Mune is traveling to Orlando, FL to compete in the USA Powerlifting (USAPL) Raw Nationals this Friday, August 19. She competed in a USAPL meet that took place in Southern California in February, which earned her entry to the National competition tomorrow. Since February, Mune has been training four days a week without fail to […]
One of the coolest things about training such a diverse group of people at CFO is learning interesting facts about all of you, in particular when those facts have to do with something that’s happening outside of our gym, or the world of CrossFit. For example, who knew that Josh, one of our 7pm class […]
This morning at Uptown, to cap off the conclusion of Oakland Strong’s first 10-week training cycle, three members of Uptown, Ashley, Beth, and Sarah, took part in a friendly (unofficial) Olympic Lifting meet. In the sport of Olympic Lifting, you get three attempts to find your 1-rep max snatch, and then 3 attempts to find […]
As we posted a couple days ago, we’re going to be doing Femme Fit prep workouts for the next four Saturdays, from 11am to 1pm, leading up to the competition. If you’re doing Femme Fit, take advantage of these sessions. But even if you’re not doing Femme Fit, but are interested in competing at […]
Just in case you didn’t notice…we have a new website! This is something we’ve been working on behind the scenes for a while. Check it out, look it over, and get to know it. And welcome to the new CFO website!
Ladies in fighting shape for Femme Fit 2011
Are you signed up for Femme Fit 2013? Want some specialized training geared to prepare you to do your best in competition? We have it here!
Whether you are training for Femme Fit, want to support the FF ladies, are interested in another upcoming competition, or just want to keep yourself in competitive form — we have some fun Saturday workouts ready for you!
Join us for the next four Saturdays from 11am – 1pm on 7/13, 7/20, 7/27, 8/3. Your two hours will include some if not all:
From Coach Arnold: Practice and work out in a group setting alongside your other CFO Femme Fit competitors. We will refine your technique on the snatch and clean and jerk, practice with the sandbag, and do running/sprinting/prowler work to prepare you for the actual workouts. Basically prepare you to kick ass at Femme Fit.
Let us know if you have any questions or just show up on Saturday to get started. Go CFO!!
Hyo getting after her wall balls in Open Workout 13.3
There’s a great team competition coming up on the weekend of Aug 31-Sep 1: The Moxie Madness Affiliate Championship. This is probably going to be the largest team competition around, certainly in Northern California.
Moxie Madness is a 2-man, 2-woman team competition. And there are three categories in which teams can compete: Advanced, Novice, and Masters.
You can enter one team in each category per gym, and since we now have two different Affiliates under the CFO banner (Emeryville and Uptown), that means we could potentially enter up to 6 teams. That would be awesome!
The cost for the 4-person team is $260 ($65 per person). And I’ve heard from all who’ve participated in this team event in the past that it’s a blast.
Registration opened up on July 1st, and spots are apparently going fast. If you’d like to be a part of one of the teams, email us immediately so we can get the wheels in motion.
For more information, as well as to register a team, go to the Moxie Madness website. And to keep up-to-date with the latest information, check out the Moxie Madness FB page.
Michelle and Katie showing their appreciation of the fire service
Tomorrow’s workout is in honor of the 19 firefighters who tragically lost their lives fighting the wildfire in Yarnell, AZ.
Our hearts and prayers go out to the family and friends of those young men who courageously put their lives on the line fighting the 8,400 acre fire in the desert of Arizona, just south of Phoenix.
We have quite a few firefighters who we’re fortunate to train here at CFO, so this tragedy hit close to home. We’re thankful for all you do every day.
I can’t do what ‘cuz I’m pregnant??
Due to construction on the building, we must close Uptown on Friday July 5th, Saturday July 6th & Sunday July 7th.
There will still be a 6am class at Uptown TOMORROW July 4th, but the doors will not re-open until Monday July 8th @ 6am.
Don’t despair — you can still get your WOD on in Emeryville which will be running a regular schedule Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
We apologize for the late notice and for any inconvenience this might cause.
Every once in a while, we just like to throw up impressive feats of strength on the website. It’s even better when it’s someone who coaches and trains at CFO.
This past Sunday, Max Aita, who many of you know or have probably seen coaching his lifters in the back of CFO, demonstrated that besides being a great coach of the lifts, he can also perform the lifts himself (that’s putting it mildly!). He competed in a powerlifting meet on Sunday, where he weighed in at 219 lbs. And he managed to squat, as you can see in the video above, 705 lbs! Nothing like squatting more than three times your bodyweight! And to top it off, it was also an IPL world record for his weight class (the IPL is one of the international powerlifting federations out there).
Strong work, Max!
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