Month: April 2013

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We understand that sometimes your daily workout at CrossFit can be a bit mentally overwhelming. We are always reminding you about form, technical steps, movement standards, and other things you have to think about on top of just trying to push yourself through a workout. As coaches our primary goal is to get you all[…]

                              First off, you can expect to be pretty sore for your first 2 weeks to a month of training.  All of these movements are relatively new and you are working muscles that you may have never used before or haven’t[…]

Many new faces are coming into CrossFit Leicester. With limited time and much practical application and explanation to cover, little space remains to get our nerd on and delve into the science of CrossFit and why we do what we do when it comes to how we programme WODs. To start – Our bodies have[…]

The pullup involves strength, endurance, and coordination throughout the entire body and can be paired with almost any movement or set of movements and make a great workout. Pullups can also be pretty intimidating, especially for newbies. At CrossFit Leicester we want to help you conquer any fear of that pullup bar and get you[…]

CrossFit Leicester’s very own Kate B has created a very delicious vitamin packed “greens” juice which we call are calling ” Kate’s Famous Green Vita Whizz Juice”  – it has been in great demand so she has kindly allowed us to publish her recipe…. KATE’S GREEN VITA WHIZZ JUICE  For my green juices I always[…]

All Black OWEN BLAin Bonsall: Max Effort Clean and Jerk By Mike Burgener from Journal CrossFit.com April 17th 2010   In a continuation of our series with Owen Franks, a rugby player for theNew Zealand All Blacks, Mike Burgener takes the powerful athlete through a series of cues to push him toward a max-effort clean and[…]

Technique advise on squat cleans from Bill Starr. This article was published in the CF Journal in 2009.   Most beginners fail to fully extend before moving to the bottom, fearful that they aren’t going to get there in time to rack the weight. But because they don’t fully extend, they don’t provide that final, critical jolt[…]

  Powerful hip extension is the literal and figurative driving force of many of Crossfit’s 9 essential movements, olympic lifts, and other gymnastic movements such as pull ups. Generating a powerful kip for those chest-to-bars or performing a snatch that feels almost weightless on the platform are both indicators that you’re doing something right…using those[…]

I want to share some knowledge on how to eat in accordance with our workout schedule. This is something that has helped me in the past as I transitioned to a cleaner eating lifestyle. Remember, the paleo and zone diets are not necessarily made for athletes or active people only, so sometimes we need to[…]