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From the Archives: Beware of the Sexy Metcon

Originally posted back in 2010, then again in 2011, there have been a lot of new members to the Sweat Shop since then, and since us coaches feel strongly about this, I’m posting this again. Although...

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Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger?

I came across this interesting TED talk by David Epstein recently. This talk touches upon sports performance technology as well as human physiology and its impact on sporting achievements throughout...

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Box Jump and Achilles Health

Are box jumps evil? For sometime now, whenever there is a workout with box jumps, you’ve probably heard me say during the WOD briefing, that I recommend “jumping up, and stepping down”, to reduce or...

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Drop what? Drop SETS!

Doug with the RAW strength! Lately, you may have noticed the sudden frequency of drop sets being incorporated into our weekly programming. For those of you who are unfamiliar with drop sets, we are...

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Winter is Coming: Time to Up Your Warm Up Game

Cool sunset as the season changes – Rowena during last week’s Strict Pullup, Burpee, Run workout While we still have a ways to go before winter, and the winters here in the Bay Area are pretty mild...

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Bigger Than Fascia

Camilo. The happiest foamroller-ER ever!  One of my favorite, yet difficult, exercise physiology related books I’ve read has to be Anatomy Trains by Tom Myers. To keep it simple, Anatomy Trains maps...

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The Sweet Spot: 80-90%

We we’ve talked a lot about the importance of hanging out around 80-90% of our 1RM when it comes to strength training and olympic lifting. Very rarely do you see us program 1 rep maxes, and in EMOM...

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Hypermobility

Matty boy demonstrating some great shoulder mobility in the jerk. —CrossFit Open Reminders— Use Zen Planner schedule found here (or by clicking CrossFit Open logo on right sidebar), to reserve your...

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How Long Does It Take To Lose Skills?

Muscle ups are definitely in Seth’s skill “Wheelhouse”. I saw this good read a couple days ago on how we learn skills and how we can temporarily lose them. It gives a pretty cool description of the...

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Pacing Practice During this Week’s Workouts

Basil staying calm and relaxed during a metcon So last week, as we wrapped up the CrossFit Open, I mentioned how I learned (or was once again reminded), the importance of pacing.  But this year, a big...

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