Sam Briggs
Crossfit Games 2017 UK Athletes To Watch // GLC2000
The 2017 Crossfit Games is now less than one week away, so here is our rundown of UK athletes who are heading to Madison to test their fitness. Samantha Briggs The 2013 Crossfit Games champion needs no introduction. Sam is a Games veteran, who at the age of 35 managed to qualify to compete in the Rxd division and the Masters 35-39 category. In a recent Q&A interview with GLC2000 (click here if you missed it), Sam admitted she seriously ... read more
Shoulder Rehab Q&A // Samantha Briggs
At the highest level of sport, injuries do happen. Crossfit athletes are constantly pushing the envelope of fitness, moving heavier weights, faster, and for more reps. This ever increasing volume constantly puts strain on joints and connective tissues, which are much slower to adapt and repair than muscle. Most of the time injuries can be overcome by resting appropriately, eating well and with the use of smart supplementation. However, surgery is required in some severe cases, and we were lucky ... read more
Crossfit Meridian Regionals Athletes To Watch // GLC2000
Supporting Regionals Athletes Back in January GLC2000 ran a small training camp ahead of the Crossfit Open. Life as a top athlete can be quite solitary, following specialist programming in a quiet or deserted gym 6-7 days a week. So we got some top athletes together in Manchester, the spiritual home of UK Crossfit. It gave them a chance to train, compete, laugh and joke together in preparation for the 2017 Crossfit Open – all whilst we filmed the entire ... 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
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
Emma McQuaid
‘Rebuilding the highest placing British female in the European Region open’ I’ve been a competitive quad bike racer for most of my life. So I’ve always been competitive. I was the rank in the top 10 in the UK and only raced against guys. I used to travel across the world for quad races, and it was whilst doing a strength & conditioning session in the USA that I was first exposed to Crossfit. Since about 2013 I’ve taken a ... 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
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
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
Sam Briggs
Coming Back Stronger, Thanks to GLC2000 Back in 2012 fractured my right patella. After being given the all clear to start training again I have tried various supplements in an attempt to get back to full training. However I was still struggling with my knee aching after most sessions, and my injured knee was not recovering anyway near as well as it should have been. This was really affecting my progress. I started a trial of GLC2000 at the beginning ... read more