Entries by James Barber

Legitness Of The Week

Legit of the Week from CrossFit Sweat Shop on Vimeo. In the process of deleting the bazillion videos I take each week for coaching and random stuff, I found some good ones of some Sweat Shoppers doing legit things this week. For your viewing pleasure! Enjoy and a have a great weekend! Don’t forget to […]

Being a REDO Proponent

I thought today would be a good piggy back post to Nabil’s on “Mindful Training”, as I believe the concept of a REDO workout falls in line with being mindful and gives an opportunity to learn from our training. I’ve spoken a lot in previous posts about the benefits of variance in training. For me at least, […]

Weekly WOD Insights 6/25/18

MONDAY I did this conditioning format the last two times Nabil had programmed them. What I really like about this format is that you don’t just get a taste of the row or bike, you go back to it every single minute. For those of you who need to get better at biking or rowing […]

Fraser Details His Regiment

Saw this video a couple days ago on Matt Fraser detailing his regiment and a little into his mindset on the grind of training for the CF Games. Give it a watch if you have a couple minutes. I thought it was really good perspective for not only the elite athlete point of view but […]

Weekly WOD Insights 6/4/18

Looks like some nice sunshine this week! Get your sweat on yall! MONDAY This is a retest from a while back and liked it a lot because I think the movements compliment each other very well. That being said, treat it correctly or pay the price! This is a 20 minute workout so pace it […]

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2018: Continued Excellence

https://vimeo.com/270915923 With the CrossFit Regionals kicking off this weekend and the Games invites official, I wanted to give a personal shout out and congrats to our ladies who will be representing the Sweat Shop on the big stage. As you all might know, Bri will be heading down next weekend to Del Mar for her FOURTH appearance (3rd […]

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Weekly WOD Insights 5/7/18

MONDAY Our EMOM formats are used in a couple ways. Sometimes the focus is more about volume/conditioning by going longer or maybe more reps with less rest (every minute), or other times it’s to be able to go heavier with attempting every 90 seconds or lowering the reps to a single. Today’s is a mix of both. One […]

Patience vs Variation

A student sent me this article on when we should be patient or stick the course on a current training piece and when to add variation or complexity. The article has a bit of kinesiology lingo but I think it does a good job of describing the basic programming concepts that I think any athlete or […]

Welcome Bradlee and Anthony!

Congrats to the newest editions to the Sweat Shop families! The boy train is running strong in 2018! Brian and Cathy Kenny welcomed their first born, Bradlee, aka BK Broiler Jr, into this world on March 23 weighing 8lbs 7 ounces! Tony and Bridget Kafouros welcomed their baby boy, Anthony, aka, “Trip”, into this world […]