Lets get CROSS-FIT!

For the past 4 weeks; Monday, Wednesday & Friday I have rushed around every morning like a bat outta hell! "Carmelo brush your teeth!" "Mila get outta there!" "Isaac can you PLEASE get up!" All to get to Crossfit Oakland by 7:00am for my On-Ramp Classes.

For those of you who aren't familiar with crossfit here is the definition:

crossfit:

"CrossFit is a strength and conditioning program built on constantly varied, if not randomized, functional movements executed at high intensity." - Coach Greg Glassman

Which in my terms is... a whole lotta shit I have NEVER done before... until recently.

There are a few people I know that swear by it and I have seen their bodies COMPLETELY TRANSFORM! And after the birth of my second beautiful baby, I am in need of a transformation. I managed to get to a weight that is acceptable, to me. 140, just 3 pounds more than what I weighed before having Mila. I was doing Bikram Yoga 3-4 times a week plus running about 2 miles everyday plus going to the gym, but I am SO STUCK! I mean, I am not trying to be the thin girl. That's not me. I have curves! Thick legs and an ass which I am not complaining about. Don't get me wrong, I love them. But why is everything so flabby? I needed something more to really change my body. Get toned and tight; Be Strong; Find my muscles again; Be able to carry around my soon-to-be 20lb baby around Disneyland all day without breaking a sweat!


So for the last 4 weeks I have been running around like a mad woman trying to make it to On-Ramp training which taught mostly technique for moves like the DEADLIFT, SNATCH and JERK, all of which I have never heard of, let alone tried. But I managed to get up everyday and take in as much as possible because I know that this is what I need to get me where I want to be.


4 weeks ago, on my very first day of On-Ramp we completed this WOD:

For Time:
Run 200m
15-12-9 reps of each:
Dumbbell Thrusts
Push-Ups
Run 200m

I finished in 11:36. I was a little embarrassed. Here I was thinking I was in decent shape and I could not do consecutive thrusts (squats) or push-ups. Boy, was I in for it! Today we completed the exact same WOD. My time was 7:09. That's just shy of a 4.5 minute improvement! I feel so amazing and empowered. Never did I see myself lifting weights but I am so desperate and convinced that I won't be having any more kids so it's now or never!

Sadly, I will not be able to continue going to Crossfit Oakland because the only time of day I can guarantee a work out is in the morning. And getting my kids up at 5:45 is not the business! I feel so bad waking them up at the butt crack of dawn just so I can get my workout in. BUT I was able to find another gym closer to my house which offers a 5:45am class which  I can attend, then go and get my kids ready and get my day going. Plus, it's a tad bit cheaper, and I'm the kind of girl that can't pass up a great deal!

So next week it's a new gym and an actual WOD (Workout of the Day). Here goes nothing or should I say Here goes EVERYTHING!

                               

Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat. Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups, dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds. Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast. Five or six days per week mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as creativity will allow. Routine is the enemy. Keep workouts short and intense. Regularly learn and play new sports.
~Greg Glassman