Momentum

Have you ever stopped to thing about how the human body works?  For instance how does the blood get pumped around your body?  We know that the heart pumps the blood through the arteries to the organs and the muscles, but how does the blood get back to the heart?  The heart is a one-way pump; it does not suck... [Read more]

Momentum Training is always looking to improve our services we offer our clients. On Sunday 25th we will be holding a working bee for those who would like to come along and help us out with the Gains Upgrade. We will have classes in the morning 9am & 10am although after this the gym will close and the transformation will begin. We... [Read more]

With the new changes in the timetable and the addition of Weapons classes on Tuesday and Friday evenings we hope to bring a renewed energy to the more advanced classes. The aim of these classes is to increase the physiological adaption to increased training stress. These classes will include skill(s) seen in competitions and thus are targeted to those looking... [Read more]

Warm up Working in pairs UGIG format KB complex Medium weight KB 2 handed swing 10 KB 1 hand swing 5 ea KB cleans 5 ea KB squats 10 KB push press 5 ea 10 mins work Workout Working with your partners 100 reps at each station max reps of each movement when you break you do equal number of reps... [Read more]

Last week (28th -30th October 2015) I spent 3 days absorbing a wealth of program design knowledge from James Fitzgerald (founder of OPEXfit.com and winner of the 2007 CrossFit Games).  As a strength and conditioning (S&C) coach, co-owner of Momentum Training / CrossFit Hackney (CFH), and the brains behind the program design at CFH, I was curious to hear what OPEX was all... [Read more]

Week 12 of 16 Olympic Lifting and Russian Squats COACHES COMMENT: What an inspiring week! Last week Scotty and I spent 3-days on a program design course with James Fitzgerald founder OPEXfit.com and winner of the 2007 CrossFit Games.  James is one smart individual, and he is a walking encyclopedia. The program design course was presented to a gathering of amazing... [Read more]

Engineering this month will be taking a slight change in format. The aim of this is to reduce the main classes back down to a level more aimed at the beginners. By saying this does not mean that an intermediate to advanced CrossFitter will not be able to get a good solid workout while picking up a few extra tips... [Read more]

Week 11 of 16 Olympic Lifting and Russian Squats COACHES COMMENT: "Our obstacle is that we live in an attention-deficit culture.  We are bombarded with more and more information on television, radio, mobile phones, video games, the Internet.  The constant supply of stimulus has the potential to turn us into addicts, always hungering for something new and prefabricated to keep... [Read more]

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