Oh my WOD

I am still trying to explain how the workout was tonight at Crossfit. I found a box that I just fell in love with, they are just what I was looking for. Tonights workout I consider my 1st official workout. Here was what we did:

Warm-up
400M run with high knees and butt kicks
25-sit ups
25-air squats
25- push ups

400M run
10- front squat with bar
10- overhead squat
10- back squat

The WOD today was:
30 Power Cleans
100 Burpees for time
*EMOM 10 sit ups (that means every minuet on the minuet)

OMG. My times were 3:44/14:58

I don't think I realized what the workout was going to be like when we started...but looking back on it now- what a workout!! I am quite proud of myself for making it through. It sucked- and it was awesome!

Week 1 Down!

I have my first  week of On-Ramp in the bag. I love this shit! We had great WOD (workout of the day) and learning the fundamentals. Every day we would review what we learned the day before and then learn new techniques. Next week we are learning Olympic lifts..

Its nice to just go in an work hard, let myself forget everything else and just work hard. Things are not easy there, it's hard, and I love it! There is no drama, there are not politics, there are no parents dictating what is going to happen. You just do the work.

I love Crossfit!

Just for the record

I still cannot hardly walk. Omg!!

Intro Class DONE!

Showed up for my intro class this morning and was pleasantly surprised that the coach and other person taking the class with me were there early as well. Started with a tour of the box and general explanation of what we were going to be doing today.

The warmup/stretching time we did for about 20ish min, even after doing martial arts consistently for over a year now I found they had better techniques for getting my hips to open up and got a much better stretch. I can see already how this will help me in my martial arts classes with my kicks.

After that we took some time to learn how to use wall balls, kettle bells and do a proper pushup. Sure. I got this, not that difficult. Our coach took us to the board and showed us how the workouts are listed each week and what they mean. Then he wrote our workout on the board.

7-Wall Ball
14 - Kettle bell swings
7 - pushups
6 minutes

Initially I didn't think this would be too difficult to do either, average 2 min per thing...I can do anything for 6 min. Silly newbie. This is crossfit after all, not a lazy day! By my 3rd round I was really starting to get the idea on how this works. By my 5th rotation my arms had started shaking and the pushup started to feel impossible. Our coach yelled that we had 60 seconds left and I heaved that wall ball up as hard as I could, squatting as low as I could get, suddenly those 8lb balls felt like a ton of bricks!

Whew we made it! This is no joke. I love it. I love the intensity, the challenge, the fact that you can push your body to exhaustion that quickly. I love that today I find it difficult but next week I might be able to do it better, and the next week I will do even better than that.

I signed up right away for my On-Ramp session which starts in a week. It will be 2 weeks of classes to teach me what I need to know about the movements that we do in class.

6 min. Exhaustion. My arms are still shaking 3 hours later. Awesome.

I get it. I understand now. I am hooked!

Your going to do what??

A lot of people have been asking me why I want to try CrossFit. Wondering why I would want to “waste so much time” or get involved in something new again.

Here are a few of my thoughts on that.

1.       I used to be a very good athlete. College scholarship for track-3 years, played in softball world series- twice, played sports my whole life, hockey player, martial artist

2.       I am your average athletic build, which means I can put on muscle or fat pretty easy. And it doesn’t go far. So I retain my muscles years after doing anything with them but the fat doesn’t just “fall off” when I eat good or half ass a workout.

3.       Although I love to sweat and love to work hard, I absolutely suck at pushing myself. This is probably why I loved the Army so much, they would tell me what to do and I just did it.

4.       I need the community of support. I will not lie and try to say that I can do this alone, that I would rather be alone. But when I watch the videos and hear about what a great support they give each other. I want that. No. I need that!

5.       I want to look good. I want to feel good. I want to someday, be able to do my workout in a sports bra and shorts.  I know that sounds a little egotistical but I can’t help it, I have never been the super fit girl that was comfortable in her own skin. Ever.

6.       I want someone to look at me and say if she can do it so can I.

7.       I want to inspire myself to be better than I was yesterday.

8.       I want to prove that I can. Prove that I will not give up on myself this time.

9.       I want my partner to look at me and go “wow”

10.   I owe it to myself.

I want to be seen again. I know that sounds funny, but I want people to really SEE me. I want someone to look at me with that love in their eyes and a glimmer of more. I want to be looked at like I am something to look at. I want to be worthy of that type of look. 

Right now I blend into a crowd, I am not memorable  I am not pretty with beautiful features, I am nothing special. 

I want to be. 

New day, new adventure

Well I have decided that I am going to check out CrossFit. If you have been living under a rock and don't know what CrossFit is please watch:

So I made the call the other day and schedule my free intro session with a local 'box' near my house. I get little goosebumps when I watch the above video. I want to engage in activities that will change my life. This is a group activity but individual effort. I like the idea that I get to push myself to the limit every time I work out.

I have bad habits when it comes to working out. I will get into it for a bit, find my stride for a bit, and then get bored, and I am done. This is why I am not "allowed" to sign contracts for anything because I will stop well before then. So I am my own worst enemy.

Now it is time to take my inner fire, with their ability to coach, put on my big girl pants and sweat it out.

Check out CrossFit Women

I plan to use this blog as a journal on my journey. Pictures, video maybe, and thoughts on the process.
Buckle up!