Mobility
Matthew Lee
‘Its true what they say, you get what you pay for’ A year or so ago I had some ongoing discomfort in my knee and took some cheap glucosamine tablets that I got from a supermarket. They had literally no effect. This pretty much made my mind up that joint supplements were pointless. Recently I started to struggle with lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) caused mainly by heavy cleans, overhead work and high rep pull ups. I was forced to cut ... read more
Crossfit Regional Athletes Overcoming Long Term Wrist Injuries
The wrist is one of the most frustrating places Crossfit athletes can get injured. Almost all upper body movements involve the wrist, as do the majority of compound movements including the olympic lifts, gymnastics moves and other barbell work. The wrist a small junction where a lot of ligaments, tendons and nerves pass to the hand, so there are a lot of important structures in a small space. A wrist injury often means that an athlete’s progress in the gym ... read more
18.3 Mobility Guide
Focussing on improving overhead positioning and kipping efficiency 18.3 is a lot of double unders followed by some quite technical movements. Overhead squats, dumbbell snatches and muscle ups are tricky enough when you’ve not just done 100’s of double unders. Mobilising your upper back and shoulders before this workout will help you to stabilise the weight over head, and releasing your lats will help you kip effectively for the muscle ups. 2 rounds for time of: 100 double-unders 20 overhead ... read more
Alex Clarke – Stubborn Wrist Injury
In the Summer of 2014 I injured my wrist catching a heavy clean. It slipped off my shoulder and bent my wrist at a very awkward angle. As a full time coach this did more than affect my training, it meant I struggled to demo even the most basic of movements. Push ups hurt, overhead squats were painful, and presses even with an empty barbell were out of the question. “I was really impressed in how quickly my range of ... read more
Lee Howe – Labrum Tear Recovery
Recovering from Shoulder surgery 2x as fast with GLC2000 Over the years the left side of my upper body has been battered through competing in Crossfit. Back in 2010 I lost a heavy kettlebell snatch behind me and refused to drop the ‘bell. This caused me to dislocate my left shoulder. My shoulder got popped back in and I rested it. Gradually it improved, and I began training again. I wasn’t aware that I had torn my labrum as my ... read more
Tom Dunphy – Shoulder SLAP tear recovery
My name is Tom Dunphy. I am the owner and head coach at CrossFit Waterford in Ireland. Ive been CrossFitting for almost 5 years and was previously involved in kickboxing and Muay Thai. In early 2011 I developed a pain in my right shoulder and was later diagnosed with a slap tear. I couldn’t do any over head pressing or any dynamic shoulder movements at all. I spent almost 2 years trying various different methods of treatment, none of which ... read more
Cathy Wilson
‘Crossfit Games Masters Athlete Overcoming Shoulder Impingement & Elbow Tendinitis’ I first heard of GLC2000 when I competed in the 4 nations Crossfit competition in July 2014. Other Crossfit masters athletes on the team where already using it and it came highly recommended. “GLC2000 meant I was no longer scared of lifting heavy overhead” I’ve had a shoulder impingement for years that I just tried to control with pain relief. It would cause my problem for over head lifts and ... read more
Maintaining Joint Health As We Age
As we age, things that we could once do without a second thought leave us aching and feeling sore. Repeating this process over time starts to cause little niggles or can lead to serious injuries. Aches and niggles can drastically affect our quality of life and happiness. They can stop us pursuing a sport or hobby that we love, make things tougher at work or even impact family life ie struggling to play with our kids or grandchildren. Whilst many ... read more
17.5 Mobility Guide
Mobility to Reduce Your Fatigue During High Rep Double Unders & Thrusters Open workout 17.5 brings together a couplet of 2 classic Crossfit movements. It’s no surprise to see either of these movements, but the rep scheme is a little unusual. Neither the 9 thrusters nor the 35 double unders are particularly taxing on their own – but over the course of 10 rounds fatigue will set in and start to highlight any limitations in your mobility. Better Movement From ... read more
17.4 Mobility Guide
Are You Fitter Than Last Year? Testing your fitness is what the Crossfit Open is all about. There’s no better way to do that than to repeat a highly metabolic chipper from 12 months ago! 17.4 combines 4 complimentary movements in a high reps, so your muscles are ready to transition to the next exercise but your lungs may not be. How To Mobilise To Beat Your 16.4 Score The variety of movements in this workout means there’s hardly a muscle in ... read more
Katarina Wiemeyer
Mobility, Recovery & Injury Prevention for Weightlifters Weightlifting is a tough sport, there are so many benefits that come from strength training, however recovery and looking after yourself is very important. A few weeks ago we helped our coach out being demo models and extra pairs of eyes when he was running a beginners Olympic Weightlifting seminar, one of the things he said that stuck with me (other than all of the very interesting technical pointers) was when he asked ... read more
17.3 Mobility & Strategy Guide
Helping You Fail Fewer Snatches The Open WOD 17.2 saw some absolutely amazing performances, with many people getting their first T2B or even BMU. Congratulations to GLC2000 athletes Samantha Briggs & Emma Mcquaid who after 2 open workouts are sitting in 1st and 8th place in the world! Bye Bye Dumbells – Hello Chest to Bar & Barbell Workout 17.3 is going to be challenge for a lot of people because of the large weight jumps in the snatch. So ... read more
Ben Gilmore
Over my ten year military career I have been an active member of the parachute regiment, before becoming a physical training instructor (PTI) for 22 SAS. I’ve been a member of the P Company staff for selection of potential Parachute Regiment recruits as well as second in command of physical fitness at first battalion Parachute Regiment. My current role in the Royal Army Physical At the Army School of Physical Training is training new PTI’s. These roles are extremely hands ... read more
Scott Chan
Fixing My Elbow and Shoulder Issues I’ve had long standing elbow and shoulder injuries for years, these have affected my work and training. These niggles were brought on by my job, which involves a lot of repetitive gripping and hammering. I used to see a chiropractor once a week just to keep it in check, totalling £160 a month. GLC2000 costs me less than £25 per month for better results Since the summer, I’ve been able to get more consistent ... read more
17.2 Mobility, Warmup & Strategy Guide
Improving Shoulder Stability, Grip and Hips – Full body preparation for 17.2 For 18.2 Mobility Guide Click Here A big shout out to GLC2000 athletes Emma Mcquaid & Sam Briggs for placing 2nd and 6th in Europe on 17.1. Hopefully after 17.1 your members lower back and grip muscles have had a bit of a chance to recover. 17.2 brings some exciting new movements to test their grip, work their lower backs and generally push them to their limits. Workout ... read more
Liam Holborn
My physical job and training twice a day always left my joints feeling a bit stiff. It wasn’t that it was stopping me doing anything, there were just always dull aches that I couldn’t seem to shift. Since I started using GLC2000 6 months ago I haven’t any soreness in my joints. My schedule is quite hectic. I train twice a day, once around 5am then again after work, which is a full time physical job. My job involves prolonged ... read more
Mobility Drills For Stable Shoulders & Extra Grip
Improve Your 17.1 Open WOD Time With 5 Minutes Of Mobility Congratulations if you managed to stay up and watch GLC2000 athlete Sam Briggs smash Crossfit Open workout 17.1 in the live announcement overnight. Workout 17.1 consists of two big, full body, hip opening movements. With a lot of work done in awkward unilateral positions whilst testing grip strength. Loosening up your forearms and lower back muscles is extremely important for the dumbbell snatches. Whilst both the burpees and snatches ... read more
7 Things You Didn’t Know About Top Athletes
Behind the scenes at the GLC2000 UK Athlete Camp 2017 Training Is a 9 – 5 We are lucky enough to work with elite Crossfit athletes regularly. Most have them have been using our product way before they were top athletes. These athletes all treat their training as a full time job; absolutely everything they do in the gym is done with purpose and intensity. They still love every minute of it. Their Warm Up Is Longer Than Your Workout ... read more
Spencer Whiteley
‘GLC2000 helps keeps my aches at bay, and keeps me crossfitting’ My name is Spencer Whiteley and I have been doing CrossFit now for just short of three years. I stumbled across Crossfit as I found a box whilst looking for a new gym soon after leaving the Army after 15 years service. I left the Army due to the result of a near fatal injury whilst serving in Iraq in 2007, for which I needed to spend 3 years ... read more
Tez Anderson
“Long term knee tendinitis left me unable to squat” I’d been struggling with tendinitis in my left knee for a long time. I’d continued to train and put up with the discomfort during my workouts and soreness for the next couple of days after. Over time my body naturally compensated and began to cause issues with my right hip. It started to affect more than my training and recovery, both my knee and hip began to hurt if I drove ... read more
Dean Hurley
[column-half-1][/column-half-1][column-half-2] ‘My knee and shoulder problems have improved massively in just one tub of GLC2000.’ I’ve been struggling with knee pain for a number of years. Over the past 6 months it has been progressively getting worse, I even started getting pain doing simple things like walking up the stairs. This had a huge effect on my CrossFit training. A couple of years ago I had an operation to realign my patella in both knees. I’ve also had poor shoulder ... read more
Tim Hickford – Saxon Crossfit
Crossfit coach & athlete reversing knee pain when squatting & lunging “I have always struggled with knee pain when heavy squatting or lunging. No amount of mobility, knee sleeves or physio seemed to improve the issue. As I began lifting more and more what was once an annoying dull ache developed into acute pain which prevented me from lifting. I was introduced to GLC2000 in summer 2014 when GLC2000 contacted me with regards to stocking the supplement at my box, ... read more
Allison White
Shoulder pain used to keep my up at night I’ve been suffering ongoing shoulder problems for years. I’d get terrible pain and weakness, certain movements proved especially painful like snatch, toes to bar and even burpees hurt! They were also sore at night often waking me and ruining my sleep, I was not only in pain but exhausted too. It became a vicious cycle of resting my shoulders then training them only for them to become sore again. I became ... read more