The classes go like this. Get there..do a warm up. Do the Workout of the Day (WOD..and pronounced "wad"). Do some stretching, go home. Ok Cool. Got to see the gym, get a little info about the history of Crossfit. Basically it's about doing a huge variety of things for overall fitness; specializing as little as possible. Which is really what our bodies are designed for. Sounds good to me. Plus I'm pretty into the whole minimalist style..lifting shit, dragging shit, throwing, pulling, pushing. Makes me feel very primal and someday, I'm hoping, very badass.
Everyone was really friendly. I immediately felt welcome and comfortable there. So that's cool considering I'm going to be exhibiting my lack of physical conditioning in front of a bunch of other people on a regular basis. It's a very supportive and encouraging environment. But with enough pressure to really make you want to push yourself and do better.
So I did the Baseline Workout. That is:
500M row
40 Squats
30 Situps
20 Pushups
10 Pullups
My times:
Row - 2:00
Squats - 3:40
Situps - 4:34
Pushups - 5:47
Pullups - 11:12
The row was cake. I'm 6'3..that's supposed to help. Started getting pretty tired on the Squats 40 is a lot. The situps were easy. I got about half way through the pushups and then my arms started to feel like jello. Took a couple breaks and finished them. The pullups, which are my strong suit since I've bouldered decent amount, were fucking impossible. I did two. 2! Before I needed to rest. I did the final 8 over the next 5 minutes. I could probably stand to lose 10lbs. And my endurance sucks. My instructor thinks I might be able to get this time down under 5 minutes after the month long, 12 session, On Ramp program. I'll keep you posted.
