Entries by Nabil

Welcome Baby Kea!

I’m very excited to announce the arrival of James and Melaney’s first child, Kea Julie Barber!  She was born January 24th weighing in at 6lbs. 15oz. and measuring 19″ long.  Mom and baby are both doing well and we looking forward to meeting another baby and the latest addition to the ever-growing Sweat Shop family!

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Featured Athlete: Megan P.

For those that have noticed the skill and attention to detail of the handwriting on our Sweaty Swag board, and now our newly revamped Leaderboard, you may or may not know that it is compliments of Megan! In addition to her awesome creativity and art skills, I’m super impressed by those like Megan (a NICU […]

Weekly WOD Insight 1/8/18

  Monday  – Rx’d starts with A. then goes to B., ADV. & BEEF will start with Row,Ski or Bike For part A., I like this combo because as your arms get tired from the pushups or ring dips it really forces you to use your legs to get that dumbbell overhead, which is exactly […]

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Featured Athlete: Mayumi K.

Anyone that has been to a 6am class has undoubtedly trained alongside Mayumi.  She’s the one that can be found flying through metcons with a seemingly never-ending battery.  Despite having three young children, she still finds time to get in the gym and smash workouts first thing in the morning.  Read more about Mayumi below! […]

WOD Overview 12/11/17

Looking at the weather forecast I see nothing but clear skies and highs in the mid to upper 60’s, which for December is not good if you’re looking to get up to Tahoe, but for those working on our fitness we might as well take advantage of this unseasonable dry weather with some running. Monday […]

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2017 CrossFit Liftoff – Results

Helen continues to rack up some great finishes in olympic lifting!  Two weeks ago it was 3rd overall at the SPS Rite of Passage meet.  This time with the 2017 CrossFit Liftoff, which consists of a 1-rep max Snatch, 1-rep max Clean & Jerk, and a nasty 12 minute metcon.  Points are given for each, […]

Do Your Research

For most of us at this point, it’s no surprise that sugar is not good for you.  What’s becoming more and more evident is the extent to which money plays a part in the laws that are passed, the research that we learn about and that is considered to be the truth, the research that […]