Sweat Shop’s Latest Coach Addition!

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I'm proud and excited to announce our latest addition to the Sweat Shop coaching staff, Bri Gaipa!  While most of you probably know that Bri has been a long time Sweat Shop member, you may not know that Bri is CrossFit Level-1 certified and…

October Challenge: Rope Climbs!

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https://vimeo.com/293752585 Time to step up our rope climb game! Since we've been implementing our skills sessions during class a lot lately, I think it's a good time to put a little challenge out there. For October, I'm officially challenging…

The Sport of Fitness or Functional Fitness?

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Recently I was sent an an E-mail via one of the regular electronic newsletters I receive. The topic was the recent change in the CrossFit Games structure and how it may potentially affect CrossFit gyms worldwide. Essentially CrossFit CEO…

Sweat Shop BBQ This Sunday!

Don't forget our summer BBQ is this Sunday starting a 12:00pm at Heather Farms Park! Let's have some fun in the sun before the fall comes into full swing and the kiddos are back in school. Kids, spouses, significant others, and whoever are…

Leader Board Challenge & Upcoming Raffle

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7 weeks ago I put the challenge out there to you guys to see how much movement we could get on the leader board. Here's who got up on the leader board, or moved up (and the respective workout/exercise) in the last 7 weeks: Taneya - 1 mile…

Sweat Shop BBQ – Sunday Aug. 19th – 12:00pm @ Heather Farms

The Sweat Shop BBQ is coming up next Sunday Aug.19th, 12:00pm at Heather Farms Park in Walnut Creek!  Bring the kids, bring your spouse or significant other, bring whoever!  Sweat Shop will be providing the drinks and meat, you guys just bring…

Farewell Rene!

As many of you may have heard, Rene and Kyle are going to be moving to Roseville soon to be closer to both of their families.  For the last six years Rene has been coaching at the Sweat Shop as well as competing on Team Sweat Shop at the NorCal…

Hydration Supplements

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Last weekend we got a little glimpse as to what the summer will be like in the upcoming months. As many of us know the east bay summers tend to be VERY HOT, so we need to prepare for the upcoming heat as best as we can. As CrossFitters most…

Spring Fling

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This past weekend I had the pleasure of competing with Britney at the Spring Fling competition in San Rafael (Marin County, about 45 minutes away) under the team name Gainz in Alderaan Places (Star Wars Pun). There are a couple of things that…