Bottoms Up! Or in, or Out, or even Side to Side!

I have talked before about the benefits of bottoms up training which you can find here, and even Grand Master Nabil has given me a little shout out after incorporating bottoms up training into his workouts and seeing improvements in his shoulder…

WOD Review 7/9/18

Monday I recommend taking 8-9 minutes to warm up to your working weight for Front Squats today. After you've done so, go ahead and pick one of the pulling skills to incorporate during your squats. Preferably, pick something that is a weakness…

Weekly WOD Insights 7/2/18

I am very happy to put out my first official week of programming to the gym! I worked hard on coming up with what I thought would be the best fit for this weeks workouts and would really love feedback from anyone. Throughout the week let me…

Introducing: Assault Air Runner

Most of you probably have noticed the gigantic new piece of equipment hanging out in the corner of the Sweat Shop. That my friends, is our new Assault Air Runner. Not just your ordinary treadmill, the Air Runner is designed to improve running…

Real Life Heroes Being Recognized

Warning this is not about CrossFit at all! Chadwick Boseman is best known for one of his most recent roles in which he played the lead role in the Black Panther movie. The movie received great reviews and will without a doubt be one of the…

Weekly WOD Insights 6/25/18

MONDAY I did this conditioning format the last two times Nabil had programmed them. What I really like about this format is that you don't just get a taste of the row or bike, you go back to it every single minute. For those of you who need…

Hamstring Life

Hamstrings - Responsible for Knee Flexion and Hip Extension That's more of the generic definition of the responsible of the muscle group, but it goes much deeper than that. In terms of athletic performance, the hamstrings do much more. Hamstrings…

Overarching in the Squat

, ,
When it comes to gaining more insight on specific movements I have a few go to resources I like to utilize. One of these resources is Squat University. I have used them many times before in my blog posts because they put out top notch information…

Fraser Details His Regiment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvu-Llma8Go Saw this video a couple days ago on Matt Fraser detailing his regiment and a little into his mindset on the grind of training for the CF Games. Give it a watch if you have a couple minutes. I thought…