Monday was my first "official" CrossFit workout. (Last week I did the intro sections, remember?) Anyway, nothing could have prepared me for that workout, except a year or more of additional intro sections. That was rough. And I wasn't expected to do what everyone else was doing, but it's in my nature to at least try. First, the warm-up is a mini-workout in itself. It consists of rowing, running, skipping, jumping, squatting, push ups, sit ups and an exercise they like to call "Superman." Yes, that is the JUST the warm-up.
Then, it was on to the strengthening portion of the show. We alternated between swinging a kettleball and pull ups. Obviously, my 219-pound self can't do a pull up, so I did ring rows (You basically lean back, hang on to two rings and pull yourself up). Nope, we're still not done. The last part was conditioning. We were supposed to do five rounds of eight squats with a heavy weight and then run 200 meters. They gave me a modified routine; I was supposed to walk instead of run. That helped, but it still killed me. I almost passed out afterward. And I know you're thinking I'm being dramatic, but, no, I really almost passed out afterward.
I did learn a valuable lesson about knowing my limits. My natural inclination is to want to be able to do what everyone else can do with little-to-no preparation or experience (My career as a pianist lasted about a month because I couldn't improve quickly enough). I'm not going to give up this time because I know I can do this and I already saw a drastic improvement from Monday to today. For example, I didn't feel like I was dying after the warm-up. I did the strengthening exercises (wall squats and more ring rows), taking only slightly longer than everyone else. And I did my modified workout (they ran 400 meters and rowed for 500; I walked and rowed 250 meters). It wasn't so bad. And no killing myself.
Overall, I'd say it was a good day. And one day I'll be able to do a pull up. I swear.
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