Oleksiy Torokhtiy is a professional athlete with 20 years of experience in Olympic weightlifting under his belt. He won multiple European and World titles and also took part in two Olympic Games first in Beijing in 2008 where he totaled 390 kg (Snatch, clean and Jerk) and London in 2012 where he totaled 412 kg and won a Gold medal.

Oleksiy’s Personal Bests are:

Snatch – 200kg (click to watch)

Clean and Jerk – 240kg (click to watch)

After finishing his career he committed himself to coaching and has hosted over 200 weightlifting seminars all over the globe. 

At Claymore CrossFit in September

This autumn Oleksiy Torokhtiy is coming to Perth, Scotland at Claymore CrossFit to deliver a two day seminar. Book your weekend of 7th-8th of September for an elite level course, where you will go over some theoretical parts, drills and training delivered by the champion himself. You will learn and deepen your knowledge on the Snatch, Clean and Jerk as well as practice under the guidance of Oleksiy. The day will start at 9:00am and will finish at 6pm both days.

This seminar is open to all and will cater to your levels of performance to help you further your technique in the 3 Olympic weightlifting movements. 

Seminar’s price

The price for this seminar is £160 and we’ve created a zero interest payment plan for you to pay £20 per month for 8 monthly payments leading up to the seminar. Follow this link for full payment and this link for the payment plan. 

Register now as spaces are limited to 22 participants.

 

CrossFit Games Open 2024

2024 CrossFit Games OPEN is approaching fast and is less than a month away and it’s time to prepare for it. The Open is running across 3 weeks from February 29th to March 18th 2024. Anyone can take part, no matter your fitness level/ability or age! 

You’re not sure to be fit enough to participate? Have no worries as there are 3 categories to choose from: Foundations, Scaled and Rx. And you will be competing with people your own age. But the real competition is with yourself. You can find more information and sign up directly on the CrossFit Games official site and sign up there as well: https://games.crossfit.com/ 

Watch the announcement at Claymore

The announcement of the Open workouts it’s the most exciting part of the CFGames and it’s going to happen on Thursdays 28th of February, 6th and 13th of March from 8:00pm. Join us for a drink and a fun time.

Friday Night Lights

At Claymore CrossFit we will run the Open Workouts all day Friday (29th February, 7th and 14th of March) with a special gathering on Friday Night Lights from 5:00pm to 8:30pm. The evening will run in several heats to allow for everyone to do the workout. And on the last Friday 15th of March the whole Claymore community will come together for a PotLuck meal with Claymore providing drinks.

To make it even more fun we will run an Intramural competition. Everyone who joins will be split into 3 teams that will compete against each other. We will announce the composition of the teams on the 29th of February and your respective captains will be Aedan, Steph and Valerio with a co-captains along their side. The captains will be your guides during the 3 weeks and will help you get through the Open. 

Details about the Intramural competition:

The Open is upon us and it’s time to prepare the team’s strategy for the Intramural Open Competition. The 3 teams will be earning points each week based on each and everyone’s participation (1 point per person), judging (1 point per person, not cumulating) and score placement in the given category (depending on the place: 3 for the first , 2 for second or 1 point for the 3rd place). 

With regard to the scores they will be counted in all 3 categories Foundations, Scaled and Rx, across Women and Men and with a division between above and below 40 as well as 55 years old.

Open Prep Workshops

And that’s not all! We’re building 3 Open Prep Workshops to help you prepare for the Open and beyond. Running up to Friday Night lights you can join one, two or all three specialty workshops to help you get even better prepared for it.

Friday the 9th of February: Weightlifting (barbell and DB movements) with coach Aedan

Friday the 16th of February: Mono-structural (jump rope, rowing, box jumps and burpees) with coach Steph

Friday the 23rd of February: Gymnastic movements (pull-ups, chest to bar, muscle-ups, push-ups, HSPU) with coach Valerio

The workshop will be an hour and a half, starting from 7:30-9:00 pm

What you get during the Open Workshop:

  • step-by-step individual coaching
  • work on progressions depending on your current level to allow you to progress
  • focus on the movements you will likely see in the Open
  • the pleasure of doing an open WOD from the previous years
  • tips and strategies on how to approach the Open wod with the specific movements 

Prices for Open Workshop

One workshop  £12 – follow this link

Two workshops £22 – follow this link

Three workshops £ 33 – follow this link

The places are limited to 12 participants per workshop, so sign up now!

Let’s make this Open season the best one at Claymore CrossFit