Obstacle Fun and Handstand Work @ Icke

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Icke Kids Friday Class

The Kids Class on Friday is growing. Last week there were 7 (actually 8 but but one of the kids forgot his sport clothes), the week before nine kids. I am really happy about the progress, the only thing that worries me, is that it is hard to do the class with just one coach because you have to teach the class, look at the movements and take care of the little ones. My youngest girl is 5 1/2 years old,very talented but also a bit shy... Next Friday another Newbie will be coming to class. I actually was thinking about offering two Friday classes...

Icke Kids is growing...

I started a new Class on Monday. It is a Pre-Teen Class, there are kids between 11 and 15. Most of them are also playing Rugby and use CrossFit to get stronger, work on skills, endurance, power and speed. I really like teaching them and it is great to see their progress. We do a lot of gymnastic work like pull up progression, working on the handstand and of course, using our own body. I do the programming on my own, sometimes using the CrosssFit Kids post on instagram to gather some ideas and I also bought new books to get deeper into weightlifting and fitness training for kids. It is really interesting and I learn so many things as well.

In two weeks I ll start teaching to gymnastic classes at an English School in Berlin. It is also from our CF Box and I will include CrossFit movements but more from the gymnastic and bodyweight area. I was thinking about trying to bring the CF Kids program as an official program to schools, still reflecting and planning on this idea... :)

Kids Class @ Icke

CrossFit Kids is still running @ Icke but with all the school work and my own training it is hard to keep my blog updated. Right now we are running a Friday afternoon class. The Rugby boys are back on the field and I have four new little CrossFitters. The class is about 30 minutes and so far I do a lot of bodyweight stuff, obstacle courses and introduce new movements. I am not including a wod for time or rounds because I first want the kids to train together, have fun and not competing against each other...

CrossFit Kids

After the Christmas break- Die erste Kids Klasse nach den Ferien 16/1/15

First of all Happy New Year. The first day after the break, most of the kids were excited to start again. It was a big group, 12 students. One little guy came really late, it would have been lots of burpees in a regular class. The warm up went well, we always have to remind them not to go all crazy during the warming up. Monkey hang also was fun, even for the most it was a little tricky to hold the bar with the thumb around, for safety reasons. They did not like it because it felt harder.