Following the Open, medical it’s time to adjust focus in our training. As always, we’ll keep the focus on getting stronger and moving better. We’ll be squatting twice a week (back squat once, front squat once). We will hit the Olympic lifts twice per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. That’s not to say we won’t...Read More
Team CrossFit Oakdale spent Sunday cheering on Hannah W. as she took on TJ’s Gym NorCal Teen event. Hannah competed in 5 WODs on a much hotter day than expected. Hannah PR’ed her clean (100 for a 5RM!) and her mile run (with a gnarly hill thrown in for good measure). Hannah rolled with the...Read More
John Welbourn interviewed on Sportscoachradio.com. For those of you that don’t know, buy Welbourn is a former NFL lineman that created CrossFit Football. I really liked this interview as it covered everything from the growth of CrossFit, a life spent strength training and all things in between. John is a very smart, thoughtful dude and...Read More
The Oakdale Relay for Life Event is coming up this weekend. It starts Saturday April 27th at 8:30am until Sunday April 28th at 9am. We have two teams – CrossFit Oakdale and CrossFit Kids Oakdale. Both of these links can be clicked on to donate to either team…But the kids teams needs some love! This...Read More
After 5 weeks of the CrossFit Open and a weightlifting seminar, rx we’re back to a normal Saturday. 9am will be a Bring a Friend WOD. At 10am, this we will tackle the Lumberjack 20. This may use every barbell in the gym, but I’m sure we can get a lot of people through this...Read More
CrossFit Oakdale now has 2 Athletes headed to the CrossFit Games NorCal Regional Qualifier. Nick Z. qualified outright, illness and I was invited today. There are many CrossFit gyms that did not qualify any athletes, more about and we have 2! It’s just more energy and more excitement. May 24-26 at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds...Read More
With Open behind us (and the first taste of CrossFit competition for many) we can look forward to testing our fitness in different venues. I would like CrossFit gyms to operate like a Club – yes, salve we want you to train with us. But I would like all CFO Athletes to compete in some...Read More
Be Strong Athletics Podcast #2. I was a guest with Casey Hutnick on the new Be Strong podcast. We talked about the Opens as test of fitness, price picks for the the Games, site Olympic weightlifting shoes and some odds and ends. It’s CrossFit nerd stuff, but I’m a CrossFit nerd. If you actually listen...Read More
In case you didn’t hear on Facebook, try Vanessa and Bill are doing fine in Boston. Vanessa finished the Boston Marathon in 3:37, page minutes before the explosions rocked the finish line. I heard they were a block from the finish line when the bombs went off. Let’s all wish them a safe and uneventful...Read More
On Saturday, this several CFO athletes (and 1 CrossFit FTF’er) attended a weightlifting seminar put on by Charles Shipman of Be Strong Athletics. It was a great day full of a ton of information, there new ideas and theories, patient heavy lifting and most of all, fun. Charles, Danny Lehr and Casey Hutnick put on...Read More
