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Snatch at Saigon Sports Club

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I try to do Snatches twice a week now. It is one of my favorite exercises. My normal routine would be PVC warmups followed by bar work. I the progress to heavier weights. You will see me walk around the bar to prepare for the next set. My own personal record is 80 kg at Reactor Crossfit in Almaty, Kazakhstan. This workout I got up to 75 kg. I should hit 80 kg by the end of … [Read more...] about Snatch at Saigon Sports Club

Saigon Sports Club awesome upgraded Crossfit box

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Well, we all been waiting for this since the summer now. Saigon Sports Club finally upgraded their Crossfit box for Crossfit Q7. The new upgrade includes 21 Squat racks and over ten of each 20 kg men's and 15 kg women's bars. The Crossfit area is huge and brightly lit. This is a big difference from the smaller dark area that Crossfiters and Weightlifters have been using the … [Read more...] about Saigon Sports Club awesome upgraded Crossfit box

Saigon’s CrossFit box – CrossFit Thao Dien

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Since I started working outside in 2013, I got to see the development of CrossFit firsthand. In Kazakhstan, I was a member of Reactor CrossFit and CrossFit Bruteforce in Almaty. Both boxes gave me a perspective of CrossFit that I never saw before. It was nice to see members doing the same Olympic Weightlifting lifts as I was doing. In Shanghai, I spent a year at CrossFit … [Read more...] about Saigon’s CrossFit box – CrossFit Thao Dien

Crossfit Gyms

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One of the joys for Olympic Weightlifters now is that there are many places to lift due to the popularity of Crossfit. This was not true in the 1990s.  I have now worked out in 5 Crossfit gyms in 4 countries. Crossfit Bellwether  Crossfit Bellwether is my current gym in Shanghai. It was a bit of a surprise for me since I did not know it was near where I work when I … [Read more...] about Crossfit Gyms