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CrossFit Leeds
The Forge
Unit 8 Kirkstall Ind. Park
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS4 2AZ
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Saturday 13th October 2012
Christmas Party
This years Christmas Party will be a mystery tour held on Saturday 15th December starting at Skippy's (above Trio) in Headingley. Food will be provided and there'll be drinks offers on throughout the night. Cost will be £10. Further details will follow shortly but hopefully this gives you plenty of time to save the date.
Hill Sprints
Hill Sprints 9am at Roundhay Park on Sunday morning. Meet at the main car park off Princes Avenue.
CrossFit Invitational
Don't miss the CrossFit Invitational featuring Sam Briggs, Rich Froning and Annie Thorisdottir amongst others. It's being shown live on Eurosport and via the CrossFit Games website tonight from 8pm.
5 rounds:
5 Squat Cleans 80/50kg
15 Press Ups
Run 400m
Rest 90 seconds
Sub 10 KB Swings and 10 KB Squats if you are not proficient with full cleans.
Each 400m run should be an all out effort!
Paul cooling down post training!
Friday 12th October 2012
4 sets:
Barbell Lunge (bar can be placed in the back or front rack position) x 5 each leg
Rest 1 minute
Max Pull Ups
Rest 1 minute
8 minute AMRAP:
10 KB Swings 24/16kg
15m Lunge Walk 24/16kg
10 KB Push Press 24/16kg
15 m Bear Crawl
If your kettlebell touches the turf do 20 Burpees!
Thursday 11th October 2012
Open Gym
Train your weakness/Practice skills/Work on mobility/Catch up on a missed workout/Monthly Challenge
Ladies Only Class at 9.30am
Competition Training at 7pm
Monthly Chalenge - October
"Manchester Mile"
For time:
30 Back Squats at bodyweight
Run 1 mile
You can watch Sam Briggs competing for Team Europe against the USA in the first ever CrossFit invitational live on Eurosport from 8pm or via the CrossFit Games website this Saturday evening.
Wednesday 10th October 2012
Gymnastics Skills
Coaching will be focussed on Handstands variations and progressions. Please feel free to focus on your own movement(s) of choice.
Partner WOD
In pairs and alternating rounds perform AMRAP in 15 minutes of:
5 Deadlifts 120/80kg
10 Box Jumps 24/20"
15 Unbroken Wall Ball 10/7kg, 10/9'
Happy birthday to Julia
Ferino's Ab class during last Thursday's 6pm Open Gym session.
Tuesday 9th October 2012
Great Yorkshire Stair Climb
Want to race up the tallest building in Yorkshire? The Great Yorkshire Stair Climb (GYSC) is a charity event being held on Saturday 24th November and organised by our very own Gary Butterfield of G-Rex Fitness. It involves a race up all 32 storeys of Bridgewater Place in Leeds - the tallest building in Yorkshire. If you think you've got what it takes and would like to support a great charity in the Yorkshire Cancer Centre you can check out all the details and register via the website.
3 sets:
Push Press/Jerk x 5
Rest 1 minute
Max Strict Toes to Bar
Rest 1 minute
For time
Complete the following in any order and partition the repititions however you like:
Run 1 mile
60 Burpees
60 Pull Ups
Over the Bar Throws making their first appearance at the box on Saturday.
