Crossfit-o-liscous

For over a year, I have been in tune with Crossfit, the workouts that bring out the blood, sweat and tears. Their website has a workout of the day (WOD), and for religious followers, their athleticism and strength is amazing. I am far from religious. I watch more of the WOD's than I actually perform, watching with my jaw dropped in disbelief that these folks are doing what they are doing. I have done some of the workouts here and there, but only a few times per month. 

My New Year's Resolutions this year were to: A) Try new things and to B) Perform one unassisted pull-up from a dead hang.  The latter all motivated by the Crossfit workouts. Last night I went the only Crossfit gym in the state which fulfills both resolutions. I tried something new and I did pull-ups (assisted as we did like 50 of them).

I went with the amazing Jen L., a woman I highly respect and a fabulous athlete. She was a good sport trying Crossfit for the very first time. She was a champ and her kipping pull-ups looked beautiful by the end of the night. Having a buddy there made it ten times more fun and 20 times less intimidating.

The workout was named "hamberguesa", which made me think of what my muscles might look like after the session. Workout: 10 pull-ups, 15 push-ups, 20 squats, 200 meter sprint, 15 pull-ups, 21 kettle bell swings, 400 m sprint, 50 wall ball squats, 400 meter sprint, 21 Kettle bell swings, 15 pull-ups, 200 m sprint, 20 squat, 15 push-ups AND 10 pull-ups. Did I say we did this AS FAST AS WE COULD?????  I finished in 17 minutes flat. You then post your times on a board to compare.....I was happy with that. AND, better yet, I feel great today.

I might be addicted. Might be my new thing. Jen liked it too. There are opening a new facility in a couple of weeks. Super exciting. The link to the Eden Prairie facility is here! They offer a free one hour introductory session which is what Jen and I did. There were people of all shapes and sizes working their butts off.  If you are looking to try something new, this is definitely worth checking out. Good Luck! Oh yeah, tell em' I sent ya!