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Seventh Day Of CrossFit

Today I noticed a serious change! This is working! My push ups are getting faster and I didn't have to kick my legs to push up :) Don't get me wrong it was a long, hard day- but it worked.

Today was the benchmark workout for the Lurong challenge, which I'm taking part of. When I saw it I was like- "Oh! That won't be so bad." Lies. Lies. Lies. 

Strength was bench presses. I started with 35ibs, however my coach had to save me on my 3rd, so we moved me back down to 15ibs.

3 @ 35

5 @ 15

3 @ 20

3 @ 25

3 @ 30

1 @ 30

WOD- "The New Year Test"

7 minute AMRAP:

5 Front Squats @ 35

7 Bar Facing Burpees

Reps- 3 +(2) 

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Fifth and Sixth Day O' Crossfit

Wow. I thought last week I was sore and dying, but nothing compares to today. But lets start with yesterday-

Yesterday was a lot easier. Our Strength was Back Squats, I've never done them before and had a lot of trouble with them. Most likely because I can barely squat bellow parallel. In fact I didn't know I could squat below parallel without holding onto something until yesterday when my Coach told me he was going to stand behind me so if I fell or couldn't get up he'd help. Turns out I can get below parallel. I did 5@15, 3-3-2 @20, and 1@25. 

11/19/14 WOD- "Kings Crown"

4 Rounds-

15 Thrusters @ 25

15 Ring Rows

I finished at 11:47 I believe (I of course did not write it down and am taking a guess)

Not bad, I was barely sore to tell you the truth.

Its weird when I'm done I always say "you could have worked harder you chickened out!" But today when I was working out I was inwardly telling myself I wasn't allowed to say that anymore, mainly because I was dying.

Today was just plain evil! We started with L-Sits and Handstand Pushups. Both of which I can not even come close to doing. I pretty much just hung off the bar for the L-sits till my arms could't hold (Less than 10sec). Then This really nice guy Tim showed me the starter version of handstands where I stand on two 45ib weights so my hips are high and I attempted to do a pushup. I can get down maybe two inches. Ugh. My goal is to do a complete regular push up by Feb 14th. 

WOD- "40/20 Split"

3 Rounds:

10 Dead lifts@75

10 Box Jumps @15"

10 Mt. Climbers

-2 min rest-

10 Cleans @ 45 (I think he had me Jerking it up)

10 Medicine Ball Sit Ups @10ibs. (I was supposed to be 10 Toes to Bar)

Time- 19:26

I almost started crying during my 2nd box jumps, I don't know why but it was just so hard and my legs were shaking. I really doubted I was going to finnish under the 20m time cap. But some how I pulled the last couple cleans and 10 sit ups out of no where. 

whooo! Back to it again tomorrow :)

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Fourth Day Of Crossfit

Yesterday was my fourth day of cross fit. Death. The rest of the day was spent with me grimacing in pain every step I took. 

Warm up included:

5 Press ups @ 35

3@ 15

3@ 20

3@ 25

3 @ 30

My start was 35, but I couldn't lift it over my head at all after the 5, so we majorly decreased.

WOD:

"Fight Gone Bad" Do every station for one minute, at the end of all 5 stations take a minute off and then do it again 3x

box Jumps (15")- 11/11/10 =32

Push Press (35ibs)- 10/8/7 =25

Rows (Calories)- 7/6/7 =20

Medicine Balls Thrown at the Wall (6ibs)- 11/12/9 =32

Sumo Lifts (35ibs)- 10/9/11 =30

Total= 139

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Third Day O' CrossFit

I'm dead. I'm not even sure how I am typing this, EVERYTHING is sore. 

Today was my first real class, and it was fun. Jen bailed on me and didn't show up, oh well. It was fine without her, everyone is super nice and really encouraging. 

My Coach had to seriously scale down the workout, I was sort of able to do the warm-up, but the actual WOD? Nope, not happening. I would have done it, but he was like- nope gonna design one for you. So here it goes-

1/15/15-

21 Snatches

4 Rounds- 8 Clean and Jerks (35ibs), 8 Pushups (Again the throw myself to the floor and kick myself up), and 8 Lunges (I NEVER thought lunges would be a break, they are always the part of the workout I dread the most. Nope they were a God send today) = 11:39

Cash Out- 40 Sit Ups = 2:17

The real WOD was 65 Snatches, 75 Clean and Jerks,and 100 Sit Ups. I'll get there, I'll be there :)

I'm ready to bring it tomorrow, but for now I'm just going to sit here calmly, not move and still feel every muscle in my body hurt. 

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CrossFit Starts Now

So I've decided to start CrossFit. Today was day two and it is not easy, but you know what- do able. Completely do able. 

I think what I like most about it so far is that I HAVE to do it. It's not like an exercise video where I can just skip a rep when my legs burn and no one but me knows. Or when I'm at a fitness class and I just decide its too hard and I'm going to march it out. Nope- It says 40 Air Squats- I have to do 40 Air Squats. And the coach is awesome and super encouraging. 

I'm also really happy that I am not the only new person. This woman Jen is there too and our wave lengths are together. He told us our next class is in a real class (so far we've each had one private and then the one today with both of us) and we both were like… uhh… really doing this… an hour… squat…jerk…clean…wha? Jen instantly was like "what class has the least amount of people." And he of course had the best response ever of- "Trust me the great thing about cross fit is you do it for you so no one is even going to look at you, they will 100% support you but they are too worried about their own reps to stop and watch you." 

He then asked us what day we wanted to come in and Jen was like… "maybe thursday?" I knew that if I don't go then I never will so I was like "tomorrow 9am?" and Jen was decided to come with me! YEY!!!! It will be nice to have some one I know and someone who is new and struggling like me. She did kick my ass this morning in AMRAP, I got 2+28 and she got 3+11(?).  

While I'm thinking about it- here are my results from the past two classes-

1/12/15-

500m Row, 40 Air Squats (Had to hold the bar for balance), 30 Sit Ups, 20 Push Ups (I forget what my scaled version was called, but where I basically throw my body to the ground and then kick my feet and arms to push myself up), 10 Pull Ups (On the rings- I was at maybe a 116' angle). = 13:25

1/14/15-

7m AMRAP- 6 Lifts (35ibs) (I forget which Type, not straight), 8 American Kettle Bell Swings (26-38ibs (I forget)), 6 Box Jumps (about 15"), and then 15 single jump ropes. =2+28

I'll let you know how tomorrow goes. I might add some PyLo to my routine, I think it may help stretch and help my flexibility. 

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I'm with you

I'm with you

Hello everyone, my name is Steph and I am a beach body coach. I am not here to preach to you, cause I personally hate that, I’m here to help both you and myself. I currently am overweight facing an obesity BMI. This is not ok. I need to make a serious change so I am embarking on three rounds of the 21 Day Fix.  I have done one week of the 21 Day Fix before and lost six inches! So I know it works. I unfortunately had things come up and wasn’t able to continue.  I now have 63 days where I am living in one spot with a kitchen (I work in touring theatre), so I am going to do 3 rounds. I want people to join me on the last two rounds. I want to get fit with people and create a place where we can support each other. I want us to all share our successes and work through the hard times.  I don’t know about you, but I have lost my immediate support groups. My friends and parents have all heard me say I’m going on a diet so many times that I’m pretty sure they roll their eyes internally and they never ask how it’s going. I don’t blame them, I’d do the same. But I now have an AMAZING coach who supports me and I want you guys to have the same. I am going to start my first round on the 22nd of June. I want to start the first challenge group on July 13th. Over the next three days I am going to post more information about the challenge group including how you could win prizes from Beachbody! (Cause who doesn’t want to possibly win $100000 and get the body they want?)

Message me if you are interested or have any questions

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Day 3

I knew this was going to be hard, and in truth it's really not all that bad, but touring and portion control are not friends. I never know where I am going to end up for lunch and for dinner so It's always a little scary using a container of any sort. I mean today was day one of touring with the Fix, so hopefully it will get better. Tomorrow we stay near home so we won't go out which is great! I'm going to sit down right now and figure out my meals so that tomorrow goes smoothly.

On another note- Lower fix is the devil. I have no idea how I'm even walking. Although now I know exactly where every single muscle in my leg is. They are shaking while I'm just sitting here.

Abs is another beast. I had no idea Crunches could burn like that. Autumn is really good at pushing you though. It hurts but It will be worth it.

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Ok so I stepped on the scale (the last time I'll be able to till the end of the 21 days.) On day 1 alone I lost 2ibs. I know that's just water weight, but hopefully that's two pounds I don't have to worry about any more.