DR. SINEAD ROBERTS, PHD. Owner & Performance Nutritionist We are quite literally what we eat. Every single part of our body, and every bit of energy we use to walk and talk and do sports and live has been produced from something we have shoved in our face at some...
2 Week Daily Shoulder Tap Challenge Complete 3×10 Handstand Shoulder Taps Tag @parksidegym on Instagram so we can see your progress. Or DM us your videos for tips and advice. Why Shoulder Taps The wall facing handstand is a great tool to build body awareness and...
For many, this one simple competition (it is a comp if you treat it this way) is the highlight of the CrossFit experience. It is simply a competition that is “OPEN” to all levels and abilities across the CrossFit spectrum. Although the Open is used as a qualifying leg...
2 Week Daily Overhead Squat Challenge Accumulate 2 minutes in the bottom of an overhead squat. Tag @parksidegym on Instagram so we can see your progress. Or DM us your videos for tips and advice. Why OHS Hold The overhead squat is the king of mobility screening tools....
2 Week Daily Press-up Challenge Accumulate 30 Reps in under 2 minutes. Tag @parksidegym on Instagram so we can see your progress. Or DM us your videos for tips and advice. See video here or at bottom of the page. Why Press-ups Press-ups are a great way to improve...
2 Week Active Squat Hold Challenge Accumulate 2mins at the bottom of an active squat. Tag @parksidegym on Instagram so we can see your progress (and form). Or DM us your videos for tips and advice. Why hold at the bottom of a squat? Holding this position correctly...
2 Week Hollow Hold Challenge Accumulate 2min in the Hollow Hold in as short a time as possible. Tag @parksidegym on Instagram so we can see your progress (and form) and see who’s closest to that 2mins. Or DM us your videos for tips and advice. Why Hollow...
More is not always better How often should I train? As a new gym with a lot of members new to CrossFit we’re getting asked this question quite a lot. Put simply, CrossFit works due to the high intensity components in each WOD, but it only works if we give our bodies...
Anyone else losing track of which day it is whilst stuck in quarantine? Quarantine is likely to be around for the foreseeable future and we want to keep you all training. So, if you’re fit and well, but have to quarantine and can’t get to the gym, we’ve created a two...
Lunch Time IWT and Cardio Classes Added (early morning and evenings coming soon) Interval Weight Training (IWT) Simply put, IWT is just another way of ‘organising’ a class. CrossFit is ‘constantly varied’ whereas IWT has a simple structure. Like CrossFit, IWT is a...