8 Rounds:
5 Burpees
10 Alt Lunge Jumps
15 Double Unders
6 x 5yd Shuttle Run
Rest 60 sec
Rx+
8 Rounds:
10 Burpee
15 Alt Lunge Jump
20 Double Unders or 10 Heavy Rope DU’s
8 x 5yd Shuttle
Rest 90
I started CrossFit in January with doubts I’d enjoy it or stick with it, but after my pregnancy I could no longer pretend I was getting anything other than t-shirts out of my 2:30 half-marathons. In my first On Ramp my partner beat up on me and crushed what little remained of my ego after having to scale my scaled pushups. This is the 5th grader who was once reprimanded by a basketball referee for playing too intensely; I have to work really hard to remember there is no “better” in yoga class. You get the idea.
I love CrossFit because it has given me something I never expected to have–a positive, healthy relationship with my body, exercise, and diet. I have spent my entire adult life in combat with the above, and it has been a revelation to learn that with CrossFit and Paleo we can all be on the same team.
Before this year exercise for me was a joyless task I completed (or felt guilty about not completing) solely to try and fend off fatness. CrossFit has given me a completely new framework–depending on the day. WOD-ing is (among other things) euphoric, clarifying, purposeful, and grounding. If I miss one of my days I regret it, yet I have never regretted a single day I’ve shown up. CrossFit gets my mind right–I need you baby! It is amazing to me that my 4-5 hours/week pay such dividends to my whole person.
I love CFES because you can learn as much as you want to learn here. I am inspired by our disproportionate number of everyday badasses and that at its root CFES is about being healthy. I love that you earn respect for performance but also for heart and commitment. I appreciate that there is room for all the different reasons we come here. I am 100% certain I would not have made half the progress of this year if you all were not always here being your dedicated, encouraging, impressive selves. And although AO will yell at me for adding weight to the bar when my form looks like shit, I know no one here is ever going to reprimand me for playing too hard. Thank you for this unexpected home.
I entered this competition to celebrate my first year of CrossFit. I finished 22nd of 100 women overall and thought I coulda shoulda performed better (read: faster) so I was disappointed with this finish. That said, I’m happy I made improvements on a few movements while preparing for the comp and I think I moved pretty well and didn’t rest. I only took one barbell to the head and one box jumping fall, so, hey–that’s a successful day of CrossFit according to my Spazstar* rubric.
Observations:
-Our coaches teach us how to move properly. Knowing how to move properly=confidence.
-I hate being watched.
-(A rookie) Crossfit (competition) is pretty boring when you’re not doing it.
Highlights:
-Feeling completely justified in eating carbs all day long.
-Getting complimented by a judge for being one of the most consistent people she saw.
-A random Carl Paoli lookalike.
