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***If you are judging this weekend please arrive by 7:15am for Judge’s Meeting. I will be sending out an email regarding standards, medicine but feel free to watch the video’s we put up.*** The CrossFit Oakdale Christmas Party is this Saturday at Suzy Belen’s! The party starts at 5pm – you should have enough time to go home after the Franniversay, link grab a shower, ailment take a power nap, wrap your White Elephant gift, throw on your favorite festive sweater, and head to Suzy Belen’s. If you haven’t picked up a ticket, they are $15 for adults, $12 for kids.  White Elephant gifts are a $20 limit.  The kids White Elephant is $5 if they want to participate. Workout of the Day Strength/Skill Every minute for 10 minutes, perform 3 Power Cleans 70% of your 1RM. Conditioning Run 800m 60 Chest to Bar Pullups Run 800m Yes, it’s cold....
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Beware that which looks “easy.”  And “simple” almost never means easy.  If a WOD looks simple, order or easy on the whiteboard it is usually a gut check. I have been doing CrossFit for 7 1/2 years, and these are lessons I learn over and over again.  Generally, I can look at workout and anticipate a lot things – if it’s heavy, where the breaks will come, the speed at which I expect to move, and most importantly, what it will feel like.  What “it will feel like” is a really nice way of saying where/when the pain sets in. On Sunday, I pulled a WOD from Ben Bergeron’s Competitor’s WOD site (3 RFT – 7 Thrusters, 21 KBS 53).  It seemed like a simple little burner, the reps were low, the weights were reasonable and the movements were simple.  I tacked the WOD on the end of my work...
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On Monday, information pills we will begin a strength progression known as “The Cube.”  This version is the basic one created by Brandon Lilly, a champion power lifter, with some tweaks.  The version of the Cube that we will use will focus on the deadlift, the shoulder press from the rack and the back squat.  These lifts should be very familiar to all of you, as we have done builds on all these movements in the last 10 months (some multiple times) but we haven’t tried them all in one wave. The Cube has 3 types of days: heavy days (5 sets of 2 at 80% and up), explosive days (a heavy set of 8 at 70% and up) and “rep” days (3 sets of 8 at 60%) and up.  The days are rotated through each movement, so you are never doing the same type of session in a given...
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We hope you had a relaxing holiday! We are 9 days out from the Every Second Counts Competition. If you are available and would like to help out we would love to have you! Please let us know. Heat Schedules will be out Sunday night. If you needed to change your division, this please text Alison with your team name and division at 209-345-4380. Men’s Large Tshirts are back in stock…they make great gifts! 9am – Scaled Heat – If you want to get in and get out. 9:30am Scaled/Rx – If you want to hang out for a bit before. 10am Advanced – RX ONLY   “Klepto” 4 rounds for time of: 27 Box jumps, 24″/20″ box 20 Burpees 11 Squat cleans, 145/100pounds
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We wish everyone at CrossFit Oakdale (and everyone reading this) a Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving. We will be celebrating with friends and family…two turkeys and lots of pie! Friday will be a 9am class only  – we will be doing “Klepto”. Saturday we will be closed – enjoy your friends and family all weekend long! Monday morning 5:30am will resume our regular schedule. Saturday December 7th is the Competition as well as the Christmas party. If you haven’t purchased your tickets please contact Alison. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-OqC5pxEIU&w=560&h=315]
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