CrossFit - get fit for sailing without leaving the beach!

12:22 PM Sat 17 Jul 2010 GMT

'Murray’s Bay is one of the venues used by the iGolf team for a Crossfit training session' Event Media Click Here to view large photo

It used to be that the way to get fit for sailing involved going for a run, doing a few press-ups and if you got really serious then maybe a light, weights program. A group of four golfers from the Albany (New Zealand) based Institute of Golf (igolf) are using a different form of training - CrossFit - to train for a marathon style relay they will undertake from North Shore City to Wellington, New Zealand from 16-21st August. The idea is that each runner will cover about 40kms per day, each day (yes, each runner will run a marathon ...

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