PART A Back Squat 5 x 82% 2 x 85% 5 x 82% 2 x 88% 5 x 82% 2 @ 91% Complete sets on 2 minute timer PART B As many rounds as possible in 10 minutes 10...
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What’s a WOD? Here’s your guide to the language of CrossFit CrossFit is a highly addictive workout that will take your fitness to extreme levels. Developed in 2001, the technique combines a series of high-intensity exercises to give you a...
Christine was over 200 pounds overweight and unhappy. Find out what happened next. For 34 year old Christine Perera, being overweight was something she did not believe she could change. Weighing more than 200 pounds, she was miserable and “everything...
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We start our movement series with that most fundamental and ubiquitous of CrossFit movements, the humble air squat, demonstrated here by CrossFit HQ seminar staff member, James Hobart. This is often the very first movement you learn when starting CrossFit,...
Once we've nailed the perfect Air Squat, we can start to add some weight. This can be done with a kettlebell in the form of a Goblet Squat, or a barbell in the form of a Front Squat, which CrossFit...
Last week we looked at the Front Squat, this week CrossFit Seminar Staff member James Hobart shows us the Back Squat. This differs from the Front Squat in that the Barbell is placed behind the head. To protect the spine,...
The Overhead Squat, demonstrated here by CrossFit Seminar Staff member James Hobart, is the most unforgiving of all the squat movements, so it not for everybody when they first start out. The overhead squat requires a high degree of mobility...