Would you like some Yin with that Yang?

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When you think of Yin and Yang you think of balance. Light/Dark, Cold/Hot, Quiet/Loud, these are some examples we can think of that together will create balance. We do our best to create balance in our everyday lives but I think we could all…

WOD Overview & Insights 4/2/18

It seems like every holiday is an excuse to over-eat... or maybe that's just me!  Aside from the standard Easter treats, I found myself overindulging from Roam Burger, to Smitten, and even sushi at Blue Gingko!  But worry not, if you too are…

Self-Confidence: A State of Mind

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Confidence 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!

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!

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In 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

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As 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

Monday 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

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The 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!

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Great 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!…