Momentum

Week 3 of 16 Juggernaut COACHES COMMENT: Week 3 is here, realisation week or testing week in the first Juggernaut wave.  Has your hard work produced any strength improvements?  Lets find out shall we! The number repetitions you perform in this week’s AMRAP's will dictate your "new working max" weights in the next Juggernaut 8's wave.  You will notice that the final... [Read more]

Over the past 8 weeks we have gone through some pretty significant changes in not only mind set but also knowledge in learning how do put different exercise together and why one might need to pick this over that. This next phase will see us still in those higher rep schemes preparing the bodies yet again to dip into those spicy... [Read more]

Week 2 of 16 Juggernaut COACHES COMMENT: BOOM!!!  Juggernaut has arrived and the CrossFit classes are buzzing with members keen to increase their strength.  Very impressed to see the number of member who have downloaded the Juggernaut spread sheet and are using it to calculate their numbers.  TRUST ME, in week 5 when we commence the next wave (8's) you... [Read more]

CrossFit Engineering classes for the next phase are here: (more…)

In our last post we started to define the movements of toes-to-bar (TTB) and establish an awareness of mobility and stability factors that can impact an athletes performance.  In this post we are calling in the skills of our resident Yoga expert Alice to share her 5 best Yoga stretches to improve your toes-to-bar. If you stop and think about... [Read more]

Week 1 of 16 Juggernaut COACHES COMMENT: The Juggernaut phase is here and its time to build some raw strength again.  I strongly recommend you all downloaded the CrossFit Hackney Juggernaut spread sheet to calculate and record your numbers. week 1 is all about the 60% (of your working weight) intensity and focusing on building both mental and physical toughness. The aim is to AMRAP in the... [Read more]

During April ‘15, the CrossFit Hackney skillz and drills sections of the classes will include a major focus on Toes-to-Bar (TTB).  If you’re still trying to get your first set of TTB, or you’re looking to become more efficient at TTB, this blog series, and this month’s classes are the nuts and bolts! TTB is a movement designed to test... [Read more]

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="850"] Juggernaut Training: www.jtsstrength.com[/caption]                         In the last post we talked about your working max and detailed the sets, reps, percentages, and goals of the next 16 weeks. This blog post is all about a simple little spreadsheet designed to help you remember and record your... [Read more]

WEEK 12/12 COACHES COMMENT: If you've not read it, get on it: CrossFit Hackney: 16 Week Juggernaut Method - Part 1: The Guidelines and CrossFit Hackney: 16 Week Juggernaut Method – Part 2: The Programme. This is not the final week of the current lifting phase and next week we will commence the new strength phase.  The coaches will be on hand to coach... [Read more]