Crossfit - The beginning and Transition

Good Morning and Happy Saturday,

so to anybody who read my last blog post, you'll notice that it's been over a year since I last posted. I got lazy and didn't do any work. 

I'm now trying to change that. I aim to update this blog at least once a week with the aim of doing it everyday eventually.

So a quick update of what's happened in the last year. 

I joined a new gym in Stratford called Gym Box. It was great at first however got way to busy and I've now taken the leap and have joined a new Crossfit start-up in Forest Gate called Crossfit Dawn.

I'm not going to go into the common crossfit arguments here of why it good or bad for you.

Before I get into my current workouts I must mention what I've been doing over the last year with my training. You'll see I started off 2015 with some German Volume Training to shock my body back into shape.

About March 2015 I discovered Cory Gregory, the founder of Muscle Pharm's Squat Every Day Challenge and started doing that.

Link here: http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/cory-gregory-squat-every-day.html

I came across it in the great barbell shrugged podcast episode that I recommend you all listen to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCore2igjjo

I did that by the book and then did the sequel by the book and then started just squatting every workout since life took over and I couldn't commit the time.

Since squatting everyday, besides increasing my squat loads. Both Front and Back I've actually been injury free for the first time ever. Something about it has meant that I've not been out due to a hurt back for over a year now.

Fast forward to today. I took the leap and joined Crossfit Dawn two weeks ago and have been slowly getting accustomed to doing WODs or Workout Of the Days. It's been good and I'm feeling great.

I'm now looking into integrating Squatting every day with Crossfit MetCons going forward.

Right. 

That's it for now. Got to cook my omelette and finish this Spartan Up! podcast featuring Richard Branson I'm currently trying to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNtGnO-xV3c

Talk to you soon!

Stuart

Welcome

Welcome to my life and fitness blog.

I'm not your average blogger and I don't have too much to say. I just want to share my experiences of living in London, working whilst trying to stay as fit and as healthy as possible whilst still have a life.

I'm a strong believer in functional fitness, olympic lifts, strength training and compound moves. If you're looking for a blog on how to 'get ripped for summer' or how to 'get bulging biceps and a six pack' then please don't waste your time here. I don't isolate arms, nor do I ever isolate my abs.

I believe in Squats, Deadlifts, Bench Pressing, Overhead Pressing, Cleaning and Snatching in that order. I then believe in following this with a bit of conditioning for the heart and so I'm not always out of breath on the rugby pitch.

Diet wise. I've recently started juicing. Lame, I know. I also do 16/8 but not too strictly. Otherwise I like eating lots of meat, when I can afford it, lots of nuts and green veg, some good carbs and a well deserved beer or whisky after training!

I'll keep this post short. Off to the gym. I usually preach low reps, high weight, however since Christmas I've been quite low on my performance so I've made the stupid decision to do a few weeks of GVT (German Volume Training, 10x10) to shock my body back into performing. After a horrible 10 sets of Squats yesterday I'm going to superset Bench Press with Chin-Ups today. Not Fun!

Wish me luck!