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WOD Thursday 21st March 2013 Games Open WOD 13.3 Released

By Gavin Heselton|2013-03-20T21:40:38+00:00March 20th, 2013|CrossFit Games Open 2013|

Games Open WOD 13.3 Released Games Open workout 13.3 will be run as the WOD on Friday: all athletes are asked to turn up promptly to the class times and to bring all necessary kit. Wrist wraps, Voodoo Floss bands, tape and speed ropes will be available for purchase for those that require them. The Saturday and Sunday open gym sessions will be suspended to run heats of the Games WOD for all athletes. Please be prompt and sign up to one of the heats on the board as soon as you arrive. Any athlete who wishes to judge should first complete the Online Judges Course via the CrossFit Games site and should ideally have either coaching or competition experience. Level 1 CrossFit trainers are not required to complete the Online Judges Course unless they wish to be considered for judging duties at Regionals in Denmark. There are 185 athletes registered for the Games from our box: Be on time, be prepared and be awesome. WOD Today's session will take an open gym format with coaches on hand to help guide you through the skills required to complete Games Open workout 13.2. We can advise on tech, help you mobilise and discuss strategy. For those who will be unable to make the WODs over Friday, Saturday and Sunday, or want to have a preliminary run under competition standards, we will also have staff on hand to validate your attempt. Jonny's mobility WOD will be on as normal and will focus on [...]

WOD Thursday 14th March 2013 Games Open WOD 13.2 Released

By Gavin Heselton|2013-03-13T23:38:04+00:00March 13th, 2013|CrossFit Games Open 2013, Information, WOD|

Games Open WOD 13.2 Released Games Open workout 13.2 will be run as the WOD on Friday: all athletes are asked to turn up promptly to the class times and to bring all necessary kit. Wrist wraps, Voodoo Floss bands, tape and speed ropes will be available for purchase for those that require them. The Saturday and Sunday open gym sessions will be suspended to run heats of the Games WOD for all athletes. Please be prompt and sign up to one of the heats on the board as soon as you arrive. Any athlete who wishes to judge should first complete the Online Judges Course via the CrossFit Games site and should ideally have either coaching or competition experience. Level 1 CrossFit trainers are not required to complete the Online Judges Course unless they wish to be considered for judging duties at Regionals in Denmark. There are 183 athletes registered for the Games from our box: Be on time, be prepared and be awesome. WOD Today we will be screening the WOD announcement at the start of each class to show you what you have in store. The session will take an open gym format with coaches on hand to help guide you through the skills required to complete Games Open workout 13.2. We can advise on tech, help you mobilise and discuss strategy. For those who will be unable to make the WODs over Friday, Saturday and Sunday, or want to have a preliminary run under competition standards, we [...]

WOD Thursday 7th March 2013 “CFG 2013 Open Begins”

By Gavin Heselton|2013-03-06T23:23:21+00:00March 6th, 2013|CrossFit Games Open 2013, Events, WOD|

It is here. We've waited a year for this day to come and it is finally upon us. The Reebok CrossFit Games 2013 has arrived and as of this moment every one of the 174 members that has registered so far is officially a competitive athlete. Whether this is your first year or you are a Games veteran, whether you have just completed your fundamentals or you have competed at Regionals: these are your Games and nobody's score means anything except your own. If you simply give everything you can. If you give your biggest lift, your fastest time or just hold on until the timer hits zero: you will know you have done your all, and nobody can take that from you. CrossFit Glasgow, you are ready. Games Open workout 13.1 will be run as the WOD on Friday: all athletes are asked to turn up promptly to the class times and to bring all necessary kit. Wrist wraps, Voodoo Floss bands, tape and speed ropes will be available for purchase for those that require them. The Saturday and Sunday open gym sessions will be suspended to run heats of the Games WOD for all athletes. Please be prompt and sign up to one of the heats on the board as soon as you arrive. Any athlete who wishes to judge should first complete the Online Judges Course via the CrossFit Games site and should ideally have either coaching or competition experience. Level 1 CrossFit trainers are not required [...]

WOD Thursday 21st of February ’13

By Gavin Heselton|2013-02-20T21:58:05+00:00February 20th, 2013|CrossFit Games Open 2013|

Yet another black box session at CFG: You love them. There will be no mobility WOD with Jonny from Physio Effect this Thursday but he should be back to business as usual next week. This Sunday at 10am there will be a handstand master class with Omercan Cirit of Glasgow Parkour Coaching. As the CrossFit Games Open draws ever closer it's absolutely vital that you prepare yourself for the unknown and unknowable. This class is not to be missed. You may have heard us mention the CrossFit Games Open. Maybe. We are currently the largest team in Europe and are hanging in for a top 3 spot worldwide. We are 6 places behind Equipe CrossFit Laval in Canada, with whom we've had an entertaining tit for tat battle for the top spot for the past 2 weeks. We were shocked to see CrossFit NYC go top in a single day with 196 registered athletes but we are still definitely in the game: even at 54 places behind this American giant we have the numbers to make up the deficit. I know. I counted. If you have not already done so, take a minute and contribute to making CrossFit Glasgow a part of history by adding your name to the affiliate roster today. Register for the CrossFit Games Open 2013.

WOD Jan 31st 2013

By Gavin Heselton|2013-01-30T23:00:48+00:00January 30th, 2013|CrossFit Games Open 2013, Information|

10 Minute AMRAP 30 Double Unders 10 Overhead Squats 50/35kg There is no mobility WOD this evening. The 19.15 class will run as normal. Girls WOD will go ahead this Saturday at 11. The CrossFit Glasgow Spartans Weightlifting Club is looking for fresh blood and early discussions with Weightlifting Scotland suggest that we will be hosting at least 2 major competitions this year. Previous members should renew their memberships through one of the head coaches. Get involved. Reebok CrossFit Games Open 2013 That time is upon us once more. The CrossFit Games season is closing in fast and the biggest names in the Sport of Fitness will be vying for the title of the "Fittest on Earth". Mikko Salo (Winner, 2009 Games) and Josh Bridges (Tipped for 1st place last year had he not been on active service) will return to the fold in a bid to topple Rich Froning from the top spot. Annie Thorsdottir will be defending her title from stiff competition in the USA while the UK No. 1 Samantha Briggs makes a return from injury: could this be her year? CrossFit Glasgow will be programming and validating all of the workouts from this year's Open competition: The Open constitutes a series of online qualifiers that will see the progression of the best male and female individuals and best teams to the European Regional competition and ultimately to The Games. But more than this: The Open presents an opportunity for everyone - irrespective of experience - to [...]

WOD Tuesday 29th January ’13

By Gavin Heselton|2013-01-28T19:35:02+00:00January 28th, 2013|WOD|

WOD A. 15mins establish a 1RM clean and jerk. B. Grace For time: 30 ground to overhead at 62.5/40kg (for those able to complete the WOD Rx in under 5mins then max double-unders up until the 5min mark) Come in tonight for weightlifting with Ray Cavanagh of Gladiator Weightlifting Club, class runs instead of the 19.15 WOD and costs just £3 for members and £4 to non-members. We have wrist wraps, Omega3, D3 and ZMA back in stock! This week there is no mobility on Thursday night, a normal WOD will run at 19.15 instead.

Gym Closed

By Gavin Heselton|2013-01-18T10:38:22+00:00January 18th, 2013|Information|

Sorry to say there is no way we can open tonight. See slider pic above. We apologise and if anyone wants to come in and help clean and prep the gym then the more the merrier. We want this done ASAP and with the level of dust in the air it would do your Fran-cough no good! If any of you need your CrossFit fix then CrossFit Scotland have kindly offered to open their doors to CFG members for today to train. Please click this link to visit their webpage link here Please stop by if you have the time to help, it would be much appreciated, this is the last bit of work which requires gym closure and we hope you understand.

WODs cancelled

By Gavin Heselton|2013-01-17T16:17:24+00:00January 17th, 2013|Information|

Hey everyone, we are really sorry to say that the gym will be closed tonight due to the building work. There is more debris than anticipated and a lot of glass has made it onto the gym floor. Jonny's mobility class will still run at 19.15 however all WODs and Fundamentals prior will be cancelled. We apologise once again and those of you booked in for your Fundamentals we will try and book in ASAP.

Protect your Box

By Gavin Heselton|2013-01-15T09:05:08+00:00January 15th, 2013|Information|

CrossFit Glasgow is a legitimate, registered CrossFit affiliate gym. We pay an annual licence fee to CrossFit Inc to utilise the brand name in reference to the training methodology we provide. Our coaches have, at their own expense, invested in specialist training to bring the very best that CrossFit has to offer and the value of the training they provide lies in the expert knowledge they have received through exposure to the world's best coaches. As CrossFit develops and gains popularity we will encounter more of a small minority who want to use the CrossFit brand name to push their own business without investing in the ethos or necessary training. CrossFit is a registered trademark used under licence by legitimate affiliate gyms throughout the world yet some individuals without any sense of the community or skill in coaching the necessary components will try to pass off an inferior product under the CrossFit name simply because they know it is popular. They are making the money out of the hard work of other legitimate facilities and are acting illegally. Facilities that offer a substandard product dilute the standards and misrepresent the methodology in an way that cheapens the hard work of the affiliates and their members. If you have heard anyone suggesting that CrossFit is dangerous, "just circuits" or that it has no attention to standards of movement or athlete development through sensible programming; it is likely as a result of exposure to a poor imitation of what we produce here [...]

Girls WOD Guest Coach

By Gavin Heselton|2013-01-06T12:42:02+00:00January 6th, 2013|Events, Information, WOD|

This Saturday at 11am there will be a special Girls WOD hosted by guest coach Stephanie (Gaudreau) McCormack of CrossFit Invictus in San Diego. A former Coach at CrossFit Chula Vista and advocate of the Paleo diet; Steph has some impressive credentials: CF L1 CF Endurance CF Mobility Carl Paoli's Freestyle Connection Gymastics BSc in Biology, Master's in Education Co-owner of Healthy Happy Fit Life (nutritional coaching), Creator of stupideasypaleo.com Steph relishes the opportunity to demonstrate the benefits of her dedication to training and boasts the following competition standings: Left Coast Invitational 2012 - Advanced females 2nd place Left Coast Invitational 2011 - Females 5th place 2011 Cal State Games Weightlifting 63 kg class - 2nd place CF San Diego Powerlifting Meet July 2011 - 2nd place 2011 CrossFit Games Open - 83rd in SoCal 2012 CrossFit Games Open - withdrew in 5th week due to injury Max lifts: Deadlift 130kg Back squat 120kg Front squat 97kg Clean 85kg Jerk 82kg Bench 62kg Snatch 60kg Press 42kg This is an incredible opportunity for all of our female members to learn from a phenomenal coach. There will be a WOD running from 11am on Saturday morning under Steph's experienced eye followed by a Q&A session during which you can ask whatever you like: the importance of strength training, how to maintain a paleo diet etc. Do not miss this. All male athletes will require to have themselves and their kit out of the box by 11am. No excuses.

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