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A New Decade of SISU
Welcome to 2020! If turning the page at year end is reason for reflection on prior year goals and accomplishments, then this year in particular, we need to spend a little more…
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Plan to Succeed: Track Your Fitness
Whether Google Maps, Apple Maps or something else, everyone uses some kind of GPS map on their phone to get around, right? It’s the time we live in and most of us…
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What to Eat at the State Fair
It’s that time of year again – the Great Minnesota Get Together has arrived and with it many tasty, fried foods-on-a-stick to tempt our taste buds. While the lure of the food…
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How to Get Your First Pull-Up
Getting your first unassisted pull-up is a big deal. To be able to pull your body weight up to get your chin over the bar using only your own raw strength...that's bad… -
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Reaching Full Depth: the Importance of Range of Motion
You may hear the phrase ‘range of motion’ get thrown around by coaches at the gym. What exactly is it and why do they keep going on about it? It really all…
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SISU Transformation: Emily Peterson
About Emily I was born and raised in southern Minnesota. I grew up playing sports but really fell in love with softball, which I played for around 18 years. When I went…
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Defining a Strong Community
One of the defining characteristics of a CrossFit gym has always been the strong sense of community. From the start, CrossFit athletes have been known to rally around one another and cheer…
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When to Rx the WOD
Written by Sam Hovda Should I Rx this workout? This is a question that every coach has either heard or picked up on through an athlete’s body language. While this may sound…
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Letter to My Younger CrossFit Self
By Keith Pelatowski – SISU Member since 2014. Featured image by Meghan Pate Photography. You’re gonna walk into this CrossFit “box” called SISU one cold Saturday morning in January 2014 to very reluctantly try this crazy CrossFit thing.…
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What to Eat Before You Compete
Knowing how to eat for competition is just as important as training for competition. Fueling the day before and the day of the event can go along way in keeping you feeling…
