Kettlebells, Olympic weightlifting, gymnastic rings, handstand push-ups, muscle-ups etc. We love them. Unfortunately, the best training regimes - the fun functional toys and the proven to work methods - are often not available in your local gym. Even some upmarket fitness instructors only offer a narrow range of skill and challenges. That's why we are delighted that this website is the home of Crossfit London, a British-based affiliate of the unique American Crossfit System.

Learn more about Crossfit and our definition of fitness, read this

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Next series of masterclasses are:

Crossfit London Basics Course:
Ideal for everyone who is new to Crossfit and who has not received coaching on the major lifts
Wednesdays 7.30– 8.30 pm ( this is 30 minutes later than originally advertised!)
23, 30 April,
7, 21, 28, May,
4, June 2008
Price: £90

Olympic Weightlifting Seminar   sold out
Wednesday 14 May 2008
6.15 - 9.15pm
Price: £35

Ring Training Seminar
Wednesday 28 May 2008
2.30 – 4.30pm
Price: £30

Kettlebell Seminar
Wednesday 11 June 2008
6.15 – 9.15pm
Price: £29.95

Venue for all events:
East London Gymnastic Centre, Beckton E6

Get your tickets at the shop. CLICK HERE





PERSONAL TRAINING IN CROSSFIT

Crossfit London trains you to master challenging regimes and exercise skills. Personal training sessions are available in the luxury surroundings of the Andaz Hotel Gym, Liverpool Street, London EC2M (for all you hardworking city boys and girls)

For the rest of us – courses, masterclasses and personal training (at an even more competitive price) are available at the East London Gymnastics Centre, Beckton E6 or round the back of Andrews House in Stratford



For more information, drop Andrew Stemler an email at andrewstemler@aol.com





















Andrew Stemler 

is the only Crossfit level 2 Certified trainer in London and has many fitness and sports qualifications with leading bodies, including the Register of Exercise Professionals, BWLA (the British Weightlifting Association), the ASA (Amateur Swimming Association), the UKKA (the United Kingdom Kettlebell Association), UK Athletics, SABA (Schools Amateur Boxing Association), ABA (Amateur Boxing Association) and a wedge of martial arts certificates.



He has a degree in Law and Sociology, a post-grad in Property Management, and is currently studying sports science. He spent 3 years as a doorman in London's East End.

Contact  andrewstemler@aol.com











We were delighted to discover that James Bond Star Daniel Craig has incorporated ring training into his training schedule and is close to mastering the Crucifix.

The rings were also used by the cast of  "300".




Its pretty essential to get some Elite Gymnastic Rings. Buy them from Crossfit London. We sell them for £54 plus P & P and you get them in 2 days time (post office willing)





BUY THE CROSSFIT LONDON MUSCLE-UP GUIDE


You can also get hold of the highly recommended Crossfit London Ring Training guide that helps you nail the muscle-up, a mere £3.50.

This is where Andrew Stemler shares  the secret assistance drills that gymnasts have developed over the last decade

Click here to go to the shop and get your copy


The next ring training masterclass will be on
Wednesday 28 May 2008


This is a date for your diary as the course is led, not only by Andrew Stemler, but  also the phenomenal Alex Jerrome, the star of the New Scottish Widows Olympic advert









The next kettlebell masterclass will be on
Wednesday 11 June 2008

This is where you will take those first steps into introducing hardcore training methods into your regimes.

Having said that, you can come along, learn all the essential moves, and merely use kettlebells to tone and challenge that core.


However, you may be too mean to part with the price of a masterclass, but still want to Kettlebell?  Well the Kettlebell training guide could be for you. Click here and for just  £3.51 you can get hold of the  Crossfit London E book that takes you through the essential kettlebell skills ( Swing, snatch, clean, presses, windmill and Turkish get up)














For an overview of Crossfit methods, think about subscribing to the Crossfit Journal.

BUT WHAT IS CROSSFIT?

Here are the three guiding principles, or hallmarks, of our Gold Standard of Fitness

CrossFit Fitness Standard: ONE

There are ten recognised general physical skills. They are: cardiovascular/respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, coordination, agility, balance, and accuracy. You are as fit as you are competent in each of these ten skills. A regime develops fitness to the extent that it improves each of these ten skills. Importantly, improvements in endurance, stamina, strength, and flexibility come about through training. Training refers to activity that improves performance through a measurable organic change in the body. By contrast improvements in coordination, agility, balance, and accuracy come about through practice. Practice refers to activity that improves performance through changes in the nervous system. Power and speed are adaptations of both training and practice.

CrossFit Fitness Standard: TWO

The essence of this model is the view that fitness is about performing well at any and every task imaginable. Picture a hat filled with an infinite number of physical challenges where no selective mechanism is operative, and being asked to perform feats randomly drawn from the hat. This model suggests that your fitness can be measured by your capacity to perform well at these tasks in relation to other individuals. The implication here is that fitness requires an ability to perform well at all tasks, even unfamiliar tasks, tasks combined in infinitely varying combinations. In practice this encourages the athlete to put aside any set notions of sets, rest periods, reps, exercises, order of exercises, routines, etc. Nature frequently provides largely unforeseeable challenges; train for that by striving to keep the training stimulus broad and constantly varied.

CrossFit Fitness Standard: THREE

There are three metabolic pathways that provide the energy for all human action. These “metabolic engines” are known as the phosphagen pathway, the glycolytic pathway, and the oxidative pathway. The first, the phosphagen, dominates the highest-powered activities, those that last less than about ten seconds. The second pathway, the glycolytic, dominates moderate-powered activities, those that last up to several minutes. The third pathway, the oxidative, dominates low-powered activities, those that last in excess of several minutes. Total fitness, the fitness that CrossFit promotes and develops, requires competency and training in each of these three pathways or engines. Balancing the effects of these three pathways largely determines the how and why of the metabolic conditioning or “cardio” that we do at CrossFit. Favoring one or two to the exclusion of the others and not recognizing the impact of excessive training in the oxidative pathway are arguably the two most common faults in fitness training.

As an over riding principle, Crossfit views the needs of an Olympic athlete and our grandparents as differing by degree not kind. One is looking for functional dominance the other for functional competence. Competence and dominance manifest through identical physiological mechanisms.

We scale load and intensity; we don’t change programmes.