Welcome to the nest

Great work from Scott who smashed a huge 4 minutes off his baseline time! Make sure you say hello and well done to him when you next see him at the box 

Movement and mobility class returns to the nest this Sunday

Get past your sticking points. Safeguard your body against injury. Perform BETTER.

Mobility can be the most overlooked aspect of CrossFit and arguably the most important.

Day after day we put our bodies through the grind of the workout of the day (WOD), and although we take the time to thoroughly warm-up, mobilise and cool down each and every training session, sometimes we need to take a bigger step back and give our bodies a little more TLC.

This Sunday, 26th October @ 11am we will be offering a specialist movement and mobility session with CrossFit Level 1 Trainer and Level 4 Sports Massage Therapist, Kirstie Wilkins.

In these sessions you will learn how to perform basic maintenance on yourself using a variety of stretching, rolling and movement techniques that will help you get the most out of your CrossFit training and life in general.

Sign up on Teamup, and if you have any questions for Kirstie in the meantime feel free to chat to her when she is in the box next, or email at kirstiewilkinspt@googlemail.com. 

Our half marathon hero

Well done Carla Rookwood, smashing her way through the Royal Parks half marathon in London today. Finishing with an impressive time of 2 hours, Carla has proven that all that hard work and dedication to CrossFit is totally worth it. As that first marathon gets ever closer, we look forward to sharing in Carla's continued training at the box and success in "the field", keep it up! #inspiring #proud #community

Run Carla Run...

Tomorrow our very own Carla Rookwood will be running the Royal Parks Half Marathon in preparation for the London Marathon in April 2015. She will be running 13.1 miles with over 16,000 others from 32 countries in central London.  

Good Luck from everyone at the nest! 

Happy graduation day...

...RICHIE, smashing his way through the On Ramp and taking more than 2 minutes off of his baseline time...great hustle! We look forward to welcoming him to WOD classes soon. #WelcomeToTheNest 

Meet the Superhumans...

This Sunday, 4th October in Bristol; CrossFit Ampthill coaches Ben Rookwood, Matt Hollingdale and Kirstie Wilkins and CFA athlete Joanna Hollingdale joined forces with friends from CrossFit LGC to compete in the Superhuman Games.

The Superhuman Games is a competition designed to put the fitness, endurance and mental toughness  of same sex pairs to the test across 5 x 20 minute rounds.

This year's event included;

1. The Unconventional Beast: 180kg Tyre flip
2. Brutal 500: Bar-hop burpees and Thrusters (35kg/20kg)
3. The Drill Sergeant (team relay): 400m Obstacle Course
4. Strength and Honour: Deadlifts (100kg/65kg) and Farmers Walks (35kg/20kg each hand).
5. V02 Max: "Bleep" Test (16m/14m)

The event saw competitors from CrossFit boxes, gyms and bootcamps from all over the country - with a healthy balance of competition and camaraderie on show throughout the whole day.

In June, 2015, the event will return once again to Bristol, where we hope to see some more of our athletes from the nest out there competing and putting their new found fitness to the test.

Joining our WOD classes soon...

Meet Anthony, Zoe and Claire, our latest On Rampers to graduate. They have shown a lot of hard work and commitment over the last few weeks and are ready to get their WOD on! Make them feel very welcome when you see them in the box next. #WelcomeToTheNest

Welcome to the nest...

...Paul - our latest athlete to show our "On Ramp" program who's boss and primed to join our WOD classes soon. Be sure to make  him feel very welcome when you see him at the box next! If like Paul you want to find out what CrossFit is all about, please get in touch we would love to hear from you!