Comments on: CrossFit Olympic Weightlifting w/ Coach Mike Burgener – Ottawa

By: Shaun

Shaun — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:07:00 +0000

Good attempt at 110 at the Ontario Seniors

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:49:17 +0000

No, I think it’s the stench killing off the brain cells! I’d love to get down there to train, do a little affiliate tour, but it’s getting the time and money together to do it right.

By: Anthony Bainbridge

Anthony Bainbridge — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:18:14 +0000

Coach B offered to train you in California and you’re still in the frozen wastelands of Canada? Those vibrams might be cutting off circulation to your brain!

By: jonnygetsfit

jonnygetsfit — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:24:43 +0000

Thanks for the advice – I’ll have access to barbells when I get my gym membership in a month’s time, so I’ll soon be able to get onto the barbell squats, deadlifts, cleans, etc (can’t wait!).

They definitely won’t have gymnastic rings though (and I’d like to master the ‘muscle-up’ – is that what it’s called??). I wonder how I could make a cheap, but useable, set of rings (I don’t think the rafters in my garage are strong enough). I’ll have a think about that one.

I think a kettlebell could be my next purchase.

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:07:29 +0000

Hi Jonny, with the addition of a set of gymnastic rings to your dumbbells (provided they’re heavy enough), you’d be able to do a fair amount of the CrossFit workouts with a few substitutions. Some resources you might want to check out are Coach Rut’s dumbbell workouts, gymnasticbodies.com (once you get some rings), and Shane Skowron’s Bodyweight Resource under the CrossFit Forums Workout of the Day section. However, if you’re now looking to put on some muscle, it’s hard to match heavy barbell squats and deadlifts. When going through CrossFit metcon workouts, remember to scale not just loads, but reps as well to your ability. I’d like to see the majority of the WODs be short and intense, and kept in the 3-15 minute time domain.

By: jonnygetsfit

jonnygetsfit — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:21:19 +0000

I love the crossfit website, and have been trying to incorporate elements of crossfit into my own routines. I’m limited by available equipment at the moment, but doing my best with bodyweight exercises and dumbells. Check out my latest workouts and see what you think – perhaps you could give me some pointers (remember, I’m currently limited to a set of adjustable dumbell weights – although free gym membership is only a month away for me – sadly though, it’ll be a new-age health club type gym!).