The longterm goal of CrossFit is health and wellness. CrossFit even came up with a brilliant Glassman Wellness continuum that has sickness on one end and fitness on the other. Sickness entails chronic disease – diabetes, obesity, cancer – but it also considers drug addiction, depression, eating disorders and other maladies as obstacles that can...Read More
This is not fitness related…but it is SUPER HOT out there. Last year at this time our AC went out – it was 108 and Dave Doubledee, Integrity Heating and Air Conditioning, came to the rescue with a fast response and great price. You can reach him at 209-322-3295. Workout of the Day 7 Rounds...Read More
We are looking for those interested in competing at the Oakland A’s Game on September 9th. We have a 4 person team that we need to fill. If you are interested, there will be a sign up sheet at the front desk. Tickets are $75 and that gets you a t-shirt, entry the game, and...Read More
Great work on all the PRs over the last two weeks. We had dozens of PRs on all the lifts. We will transition slightly to skill transfers to the Olympic Lifts – Clean Grip Deadlift with a shrug and Overhead Squats – in the coming weeks. But for this week, we will just do some...Read More
CrossFit at 9 and 10. Once again, we have a lot of pullups. We will discuss scaling options. Workout of the Day “Emily” 10 Rounds 30 Doubleunders 15 Pullups 30 Squats 100m run Rest 2 minutes after each roundRead More
Nice little video on the close grip bench press. We will use this lift for the next 6 weeks for 3 heavy sets of 5. I like the bench for making the shoulder and upper body nice and strong. I really like the close grip because it translates so well into the dip from a...Read More
Congrats to Jessica S! She passed here CrossFit Level 1 this weekend and is a newly minted, Certified CrossFit Trainer. We look forward to her joining the CFO coaching team and sharing her knowledge! I’ve offered some options for a gymnastics heavy workout. There may be some inside options you like to try – like...Read More
If you haven’t seen the news on Facebook, a few members of CrossFit Oakdale will be competing in the online qualifiers for the Granite Games. To sign up, click HERE. Remember the Open? It will be just like that. 3 weeks of workouts, they can be done RX, Intermediate or Scaled. This is great prep...Read More
So, I don’t know anything about this person, except she seems pretty fit. But this video illustrates exactly what I learned watching this workout over and over. I missed the first week of Regionals on the internet, but I watched a ton of weeks 2 and 3. I cannot contain my joy at how good...Read More
Alison and I were away last week – it was great to see a TON of PRs on the 3 rep work. We will keep the heavy work going this week, but now we will work some 1 rep max. Monday will be the Back Squat, Friday will be the Deadlift. Like the 3RM, there...Read More
