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Heavy Metcon 16/3/16

Geoff Stewart | 14-03-2016
Death by Geoff Warm up with partner UGIG KB swings 2 > 20 Press ups 1 > 10   Working with a partner – get on the scales and establish your teams weight. BB press / bike Teams weight x 50= target bench weight Choose a single weight for the bar and bench working in a UGIG format every time... [Read more]

How will you master your bodyweight?

Josh Schouten | 13-03-2016
The hardest part about body weight training is learning to master your body weight.  Unlike weightlifting movements where we can start with an empty bar and gradually add load, bodyweight movements start with your bodyweight! Congratulations to all of those CrossFit members who have now successfully achieved a strict muscle-up.  Its always nice to see people working on solid strength... [Read more]

CFH Training Plan 14/03/2016 – 20/03/2016

Josh Schouten
Week 4 of 5 CrossFit Open Time COACHES COMMENT: The hardest part about body weight training is learning to master your body weight.  Unlike weightlifting movements where we can start with an empty bar and gradually add load, bodyweight movements start with your bodyweight! (read more...) RECOMMENDED WEEKLY READING: LiveLearnEvolve.com: 10 Painful Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets too Soon - You know... [Read more]

Heavy Metcon 9/3/16

Geoff Stewart | 08-03-2016
  Warm up   BB complex warm up Deadlifts 9-7-5-3-1 High Pull 9-7-5-3-1 Power clean 9-7-5-3-1 Front squat 9-7-5-3-1 Push jerk 9-7-5-3-1 Increase weight slowly every round please   Working in teams of 3 in a follow the leader format with 3 bars with a continually running clock. Mins 1-4 Deadlifts  3 reps each Min 4-8 Power cleans 3 reps... [Read more]

CFH Training Plan 07/03/2016 – 13/03/2016

Josh Schouten | 06-03-2016
Week 3 of 5 CrossFit Open Time COACHES COMMENT: A few weeks back we talked about calorie balance being the most import principle of nutrition, but it’s not be all and end all. There are many additional factors that impact our body composition. I often hear stories about “so called personal trainers,” or “so called nutritionists” making foolish comments like “all you need... [Read more]

Nutrition: How Hypo or Hyper can you be?

Josh Schouten
A few weeks back we talked about calorie balance being the most import principle of nutrition, but it's not be all and end all. There are many additional factors that impact our body composition. I often hear stories about “so called personal trainers,” or “so called nutritionists” making foolish comments like “all you need to do to loose weight is to... [Read more]

Heavy Metcon 2/3/16

Geoff Stewart | 01-03-2016
Warm up Walking lunges 10 Press ups 5 Squats 10 Ring rows / pull up 5 X5 rounds   Death by pretty much everything   Working on your own EMOM as long as you can on each station adding 1 rep or 3 cals every minute until you can't do any more or you die then you take 2 minutes... [Read more]