#crossfit beginner

[wakeuphealthy]

So the crossfit gym I just joined has an app for the class schedules and workout of the day and you add a profile picture.

This is the picture I used. Just don’t tell anyone this is from like 3 years ago 😂😂

Thank goodness there isn’t a rope at the gym because if someone was like OH YOU CAN CLIMB A ROPE RIGHT I would die on the spot ☠️☠️

[trying2changeagain]

Ah this title is apt.

Although ti be honest, I've actually made changes I've been consistent with, mainly stepping the hell out if my comfort zone and joining crossfit in September.

The only problem is, as soon as I start to get in the swing of things I pull a muscle, or twinge my back, something. Something that sets me back and frustrates the hell out of me.

Anyways the plan is to start writing again, document the success so that when I'm feeling like crap I can read back and see progress.

Or make goals

Like the one I set last week - to stop obsessing over how many people have booked into a class. Nah, if I know I can make one the plan is, book in,then dont look again. Just turn up. Seriously wish I didn't over think everything.

[fitabouts]

Basic CrossFit Exercises for Beginners

The basics of the CrossFit exercises program are the same for everyone, regardless of your sex or age. This is the way you do the program that changes. CrossFit training is classified as functional training and is an excellent total body workout for anyone

The basics of the CrossFit exercises program are the same for everyone, regardless of your sex or age. This is the way you do the program that changes.

CrossFit training is classified as functional training and is an excellent total body workout for anyone. While you may have seen many men taking part in this type of exercise, it really is a great workout for women!

For women or someone…

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[kram-ulfur]

Tendon and hamstring health

One of the really cool things about my gym is that there’s a yoga class which doesn’t count towards class limits, and I actually enjoy it which is very new. Not many people go so it means I get to have a lot of time on my weaknesses and sore parts.

A new thing I learned is that the weird discomfort in the back of my knees is probably to do with my hamstring tendons. She told me that a lot of people start crossfit, get excited, and train super hard, and the muscles get stronger and bigger before the tendons do. Which means you can overdo it on your tendons. And especially because I’ve been really strong before, my muscles get bigger and stronger faster than someone who’s never done anything before. Recommendations for strengthening tendons:

Protein to help growth.

Practice full extensions with no weight.

Stretch

Massage

Band work.

Warm up

Omega 3.

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[markpassman]

Finding the Right Box: Which Crossfit Affiliate is Right For You?

A few weeks ago I began a process of reverse engineering who I am and what I need when it comes to fitness. After much analysis and introspection I realised that the best thing to suit my personality when it comes to fitness, could be Crossfit.

So, having never really done Crossfit before, I began my research.

I began the same way everyone else does, by going to the interwebs. The consensus seemed to be that you should look for good people/community, and good coaching. For some reason every blogger, vlogger, or internet person also recommended going to a box (that’s Crossfit parlance for a gym) and checking out their toilet. Was I going to spend large amounts of time in there expelling bodily fluids? Thankfully no, it happened to be a sign of how well the box was run. If the toilet was nice and clean, that indicated good attention to detail. A badly maintained toilet...kinda speaks for itself.

So now that I had a better idea of what to look for, I needed to find boxes.

Let’s be honest, if there wasn’t a box close by, I wasn’t going to go. Thankfully I was able to find a few that I could evaluate by using Yelp and Google with good reviews.

Disclaimer: I’m not going to name all the boxes I evaluated because I have no desire to throw shade at businesses. I evaluated them all for my personal tastes and requirement and this is no reflection on how they might work for others. Do your own research and find what box is right for you.

Box 1: My wife and I emailed the box and explained we were considering doing Crossfit, were in the process of trying to find the right box and wondered if we could come to a class to evaluate. We attended the 5:30am class since that was probably going to be the class that would fit into our schedules.

We arrived, met the coach who split his time between putting the class through the workout and talking with us at the back of the class. The box itself was large and impressive. However, we watched in dismay as many of their athletes performed movements with awful form while the instructor chatted with us without any correction. There was also an odd atmosphere to the class. There was very little interaction between the athletes. Although a Crossfit class is never going to be a quiet experience with all the barbells clanging and loud music, the athletes seemed to be working in near silence.

We didn’t even bother checking out the toilets.

Box 1, No way

Box 2: We emailed and asked permission to attend a class via email very similarly to our experience with the first box. This box had great reviews on Yelp and Google so although it was in a slightly more sketchy part of town, we were excited to go and see what it was like.

We were warmly greeted by the owner who was also running the class we were going to watch. He explained how the box is run and his philosophy on exercise, then excused himself to run the class. Although he made a few corrections to form for his athletes, he missed a lot of bad, almost verging on dangerous form because he was interacting with other athletes. He did a fantastic job of creating a warm and friendly atmosphere and the athletes seemed to genuinely enjoy both his company and the workouts.

The toilet was spotless.

Box 2. Closer to what I expected, however form was still an issue. That’s a deal breaker.

Box 3: We went through the same email introduction as before. No response 

Seriously?

Box 4: Introduced ourselves via email as before and attended a 5:30am class. We met with the owner and chatted before the class about what to expect and their ethos. Then something odd happened. Three different athletes came up to us while we were talking to the owner and introduced themselves and welcomed us to the box. It seemed sincere, but the cynical side of me assumed that it was a set up. Later I thought, at least if it was a set up, at least they cared enough to go to the trouble of doing it. The other boxes couldn’t even be bothered. Upon hearing this mammoth amount of overthinking, my wife promptly told me to stop being ridiculous and just accept it for the positive it was.

The owner started the class, then returned to talk to us; my heart immediately sank. No wonder Crossfit has such a bad reputation for awful form. No sooner had I completed my thought than he had broken off our conversation to correct someone’s form. He had been talking to us, but facing the workout and spotted someone leaning too far forward on a squat. It wasn’t awful form by any means, but he was on it. He broke off several more times during our chat to tweak, encourage and correct. When it was called for, he excused himself and went over to work on things one on one.

I was impressed. 

At the end of the workout the athletes began filtering out to start their day. Several came to say hello and the ones that introduced themselves at the beginning of the class returned to ask what we thought. Several of them spoke in glowing terms about their experience with the owner and the community within the box itself.

I checked on the toilet as a mere formality. It was spotless.

Box 4. The clear leader, by a country mile, and then some.

Just so we didn’t get swept away on a wave of emotion, we checked out a fifth box.

Box 5: We attended a class and were impressed by the coaches and the box itself. There was plenty of space and equipment for athletes. The coaches were friendly and seemed knowledgeable. They corrected form in places, missed small issues in others but overall were pretty good. The atmosphere however, felt cold. No one came to say hello and there didn’t seem to be much interaction between the athletes.

Box 5. If we hadn’t seen box 4, this would’ve been a contender.

Since box 4 was the clear winner. I started looking at prices and membership options. Wouldn’t you just know it, we had picked the most expensive box of all the ones we looked at. However, as the old saying goes, you get what you pay for.

So we swallowed hard, made some financial cuts in other areas of our lives, and signed up for the Fundamentals class which came with an unlimited number of classes for that month.

Wish us luck!