Emotional IQ Podcast

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I snagged a listen to this podcast on Emotional IQ after USA Olympic lifting coach, Cara Heads Slaughter, posted it on her social media page. Without copy catting every thing she posted, I think it's worth the short listen as I really think…

Sweat Shop Spartan Race

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This past weekend there were five of us Sweat Shoppers competing in the Sacramento Spartan Race.  This was an 8-9 mile run with 20+ obstacles along the way.  For four of us, including myself, this was our first Spartan Race. While the…

Bri & Helen Compete at Granite Games

This past weekend Helen and Bri competed in the 2017 Granite Games outside Minneapolis,MN.  This is one of the biggest CrossFit competitions outside of the CrossFit Games, which similar to the CrossFit Games does, held a qualifier that athletes…

The New CrossFit Games

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Look for a complete recap of Jacqueline's weekend later this week from JB.  I on the other hand want to give my insight from what I experienced at the CrossFit Games with it being my first time I've been since 2013. Compared to Los Angeles,…

Fittest On Earth

If you haven't yet seen Fittest On Earth, it's an awesome documentary featuring games athletes and what they go though during the grueling 4 days at the CrossFit Games. Our very own Jacqueline is competing next week! I can't believe it's here…

Logging Workouts

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I used to be diligent about logging my workouts. However, as of late, I can't seem to get back into the habit of logging workouts on Beyond The Whiteboard. Even now as I'm writing this, I'm realizing I didn't log today's workout! I made it my…

Sweat Shop Takes First at Brethren Throwdown

While we had 5 teams competing locally at the Contra Costa Throwdown in Concord (stay tuned for a recap on that later this week), Helen and I competed at an individual competition at Brethren CrossFit in Morgan Hill this weekend.  It was…

Keep Moving

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Nabil did a great post on pacing yesterday, which if you haven't, give it a read. Coupled with pacing, another helpful method of staying consistent on workouts that I have adapted over the years is moving from one movement to the next with…

And the winning team is….

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While Oki Dokey's Artichokes took Week 5, Kanye's Krew, lead by Jacqueline as team captain took the overall win.  As with most things, consistency and participation played a big part in their team win.  Check out the full score card here. …