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CCF - one of the biggest teams out there. We have always been proud of our members willingness to throw themselves in the deep end and take part in various competitions partly to challenge themselves, but mainly for the fun of it. This year's United We Stand games was no different. Team CCF consiste ...

"I'd love to get in shape for summer, but CrossFit looks hectic!" "Those movements are so advanced", "I don't want to lift heavy weights" or our favourite: "I need to get fit before I start CrossFit".. We have heard it all. And as much as we are 100% convinced that anyone can do CrossFit at Cape Cro ...

Winter is usually a slow period, not so much at CCF! The last few weeks our PM Classes have been pumping and the buzz has been amazing. To ensure that we always live up to our main philosophy of having the best Coaching Quality in combination with allowing our members the luxury of training at times ...

Throwing 200kg over your head may not exactly be what you think of as something you would ever want to do, but let us explain how you, your parents, your kids, yeah exactly everybody, can benefit from doing the movements that are involved in Olympic Weightlifting. What do you mean by "everybody" - s ...

We often hear that "CrossFit is scary" or "I need to get fit before I start" and we believe these fears to be unnecessary and therefore want to debunk the myths around CrossFit - we are stoked to announce that for 6 Saturdays from the 18th of July we will be offering FREE training for anyone interes ...

Tomorrow we are starting "Skill Week"! We are entering what can be called a "Deload" transition week in our strength cycle and are using this opportunity to focus a lot on your movements in a work:rest type of programming. Very often athletes come to me after a particularly tough Metcon workout, (in ...

You cannot kip your way off a rock face. When we think of a gymnast, the general image that comes to mind is that of a tiny, creepily flexible, tight bun sporting, usually Russian female thus creating a further disconnection between ourselves as CrossFit athletes and the movements of the sport itsel ...

I had a dream.. When the Fittest in Cape Town set up for 2015 was announced I quickly made a plan: I wanted The Honey Badgers to get a chance to defend their title and at the same time I wanted Cape CrossFit to have a "second team" that was competitive enough to fight for a spot on the podium AND I ...

Contrary to what some Instagram feeds might portray - ripped hands are not cool. It is an avoidable and unnecessary rookie (unless you are Camille and busting our hundreds of pull ups) mistake which leaves our bars bloody, your hands sore and sets you back in your training. Here are some tips to loo ...

There's actually such a thing as Post Open Blues where CrossFitters around the world feel a lack of purpose in their training after the last Open WOD since there is "nothing to push hard for anymore". I believe this to be utterly false. Where do we go from here? Now is the time to define new goals! ...