CrossFit Uncensored - Foundations

So this week Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday I started and completed my foundations classes for CrossFit. I think it's a very smart thing they do. The classes go through all the basic weight lifting techniques for CrossFit. They really stress on making sure you are doing the lifts correctly and even I was surprised at how I was doing some of the lifts wrong. There's very small tweaks you can do in your posture for example that completely put the strain from the front of your legs to the back of your legs where it should be. Probably the lift that concerns me the most is the overhead squats, it just looks like bad things can happen, but the idea is to do the lift correctly. The weight lifting is going to be interesting for me because I use to lift a lot of weight when I was young but have not done so in a long time. Will the strength come back quickly, will it take forever? I guess it does not really matter in the grand scheme of things as I'm not going to just try to bulk up, in fact I don't really want to bulk up all that much, really looking more forward to leaning out. So now that I'm done with my foundations classes I can officially participate in any class, I can't wait. I typically won't be able to go on Fridays as CrossFit Uncensored does not offer a late night class at this time but I happen to have tomorrow off so I am excited to get to my Day 2 of CrossFit.

Waiting for the next CrossFit Class

Since my next CrossFit class is not until Tuesday I decided I better not sit on my ass but instead get some cardio training in. So I went on a little over 2 mile run this evening. I probably  more or less jogged but my shins feel like they got ran over by a truck right now. I worked up a good sweat and tried to concentrate on my breathing. It felt good to get the heart rate up.

My next class is called the foundation classes and they teach you the various lifting techniques. I was told there are 3 classes for this and you have to finish the classes before doing any of the weights. I'm guessing those classes are fairly low impact since there really is no weights involved while learning so I'm planning on doing some running after the classses unitl I get to start back up which is looking like it will be on Saturday. 

In the meantime I'm also going to be watching a little better what I eat. Going to stay away from crappy fast food as best I can. Try to eat a lot of Veggies and Fruit and less Carbs. Will stay away from the sodas as best as I can too, I stopped drinking the leaded sodas a long time ago and switched to diet, but those are still terrible for you too.

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CrossFit Uncensored - My Journey Day 1

So today begins hopefully an era of change in my life. I went from being young and working out a ton holding a body weight of about 155. To getting married, having kids and ballooning up to 205, which is a lot of weight for someone with my body type.
A couple years back a friend gave me a family photo for Christmas and I was not very happy about what I saw, by what I looked like. I decided to drop some weight, which was also beneficial to the severe lower back pain I was experiencing. I got to 175 and have went up and down about 5 lbs ever since. I did this by eating a bit better and continuing to play sports. I never got back into the gym though, nor did I want too. The gym never felt right to me, over crowded, a lot of waiting, a lot of working out alone, nobody to push you, etc.

Enter CrossFit, I stopped by on Thursday to check it out, thanks to my friend Christy Linton. I could tell right away, the positive attitudes, people pushing each other, working together even though it's an individual thing. The number of people at the CrossFit gym is a manageable size and you have coaches helping you. The things that stood out right away was these people really seem to have a special bond with one another and the coaches are wonderful. They were very nice, answered all my questions and made me feel comfortable in deciding wanting to give this a go.

Today's workout started off with a 2 mile warm up run (are you f'n kidding me I was thinking) I have not ran 2 miles in a very, VERY long time. I'm committed though so no complaining. Then we did a nice stretch and warm up routine before our WOD (Workout of the Day). There were 12 of us, happened to be 6 guys and 6 girls so we split the teams boy / girl. Our workout consisted of 10 rope pull ups, 25 push ups, 30 sit ups, 20 kettle bell lifts, 30 team Burpees (belly ups), team tire flip, 10 inverted push ups, 200 meter run with a 20lb ball, team tire flip, 30 team Burpees.

I was exhausted, my partner (Kayla) was amazing and very positive, I felt great when it was all said and done. I couldn't believe I even was able to finish, I can easily say I had not worked out that hard since I was 17 and I'm 34 now. This is going to be a fun journey. I can instantly tell why many of my friends love CrossFit. It's not going to be easy (I'm sore as hell right now), but seeing the type of shape the fellow CrossFitters are in is unbelievable. I hope to make some good friends and have a great time at CrossFit Uncensored.

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So at the beginning of the year I had a resolution to lose that last 10LBS by the end of March, getting me almost to the weight I was when I was 18 years old. Well I have not lost the weight but today I decided to join Crossfit, start on Saturday. I ultimately don't really care about the weight loss, I just want my lower back pain to go away.

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