I went to a new crossfit box on Wednesday. And was actually a little surprised at how different this experience felt from the other two-right as I walked in.
It seemed crowded. No one was really chatty and I looked lost. Not only did my GPS put me in the wrong spot, I had no idea where to park or how to get to the actual front door. I was stopped by someone else looking lost and we found it together.
We did a standard dynamic warm up and then partnered up with medicine balls. I grabbed a 12 and found a partner. We did chest pass, side throws and then sit ups with passing the ball as we were sitting up. I felt my abs right away.
The one thing completely different with this box than any others, there was no olympic lifting done today. Maybe it was because it was Wednesday or maybe that's how they run all their classes.
Our WOD was Christine.
3 rounds:
500m row
12 BW DL
21 box jumps
A few notes about this WOD. We had over 12 people in class with only 4 rowers. Our coach added a run if you didn't have a row machine. I opted to run-as rowing would have taken much longer. And BW means body weight. You want me to deadlift my bodyweight for 3 rounds of 12 reps. That is insane. I ended up with 103# on my bar. And box jumps were on the 20 inch boxes for both men and women. I did do the 20 inch box.
I finished in 15:50. And couldn't stop dripping sweat afterwards. It was a tough workout. And by the time everyone was done, it was time to clean up and cash out. We had 4 sets of 10 reverse hypers on the GHD machine. After all these abs all week, I need a rest day.
I was told this box was frequented by many of firefighters, police officers, paramedics and nurses. So attendance is never constant. I would miss the olympic lifting if they never do it. I can see how you can like this box-the WODs are tough. I'm going back to my original box on Friday. I've already cancelled with them-though I paid through the end of the month. I'm going to look if there are any others near me to try out before making a final decision. Though my gut is telling me this place isn't a contender.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Box'd out
I went and checked out another crossfit box near me. I attended the Women Only WOD. It's the same WOD as the rest of the box just only women in the class.
There were 7 of us in class. And after a dynamic warm up and a 400m run, we went into burpee box jumps, jump rope and scorpions/crossovers.
The strength portion of today was a front squat. I didn't know my actual 1 rep max so I guessed 130#. After looking it up, I did 115 back in Sept. I'm thinking I've retested this and just didn't write it done. So I'm fairly close.
We did 85# for 5 reps, 105# for 5 reps and then 110# for 6 reps. It was a great quad workout. My quads were a little sore last night during spin so I'm sure they are loving me now.
And for the WOD
10 AMRAP (as many rounds as possible)
10 box jumps
10 push ups
I completed 7 rounds with 2 jumps. The goal of the push ups was to get your chest to the groun, arms and elbows next to your side and leading with your chest (ie no fish flopping). I did 2 full push ups for 3 rounds and the rest were on my knees.
And we did a cash out. Which is usually abs. We did 75 ab mat situps and then 5 10s hollow holds. My abs were screaming at the end of the workout. And it felt great.
I really enjoyed working out with all women. We were all roughly in the same shape, with people being veterans to crossfit and others being new. I would likely keep attending the Women's classes if I choose to attend here. Though they are on Tuesday and Friday. And sometimes I have to work on Fridays. I'm sure there's another comparable class that I can take as well.
I have another box to try out tomorrow. And I've already cancelled my current box-I have 30 days left that I've paid for.
There were 7 of us in class. And after a dynamic warm up and a 400m run, we went into burpee box jumps, jump rope and scorpions/crossovers.
The strength portion of today was a front squat. I didn't know my actual 1 rep max so I guessed 130#. After looking it up, I did 115 back in Sept. I'm thinking I've retested this and just didn't write it done. So I'm fairly close.
We did 85# for 5 reps, 105# for 5 reps and then 110# for 6 reps. It was a great quad workout. My quads were a little sore last night during spin so I'm sure they are loving me now.
And for the WOD
10 AMRAP (as many rounds as possible)
10 box jumps
10 push ups
I completed 7 rounds with 2 jumps. The goal of the push ups was to get your chest to the groun, arms and elbows next to your side and leading with your chest (ie no fish flopping). I did 2 full push ups for 3 rounds and the rest were on my knees.
And we did a cash out. Which is usually abs. We did 75 ab mat situps and then 5 10s hollow holds. My abs were screaming at the end of the workout. And it felt great.
I really enjoyed working out with all women. We were all roughly in the same shape, with people being veterans to crossfit and others being new. I would likely keep attending the Women's classes if I choose to attend here. Though they are on Tuesday and Friday. And sometimes I have to work on Fridays. I'm sure there's another comparable class that I can take as well.
I have another box to try out tomorrow. And I've already cancelled my current box-I have 30 days left that I've paid for.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Current thoughts on Crossfit
Everyone knows that I love crossfit. It has skyrocketed my confidence, muscle, and self esteem. I don't think I could give it up if I tried.
When I took this bootcamp coaching job, my schedule went from normal to all wonky. I love working out at my box in the AM. It's a great time for me and I loved working out with those that were there at the same time as me. Recently my box has taken one of the AM times off the schedule and replaced it with an intro class. I was super bummed. That meant I had to either get up for a 6am class if I have to teach at 9am or skip that day all together. I am schedule to go 2x a week and haven't been able to with their schedule change.
When we moved in January, I decided to keep driving to the box that we started at. Now I'm thinking I need to find a new box with times to actually fit my schedule. One closer to home and to my work. Working out in the AM is very important to me. I've emailed to other boxes closer to me about coming to check out the box before making any decisions. I do have myself scheduled for 2 classes this week (assuming I'm not asked to sub a class).
I did make it to crossfit Friday. Here was our workout:
Rope climb practice
AMRAP 12 min
3 rope climbs (12 ring rows)
12 db power snatches
9 handstand pushups
I dreaded going in a little. I can't seem to figure out rope climb. Everytime we go over it, it's for like 5 minutes and then we move on. I tried two different ways today and my feet were just not cooperating. Luckily we had a modification for the WOD. I completed a total of 5 rounds. The DB power snatches were my favorite move of this WOD. I used 15 lb dumbbell. And I really focused on the movements here. I did the handstand pushups on a box with an abmat on my knees. I'm sure I'll be feeling those tomorrow.
*a little house cleaning-I updated the title and web address of my blog to something that I actually thinks fits. So please update your readers and/or subscriptions to fitjamie.blogspot.com
When I took this bootcamp coaching job, my schedule went from normal to all wonky. I love working out at my box in the AM. It's a great time for me and I loved working out with those that were there at the same time as me. Recently my box has taken one of the AM times off the schedule and replaced it with an intro class. I was super bummed. That meant I had to either get up for a 6am class if I have to teach at 9am or skip that day all together. I am schedule to go 2x a week and haven't been able to with their schedule change.
When we moved in January, I decided to keep driving to the box that we started at. Now I'm thinking I need to find a new box with times to actually fit my schedule. One closer to home and to my work. Working out in the AM is very important to me. I've emailed to other boxes closer to me about coming to check out the box before making any decisions. I do have myself scheduled for 2 classes this week (assuming I'm not asked to sub a class).
I did make it to crossfit Friday. Here was our workout:
Rope climb practice
AMRAP 12 min
3 rope climbs (12 ring rows)
12 db power snatches
9 handstand pushups
I dreaded going in a little. I can't seem to figure out rope climb. Everytime we go over it, it's for like 5 minutes and then we move on. I tried two different ways today and my feet were just not cooperating. Luckily we had a modification for the WOD. I completed a total of 5 rounds. The DB power snatches were my favorite move of this WOD. I used 15 lb dumbbell. And I really focused on the movements here. I did the handstand pushups on a box with an abmat on my knees. I'm sure I'll be feeling those tomorrow.
*a little house cleaning-I updated the title and web address of my blog to something that I actually thinks fits. So please update your readers and/or subscriptions to fitjamie.blogspot.com
Friday, October 5, 2012
Review-Breathe Performance Bedding
I haven't done a product review before. However, I thought I would write one on these sheets.
Some time ago I developed really bad night sweats. I sleep on a queen size bed with fans blowing throughout the night (no matter the season). How my body started to sweat when I was cold, I'll never know.
I tried not drinking caffeine, wearing less clothes to bed, not having the blanket and making sure the fan was directed at me most of the time. Nothing helped. With regular sheets, I would wake up soaked with sweat and the sheets would be just gross. (TMI I'm sure)
We found these sheets by Breathe Performance Bedding and decided to try them. When I first put them on the bed I felt like they were the same material as all the race shirts we have gotten over the years. I wasn't so sure about sleeping on that material.
I woke up the next day and wasn't really impressed by the sheets. They were soft. And still similar to those race shirts. I left them on the bed to try them for a longer period of time before making up my mind.
About 2 weeks later I realized that if I did sweat throughout the night, not only were the sheets not wet, I wasn't drowning in wet clothes either. These sheets were soft and cool when you get into bed. I still sleep with the fan, more for the noise than the air. And I'm not sweating as often as I used to. I don't know if it's a change to my diet or these sheets. I know that if I do sweat, I'm still comfortable enough to keep sleeping.
It has also been really hot here in Northern CA this week, (totally not bragging) and these have kept us cool. We don't have AC so we welcomed these sheets as they help keep us cool when it's not cool outside.
Some time ago I developed really bad night sweats. I sleep on a queen size bed with fans blowing throughout the night (no matter the season). How my body started to sweat when I was cold, I'll never know.
I tried not drinking caffeine, wearing less clothes to bed, not having the blanket and making sure the fan was directed at me most of the time. Nothing helped. With regular sheets, I would wake up soaked with sweat and the sheets would be just gross. (TMI I'm sure)
We found these sheets by Breathe Performance Bedding and decided to try them. When I first put them on the bed I felt like they were the same material as all the race shirts we have gotten over the years. I wasn't so sure about sleeping on that material.
I woke up the next day and wasn't really impressed by the sheets. They were soft. And still similar to those race shirts. I left them on the bed to try them for a longer period of time before making up my mind.
About 2 weeks later I realized that if I did sweat throughout the night, not only were the sheets not wet, I wasn't drowning in wet clothes either. These sheets were soft and cool when you get into bed. I still sleep with the fan, more for the noise than the air. And I'm not sweating as often as I used to. I don't know if it's a change to my diet or these sheets. I know that if I do sweat, I'm still comfortable enough to keep sleeping.
It has also been really hot here in Northern CA this week, (totally not bragging) and these have kept us cool. We don't have AC so we welcomed these sheets as they help keep us cool when it's not cool outside.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Med Balls are the devil
Ouch!
I went to bootcamp this morning to get in a nice cardio workout. Little did I know, we would do everything with a med ball.
I picked up a 10 lb med ball. We did a tabata round of V sit ups with the med ball. Then we had 30 step ups on the bench with the med ball focusing on one leg at a time. We also did lots of running around carrying the ball.
Having that much extra weight is tough. I felt it in my shoulders for sure.
We also did another tabata round with lunges while holding the ball overhead with one arm. And then, the ever popular med ball slams. We did one arm med ball slams. Tough!
This week I had the task of taking photos for a demo. I focused on squat jumps. I took these photos with a self timer. And I had quite a few outtakes. Check out a few
I couldn't tell you if this is me leaving the ground or coming out of the actual jump. I did manage to get photos for our newsletter. I had 24 photos to sort through.
I went to bootcamp this morning to get in a nice cardio workout. Little did I know, we would do everything with a med ball.
I picked up a 10 lb med ball. We did a tabata round of V sit ups with the med ball. Then we had 30 step ups on the bench with the med ball focusing on one leg at a time. We also did lots of running around carrying the ball.
Having that much extra weight is tough. I felt it in my shoulders for sure.
We also did another tabata round with lunges while holding the ball overhead with one arm. And then, the ever popular med ball slams. We did one arm med ball slams. Tough!
This week I had the task of taking photos for a demo. I focused on squat jumps. I took these photos with a self timer. And I had quite a few outtakes. Check out a few
I couldn't tell you if this is me leaving the ground or coming out of the actual jump. I did manage to get photos for our newsletter. I had 24 photos to sort through.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
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