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Please take note of our opening times over the Easter weekend. Classes run as normal: Friday CrossFit at 6.15am, 9.30am and 1pm. Saturday CrossFit at 10.15am and Easter Monday CrossFit at 10.15am. Bring a friend for FREE all weekend. Because everything is better with friends! 💪👊

Technique Tips for the 25 Most Important Crossfit Exercises

From elite athletes to weekend warriors and CrossFit mums, these tips will help you to improve your technique, stay safe, have fun with every single one of these CrossFit exercises. https://www.boxrox.com/training-technique-crossfit-exercises/

***Move better Monday with Lifestyle Studios*** Front Squat Place the barbell in the front rack position. Place your feet between hip and shoulder width with the toes turned out so that at full depth each thigh and the corresponding foot are in line with each other. Set your back in a complete arch, take in a large breath, and lock it in, forcefully tightening all trunk musculature. Bend at the knees and hips simultaneously to move down as directly as possible into the bottom of the squat with an upright posture, maintaining tension on the legs throughout the movement. Full depth is achieved when the knees are closed as much as possible without losing the arch in the back (if you cannot sit into a full depth squat, you need to work on mobility). Upon reaching the bottom position, immediately transition and stand as aggressively as possible, again with the knees and hips together to maintain your upright posture—try to lead the movement with your head and shoulders. Use the elasticity of the bounce in the bottom of the squat to help transition and drive back up as quickly as possible. To learn this and other functional movements under the supervision of a qualified and experienced coach sign up for a FREE intro to CrossFit class today. Free intro sessions every Tuesday and Thursday at 8pm. To book now go to: https://app.glofox.com/websites/schedule/555c438e7cad36f3e125b4e6/events. Our next CrossFit Fundamentals course starts on Monday the 10th of April at 8pm. To book your place now go to: https://app.glofox.com/websites/list_memberships/555c438e7cad36f3e125b4e6 and choose CrossFit Fundamentals.

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***Testimonial Friday*** "The best gym, the best value for money, the nicest people working there. Excellent!" - Jamie Crowley Thanks Jamie and best of luck with your fight on Saturday!

15 Reasons why all Women Should do Strength Training | BOXROX

Will lifting weights make me super bulky? The short answer is no. So what really happens when we do strength training? Why is it important, and what effects will it have on my body? https://www.boxrox.com/15-reasons-why-all-women-should-do-strength-training/

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***March Athlete of the Month*** Our March Athlete of the Month is Donagh Moynihan. Donagh has been a member with us for six months. During that time, he has proved himself one of our most committed members. He trains at least five times a week. He has achieved impressive gains in mobility, stamina and strength. Through perseverance he has developed his gymnastics skills and conquered some of the more advanced lifts like cleans and snatches. He is a true inspiration and a pleasure to coach. Well done Donagh! Keep up the good work! 💪

Weekly meal prep: Mastered. [Infographic] Here's how to have healthy food ready when you need it.

Check out these time-saving weekly meal prep strategies from Precision Nutrition and learn how they can help you prioritize healthy eating too. http://www.precisionnutrition.com/weekly-meal-prep-infographic

***Move better Monday with Lifestyle Studios*** Overhead Lunges Before practicing an overhead lunge with weight, start out with a wooden dowel (or PVC pipe). Hold the dowel as you would in an overhead squat. If you can’t maintain the bar over and behind your head, you likely have a mobility deficit in your shoulders, ankles or both, so undertake a program to increase mobility in these joints before continuing with the overhead lunge. If you can maintain bar position, then walk through a few non-weighted reps using the technique outlined below. Make sure you can perform at least eight full repetitions with each leg using no resistance before holding weight overhead. Technique Standards Perform the overhead lunge (non-walking) as follows: 🔹 Hold a plate, weighted bar, kettlebell or dumbbell overhead with your feet shoulder-width apart and knees slightly bent. 🔹 Maintain the weight in a position in the same vertical plane as the shoulder joint(s). 🔹 With one leg, step forward into a deep lunge position. 🔹 Extend at the knee and step back to the starting position. Learn this and other functional movements under the supervision of a qualified and experienced coach. Free intro sessions every Tuesday and Thursday at 8pm. Our next CrossFit Fundamentals course starts Monday the 3rd of April at 8pm. To book your place now go to: https://app.glofox.com/websites/schedule/555c438e7cad36f3e125b4e6/events

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Thanks to Asia Kusal for visiting us here at Lifestyle Studios for a session 9 weeks before her BNBF competition. Best of luck with your preparations! We hope to see you again soon! 💪

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***Testimonial Friday*** "I honestly can't put into words just how much I LOVE this gym!!! Thanks to the amazing trainers and classes I've already lost almost 12kg in 2 and a half months! The atmosphere down there is fantastic! I would highly recommend this gym to anyone. The personal attention given to each and every member is outstanding!!! Thanks Lifestyle Studios! x" - Amy Mullins Thanks for the lovely review and well done on your progress Amy! Keep up the good work! 💪

The 10 Biggest Crossfit Myths and Why they aren’t True | BOXROX

There are a lot of preconceptions about CrossFit that are simply not true. Here is a guide to help you demystify those ideas and explain what is really happening in the Boxes around the world. https://www.boxrox.com/10-crossfit-myths-and-why-they-arent-true/

***Move better Monday with Lifestyle Studios*** Bar Muscle-Up If you feel you are ready to learn the Bar Muscle-Up, here are a few tips to help you get there. Before attempting your first muscle up ensure you have multiple strict pull-ups and have mastered kipping pull-ups, chest-to-bar pull-ups and bar dips. Develop perfect technique in your kipping chest-to-bar pull-ups. Learn to maintain your hollow body and start to pull-up as high as you can. Avoid slamming your chest into the bar, but rather pull yourself up high and aim to look over the bar. When you can do this perfectly, work on pulling even higher, completing a sternum to bar or belly button to bar pull-up. If you are pulling high while maintaining good position you should now be able to see the floor when your sternum is at the bar. Next will be the transition, set yourself up in the bottom of a push-up position and practice shifting your whole body forwards and backwards. This will help you with the motion of a transition. When you take this back up on to the bar, make sure both your shoulders transition symmetrically. Both shoulders and elbows should move together. If you are struggling to do this, take it back to your belly button to bar pull-ups. Spend more time here increasing the height of your pull. As you get stronger and begin to consistently get single Bar Muscle-Up reps, try building it in to your session in an EMOM format where you complete 1 rep Every Minute On the Minute for 10 minutes. Learn this and other functional movements under the supervision of our qualified and experienced coaches. Free intro sessions every Tuesday and Thursday at 8pm. Our next CrossFit Fundamentals course starts on Monday 20th of March at 8pm. To book your place now go to: https://app.glofox.com/websites/schedule/555c438e7cad36f3e125b4e6/events