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14.03.2008

Online Personal Training Launch.

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07.02.2008

CrossFit Westcountry opens the doors of its brand new custom outfitted training studio.

Contact Details

Crossfit Westcountry
Unit G
The Scope Complex
Wills Rd
Totnes, Devon
TQ9 5XN

Phone:
07725 898 400

Email:
chris@crossfitwestcountry.com

Welcome to our online store. Here you'll find our very own range of Kettlebells and also a number of products that are personally recommended by Coach Chris.

Everything on this page we have used personally and are only here because we think you should use them too.

If you have any queries, please contact Coach Chris at chris@crossfitwestcountry.com

Kettlebells

Our Kettlebells are supplied by LondonKettlebells.com and are rediculously good quality. Currently they offer FREE DELIVERY within the UK. If you are outside the UK, please check out the Dragondoor Kettlebells range.

Our Mini K-Bell Range

These are great training 'bells and are ideal for ladies whow want to get into Kettlebell training.

6kg Mini K-Bell - Only £27.50

The lightest Kettlebell in our range, this is recommended for someone with little or no previous exercise experience or for rehabilitation & strengthening purposes. Also a great tool for introducing Kettlebell traiing to your kids.

8kg Mini K-Bell - Only £34.95

This would be a good starting weight for ladies who are used to gyms, but tend to stick to cardio equipment and machines (in which case please, please, please, consider our Online Personal Training Service!) and are looking to introduce Kettlebells into their training.

12kg Mini K-Bell - Only £39.95

This one is for ladies who know what they're doing in the weight room and are used to free weights. If you've not used Kettlebells before you should probably kick off with a 6kg or an 8kg. You will make progress quickly however and the 12kg is a nice weight to progress to. Also a good weight for men who have no weightlifting experience.

 

Our Pro-Kettlebell Range

The Pro-Kettlebell Range is awesome. The 'bells are finished to a high-quality and are smooth to the touch unlike a number of other brands which are crudely cast and are rough to the touch. This makes them perfect for the higher rep swings and snatches utilised in CrossFit programming.

16kg/1 pood Pro-Kettlebell -Only £49.95

FREQUENTLY USED CROSSFIT WEIGHT

The 16kg kettlebell is the usual starting weight for the average man. If you train but use machines more than free weights this is where you should start. This weight is frequently used in high-rep CrossFit work and is the standard weight specified for ladies on the benchmark workouts for Swings and Snatches.

20kg Pro-Kettlebell -Only £59.95

If you're looking for the perfect balance of strength and cardio conditioning with a kettlebell, the 20kg is perfect for most men. We recommend that men who like training with free weights begin with a 20kg as it is a good stepping stone to the 24kg. Some women will also want to use this for developing phenomenal levels of strength.

24kg 1.5 pood Pro-Kettlebell -Only £69.95

FREQUENTLY USED CROSSFIT WEIGHT

Getting heavy now! The 24kg kettlebell is ideal for men who want to get strong and should be used by people with some weight training experience or powerlifters looking to get into kettlebell work. The 24kg weight is the standard weight specified for men on the benchmark workouts for Swings and Snatches.

28kg Pro-Kettlebell -Only £79.95

Your stepping stone between the 24kg and 32kg Kettlebells. More for the Kettlebell specialits, than CrossFitters, this is a nice challenge to work up to on your way to the 32kg press.

32kg/2 pood Pro-Kettlebell -Only £89.95

The 32kg Kettlebell is the strength tool of choice for many Kettlebell lifters. If you can press this, then you are STRONG. You're only going to want this if you can comfortably handle the 24kg 'bell and are a Kettlebell specialist.

 

Strength & Conditioning

Performance Menu

Performance Menu

If you're interested in Strength, Power and Conditioning, then this Journal is an awesome resource and delivered every month to your inbox, contains great articles on Olympic Lifting and other strength sports as well as fantastic articles on CrossFit, general fitness and nutrition.

As if that wasn't enough, each month you get a series of recipes that are always tasty and are gluten free and paleo-friendly, to enhance your performance and body-comp goals.

If you already get the CrossFit Journal, this is an awesome partner.

Our advice - get it now.

 

 

Books & Manuals by Pavel Tsatsouline

Enter the Kettlebell

This is pretty much the complete Kettlebell manual and tells you everything you could want to know about how to handle a Kettlebell properly and safely.

Learn the mechanics of the Swings, Cleans, Snatches, Get-ups and Presses that will take your conditioning to the next level. A great addition to your CrossFit training.

 

 

Beyond Bodybuilding

If you're doing CrossFit then you already know that performance beats looks anyday. That said, you still want your body to look great.

This book is a collection of methods and exercises that will build muscle, but ensure that you are also building the strength and power to match.

If you want to know how to tailor your CrossFit training towards building brawn, then this is a great investment - there is a TON of info in here.

 

 

The Naked Warrior

I love this book. It's one of my Desert Island items.

With this book, you can get an awesome strength workout anywhere with no equipment.

The book focuses on the one-legged squat AKA Pistol and the One-Armed Pushup.

By teaching you how to manipulate factors such as leverage and tension, you learn how to progress from easy versions of the exercises to rock-hard versions.

The priciples you are taught can be applied to ANY exercise and are a great way to build strength with inducing fatigue, hence making it a perfect complimet to your CrossFit training.

 

 

Power to the People

This was the first of Pavel's book I bought about 5 years ago and was one of the best investments I made.

Pure and simple, this is about old-school strength.

You'll learn all the principle you need to get remarkably strong.

Focusing on the Deadlift and the Side-Press, this is the method that got me to a 2.5x Bodyweight Deadlift and a Bodyweight Military Press.

 

 

Relax into Stretch

I've bought a number of stretching books over the years and this one volume has the best of all of them.

From Dynamic Stretches to Isometrics this is the only book you need to reach your flexibility goals.

If you think you should be warming up with static stretches held for time - you need this book (hint - don't use static stretches in a warm-up!)

If you want to tackle the splits - you need this book.

 

 

Super Joints

If you work-out regularly, you know that feeling when your joints are tight or your lower back aches a little.

This book is all about making your joints feel great and contains loads of great moves for really getting your body back in balance.

Between this book and Relax into Stretch you have everything you need to keep your body moving like it should.

 

 

 

From Russia with Tough Love

Something for the ladies...

If you're daunted by the overtly "manly" tone of the Kettlebell scene, then get yourself this book.

This tells you all you need to know about how to get the most from your Kettlebell training - strength, flexibility, power, muscle-tone, cardio - whilst avoiding bulking up.

Even reading this as a man, this is a great book and the instruction is detailed, easy to follow and best of all, doesn't relegate ladies training to useless exercises that kids would laugh at.

Well worth a look...

 

 

BulletProof Abs

Whether you want to admit it or not, you are likely obsessed with your abs.

Crunches suck - learn some proper abs exercises. Get yourself this book and look up L-sits and Hollow Rocks on the gymastics websites.

 

 

Nutrition

Cooking for Health & Performance

If you want to go Paleo, but don't know how to cook without using pasta, rice etc, then this is the book for you.

With masses of recipes for your enjoyment, this book is packed with information on how to create a healthy menu that is rediculously tasty.

From starters, through salads, soups, mains and desserts, there is plenty to drool over in the pages of this book.

 

Precision Nutrition

The more I looked into John Berardi's stuff, the more I liked what he was saying. So I got myself a copy of his nutrition package (you get a whole bunch of stuff with this) and was really impressed.

This is an awesome resource for anyone who wants a step-by-step guide for how to get their nutrition dialled in.

Make no mistake - this package will tell you pretty much everything about high-performance nutrition you need to know.

What I really like is the breakdown of good nutrition into 10 easy to implement habits.

The most useful part of the package however are the food preparation tips. As Berardi correctly states - you can know everything about nutrition, but if the food isn't there when you need to eat it, you're screwed.

Take a look and see what you think...

 

Gourmet Nutrition

Eating properly can be difficult without a little inspiration.

This book gives you a whole lot of inspiration with over 100 amazingly tastly recipes that are easy to prepare, healthy, and are mouth-wateringly delicious.

This book is inclused as part of the Precision Nutrition package, however you can also buy it separately if you just want to add a new array of great recipes to your arsenal.

 

gymnastics

Elite Rings II

Its simple - gymnasts rock.

If you want a killer upper-body, then get yourself a set of these rings.

They're portable so you can hang them pretty much anywhere and they'll give you access to the best upper-body strenth exercises around.

From pull-ups to muscle-ups, L-sits to Levers, with a set of these you'll never be bored.

We love our gymnastics rings and they feature heavily in our programming.

 

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