WHO’S WHO at CFO By TW As usual, pharm I am excited for WHO’s WHO so, # dosage without any further to do, physician allow me to introduce PETE ANDERSON. How were you introduced to CFO? When did you realize CrossFit was for you? My son plays baseball with Denny’s boy Brody. I was asking Denny questions about CF and he’d always tell me to go in and try a WOD. A couple of months later I finally dragged my butt in there. The WOD that day was “Helen” and it thoroughly kicked my ass. It took about 6 weeks to get hooked. When I would read Brian’s blog about the next day’s WOD before going to bed and then lie there awake most of the night strategizing, I knew I was all in. What is your first impression ? Some really cool people working really hard. One time at...Read more

The heat schedule for tomorrow is below. If you registered online, dosage you are definitely set in a heat. If you only said you were attending on Facebook, help we were unsure if you only liked the event or wanted to participate. If you did neither or just Facebook, no worries, we can set you up for a heat once you get here. It is a 14 minute workout out and we will run heats every 20 minutes. The first three heats are booked, but after that there are spots. We are treating this like the Open which means we might need you to judge.  BRING CASH – we have AWESOME prizes that have been donated for this fundraiser. Raffle Tickets are $1 each or 12 for $10.  Special thanks to those who supported this fundraiser –  Golden Valley Awards – Fuel For Fire – Perfectly Posh & Scentsy by...Read more

We can’t wait for Hewell.  We will have a heat schedule up on FB and the Blog on Friday night, stuff all other heats will be sign up on the day of the event. We have a TON of cool raffle prizes:  CrossFit Games gear, a camping basket, a law enforcement basket (courtesy of GSA), a Pamper Yourself basket, a Rogue T Shirt, Caffeine and Kilos Coffee, CrossFit Oakdale gear and more.  All proceeds will go to the Hewell family. Tickets are $1 each or 12 for $10. Workout of the Day For time: 225/155 deadlifts, 21 reps Run 400 meters 225/155 deadlifts, 18 reps Run 400 meters 225/155 deadlifts, 15 reps Run 400 meters 225/155 deadlifts, 12 reps Run 400 metersRead more

So we’re focusing on the Snatch – that is going to mean skill transfer exercises.  The first one we will use, price and one that I believe will be of great benefit to many of you, this web is the Snatch Balance. Review the video of Coach Burgener and his daughter Sage from their garage.  I love these videos, website like this as they have been around for years, well before CrossFit blew up.  I would watch the over and over again, at a time when I truly did not understand the nuances of the lifts.  I remember watching videos of different lifts, and not being able to identify what the difference between a power and squat, or full version, of a lift was. The Snatch Balance will be good for many types of lifters.  It will develop confidence to get under the bar, or if you land with soft...Read more

CrossFit Oakdale lost a friend today.  Ericlee Gilmore lost his brief battle with cancer this morning.  I met Ericlee through the originally small competitive CrossFit circuit in 2010.  I’m a cynical guy, healing and it’s rare that you run into someone that is actually as earnest and caring as they appear.  Ericlee was that man.  He cared deeply about others, prescription dedicating years of his life to the people of Haiti and the ministry that was founded by his grandfather.  Ericlee held various fundraisers for Haiti, many of which CFO athletes attended and participated in. Ericlee brought his family to CFO from Fresno to participate in the final WOD of the 2012 Open.  Ericlee made the long drive to Oakdale only to hop out of the car and bang out some thrusters and pullups, PR’ing his 12.5.  You may have seen Ericlee competing at last years Franniversary with my good...Read more