You may have heard the whispers over the past few days…how many miles? Ride a bike? Burpee Pullups? The day has come. I hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving because we are back at it again tomorrow morning. Friday there will only be a 9am class. It will be a doozy. Hopefully you have taken the time to think about how this WOD can be tackled. If not you have at 12 hours. 10 miles and 150 Burpee Pullups can be split up any way or scaled to whatever works for you. Some people will be riding a bike. You could ride a mile, adiposity run a mile, for sale row a mile. You can run a mile and then do 15 Burpee Pullups. You can cut it in half, you could AMRAP it. I could go on…there are many options. Brian will be talking more about it in the AM,...Read more

Wednesday CrossFit Oakdale will have a normal AM schedule, pill but we will only have 1 PM workout at 5:30pm.  This workout will be followed by a Potluck Dinner.  We hope to see you there. CrossFit Oakdale will be closed on Thursday for Thanksgiving. We will be open for 1 WOD on Friday at 9am. The WOD is “Clovis.”  Think about scaling options.  If you have any questions, page please ask a coach about scaling options. Saturday will be normal hours (9am and 10am). The One Word You Should Avoid Using.  I don’t refer to doing CrossFit as practice, buy information pills I call it training.  I know a lot of Oly lifters call their training “practice”, which seems weird to me.  I was a wrestler growing up, and one that drove me crazy was Judo guys.  They would say they were going to “play” Judo.  What?  What about getting...Read more

I lived in Phoenix, website AZ as an elementary school kid.  We were very active in sports, site but I wouldn’t say we led an “active” or fitness lifestyle.  In 3rd or 4th grade, pills my best friend was a really fast kid, and his parents were “reformed” hippies.  Our families became close, and they started a sort of family tradition.  They would do a hike in the Phoenix area the day after Thanksgiving, to work off all the food.  I’m pretty sure we hiked Shadow Mountain one year and Camelback the next.  Generally these hikes took 2-4 hours.  I distinctly remember bitching at my parents for taking us on these hikes, but looking back, I don’t think they were too thrilled either.  They did it because they knew it was good for the kids, and it was good for them.   Quick story:  At the base of one of...Read more

The week of Thanksgiving CrossFit Oakdale will have adjusted training hours.   Monday and Tuesday will be normal hours.   Wednesday will be normal in the AM.  There will only be 1 WOD in the evening @ 5:30pm followed by a Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner.  Please come out!   Thursday CFO will be closed.  Have a Happy Thanksgiving!   Friday there will only be 1 WOD @ 9am.  The WOD will be “Clovis.”  This is an extreme WOD, sick BUT IT IS SCALABLE!  I will talk more about this tomorrow.   Tricia will be coaching on Saturday, dosage with Bring a Friend at 9am and Team CFO @ 10am.   Due to the fact that the week is a little different, visit this we will take a break from our normal strength work.  The WODs may be heavy or require skills, but we’ll work those skills/scaling options into the warm-up.  This...Read more

Both 9am and 10am will be doing the same WOD, visit this the OC Throwdown Qualifier #2. AMRAP 5 30 Squat Clean and Jerks 155/100 30 Bar Facing Burpees Even getting to the bar facing burpees is an accomplishment.  If you can get back to the clean and jerks, purchase you are superhuman. At 10am, we will start with a strength session – 1 Squat Clean and Jerk, EMOM for 10. After we knock this out, I would love to play some Ultimate Football.  We can play in the rain, I would just bring some not so great shoes along with your normal training shoes.Read more