CrossFit

So its day 4 of CrossFit... After already doing 3 Ironman 70.3's and not really impressing myself with time I have decided it is time to add a new element to my training. I have friends who go to the CrossFit gym and love it so I decided to give it a try. What could it hurt? (Nothing besides every muscle in my body..no biggie.) Here is a run down of the first 4 days at CrossFit:

Day 1: 101 Classes.. Went well. Much to Mark's dismay I didn't remember any of the terminology but I retained a good bit of information on what my form "should" look like... Mental Note: CrossFit has many heavy weights and elastics hanging from the ceiling that are probably going to be used for things that hurt me.

Day 2: First Work Out of the Day (WOD). Ripped all the skin off my palms trying to do knees to elbows while hanging from a bar. My knees never touched my elbows, in fact I dont think they went far past my belly button. Mental Note: I lost my core strength someplace... Look for it.

Day 3: 2nd WOD. Pullups and Sprints. Who decides this stuff! I can't imagine pairing two more terrible things together. Anywho.. I couldn't do even one pullup on my own so I needed to put my foot in an elastic. Really this whole WOD was me flailling around ripping more skin from my palms and sweating profusely. Mental Note: Pullups are the pits.

Day 4: 3rd WOD. Sprints then weights. They hide a hill in the back of the sprint route. Very tricky of them. On the bright side..I did my sprints for the day! The weighted workout...well I completed it. My muscles are still quivering 8 hours later. Mental Note: Ibuprofun.

All in all I think its been a strong start.