This past weekend there were five of us Sweat Shoppers competing in the Sacramento Spartan Race. This was an 8-9 mile run with 20+ obstacles along the way. For four of us, including myself, this was our first Spartan Race. While the run wasn’t too bad for me, I was surprised at the level of difficulty […]
Monday This is a repeat workout from February of this year. We’ve done several of these 3 part couplets lately and what I like about them is that you can get a good 20 minute workout in, without overdoing the same movements. For the Squat Clean Thruster, since it’s only 5 reps, you can select […]
Meghan is an excellent example of how hard work and consistency pays off! While she has been training at the Sweat Shop for a couple of years, there was quite a bit of time when she was only able to make it in one time each week. Nonetheless, she still got her workouts in on […]
Today we’re featuring another man of mystery from the Sweat Shop. You’re most likely to catch Andrew in the evenings during the week. If you chat with him you’ll immediately realize he is a geniune and humble person… just don’t ask what he does for a living. His exercise log is a small black […]
Most people would describe Eric as a quite dude, … a mysterious dude that always has a new Porsche. Even after being a Sweat Shop member for more than 2 years, I’m still finding out new things about Eric. Just recently he helped coached Jacqueline, Bri, and Helen in the pool as they prepared for […]
Monday ***Bro Alert**** Bench Press Day! But we’ll be keeping it light for this one. Pick a weight that you can get at least 8 reps with unbroken. Yes, I know there are plenty of dudes at the Sweat Shop that can get way more than 8 with 135lbs., but don’t worry, just rep it […]
I still remember when Celeste first started at the Sweat Shop. She started in the class we had for CrossFit beginners, called Fit for CrossFit. For the first month or two she would only lift the wooden dowel…. even for exercises like the back squat! Eventually I would add 2 1/2 lb. plates to the […]
If you come to the Sweat Shop in the afternoon, you’ve no doubt worked out with Livi. One would think that she has the perfect job with zero stress, because every time she comes into the gym she greets us with a warm smile and a super positive attitude! You can even count on her […]
I wanted to try something new this week. As I’m sure most of you already know, we take our programming very seriously, and are quite proud of all that we put into it. In addition to posting the entire week in advance so that you may plan both physically and mentally, this week I decided […]
