How Do I Lift When Injured? from Mark Bell.  Bell is a power lifter.  Notice he doesn’t recommend to stop training.  He recommends gear (meh), adiposity nutrition (aha!) and mobility work/preventative maintenance (duh!).  If there’s one thing I’ve learned in years of training, see when you go hard, and at a high level, injuries happen.   Would you think you could get hurt playing golf?  Tiger Woods shredded his knee by just swinging a golf club.  I’m no Woods fan, but he worked so hard at his game, he developed severe overuse injuries.  At the very least, I respect the drive.  We can say injuries are rare in CrossFit, which they are relative to other sports.  But if you keep pushing, you will develop injuries or potential injuries.  Every time I go to a Chiro or Bowen spe#t, they notice my hamstrings are very tight.  I have been lucky (knock...Read more

ATTENTION The 6am Class is now the 5:30am class.   There are some odds and ends I’d like to go over.  I’m not calling anyone out, cheap and for the most part, # dosage everyone’s behavior has been exemplary.  Keep doing what you do, physician but keep this stuff in mind.   EXTRA WORK With the kettle bell challenge in “full swing” and CFO Athletes looking to get better, we have a ton of people doing extra work.  WE ENCOURAGE EXTRA WORK.  You are doing a great job with this.  Please remember our priority is the class that is taking place.  Classes get first dibs on equipment.  Once again, people do a great job of doing their extra work as not to be a distraction.  Grunting, crashing weights while a class is warming up, etc.  Stuff like this happens, but remember this is everyone’s time.  This can be an issue...Read more

There are NO SATURDAY MORNING CROSSFIT CLASSES at CrossFit Oakdale on 8/11/2012. We will be rafting at Knights Ferry.  All the tickets are sold, information pills so if you don’t have a spot, you’ll have to wait until next time.  It’s a 20 minute drive from the gym to Knights Ferry. We will meet at 8:30am in the rafting lot (the first lot on the left as you enter – there will be a crowd).  We need to consolidate coolers and set up seating assignments. Alison will have waivers, but you can fill them out from raft adventure.com. Make sure you wear shoes that will stay on your feet and get wet, clothes that can get wet and plenty of sunscreen.  Feel free to bring food and drinks.  Make sure you hydrate – it’s hot today, and it will only be hotter tomorrow.Read more

  ****Schedule Change***** Monday, doctor Wednesday and Friday’s 6am class will become 5:30am classes starting Monday August 13th. No class this Saturday, # 60mg August 11th – We will be rafting in Knight’s Ferry. If you have purchased tickets, or plan on meeting us their in your own kayaks, I am planning on being at the Knight’s Ferry parking lot at 8:15am. I am pretty crazy about being on time/early for things, (never ask me what time you should get to an airport) but the ADVENTURE starts at 9am. Make sure you wear shoes that stay on your feet and you don’t mind getting wet. We can bring coolers in the raft. You can also bring food to have after for lunch and we can spend some time in the beloved river sans raft. Give me a call with any questions. We have a pretty sizable group going, so it...Read more

I have a sweet tester workout that I would like to run next week.  I’m planning to run it Friday next week, recipe so think about how you would like to attack it. It’s called “Minute by Minute”, # 40mg and I’m blatantly stealing it from Freddy Camacho’s gym, CrossFit One World in Union City, CA.  The movements (hang power snatch, box jumps, pullups, pistols, HSPU, doubleunders and hang power clean) are relatively simple and well known to you, but on the day we do the WOD, we won’t have time to review everything like we normally do. I would ask that you review the movements, and have a plan going in.  In regard to the weightlifting portions, this is probably not the time you will set PRs, as you will have to work smart and quickly.  You will need to prioritize your strengths and weaknesses.  As always, scaling is...Read more