At Home WOD

So my Crossfit gym is changing locations and my work schedule is also changing. Because of that, Sunday's class was cancelled and I wasn't going to be able to go before Thursday, which is when I will have off again. I didn't want to spend a week without crossfit, so I decided to do an at home workout. I went to Walmart this morning and bought a 40lb vynil dumbbell kit. I decided to incorporate it in my workout today. Here is what I did

10 rounds:
10 Dumbbell Squats (15lb dbs)
5 push-ups (3 of 10 rounds I did 40 bycicle situps instead because my arms were sore)
10 situps

I also did 1 minute of Plank hold and some tricep extension exercises with a 3lb weight, for toning.
It was def a good workout. I feel like I did as much work as I would if I had had crossfit today.

I can't wait to go to the new gym though!! :)

Ache, Aches, Aches

I planned on going to crossfit on Sunday at 9am, but Sunday morning came, and it was a bit rainy outside as well as a bit chilly. As I was reluctantly getting out of my cozy, comfy bed, my husband pulled me back into bed with him and I couldn't really resist cudling and falling back asleep. So that's what I did. It's a good thing I did though because I feel like I needed that extra day to recover. My legs were not happy with the running I did on Saturday evening.

So today I went to the 4pm class. Here's what we had to do:

Strength: bench press 4×7 (35lbs then 3x 45lbs)
Conditioning:Run 600m
50 Situps
21 overhead squats (15lbs bar)
30 Barhops
21 pushups
50 tactical lunges (15lbs kb)
21 overhead squats (15lbs bar)
30 Barhops
21 pushups
50 D.U. (125 single jumps ropes)
Run 600m

I coulnd't run the last 600m straight. I had to walk a couple of times. But I felt like I did very well overall. My instructor told me at the end I did very well and she was impressed. Yay!

This evening I had to ice my shins and knees as they were feeling quite achy, especially because I knew I would have to go back to work out early morning the next morning, and didn't want to be in a lot of pain. The ice worked a little bit, but I'm going to look into an ice bath as well sleeves for my calves.

My First WOD at the GYM!

Today I had my first official in gym workout. Not that the at-home workouts were not difficult, but it was definitely more exciting and better to have a workout at the gym, with the instructor ensuring I had a good form and with the support of other people. 


Our WOD (Workout Of the Day) was the Lumberjack 20. The instructor scaled it down for me, since this is my first week, so instead of 400 meters, I ran 200 meters in between exercises. Here is how it went:


Warm-up: Run 400m

Lumberjack 20:

20 Sumo Deadlift High Pull
Run 200m
20 Pull-ups
Run 200m
20 overhead squat (with a PVC)
Run 200m
20 kettlebell swings
Run 200m
20 pushups
Run 200m
20 medball Situps
Run 200m
20 Dumbbell thrusters
Run 200m

I finished it in 23 minutes. 

I wouldn't say it was as difficult as yesterday's workout, but I had to push though a lot, especially during the pull-ups and the push ups. Plus I can definitely feel it in my arms and legs. Tomorrow should be fun getting out of bed to go to work. And by the way, I was able to do push ups just fine! :)

I'm super happy I finished my first in class WOD!!

1st Official Day of Crossfit: The Push Up Wall

I was planning on going to my first real Crossfit today, but I learned it had been cancelled. 


They then gave us a at-home workout:  


10 rds: 5 pushups, 10 Situps, 15 airsquats. 


I played my Workout playlist on my Ipod and did a bit of a warm up and then begun. I started my first push up and I couldn't go down. My abs felt like they were going to get ripped apart. They felt as if they were locked and I couldn't move. That made me so upset, I didn't know why that was happening especially because I was felling fine the days before, and last week I had even done push ups on my introductory classes. But I decided to do modified push ups instead and I kept going. 


My final time was 15:32. 


It felt so amazing to finish, I was smiling at the end but the push up wall was definitely a bummer.