CrossFit OL1

10/10/2026

10/10/2026

Two lads. A combined deadlift of 420kg. 💪

VS

One cool box. 100 bottles of Peroni. 🍺

Functional fitness. Strength that transfers into everyday life.

Well… most of the time. 😂

Massive shout-out to .daz22 for organising today’s unofficial OL1 social! Everyone invited, coach sorted, beers sorted, Chester here they come!

As gym owner, it was lovely to wave everyone off this morning, knowing I had absolutely zero responsibility for anything that happens over the next 18 hours. 😂

Have a belting day, everyone! 🍻

06/10/2026

🔥 SEPTEMBER COMMITTED CLUB 🔥

September has been a month of progress, breakthroughs and goals being ticked off at OL1. 💪

A huge well done to everyone who hit 15+ sessions and earned their place in this month’s Committed Club. 👏

But it’s not just the number of sessions that deserves recognition. We’ve seen first-ever muscle ups, new PBs, skills finally clicking and personal goals being achieved across the gym. 🥇🔥

That’s what consistency is all about — putting the work in and seeing those small improvements turn into big milestones.

Whether you hit a new PB, achieved a skill you’ve been working towards or simply became more consistent, well done on the progress this month.

Now let’s take that momentum into October. 🚀

05/10/2026

You don’t need to be HYROX ready to start HYROX training.

That’s what the sessions are for.

Mon & Wed 7:30pm. Fri 5:30pm. Oldham 📍

All levels, properly coached.

Comment HYROX and we’ll get you booked in 👇

🎥

03/10/2026

THE END PRODUCT OF PERSEVERANCE 🧗

This is how we teach rope climbs at OL1.

Clamp. Stand. Reach.

It’s one of the most efficient ways to climb a rope — and when it’s done well, can be one of the fastest too.

The beauty of this technique is that you don’t need the pulling strength of a legless rope climb - those are for another session..

Does that make it easy? Absolutely not.

You still need grip strength.

You need the coordination and flexibility to clamp the rope between your feet.

You need the composure to perform that skill when you’re 10, 12 or 15ft off the floor.

And, yes… you need a little bit of bravery.

But that combination of strength, coordination, skill and composure means rope climbing becomes accessible to far more people.

And nobody has to start on the full rope.

Zombie rope climbs. Partial climbs. Rig-assisted clamps. Banded variations.

Whatever gives you the opportunity to practise the pieces, build confidence and progress.

The end goal might be 15ft up a rope.

But everyone who walks through our doors gets the opportunity to start somewhere.

29/09/2026

“Sam!! I got my first muscle up, can you check the CCTV, it may be the ugliest muscle up you’ve ever seen…”

Form police, put the keyboard down. 🚨 Yes, we know. It’s not the prettiest.

But watch the room. From bent-over belly laughs to everyone losing it when he finally got over the bar. 🙌

That’s the bit that matters. 🖤 well done

28/09/2026

SAVE THE DATE 🗓️

12 years of OL1. Mad when you say it out loud.

We're celebrating the only way we know how. The Anniversary Games are back on Saturday 7th November.

⏰ 08:30–11:30: The Games
🏆 11:30–12:30: 2025/26 Member Awards

Last year was one of the best mornings this gym's ever had (you can see it in the video). This year we're going bigger.

Get it in the diary now. Full details and sign-up coming soon.

12 years strong. 🖤