Self-Confidence: A State of Mind
Inspiration, TrainingConfidence is most commonly viewed as driven purely by innate ability or personality. While there may be some traits that allow one to be more GENERALLY confident than others, (I’m not an expert in psychology), I think that self-confidence,…
Anti-What? Anti-Rotation!
General
Planks
Hollow Holds
Dead Bugs
Sound familiar? The 3 exercises mentioned are great for improving core strength, thus the reason why we incorporate them in our weekly programming. Take a look at these exercises now...
Suitcase Deadlifts
Single…
Quadricep Recovery and 18.5 Video…..Almost!
Community, Fitness, General, TipsIn CrossFit we tend to use the squat fairly frequently, in a variety of forms. Whether it's the air squat, back or front squat, squat clean or squat snatch, or wallballs, we see the squat show up a lot in CrossFit! This is with good reason,…
CrossFit Open Intramural Wrap Up
Community, CompetitionAs the dust is just barely settling on the 2018 CrossFit Open many of us are now looking forward to getting back to working out just for the sake of working out. And before we get to those that will be moving on to the next round of qualifiers,…
Weekly WOD Insights 3/26
GeneralMonday
We're going to get some position work in today with snatches from the hang. For the hang, we first deadlift the weight up, establish full hip extension, and then take our lift anywhere from the hip crease to the knee. Check out this…
Form Creep
Strength, Tips, TrainingThe title on this article caught caught me by surprise, but when I saw it was written by Mark Rippetoe on Starting Strength, I thought it's probably another one of his goodies! I like to refer to Rippetoe a lot, not just in training, but when…
18.4 Highlight Vid!
Community, Competition, InspirationGreat job Sweat Shoppers! Another outstanding round of performances in the books for 18.4! The combo of deadlifts, handstand pushups/pushups and walks were brutal for sure. It was awesome watching a lot of you go for your first handstand pushup!…
Kinetic Chain Deadlifts
General, Strength, TipsBy now many of us have have attacked 18.4 and as per usual the Open has exposed a weakness we should aim to improve: heavy deadlifting. For many many of us, the deadlift was our first exposure to a lower body compound movement. When you think…
3/29/18 WOD Review (brought to you by icy hot)
General
Monday
With weightlifting, it's really important to understand and feel the movements. When a coach gives you an adjustment, try and really be aware of how it felt before and after the adjustment. A good goal is to try and make every rep…