Monday Todays finisher will not be super high intensity. I wanted to incorporate some movements that might seem simple in nature, but actually have some serious technical elements. For the rope climb this is a good time to focus on rope climb technique, not just getting the work done. Same[…]
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I am sure many of you have heard of have seen that our nooner chiropractor, Dr Alandi, and I, are teaming up to offer our respective services in a package experience that we have dubbed: Movement Intelligence. We are offering 1 chiropractic adjustment and 1 personal training session a week[…]
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Monday Today will be week 5 of 6 for tempo work. As we look towards building long-term strength, we encourage you to use this tempo phase as an opportunity to continue to build a solid foundation for a more “traditional” strength phase in the future. Emphasize movement mechanics over numbers, trust[…]
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I feel like its been a while since I’ve written about training tips, so I figured this would be a great opportunity to talk about something that resonated with me recently. Not too long ago our resident P.E. teacher Erin Halonen (you can find her dashing down the 403m course[…]
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Less than a month out and it’s that time of the year again… Yup, I’m talking about the 2019 CrossFit Open! Beginning on February 21st, CrossFit will post a workout for those who wish to participate. Once they release the workout, usually on Thursday at 5pm, you will have until[…]
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MONDAY Today’s workout is not meant to be 21 minutes of hell. The running/rowing portions are a bit long on purpose as I want there to be enough “constant moving” opportunities to keep the heart rate moderate yet in control throughout. Choose a squat version and weight that will allow[…]
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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 with how we should view training to[…]
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Over the past month you may have noticed that we’ve included alternate strength options or accessory work to your typical strength days. We believe that this is a great opportunity for you guys to work on and improve any muscular imbalances, stability and just give you guys another means to[…]
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Monday Static holds are often a tool we don’t get to incorporate a lot into our programming, but have a lot of benefit. Be sure to figure out which static hold is most fitting for you. If you’re only able to get 10ish seconds on the chin over bar hold,[…]
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I’m proud and excited to announce our latest addition to the Sweat Shop coaching staff, Bri Gaipa! While most of you probably know that Bri has been a long time Sweat Shop member, you may not know that Bri is CrossFit Level-1 certified and has been a CrossFit coach at[…]
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