20.5 Mobility & Warmup Guide
20.5 Mobility & Warmup Routine Mobility work to save your shoulders & help you fly through those wall balls. There’s plenty to test your shoulders in this workout, so we want to ensure good positions especially under fatigue. There’s also a lot on squatting during the 120 wall balls so we want to move any potentially restriction in the hips and ankles, so you can move efficiently and ensure you don’t waste energy or miss reps. Mobility Video: We’ll start … read more
20.4 Mobility & Warmup Guide
20.4 Mobility & Warmup Routine Make sure 20.4 doesn’t crush you This workout will crush you if you don’t warm up effectively. Mobility Video: This mobility & warm up guide will make sure your shoulders are open and your wrists are properly prepped to make the jerks easier. We’ll also help improve your mobility for those clean and jerks as well as those dreaded pistols by working on your glute activation and ankle dorsiflexion. Weighted Mobility: After the mobility guide … read more
Mobility, Warmup & Strategy CF Open 20.3
Open 20.3 Mobility, Warmup and Strategy Guide Are you fitter than 18.4?: Open workout 20.3 requires a lot of pretty heavy deadlifts. Activating and mobilising your posterior chain will help you survive a lot of hip hinging. The HSPU movement standards and handstand walks mean we’ll need to open the shoulders and mobilise the upper back to help you feel long and decrease the likelihood of no reps as you fatigue. On the plus side, this is a very different … read more
Eloy Rodriguez
GLC2000 means I’m back competing Before competing in the 2014 Crossfit regionals I injured my shoulder. I decided to compete anyway and this unsurprisingly only made my shoulder worse. After the event I rested my injured shoulder for over a month and it still wasn’t any better. I decided to order some GLC2000, I’m so glad that I did.. After using GLC2000 for 3 weeks I was able to start hanging off a pull up bar pain free. After completing … read more
Mary Hulgraine
My Shoulder is no longer a worry I dislocated a shoulder playing basketball in college in USA. I had surgery to sort it, and everything seemed fine. I had no pain until I started lifting again months later. Lifting again caused me constant aches and pains, and so I thought my career would be short lived. Willing to try anything I got some GLC2000 when it first came on the scene off a friend and have taken it religiously since … read more
Emma McManus
My Knees Feel Stronger Than Ever I started using GLC2000 after I had some knee pain from squatting a lot, it was recommended to me through a friend who had been using it and I haven’t looked back. I no longer need to use knee sleeves and my knees and joints feel stronger than ever. I am a dedicated crossfit athlete and absolutely love to lift weights, it’s my passion. I use GLC2000 everyday to maintain strong joints, especially my … read more
Emmy Simpkins
My Recovery from a Knee Injury has 3x faster thanks to GLC2000 I am a 24 year old CrossFit athlete who has had two knee surgeries in two years. In 2013, I missed the Crossfit Games season because I fractured my patella on a 200# squat clean during training. It took me 9 months to recover. After reading Sam Briggs blog, I began using GLC2000 to help my recovery process. This past July, I was in a local competition and … read more
Hayley Knowles
“I can’t remember the last time my knees felt this good.” I’ve been using GLC2000 for roughly 5 months, I can honestly say I can’t remember the last time my knees felt this good. When I first started Crossfit I was pretty strong so I was quickly able to add weight to a barbell and lift. My form was good so I didn’t see any reason why I shouldn’t keep increasing the weight. My muscles were fine but my connective … read more
Craig Clarke
My Ankles & Knees are Feeling Great – GLC2000 I’ve been using GLC2000 for about 5 months now, and can tell you that my joints in particular my ankles and knees are feeling great. In the past, I’ve played basketball nationally/internationally for the Dublin Team and Irish Team, and with that I’ve had numerous ankle sprains and injuries. These have left the structure of my ankle joint somewhat compromised; GLC2000 has alleviated majority of these issues. I have used other … read more
Erin Bonett
GLC2000 has definitely sped up my recovery I started taking GLC2000 after competing in the London Throwdown 2013 & I have been taking it ever since! I had heard great things about it but I am big believer in trying something first before recommending it or selling it in my box. I wasn’t carrying any injuries that I knew of at the time but I had very achy knees walking up & down stairs in the morning and at night. … read more
Phil Rennie
My joints have a new lease of life Having served a career as a Royal Marine Commando for many years, conducting many long range insertions with heavy kit, my joints were not in a good state, especially after extensive knee surgery following a Rugby accident, they pretty much constantly ached, especially in the morning, and always felt “sticky”. I tried many Glucosamine products but to no avail, then I was pointed in the direction of GLC2000. After using GLC2000 for … read more
Masters at War 2014 Newsletter
Masters at War 2014 GLC2000 are proud to be supporting Crossfit Master’s Athletes After sponsoring the 4 Nations Masters team GLC2000 are proud to be supporting the joint health of Masters Crossfitters yet again. If you are struggling with any joint issues or have any questions about how GLC2000 can help you come and chat with us at TRAIN Manchester on the 27th of September. We help support the joints of Olympian and Commonwealth Medalist and record holder Michaela Breeze, … read more
Amy Laffan
My name is Amy Laffan I am a personal trainer, European Regional level Crossfitter, and soon to be hitting Irish qualifying total for the Olympics. I wouldn’t have done any of this without GLC2000. It was during the 2013 Crossfit Open that I injured my shoulder. Being stubborn I pushed through, bar muscle ups did me no favours. I rested for a couple of days and continued to push through the open workouts. The range of motion in my shoulder … read more
Tendons and Ligaments
Tendons and ligaments are strong, flexible connective tissues that are an essential part of the musculoskeletal system. While they are related in composition—mostly collagen, with small amounts of elastin and other proteins—and ultimately work as a team, they have different functions in the body. Tendons connect muscle to bone, allowing muscle contractions to move your skeleton, while ligaments connect bone to bone, forming and stabilizing joints and keeping your skeleton intact. Tendon and ligament injuries are common in athletes and … read more
Joint Health
Supplementation and Nutrition for improved Joint Health Almost all people over the age of forty have some pathological changes in the weight-bearing joints. The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy goes on to state that osteoarthritis becomes universal by age 70. Degenerative changes can occur in knees, hands, wrists, elbows, shoulders, hips, ankles, bones in the feet, and over 200 bone surfaces in the back. These degenerative changes can begin from an early age, especially in hard training athletes. Clearly … read more
Michaela Breeze
Michaela Breeze – Road to Glasgow 2014 At 35 years of age and having just broken my own British record in the Snatch from 2002, to say I’m happy with how my build up to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth games would be an understatement. Glasgow is now only 10 weeks away, and I wanted to say how much GLC2000 is helping me keep my body together. I retired from Weightlifting in 2010 after struggling for the best part of 2 … read more
Ross 'The Real Deal' Pearson
I have struggled with a knee issue throughout my career. My most recent injury was during sparring when I threw a low kick that landed awkwardly and my knee hyperextended. It’s been a weakness since I injured it playing football when I was 19. The guys from GLC2000 got in touch to see if I’d be interested in seeing if they could help speed my recovery up. Of course I jumped at the chance (not literally mind). So knee operation … read more
Darren Hotten
Darren Hotten – Dealing with knee inflammation I first started using GLC2000 after injuring my knee during an Olympic lifting session; I was having trouble with inflammation and pain within the joint. Any squatting or lower body movement went on hold until my knee was better, after a couple of weeks I was able to train lower body but every training session inflamed and irritated the knee joint. I was recommended GLC2000 after attending a lifting competition at Reading CrossFit, … read more
Understanding Joint Care and Repair
Joint Care and Repair This series is based on an interview with nutritionist Joe Buishas. Joe Buishas has been a licensed clinical nutritionist and a nutritional practitioner for over 20 years. This is such a good explanation of joint care and repair that it should be shared. I have seen both sides, the pain and the recovery of this degenerating condition. When we talk about osteoarthritis what we are really talking about are the degenerative changes to the cartilage in … read more
Matthew Lewis
Getting back to training after I tore my patella tendon Last September (2012) I tore my patella tendon which meant a break from training 3 months and a long road to recovery. As the tear was less than 70% the surgeon would not operate and said it would heal ‘in time’ with rehab! Recovery was extremely slow due to muscle wastage, loss of mobility and general soreness in the knee joint from lack of use. I was recommended GLC2000 by … read more
Leo Viajar
Still looking to make my pro MMA debut “Every athlete knows that injuries are a professional hazard. They are unavoidable and generally devastating to an athlete. To serious athletes, there is nothing more disheartening than being sidelined; the hunger for more suppressed, and the need to progress impeded by a physiological roadblock. How do I know? I’ve been there; sidelined by a major joint injury. But even after recovery, I dealt with nagging pains which led to insecurity in the … read more
David Iverson
“GLC2000 helped me avoid a cortisone shot” I train daily and teach Brazilian jiu-jitsu in Birmingham Gracie Barra academy and also at Tamworth academy, some times twice daily including conditioning 3 times a week. I also compete regularly throughout the year up to 10 competitions including British champs, Europeans both domestically and internationally, this puts a lot of strain and also injuries to joints ligaments and muscles. I specifically had been struggling with tendon trouble especially golfers elbow, to the … read more
John Lugg
‘My shoulders’ ROM is so much better’ Fitness has always been part of my life. I played Rugby to a high level (Llanelli RFC aka The Scarlets), county athletics (13x British champ), swimming, cycling. Last year I became European Crossfit Masters champion. Over the last year my shoulder had got increasingly more sore. Some days the range of motion was so poor that trying to get it overhead was unbearable. This was affecting my work, training and hobbies. I spoke … read more
Heather Wynne
“GLC2000 is wonderstuff” Just wanted to let you know that GLC2000 is a “wonderstuff”. I have been taking GLC2000 for approx 2 months – it started working within days of taking it. I have suffered from a shoulder impingement for over a year, in fact last year it was so bad I couldn’t lift any weights at all and being a keen CrossFitter that wasn’t good. In last year’s CrossFit Games Open I could only manage 1 Wall Ball (sad … read more
Phil Hesketh
“GLC2000 – Helping me achieve my potential” After 18 months of Crossfit my body was starting ache. High volume squatting and pressing was leaving me with a nasty pain in both my knees and in my left shoulder, bench pressing was extremely difficult. I had tried several brands of omega 3 and joint support to no avail. GLC2000 was recommended to me by fellow Crossfitter Samantha Briggs so I decided to give it a try. Three months later, after taking … read more
Jackie Hammond
‘GLC2000 has improved my quality of life dramtically’ I started using GLC2000 about 3 months ago, it has improved my quality of life so much. My son bought GLC2000 for me, as he said it would help me with the osteoarthritis in my hands. He uses it for his weightlifting now, but originally started using it when he did martial arts. He swears by it and now so do I!!! The pain in my hands had slowly been getting worse … read more
Dominic Beardwell
[column-half-1] [/column-half-1][column-half-2] “I can now train hard and not worry about my joints aching” I started to take GLC2000 as after 20 years of heavy strength training my knees were starting to ache after workouts. I was starting to question whether I would be able to carry on with my training at the level I wanted. I’ve been taking them for 6 weeks and I’ve hardly had any aches at all for the last two weeks despite pushing my … read more