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Functional Movements
At the Crossfit level 1 certification I attended 2 weeks ago, I was lucky to listen to an introductory lecture by Adrian Bozman, one of Crossfit’s Master trainers. One really cool topic he hit on was...
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Free movie, Healthy snacks, and Healthy Info
Get your popcorn ready! Nathan’s new gym, CrossFit Adventure, is hosting a free movie night as part of their soft opening this weekend. They will be showing Food, Inc. at 7pm this Friday, Oct. 1. They...
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Youth Strength Training
Andrew, Ryan, Jake, and Nick reviewing the basics of the back squat with dowels. Despite previous concerns that children would not benefit from strength training or that the risk of injury was too...
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A Well Deserved Vacation
As you all know, Nabil has finally taken a much deserved vacation. As he is probably hitting up the waves, climbing up coconut trees, making a WOD out of surfboards, expanding his coffee addiction to...
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Sweat Shop Tunes
DJ Hollywood, aka Josh White has provided the Sweat Shop with some quality workout tunes. Sweat Shoppers, it’s about that time for some new tunes! By now you should probably know all the lyrics to...
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Happy Meal Art Project
Here’s one for any of you that still eat McDonald’s and other fast food. If you’ve seen Fast Food Nation, you’ll know that the McDonalds chain’s offerings have got a whole lot of icky ingredients....
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Over the past 5 months, teams from Diablo Futbol Club have been training hard at the Sweat Shop. Nabil and I are pleased to see the high-level improvements in strength, explosiveness, and endurance in...
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Stretching Before Competition
For some time, coaches have advocated the use of static (non-moving) stretching prior to practice and competitions to prevent injury. Although static stretching seems like a great thing to do for ones...
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Dangerous Energy
Red Bull, Monster, Rockstar. You see these energy drinks everywhere. Grocery stores, gyms, gas stations, and even school vending machines all have them. Unfortunately, these drinks are quickly getting...
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Travel WODS
Nabil resting after a gruesome set of “side-planks” while on the velvet grassy knoll of Maui. As the holiday season comes near, many of you will be traveling to visit family and friends. Personally,...
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