Embarking on Your CrossFit Journey: A Beginner’s Guide with CrossFit Sweat Shop

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Are you ready to transform your fitness journey and embrace the challenge of CrossFit? CrossFit Sweat Shop is here to guide you through the highly rewarding world of high-intensity, functional workouts. Whether you're a seasoned athlete or…

Weekly WOD Insights 2/14/22

Monday  You may have noticed over the past couple of weeks we have been going through the various pressing progressions. We started with strict press, the following week was push press, last week was push jerk, and we are rounding out this…

Week 4 – WOD Review 3/29/21

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Monday   A) 3 Rounds 600m Run (800m) 70m Farmer Carry ~45/25 (~50/35) (~55+/40+) 10/8 Push Ups (12) (10/8 Handstand Push Ups) (12 Handstand Push Ups) 10 Cals (15) (20)   B) Optional Accessory: Pick One   Coaching…

Week 2 – WOD Review 3/15/21

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Monday   A) 3 Rounds 30 Cals (40) (50) 10 Pull Ups (10 Chest to Bars) (10 Muscle Ups) 20 Wall Balls (30) (40)   B) Optional Accessory: Pick 1 Workout from the Board   Coaching Notes: - Nothing…

Weekly WOD Insights 3/9/20

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Monday  Haven't done tempo in a while and since we are doing a month at a time I figured this would be a good opportunity to start to add in some linear progression with changing the tempo from week to week. Try to remember to have someone…

Boiling Point

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I saw this nice little read that should resonate with a lot of folks out in the fitness and sport world on the concept of approaching "plateaus". The author uses an analogy of one of life's more simple tasks; boiling water, and connects it…

Knowing When to Pivot For a Better Workout

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About a month ago I attended a workshop put on by a company called Active Life Rx. In the workshop we learned how to do simple movement screenings that can give us a lot of insight as to what people need to work on in terms of their mobility,…

Weekly WOD insights 10/22/18

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Monday  This week for our back squats we will be working with a format thats a little different than usual. Try to make each set challenging, but aim to not fail any. If you felt like you left a little in the tank on the first sets of 5 or…

The Sport of Fitness or Functional Fitness?

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Recently I was sent an an E-mail via one of the regular electronic newsletters I receive. The topic was the recent change in the CrossFit Games structure and how it may potentially affect CrossFit gyms worldwide. Essentially CrossFit CEO…