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CrossFit Newbie circa 2014 - Runner - Rambler - Food Devourer

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Ground turkey cooked with bacon, snap peas, and jasmine rice 😍 usually what we eat nightly, and I love it. We eat out once or twice a week, but we can't afford that sh!t too often. Posts have been lacking lately, returning full force to blow up IG. ✌️

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"Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential" Churchill ✌️ #crossfit

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I still have a lot of work to do, a ton to learn, and so many improvements but it's all goooood. Life is about constantly improving yourself and I'm so determined to be the best, fittest woman on earth! 😂 ok that last part got me too, but I'm damn determined to try. Cleans, you're my bitch this week 👊 #crossfit @crossfitchelsea

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Egg whites, pepperonis, cheese. You're welcome 😬 #pizzaeggs #eggiepizza

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First CrossFit video everrrr 😱 haven't posted in a while because we've been so busy lately, but we had some time this morning at open gym to work on a few things I'm not as comfortable with! @maksanty shot this with coaches eye, so I'll probably post a slow mo eventually - hang cleans (cleans in general really) have been a sore spot for me the last 2 weeks and I'm slowly {SLOWLY} starting to put the many pieces together that create optimum form 👌 where my coaches at?! @crossfitchelsea (jk, I know y'all are getting ready to kick butt at #garagegamesone !) #practicemakesperfect #herestoprogress

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Commit

After a week of trying CrossFit Chelsea we fell hard, head over heels, in love with the workouts, skill/mind component, and the community. As noted below, we started last Saturday (February 1st) during an 'open gym' session and completed the WOD from Friday. We went to the regularly scheduled class at 6:30pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, (took a rest day on Thursday) and then continued to class again Friday and Saturday. This Saturday's class was different than our first one in that they've incorporated a new "Team WOD" that morning at 9am, how great?! We loved all of the classes during the week and especially loved the Saturday WOD because it was our first time doing a partner WOD, which was a new and exciting experience.

We thought about the pros and cons all week of committing and honestly in the end, it's whatever makes you happiest overall. I know a number of people who don't agree with CrossFit for whatever reason, trust me - I used to be on that side - but after a week of really pushing myself, learning new technique, meeting people (and coaches) who care about form and want to see you succeed, feeling giddy and excited about working out, it was difficult to justify not signing up and seeing where this takes us. We're still going to continue to run/race because we love it and if I am being honest, we like having a little extra endurance in our pocket for some of those workouts ;)

Lastly, I see a lot of speculation and criticism of form from CrossFitters. I just want to point out that injuries can occur in every sport; power lifting, running, yoga, you name it! Only you can control and prevent injuries from happening while doing something you are passionate about.

Check out what we're doing daily at their website:

www.crossfitchelsea.com

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He wants anything we are eating, he doesn't even know what it is! 😂 @questnutrition great new flavor, I devoured every last crumb! #cookiesandcream

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CrossFit - from a newb

We finally did it. We caved and tried our local CrossFit gym on Saturday. It was "open gym" so we figured that would be a great day to drop in and see what it was all about... as opposed to driving by on the daily, peering into their 6,000 square foot warehouse with turf, rings, and bumper plates galore. (I guess you can say we were envious little creepers...) We were welcomed genuinely and kindly by all members. Two members (co-owners/coaches & married) showed us around and gave us the WOD from Friday, since we looked athletic enough and have experience in the gym, we didn't want to leave without immediately feeling it and putting the work in. They took us through each move just to be sure we felt comfortable doing it and then started the clock. The workout was as follows:

For time: 70 Kettlebell swings (bottoms up) 53#/35# 60 Hand release push-ups 50 Box jumps (land and stand), 24"/20" 40 Walking lunge steps with bumper overhead, 45#/25# 30 Power snatches, 75#/55# 20 Goblet squats (kettlebell) 10 Handstand push-ups 100 Double unders

 - We slightly modified the power snatches for push press and the double unders for singles - still pretty tough for newbies I hear.

I managed to finish in 22:04 and J finished in 25:00. We were impressed and surprised at our heart rates skyrocketing throughout the workout. It was challenging but rewarding and most of all we felt accomplished. One of the most appealing parts of the workout was the different components that create and make-up the workout - you can go from strength, to agility, to balance, in one workout - instead of trotting along doing the same machines for 3-4 sets for an hour and feeling little to no push or motivation to move faster, get finished, and give it 100%. After that, soreness quickly ensued but we still had a training run to fit in for the half marathon on Feb. 16. We set out and planned for 10 miles but wound up only completing 8, after painfully trotting up and down the trail we decided it would be best not to push it and encourage the possibility of an injury.

This is going to sound silly but I always had a fear of CrossFit, so I never tried it, I actually made fun of it a little... (whoops...). Not a fear of the workouts, I knew I could push through those - but a fear that I'd actually really enjoy it and like it too much not to continue and go back for more...

As presumed, my fears were accurate. J and I went back last night for an official class with other people and enjoyed it just as much. We are going to continue going this week for the trial basis to see if we want to "make the switch" from our regular gym (which costs 5 times LESS to attend) to this CrossFit gym. The cost intimidates us, obviously... but we've also met more people that share similar interests and passion for fitness in the last two days than we have in the last 6 months of living here - so that factor weighs in on our decision a lot too. Injury worries me, but only slightly. I've read painful articles about Crossfitters who go to hard, push to far and end up blowing out their knees or some other gruesomely sounding injury (EEK!) but I hope my self control overpowers my competitiveness and I can keep myself injury free should we decide to go the CrossFit route.

I'll be sure to keep whoever is reading updated and I'd sure love to hear you thoughts on CrossFit if you have any!

[larmoyante]

A thousand moments that I had just taken for granted ― mostly because I had assumed that there would be a thousand more.

 Morgan Matson, Second Chance Summer (via milkied)

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We tried stuffed peppers for the first time a little while ago and really enjoyed them! Cut and gutted 4 large bell peppers, place them standing up in a glass 8x8 dish, then stuffed them with delicious ground turkey, Jasmine rice, more meat & topped with cheese 😋 easy to make, quick to gobble up!

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Whoop whoop, practicing handstands with @maksanty last weekend, getting there! Made a little makeshift padded wall with cables and a yoga mat. #practicemakesperfect

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Whoop whoop, practicing handstands with @maksanty last weekend, gotta start somewhere! The end is me saying awww man, because I had it then tilted ever so slightly back to our little makeshift padded wall. #practicemakesperfect

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Really?!?! I can't believe I still made it to pre-order 😁 I got carried away with work and just took my lunch break in hopes I'd still make it, whew! I am so so SO excited to try this flavor, I saw so many great pictures and things people said about these babies at the fit expo ❤️ yippieeeee 💃💃 #nowhurryupandship 📦

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Might be an odd combo to some... But this is my Saturday night lineup 💃💃 red wine, a small bowl of {REAL} iced cinnamon roll froyo, and a bedtime @cellucor cookies n cream protein shake ✌️ yum, party in my mouth times threeeee. Night y'all, early morning training run for the Birmingham Half 🏃

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Last nights fun and different workout at the end of all of my regular sets, got my heart rate up for sure! 😅 I am the type of person who has to always change it up, challenge myself, try new things, so I'm always looking for stuff to try! I usually just get my inspiration from here, see something that looks cool and I go for it! What else should I try y'all?! Tag me in any videos 😊

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Monday Monday Monday! The one and only time I'll look forward to a Monday so much ❤️ @questnutrition is releasing for pre-order their newest baby, cookies and cream 🍪 yum!

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eat all the food

it's one of those hungry all day, kinda days. I didn't bring nearly enough snacks to satisfy my hangry-ness today. J.M. and I got up around 5am and headed to the gym to squeeze in a 30 minute run, fasted cardio style. I am always more ravenous throughout the day on the mornings I wake up and tackle a workout than days I hit the snooze button 17 times.