East Dallas CrossFit Takes On The 2013 CrossFit Open!

Posted Mar 06 2013 by Ryan Savard

John received our care package in Afghanistan! The 2013 CrossFit Open starts tonight with the first WOD being posted at 7:00pm! We have nine athletes competing each week for five consecutive weeks. EDCF is partnering up with two other local gyms to host a couple Open workouts on Saturday afternoons.[...]

2 Days Until The Open!

Posted Mar 04 2013 by Ryan Savard

East Dallas CrossFit is ready for the Open! The first WOD of the 2013 CrossFit Open will be announced this Wednesday at 7pm! Every week for the next five weeks, all nine of our athletes who have signed up for the Open will be competing every Saturday. Didn’t sign up for the Open this year? Th[...]

Posted Mar 01 2013 by Ryan Savard

Ladies Night at Mi Cocina Ladies night turned out great! A big thanks goes to Jill P. for putting it together. Fran Jam  Our first edition of Fran Jam kicks off tomorrow, Saturday, at 10am in place of the regular free class. You will be divided into heats of 6 or 8 people and there will be a 10 min[...]

Fran Jam

Posted Feb 27 2013 by Ryan Savard

We all love to hate her. This coming Saturday, March 2nd, “Fran” will show her ugly face at the gym. We will kick off the WOD at 10am in place of the normal free class. Anyone is welcome so if you have a friend who crossfits at another gym, bring them! Expect a loud atmosphere and ne[...]

Specialty Classes

Posted Feb 24 2013 by Ryan Savard

ECDF is proud to offer a variety of specialty classes outside of our regular class schedule. Olympic Lifting – The goal of this class is to teach others the technical proficiency of the olympic lifts, focusing on the snatch and clean & jerk. Feel like this is one of your weaknesses or wo[...]

Meet The Girls – CrossFit Benchmark Workouts Infographic

Posted Feb 22 2013 by Ryan Savard

Meet the Girls – Infographic designed by our very own Kelsea Everett! We took all 21 of CrossFit’s “Girls” benchmark workouts and categorized them in four groups. Group 1) Bodyweight Only – Pull-ups, Push-ups, Sit-ups, Running, Air Squats, Handstand Push-ups and Double-[...]

Get Your Roll On

Posted Feb 20 2013 by Ryan Savard

Airrosti will be here this Saturday, February 23rd, to put on a FREE foam rolling clinic starting at 11am. Get in a workout at the regular 10am time then join just for some much needed mobility work. We should have enough foam rollers but bring yours just in case. —————[...]

Running: The Barefoot Debate

Posted Feb 17 2013 by Ryan Savard

In lieu of our first official CF Endurance class, I just wanted to share some insight of mine on the topic of barefoot/minimal running. Now I don’t want to go into which choice is better for the average runner, but I would like to point out some findings I came across while researching the sub[...]