I used to be a member of the Armoury in Hampstead, which is owned by Jubilee Hall Clubs. They also have a gym in Covent Garden. They are bodybuilding oriented but do have plenty of free weights. The Covent Garden gym even has some kettlebells.

For olympic weightlifting and other Crossfit stuff, I go to Crossfit London when I am in town. See http://www.stemlerfit.com for details.

Aside from complimenting you on your Asterixesque name, I wonder if you could let me know which gym you were using when you were in London. I am also a climber who trains in functional/HIT strenth training, but it looks like you found a good gym with lots of olympic bars and power racks etc.

Kind regards,

Piers

It doesn’t matter what time of day you do your exercises. Hopefully you don’t mean doing them all day long, which would not be a good idea as it would tire you out and probably injure you.

Although burpees are a great exercise, in the context of this article they are not a supplementary exercise. Burpees are great for conditioning (cardio fitness) rather than strength. They are a really good tool if you want to get fitter but probably won’t help with your deadlift

Would you say that those supplementary exercises can be done at any time of the day? And wouldnt burpees be one too?

If you wouldnt mind looking at my site, it would be nice from a seemingly pro-bloggers perspective, and just a person with a trainer’s mind.

Have a good sunday,
~Ryan