Team GLC2000
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
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
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
Interview: Emma McQuaid
Talking training, overcoming injuries and mental preparedness with the 12th fittest women in the Crossfit Open Emma McQuaid is one of the fittest women in the UK, Europe and according to this years Crossfit Open placings, now the World. Whilst on a Regionals training camp in the USA we get a chance to chat with Emma about her impressive performance in the Athlete Games, and how she is preparing for her second Meridian Regional. You’ve had quite a few months ... read more
Sonny Webster
94KG U23 British Snatch & Total Record Holder When I am training I always struggle with knees, especially when volume ramps up ahead of a competition. I heard lots of really positive things about GLC2000, so wanted to try them in the lead up to the IWF Houston Worlds. My preparation for the Worlds went great, and all my joints felt really good considering the training volume I was doing, especially my knees. Overall I was pretty happy with my ... read more
Lianne Thomas
‘I stopped taking GLC2000 and noticed my mobility began to decrease again’ I started taking GLC2000 back last year. Having competed at sport from a very young age, the impact had finally taken its toll on my joints so arthritis kicked in early. Arthritis is becoming more and more common in athletes and so quality supplements like GLC2000 are key. It was only when I stopped taking GLC2000, that I realised how good it had actually been. I tried a ... 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
Gary Stevens
‘GLC2000 has given me my life back’ Hall of Fame Jockey, Star of Seabiscuit the Movie: Winner of 3 Kentucky Derbies, 3 Belmont, 2 Preakness, Japan Cup, Dubai World Cup, Eclipse Award, 9 Breeders Cup Victories and the Youngest Jockey to Acquire $100,000,000.00 in Earnings. In December of 1999 I was forced to retire from racing. My doctors told me I had run out of options; there was irreparable damage in my knee from joint pain. The bone on bone ... read more