The Three Stooges

You've heard of Moe, Curly and Larry, but let me introduce you to Cherie, Colette and I (Samantha)...

We joined Crossfit at the same time and decided to stick together to help motivate each other. That we are, but we're also having a great time doing it...it's a comedy show really. Every WOD we seem to have so many questions, we whine, we complain and we simply give the trainers a hard time. There's no denying it really and I feel bad, but it's almost become a routine of ours and it's comical, at least to me. haha...

Finally losing LBS!

Today's WOD was long, but it was worth it. I measured myself yesterday and so far have lost 7.5 inches in a month, since I started this journey. Today, I weighed in at a loss of 4 lbs! I'm guessing my muscles have bulked up a bit and now the weight is coming off...very rewarding.

How did I feel? 
It's been a busy week, I did a workout two days in a row last week (Sunday/Monday), traveled to Edmonton for work Tuesday - Thursday, fell ill "stomach issues" Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and spent all day Saturday doing bathroom renovations. Today's exercise kicked my ass, but I got it done and I'm proud of that.

So what did I do? 
Warm up was 2 minutes skipping rope and 50 Tabata Squats.

For time:

• 200 metre run
• 100 pull ups
• 200 push ups
• 300 squats
• 200 metre run

My time: 50:22

I don't regret listening to my body this week and I think that's important. Crossfit is a great workout, but there has to be a balance and, at least for me, has to be enjoyable.

Hot as Hell

Yellowknife is reaching record temperatures and was, once again, the hottest city in Canada today. So, a little bit of added sweat was added to my WOD tonight.

That's Yellowknife, 26C - June 20, 2011. Land of the midnight Sun.

How did I do? 
Warm Up - 25 Tabata Squats and 25 push ups

Repeat the following three times for time:

• 200 m run
• 20 wall balls
• 20 kettlebell swings
• 200 m run

Time: 22:45 (approx.)

Eating = Energy

Where it all happens!

Today's WOD was hard on me and I think it had to do with the fact that I hardly ate during the day. We're working on renovating the bathroom and bedroom at home and I got caught up in hanging drywall rather than eating today. I paid the price in my workout for sure.

How did I feel? 
At first I was full of energy from eating an orange and found the warm up itself to be a great exercise. Getting into the first round of the WOD was tough after that and it only got harder. I was beat red by the end of it and that wasn't from embarrassment.

How did I do? 
Today's WOD had a slightly longer "warm up" than what we've been used to. It included a total of 3 laps around the building (approx. 1200m), 45 sit ups and 45 push ups.

There were a few new twists to today's WOD. There is now an 8 ft (ladies) and 10 ft (men's) mark on the wall to use a targets for wall ball. I also carried 30 lbs of weight while doing lunges across the room, ouch!

3 Rounds of the following:

• 15 Dead Lifts
• 20 Box jumps (12 inches)
• 25 Wall Balls
• Lunges wall to wall with two 15 lb kettlebells

Time: 24:44
Well, that kicked my ass!

I'm going to eat more tomorrow and go back again...

Speed Test

Crossfit - WOD - June 16, 2011

CINDY - Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 Minutes

• 5 Pull ups
• 10 Pushups
• 15 Squats

How did I do? 

Nine rounds in 20 minutes. I'm happy with this :)

Otherwise, I can't wait for the weekend now, it's been a rough and tough week. I'll be back on Sunday. 

Save the date - June 24 at 7:00 pm there will be a customer appreciation BBQ at The Martial Centre. If you are interested in finding out more about CrossFit, you are welcome as well.

• If you have any tips on how to do pull ups/chin ups for those who are just starting out, please comment below.

Have a great weekend!