March 2010

British Masters Weightlifting Champion – Oooh that sounds good!

30 March 2010

Thanks for all the messages of support, I can confirm that I did win my category at the 2010 BWLA British Masters Olympic Weightlifting championship finals this weekend. I was expecting to be lifting against Anthony (Tony) Down, from the Empire Club in Bristol, but it turned out that he came in overweight for the [...]

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British Master Buildup Over

24 March 2010

Well the British Masters Championships are this weekend, and if I’m not ready now, I’ll never be. Which is to say, I’m not ready now! I hate preparing for competitions because I’m *never* ready! This week’s lifting went ok, but could have been better. The highlights are, on Tuesday I managed 3 out of 6 [...]

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10 min Sprints beat 10 Hours of Cycling

22 March 2010

It’s always nice to see mainstream science starting to catchup with what Crossfitters are doing, from The Metro last week: A set of ten one-minute sprints on an exercise bike three times a week holds the same benefits as ten hours of ‘conventional’ distance cycling. High-intensity exercise at 95 per cent of your maximum heart [...]

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Why Crossfit Coaching Sessions are Priceless

20 March 2010

As many people have noted from my earlier post, snatch practice for the British Masters has not been going well. Dropping six 70kg (154lb) snatches in a row, 2 weeks before competition day, is never a good sign. So this weekend, with 2 sessions back at Crossfit Manchester, I desperately needed the experienced eye of [...]

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Build up to the British Masters Olympic Weightlifting Competition – 2 weeks to go

18 March 2010

I’m pleased to report that my hamstring tweak had mostly cleared itself up by Tuesday, so I was able to train as I’d intended. There was still a little soreness there, but 98% there. However, that didn’t prevent the disaster that was Tuesday’s snatches! Tuesday followed my normal routine of snatches for 45ish mins then [...]

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Raw Milk Discussed on BBC Radio 4

17 March 2010

I’ve posted before about Raw Milk (sometimes called Natural Milk, Green Top Milk or Real Milk) but was interested to hear a 15 minute chat about it on BBC Radio 4 today. You can hear the broadcast on BCC iPlayer on the program Thinking Allowed. Start from 15 minutes in.

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Map and List of CrossFit Gyms in the UK and Ireland

13 March 2010
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EDIT Feb 2012: Added CrossFit East Lothian, CrossFit Kent and Sussex, CrossFit North Dublin and CrossFit SA1. This is a map of every CrossFit affiliated gym in the UK and Ireland (including England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland’s CrossFit boxes), with contact details right on the map and listed below. I’ve been meaning to do [...]

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Build up to the British Masters Olympic Weightlifting Competition – 3 weeks to go

10 March 2010

Well Tuesday didn’t go at all well! Snatch practice was meant to be a simple matter of getting confident with my opening lifts, but it couldn’t have gone much worse. I dropped 3 out of 6 attempts at 65kg and dropped 2 out of 3 attempts at 70kg. Honestly, I should be getting every lift [...]

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Build up to the British Masters Olympic Weightlifting Competition – 4 weeks to go

4 March 2010

I’ve started seriously thinking about the BWLA British Masters Olympic Weightlifting Competition at Lilleshall (I came 2nd last year) at the end of March and how I’m going to prepare for it. For reasons I won’t bore you with, I’ve not done as much lifting as I should have done in preparation for this competition. [...]

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Crossfitters compete at the English Indoor Rowing Championships

2 March 2010

A couple of weeks ago, several members of the Crossfit community in Manchester attended the English Indoor Rowing Championships. They put on a good show, though sadly not quite the medal haul of last year’s English Indoor Rowing Championships but a fine showing nonetheless: – Timothy Haddon, 8th Men Open Hwt – Dominic Beardwell – [...]

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