After the trip from hell to the East Coast, I needed a Crossfit fix. I found it at Crossfit ToyBox, http://crossfittoybox.info, in Raritan, NJ. From the very beginning, I felt right at home. Fellow Crossfitters were very friendly and the Owner/Coach, Donna Giesler was just awesome. The day I visited was an open gym, however there was a WOD ready for those who wanted to play in the Toybox.
Donna was very knowledgeable with body mechanics and physiology. We started with a good warm up and some techincal isolation movements to isolate our back train. WOD was: KB swings and KB Thrusters followed by a shuttle run each round. 2,4,6,8,10,12,10,8,6,4,2. Finisher was 5 min EMOM 7 Burpees and max situps. Everyone kicked my butt on the WOD, but I held my own on the finisher. Can't wait to get back to visit again. Hope Donna will make it to Nor Cal to visit Oroville Crossfit.
I started CrossFit in Oroville, CA in 2008. Since then, I have gotten my family and friends started. In January 2014, with some awesome partners, we opened Oroville Crossfit. Crossfit has made such an impact on our lives, it was time to share with our community. My career requires that I travel alot. I try to take advantage of the travel to visit as many CFs as I can. So far I have visited over 70 boxes. I started this blog to share a little about each box I am fortunate enough to visit.