Don’t forget our summer BBQ is this Sunday starting a 12:00pm at Heather Farms Park! Let’s have some fun in the sun before the fall comes into full swing and the kiddos are back in school. Kids, spouses, significant others, and whoever are welcome! Sweat Shop will be providing the[…]
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A year older, a little bit wiser (so I like to think), but never content with where I’m at. Always thinking about what kind of coach I want to be or athlete/recreational exerciser I want to perform as. Every day is different, things change, and I came across this post by[…]
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As CrossFitters we need to have adequate mobility to perform the wide variety of movements that we encounter in our workouts. We need good shoulder, thoracic, hip, and ankle mobility to safely perform all the movements we are tasked with. Working on all of these areas would take quite some time,[…]
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Monday A.) 2 Clean & Jerks on the minute for 12 minutes Rx’d folks start light and gradually add as you go. ADV. folks (those of you that have been doing olympic lifts for over a year) start as close to 75% of your 1RM as possible, or if you[…]
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Big Congrats to Jacqueline and Monique, who we had representing the Shop this past week at the 2018 CrossFit Games! It was a tough and grueling set of events but, more so than past years, I think this year, including the Open and Qualifier workouts, was the best test of[…]
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What kind of mindset do you have when you walk into the gym? Is your goal to always go as fast, or as heavy as possible? Or, do you want to get better at a specific movement or skill regardless of time or loading? The approach you take to your[…]
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7 weeks ago I put the challenge out there to you guys to see how much movement we could get on the leader board. Here’s who got up on the leader board, or moved up (and the respective workout/exercise) in the last 7 weeks: Taneya – 1 mile Run Jeff[…]
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The Sweat Shop BBQ is coming up next Sunday Aug.19th, 12:00pm at Heather Farms Park in Walnut Creek! Bring the kids, bring your spouse or significant other, bring whoever! Sweat Shop will be providing the drinks and meat, you guys just bring a side dish. We have reserved the tables[…]
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Monday Like we’ve been doing for the past few weeks, for this week’s skill session, there will be different options for you depending on where you stand with overall skill. For today, the skill session will be geared towards getting your handstand push up handstand walk. Check out the different[…]
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Before You Start Reading this don’t Forget to stay posted on all the CrossFit Games Action as we have TWO athletes (Mo and Jacqueline) competing at the games this week!! Monday I like starting the week off with simple workouts. Something that just kind of builds momentum for the rest[…]
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