Push It

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The push up is one of the most well known exercises you can find. The act of doing a push up, is essentially holding yourself in a plank position facing the ground, then lowering your body toward the ground by  flexing your elbows and extending…

Skills: Before, During, After

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These guys love working on skills before ,during, and after the party! Look at those faces! After our class warm-up and whiteboard briefing, you'll often here the coach say, "if you need any modifications or substitutions come chat with me".…

Training Through Injuries

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If I had a dollar for how many times I have been told or have read that CrossFit is dangerous, I would be free of all my student loans. The truth of the matter is any physical activity we engage in carries an inherent risk, you just have to…

Rest Days Mental Gains

We've heard it before, rest days are just as important as your workout days. Finding the balance can be tricky, if you're an adrenaline junky like me. I've found myself training 10 days in a row without realizing it, only to feel my body and…

Biomechanics of Strength Training Seminar

Ok Sweat Shoppers, here is a great opportunity to work with someone extremely knowledgeable in human biomechanics.  Matt O'Neill, or as Bri likes to refer to him as, "Mobility Jesus", is having a seminar at SPS in Oakland on Saturday Sept.…

Extra Credit

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By now everyone has probably seen the Sweaty Swag board at the gym.  Originally intended to give props for personal records it has also been really useful for helping hold people accountable for extra credit work.  While James had the idea…

Strength Primers

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We all know that a good warm up is necessary to have a good workout. We need to make sure we spend ample time preparing our bodies for the movements we are about to execute. This may include mobilizing certain joints, stretching or activating…

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…

Back Squat vs. Front Squat

Over the years I've gotten these two questions quite a few times.  "what's the difference between back squats and front squats?".... and, "which is better?"  Someone recently asked me this question again, so when I saw a post from Breaking…