Featured Athlete: Martha K.

Everyone has heard the saying "hard work pays off", and Martha is a great example of not only hard work paying off, but consistency over a period of time paying off.  While she wasn't able to do unassisted pullups for some time, these days…

Muscle Up Inspiration

This past month has been a nice little reboot to the legendary Sweat Shop Muscle Up Club! Not only do we have some amazing first time ring and bar muscle uppers, we have now upgraded to strict bar muscle ups! Way to keep steppin' up the game…

Remember to Play

A little throwback Thursday post to the Sweat Shop BBQ this past weekend, and how much I enjoy playing sports outside! I played 3 games of Volleyball, 2 games of Badminton, and 1 game of Basketball. There were for sure some flashbacks to being…

Lift Ratio Calculator

When we talk about being a good CrossFitter we talk about not being specialized   in one area, such as not being to biased to bodyweight or strength movements. When we get a bit more nit picky we want to not be too biased towards one movement…

Do You!

Ok, quick disclaimer, this post pertains mostly to ladies, but stick around, I'm hoping you guys will get something out of this as well. So lets go back a few years...decades to my youth, I am Portuguese, and us Portuguese folk love to eat.…

Sweat Shop BBQ

  Big thanks to everyone that came out this weekend to the BBQ at Heather Farm.  Volleyball, badminton and spikeball, where all played in moderation, yet several of us where surprisingly sore the next day.  Perhaps less clean & jerks…

BBQ tomorrow and Upcoming Competitions

Don't forget we are having a Sweat Shop BBQ and sand volleyball tomorrow, Saturday May 6th at 12pm at Heather Farms Park! Nabil will be cooking up some the meat and will be bringing beers. If a couple folks want to bring a couple side dishes…

Story Telling

In the past we've talked plenty about mental toughness! We've talked anywhere from making the small decisions that later turn into good habits, practicing self-talk to get you through that tough workout, or focusing on things you have control…

Do I Have to Be Fit to Start CrossFit?

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No. Absolutely no. No one-thousand times over. Having been doing CrossFit for a while, and now working at a CrossFit gym, I get the opportunity to talk to a lot of people about CrossFit who have never tried it before. Whether its a person just…