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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MASTERCLASSES
All masterclasses are held at

East London Gymnastics Club
Frobisher Road, London E6



BEGINNERS 2: ON YOUR HANDS

This 3-hour  gymnastic session aims to introduce you to the “on your hands” skills of following Crossfit:
Pull-ups, dips, supports,  handstand, handstand push-ups, press-ups, various static holds like the L-sit, the frog stand,
Abdominal conditioning like you have never seen before.
There is also an introduction to basic pommel work

The session also introduces you to the POSE method of running, and introduces the Zone diet, which are not really "on your hands" but you will be glad of the rest

The session is delivered by Andrew Stemler of Crossfit London and Miles Key of Crossfit West Sussex at the East London Gymnastic Centre

Sunday  27 July 2008
1 - 4pm
£32.00

TICKETS AT
http://www.stemlerfit.com/userimages/procart5.htm

 

COMING SOON:  THE CROSSFIT LONDON COURSE:

learn to olympic weightlift, kettlebell and master the "on your hands" elements of Crossfit, all in one day.

 Dates will be

sunday 21st September, 9.30- 4.30.

sunday 2nd november 9.30 to 4.30,

sunday 7th december 9.30 to 4.30


No more rushing  to masterclass after work. For details, click here


For your ticket, click here


TO GET TICKETS FOR THE ABOVE sessions,

GO TO 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 and personal training  are available at the East London Gymnastics Centre, Beckton E6 or round the back of Andrews House in Stratford


GROUP CLASSES.
We have two group classes.

Most Saturdays, Primrose Hill - focusing on body weight, high intensity exercises.
Most Sundays, Stratford - focusing on heavy lifting.

These are not beginner sessions and assume you have  the basic lifts and underlying conditioning required. Invites are sent out each time a session is confirmed

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



BEGINNERS
Book onto  the Crossfit London Intro Course or get some personal training.



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.

He tends to wear a neck scarf that most people think doesn't suit him.

Contact  andrewstemler@aol.com




BUY SOME  ELITE GYMNASTIC RINGS NOW!
(out of stock until Mid June 2008)
DANIEL CRAIG USES RINGS
(TRAIN FOR HER MAJESTY'S
SECRET SERVICE)

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














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Are you  too mean to part with the price of  thE Crossfit London Intro course, 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.

Crossfit Journal



BUT WHAT IS CROSSFIT?

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

Crossfit London Hallmark of Elite 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.

 


Crossfit. Forging Elite fitness