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You can CrossFit.

All the workouts are completely scalable. This means that a 22 year old fireman and a 89 year old grandmother can do scaled versions of the same workout in the same class. Both workouts would train the same movement patterns, the fireman might be deadlifting 140Kgs, the grandmother might be picking up a 4lbs med ball from the floor or a raised platform. Both will be working hard, both will be increasing their fitness or work capacity. CrossFit breeds an environment where we compete against ourselves rather than each other and encourage each other to push ourselves as hard as we can.

No one starts out doing the Workout of the Day as it is prescribed, whatever your background, some element of most of the workouts will be outside your scope of expertise. We can modify any workout to suit anyone’s level of fitness. Exercises can be changed, weights, sets, reps, range of motion can all be adjusted to suit your capability.

The key to success with CrossFit is to learn the correct execution of the basic movements and learn the movements in the right order. The CrossFit approach is to concentrate on mechanics first, then consistent execution of proper form, then once you’ve got the movement patterns down we add intensity. It is the intensity with which we train that yields such amazing results, however almost everyone will benefit from the constantly varied functional movements, even if you never end up pushing yourself.

The first step is to get in touch and book an introductory session, where we can discuss what you want to achieve and you can see how the CrossFit methodology works. You’re welcome to come and watch a WOD class if you wish. We run a 6 session foundation course that you will need to complete that covers all the basic skills you will need and will give you a gently graded workout that will ease you into training with us.

If whatever you are currently doing is not yielding the results you want, then you need to change something. Make that change today.

 
Latest News

0600 Morning WODs added:
Melina starts 0600 Workout of the Day classes, starting Tuesday the 7th September.
Classes will run every Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday

CrossFit Endurance Certification: 5-6 March 2011

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Fight Gone Bad on the 25th September.
Join CrossFitters from around the world all doing FGB for charity on Saturday the 25th
Kick off is at 1200, BBQ and beer to follow. Info here

CrossFit Endurance workouts added to the schedule.
This week and next (26th and 2nd Sep) CFE sessions on Thursday at 1900, thereafter Tuesdays and Thursdays  Jon Shelby will be coaching sprint/ Interval sessions at CFCL

Sunday - Runday.
Melina will be coaching a long run/ time trial on Sundays at 1500 in one of London's parks. There may well be beer afterwards :-)

Sunday WODs now running 1100-1400. Brad and Jon C will be running Sunday WODs, at last you can train 3 on 1 off and not have to worry about missing training on a Sunday

Thursday mobility WOD at 1800 & 1900. Dell will be running a twenty minute mobility Workout every Thursday at 1800 and 1900. The class will include self inflicted torture using a foam roller, PNF and 3D stretching and a hockey ball if you're really unlucky :-)

New L1 Certification date agreed: December 4/5 - Anyone want to go on it?

CrossFit Coaches Prep Course: 13/14th October sold out



At CrossFit Central London, the training happens in small groups, with expert coaches and a high coach to student ratio. The positive, encouraging atmosphere feeds the sense of community you get when people share sweat and agony, achievement and triumph. People who’ve never tried it will never understand it. Those who put their egos on the line every day join a worldwide community of like minded people. People who will push themselves close to the limit to beat you in a workout, then cheer you on to do the best you can do and go out for a beer on a Friday night after training.

We see our role as educators. Our aim is to make you self sufficient, to empower you to be able to help yourself, program your own training, understand your own nutrition and be able to make informed decisions. All of this takes time. Our members will still be learning new skills, improving others and expanding their fitness horizons for years into their training. Our prescription of constantly varied, high intensity, functional workouts keeps things interesting, helps you get better at real world tasks and pushes your athletic development at a rate you would not believe until you try it for yourself.

This is the best you can get, the return on investment is huge, the experience life changing. The membership page gives an indication of the range of membership packages. We do not compete on price, we compete on quality, skilled professional coaching and training. There are plenty of places out there A LOT cheaper. You get what you pay for. Please check out the lower price places before you come to us so you know what you are getting. The real cost of entry is the effort you are prepared to put into your training and the energy you are prepared to put into the community.

You don’t have to be fit to start, we can accommodate everyone from arthritic grandmothers to Olympic athletes. There are only two requirements. Turn up and train.

Want to learn more? Then call or email us to book a free introductory appointment or to arrange to come down and watch a Workout of the Day (WOD) Class.

Here is a video from CrossFit Cleveland that gives you an insight into the CrossFit experience.