With training volume going up nothing is going to hinder your progress more than tearing your hands. Therefore, it is imperative that we take good of our hands so we don’t have to take time out from pull ups, barbell work, gripping our coffee or even washing our hair! Here is a simple 5 step guide to looking after those hands.
Read MoreCore exercises improve your balance and stability. Core exercises train the muscles in your pelvis, lower back, hips and abdomen to work in harmony. This leads to better balance and stability, whether on the playing field or in daily activities.
Read MoreWe like to introduce you to the ChalkBox Nutritionist
Read MoreChalkbox likes to introduce you to our wodder of the month.
Read MoreRegardless of whether you’re an experienced CrossFitter or a beginner, you know what those first few weeks felt like. You hurt! Experienced CrossFit athletes will tell you that in time you adapt to the rigor, but perhaps the more pertinent question is this: How do you know when you’ve optimized your recovery between WODs? The answer is: You don’t.
Read MoreOur workouts are based on mindset and physical adaptation. We all have been were you are and believe that not every day you have to go hard and fast to achieve your goals.
Read MoreIt is our ambition to continuously improve what we do at ChalkBox. We started of in our garage gym, moved into a council hall before we settled here at Cricketts Farm. That's only 4 years ago.
Read MoreWhy Do Loaded Carries?
Load carries offer us a great deal of benefits, specifically to further develop strength, athleticism, and injury prevention.
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Read MoreStop following those mainstream fitness workouts designed for short term results only. Real fat loss training should build calluses on your hands. There are no short cuts but the good news is that our CrossFit Strength & Conditioning program is a great tool to help you.
Read MoreStop following those mainstream fitness workouts designed for short term results only. Real fat loss training should build calluses on your hands. There are no short cuts but the good news is that our CrossFit Strength & Conditioning program is a great tool to help you.
Read MoreWe are not your regular walk in gym, boot camp or body transformation program you have tried. We coach CrossFit in our top of the range facility delivering excellence in functional fitness. We offer small group coaching sessions to help each individual to full fill their fitness goals.
Read MoreCrossFit ChalkBox is a top of the range gym located in Ightham (Borough Green) near Sevenoaks.
You have to try it to understand it. We are not your regular walk in gym, boot camp or body transformation program you have tried. We offer small group coaching sessions to help each individual to full fill their fitness goals.
Read MoreBring on the gainzzz starting April 16th:
The next 90 day trainings cycle is upon us divided in 3 blocks of 30 days. Each week has got 6 workout days (Monday - Saturday). The Sunday is an additional day you got ChalkFit or Barbell Club to choose from.
In the first 30 days we will have a strength bias, clearly focused on the major lifts and addressing some structural imbalances in our body. It is 3 weeks of heads down and working hard. So how will it look like?
Read MoreWe are not your regular gym. You have to try it to understand it.
Read MoreYou might have read that often distance runners will run their fastest 400m at the end of a max effort 5k, or their fastest mile at the end of a marathon. Some of this comes down to your pacing strategy. However this can also be achieved by training your different metabolic path ways during your sessions at ChalkBox.
Read MoreWe pride ourselves on having grown a strong community of fitness and health mined people all working towards a common goal
Read MoreLifting with Skip CALLARD & practise technique
During the 5 weeks of the CF Open we have added a Skill session on Thursday evening 6:30pm-7:30pm. This session is for any ability whether you are new or seasoned. We don't go heavy, it is skill work. Learn in a relaxed set up from up & coming talent Skip Callard
Read MoreFrom the ground, the thruster is a serious compound exercise combining a clean, front squat and push press to overhead and can be performed using almost heavy objects: dumbbells, kettlebells, barbells, medicine balls, sandbags, atlas stones.
Compound exercises utilize movement around more than one joint which allows their benefits to carry over to sports and physical performance. Working essentially all your major leg muscles — your quads, hamstrings and glutes work very hard in the squat portion of thrusters.
Read MoreTemporary Changes to the Schedule:
The Open is at our door step and we are making changes to the schedule to accommodate this community event at ChalkBox. The Games workouts will be on Friday and Saturday. The sessions are now loaded in Team Up so book in.
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