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Category: Training

How to read the Training Plan?

Josh Schouten | 24-11-2016
This will be an ongoing post that will be updated over time.  I hope this helps those who are new to training to understand the programming language. Enjoy! When you first walk into a CrossFit gym, or when you start training with a quality strength and conditioning coach, you will be introduced to the wonderful world of the exercise programming... [Read more]

Making mind gains?

mtadmin | 27-09-2016
Gains! All of us are trying to make gains. Every week we turn up at the gym, we put the work in, we get uncomfortable, and we even put up with the coaches' banter. We know that being fitter, faster, and stronger benefits our health in all sorts of ways, but does training at Momentum help our minds as well... [Read more]

CFH TRAINING PLAN 8/08/16 – 14/08/16 WEEK 14

Josh Schouten | 07-08-2016
This week sees week 1 of the Olympic games commence. The achievements of all of these athletes are commendable, to say the least. Whatever you strive for in life you need to work for it. Something that we focus on at Momentum Training. While we focus on community and having fun remember we are also here to work hard in... [Read more]

Beginners Weightlifting Course: Sep-Oct 2016

Josh Schouten | 01-08-2016
Guess who's back, back againCalums back, tell a friendGuess who's back, guess who's back?Guess who's back? Are you new to Olympic lifting, or are you still trying to master the skills need to perform the snatch, the clean & jerk?   It’s your lucky day!  Here is your chance to gain both the knowledge and the skills, under the watchful eye... [Read more]

Weapons August 2016

Josh Schouten | 31-07-2016
Weapons August 2016 PDF Well it's little later in the month than usual but the training is just as painful as it is every month for the Weapons guys. We see lots of Olly lifting through this phase, to aim for new 1RM's at the end of the month. We will be tackling our times from last months .com wods... [Read more]

BEAUTY REDEFINED. Challenging our perceptions of body image.

mtadmin | 25-07-2016
The saying that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’ suggests subjectivity, yet there is a constant strive for ‘perfection’ when it comes to our bodies.  Society has always portrayed an ideal aesthetic among females and today more than ever we are drenched by this image through magazines, advertisements, TV, billboards, fashion shows etc.  What it is to be... [Read more]

Gymnastics Phase 4: Ring & P-Bar Routines

Josh Schouten | 14-07-2016
For the last 4 month the “gymnasts" at Momentum have steadily increase their bent arm strength in both pushing and pulling movements.  Countless sets and reps have seen many of you make gradual progressions with your gymnastics strength training (GST). This new phase is going to put this GST to use as we start to introduce small gymnastics ring and parallel bar... [Read more]

Heavy Metcon 13/6/16

Geoff Stewart | 12-07-2016
    Warm up   Working with a partner YGIG Goblet squats 5x5 Weighted Press ups 5x5 KB swings 5x5 Ring rows 5x5   Working in teams in a EMOM format for 12 mins per staion A Deadlifts x5 and target jumps ME B bench press x5 and Rope smash ME C Back squats x5 and Ball slams ME  ... [Read more]

CFH TRAINING PLAN 4/7/16 – 10/07/16 WEEK 10

Geoff Stewart | 03-07-2016
    Moving into another fun and exciting week at Momentum training with lots of work to be done and WODs to smash. We are maintaining our focused on our strength with those 1 1/4 reps as well as spending some quality time on our olympic lifting you have also got a spicy workout called "puffy nipple" (I don't know why... [Read more]