Be Great. Not Ordinary.

View this post on Instagram Ordinary people shy away from negative situations, just as they do with failure. They do their best to avoid trouble. What great people do is the opposite. They are their best in these situations. They turn…

Weekly WOD Insights 2/11/19

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  MONDAY As always, I'd like all folks to work with extra care and focus on the skill work today. Shoulder taps should be slow and controlled, handstand holds should be extra "tight" with full body tension upside down, and if you do the foot…

Weekly WOD insights 2/4/19

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…

Chiro + Functional Fitness= Awesome Results!

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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…

1/28/19 WOD Review

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…

Back to Basics

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…

CrossFit Open 2019

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…

Welcome Baby Sadie

Congratulations to long time Sweat Shop members Megan and CJ, who recently welcomed their first child, Sadie, into this world on January 4th.  She weighed in at 7lbs. 2 oz. and measured 18.25 inches long.  If you thought CJ looked like he…

Weekly WOD Insights 1/21/19

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…