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!…

Kinetic Chain Deadlifts

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By now many of us have have attacked 18.4 and as per usual the Open has exposed a weakness we should aim to improve: heavy deadlifting. For many many of us, the deadlift was our first exposure to a lower body compound movement. When you think…

3/29/18 WOD Review (brought to you by icy hot)

Monday With weightlifting, it's really important to understand and feel the movements. When a coach gives you an adjustment, try and really be aware of how it felt before and after the adjustment. A good goal is to try and make every rep…

Farewell Ryan!

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  Next week Ryan will be leaving Walnut Creek, and California for Omaha Nebraska!  I feel fortunate to have gotten to know Ryan and it's been really fun having him at the Sweat Shop for the past year.  I also feel fortunate that Ryan…

Conditioning your Skills

As some of you start to add more skills (muscle ups, pull ups, chest to bar pull ups, handstand push ups, rope climbs, etc...) to your bag of tricks, the next step would be to use them in workouts! One thing that I try to remind folks is that…

18.3 Highlight Video

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18.3 is in the books, this was a fun workout to watch for sure! Great job to everyone who competed this past week and a big shout out to those of you who worked hard on getting those muscle ups. Whether you got a muscle up or not, the effort…