Featured Athlete: Chris G.

While Chris has always had a great engine when it comes to conditioning, in the past year he has made some pretty amazing gains in terms of strength and olympic lifting!  His combination of dedication, consistency and humility allow him to…

You versus You

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https://youtu.be/dHYAIe8nKFg In sports and CrossFit, whether you are a competitor or someone just looking to improve, the main focus should be on yourself, what you are doing, and how you are doing it. While this seems like an over-posted topic,…

Feedback

Over the past couple of weeks, you may have noticed the coaches using their phones to video an individual's movement (clean, snatch, pull up, muscle up, etc...) and then providing feedback. Providing feedback in this matter is an excellent…

Row, Row, Row your boat….with good technique!

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Since we have a time trial row coming up this Thursday, and we also frequently use the rower, this is a good opportunity to talk about efficiency on the rower. Now in comparison with other CrossFit movements rowing is often thought of as not…

Featured Athlete: Martha K.

Everyone has heard the saying "hard work pays off", and Martha is a great example of not only hard work paying off, but consistency over a period of time paying off.  While she wasn't able to do unassisted pullups for some time, these days…

Muscle Up Inspiration

This past month has been a nice little reboot to the legendary Sweat Shop Muscle Up Club! Not only do we have some amazing first time ring and bar muscle uppers, we have now upgraded to strict bar muscle ups! Way to keep steppin' up the game…

Remember to Play

A little throwback Thursday post to the Sweat Shop BBQ this past weekend, and how much I enjoy playing sports outside! I played 3 games of Volleyball, 2 games of Badminton, and 1 game of Basketball. There were for sure some flashbacks to being…

Lift Ratio Calculator

When we talk about being a good CrossFitter we talk about not being specialized   in one area, such as not being to biased to bodyweight or strength movements. When we get a bit more nit picky we want to not be too biased towards one movement…

Do You!

Ok, quick disclaimer, this post pertains mostly to ladies, but stick around, I'm hoping you guys will get something out of this as well. So lets go back a few years...decades to my youth, I am Portuguese, and us Portuguese folk love to eat.…