Happy New Year’s Eve!

Coaches Shane and Laura Sweatt teaching the CFI Staff about Power lifitng | CrossFit Power lifting Certification

1.11.2014 Saturday 9AM – 11AM | Whole Life Challenge Prelims 2014

02.01.2014 Saturday 10:30AM – 12PM | CFI Rowing Clinic with Coach Carlos

02.15.2014 Saturday 9AM | Valentine’s Day Massacre Couples/Partner Thrown Down

02.16.2014 Sunday 10AM | Whole Life Challenge 2014 Mid-Challenge Feast/Brunch

02.23.2014 Sunday 9AM-12PM | Olympic Weightlifting Clinic with Roger Nielsen Spots are limited 10-15 Athletes

03.08.2014 Saturday 9AM-11AM| Whole Life Challenge 2014 Finals

04.06.2014 Sunday 9AM-12PM | CFI Total – Power Lifting Meet

05.11.2014 Sunday 9AM-10AM | Mommy and Me | Mother’s Day WOD

05.24.2014 Saturday 9AM | Memorial Day TEAM Murph WOD

06.15.2014 Sunday 9AM | Who’s Your Daddy – Father’s Day WOD

06.27.2014 Friday 8:00PM | Captain America’s Birthday – Happy Hour Landmark Bar and Grillle Northbrook, IL

Workout of the Day

In teams of two, with only one teammate working at a time, complete the following as quickly as possible:
1200 Meter or Row
50 Pull-ups
100 Push-ups
200 Squats
1200 Meter or Row

(The above tasks are totals for the team of two. Partition reps as you see fit, but only one partner can be working at any given time.)

Lighten Method Sumo Deadlift

Resistance is a key factor when you look at any successful training system. You have to learn how to accommodate resistance. There are various tools that can help you with this resistance accommodation. Weight releasers, chains, bands, and different specialty bars can all be used. When you learn about all of these different tools, it… [Continue Reading]

13 Best Strength Training Articles of 2015

Another year has come and gone at ConjugateFitness, and the people have spoken… In this post, we’ve pulled together the 13 most popular articles on the ConjugateFitness blog in 2015. Yep… this is the stuff you can’t miss out on. Coming in #1 (by far) is… #1 – [Swipe] ConjugateFitness Best Special Exercises So… how do we… [Continue Reading]

13 Hamstring and Knee Injury Mistakes

Louie Simmons has created the strongest gym in the WORLD Westside Barbell®. That being said he is constantly evolving his coaching knowledge and training methods. In today’s post, we share Louie Simmons’ Podcast on the importance of developing a strong posterior chain. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN – 13 HAMSTRING INJURY PREVENTION MISTAKES: Lack of… [Continue Reading]