Review: Crossfit London i-Course

  Posted on Monday November 3rd, 2008 at 16:43 in kettlebells, crossfit, bodyweight exercises, olympic weightlifting, ring training

  On Sunday I attended the Crossfit London i-course in east London, a full day event aiming to teach participants all the essential Crossfit skills, from olympic lifts to rings to kettlebells to bodyweight exercises. I was invited to attend and review ...

• A weighty topic

  Posted on Thursday September 25th, 2008 at 16:56 in hot topics, attitude, crossfit, female training

  I mentioned to a friend that I was training for a powerlifting competition and he said, “So you’ll be wanting to bulk up then!” I explained that you can be any weight you want since, like boxing, there are different weight classes. It is easy t...

• Gymboss interval timer

  Posted on Sunday September 21st, 2008 at 15:39 in equipment, workouts, crossfit, ross training, conditioning and cardio

  Some of you may have come across this neat little product before: it is an interval timer for use during workouts. You can set the timer to go off at regular intervals, such as every minute. This would allow you, for example, to do a circuit that inv...

• Kettlebell training guide

  Posted on Saturday April 19th, 2008 at 11:14 in getting started, Technique, free weights, kettlebells, crossfit, books and websites, conditioning and cardio, exercise how-tos

  Following on from Crossfit London’s excellent Ring Training guide, they have now published a Kettlebell Training guide, which I am stocking. Like the Ring Training guide, this Kettlebell Training guide is a snip at only £3.50 and if you buy it via...

• Zone Diet: episode 1

  Posted on Monday April 14th, 2008 at 04:25 in diet, crossfit, my training

  Photo credit: Karimian I have recently started the Zone Diet and I thought it would be useful to post my experiences up here every so often. I found out about the Zone Diet through Crossfit; it is their prescribed diet as it is consistent with the Cr...

• Overhead squat

  Posted on Monday March 24th, 2008 at 19:27 in Technique, core, free weights, snatch, squat, crossfit, top 10 functional strength exercises

  This is the sixth article in my series of Top 10 Functional Strength Exercises. The aim of this series is to introduce some of my favourite strength exercises, that people may not be aware of or may not have tried. What is the overhead squat? The ove...

• Muscle-up and ring training guide

  Posted on Tuesday March 4th, 2008 at 18:47 in Rings, Technique, crossfit, bodyweight, books and websites, muscle-up

  The muscle-up is one of the most challenging tests of strength for the amateur trainee. If you’ve mastered dips and pull-ups and you are looking for your next challenge, add the muscle-up to your arsenal. If you want to learn this difficult mov...

• Benchmark your strength and fitness

  Posted on Friday February 15th, 2008 at 17:16 in attitude, workouts, crossfit

  I came across this interesting tool on the Crossfit Seattle website: a programme of athletic skill levels. It covers four levels from well-rounded beginner through intermediate, advanced and finally elite. The programme lists, by type of strength or ...

• The Clean – common problems

  Posted on Saturday January 5th, 2008 at 09:39 in clean, olympic, weights, crossfit

  At a recent Crossfit London session, we focussed on clean technique. Although we had all done the clean before, we were generally not very experienced in this move and variously exhibited these common problems: Rounding of the lower back Elbows too ...

• Crossfit London sunday workouts

  Posted on Saturday December 22nd, 2007 at 08:35 in conditioning, olympic, weights, weight training, free weights, crossfit, general training, functional strength, my training, strength endurance

  Crossfit London does Fight Gone Bad I’m in London for the festive season so I have grabbed the opportunity to get some quality Crossfit sessions in. I’ve been going to the weekly Workout On Sunday sessions down in Stratford, east London. ...

• Olympic weightlifting - starting out

  Posted on Monday December 10th, 2007 at 11:57 in olympic, weights, crossfit, my training

  I have been working recently on olympic weightlifting exercises. These tend to be full body exercises and will contribute greatly to all-round strength. They are working my body in ways it is not used to and I am enjoying the business of learning a n...

• One-arm dumbbell snatch

  Posted on Friday November 23rd, 2007 at 21:36 in conditioning, weights, weight training, dumbbells, free weights, crossfit, top 10 functional strength exercises, exercise selection, explosive strength, ross training

  This is the first article in my series of Top 10 Functional Strength Exercises. The aim of this series is to introduce some of my favourite strength exercises, that people may not be aware of or may not have tried. Many of these exercises are never f...

• Types of strength

  Posted on Friday November 9th, 2007 at 18:14 in bodybuilding, conditioning, weight training, crossfit, general training, explosive strength, max strength, strength endurance

  If you are after all-round strength, it’s important to understand the different types of strength – or even that there are different types of strength. It will help you to pin down what kind of training you need to do to reach your goals. It will...