Fit Whit tries Crossfit

Today I tried something a little different. The coach has me doing two sessions of strength training this week and Evan suggested I give Crossfit a go. He's been going for a few months and seems to be enjoying it even though he comes home and complains about being sore from head to toe... For some reason even with that knowledge, I decided it was still a good idea and once I got the OK from the coach, I was in.

I convinced Evan we should go to the earliest class available - at 5:30AM. That meant we should have gotten up around 4:15-4:30 to make it but in reality we both woke up at 3AM and were pretty much awake until it was go time.

The WOD: "Space Jam"

Warm Up:

Shoulder Progression
Lateral Drills
Barbell Warm up/Breakdown

Strength:
4×8 push press/barbell row

WOD: “Space Jam”
20 Rounds for reps of :30on/:30off
5 Burpee to Target
5 Box Jump
5 Wallball Shots

Mobility:
Back FR
Quad Lax
Lat Band

First off, everyone was SO NICE. The instructors and other gym members all came up and introduced themselves at some point during the workout. They were pretty patient with me and very helpful which was nice because I had no idea what I was doing.

Warm Up:

Prior to the warm up that was listed they had us do 5 minutes of light cardio. This was good because I was freezing so we spun it out on the stationary bikes. After that it was a nice, easy warm up that loosened up the shoulders and got the blood flowing.

Strength:

Since I had never done a push press before I decided to play it safe and start with a really low weight of 25 lbs. Evan and the instructors gave me lots of advice on my form. I got through a set and it was far too easy so I went back for the 10 lbs plates bringing it up to 35 lbs. I got through another set and decided to try upping it a little more with two 2.5 plates but that proved to be a little too much for the push press. I made it to 7 and just couldn't get my arms to go all the way up on the 8th. I was keeping the weight the same for the barbell rows and that was ridiculously easy.

WOD:

These three exercises seem innocent enough but man, when you are trying to beat the clock they can really take a toll on you. I used a very short box (basically a step stool) and a light ball and I was still dying.

One set in I felt fine. Cut to four sets in and I was shaking and slowing. I could barely get five burpees done in thirty seconds and then I would knock out the box jumps and wallballs in the next thirty seconds. I probably managed nine sets by the end. 

Post WOD:

My arms are dead, I had trouble lifting them to wash my hair.

My knees are bruised from the burpees. My lack of upper body strength causes my descent to be rather uncontrolled...more like a fall really and after a few sets I didn't have the energy to pop back up so my knees took a beating.

My brain is tired. Seriously it feels fuzzy with lack of sleep. Fuzzy brain.

Even with all that, I am looking forward to going back next week!

...and because I have no pictures from the workout, here is a picture of Isis and Zo. :)

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