I've been waiting for months for today. My first Crossfit certification. I've been doing Crossfit for a year and a few months. I've learned so much about health, fitness, body movement and myself since then. My time at CFOT has been a huge contributor to that. I wanted to do the cert in the area back in early fall of '07. I was sad I missed it then, but now I'm glad I waited. I came in this morning with a solid base knowledge of the Crossfit philosophy, but enough to know that I need to learn so much more.
I'm sure I'll write about some poignant moments down the road, but right now my freaking arms hurt too much for me to write the latest chapeter in Adrienne's Crossfit saga... I'll just do some take aways. Also, I should mention that I started off this morning at about 4am with a visit from Pukie! The chinese food I ate last night forced me out of bed. Ran to the toilet and vomited... big time. Ahhh, there's no better way to start a Crossfit cert than with a little bit of throw up. I knew it was a good sign.
Cert Takeaways from Day 1:
-Coach Glassman is fucking hilarious! (Yes, Coach was there. How sweet is that?!
-If your fit, you have to get healthy before you get sick. I love this! Imagine a curve... it begins at "sick" then moves to the right and upward until it reaches its peak at "healthy" (where most healthy people sit). The curve from there continues to the right but begins to decline (in a good way). This is the movement to "fit".. where elite athletes fall. -I squat too low in my deadlifts. My shoulders have not been over my scapula. This may have been a sticking point for me and the strength of my deadlift. -Despite months of squat practice.. it's still not perfect.. and it probably never will be. -It's okay that my squat will never be perfect. -Crossfit's definition of "fit" would not be applied to the strongest man in the world, nor the fastest man in the world. The idea of Crossfit's programming is to create elite athletes who have the ability to excell at various different sports.
-Not only is Coach hilarious, but just about all of the Crossfit coaches had an especially colorful sense of humor... bring on the F-bombs! -Don't stray from the technique tree (There a posting in the making here. I promise.)
That's all I have for now.
Warmup:
Bottom Tabata: Total 14 (lame)
Workout:
"Beltway Gone Bad"
3 Rounds for Total Number of Reps
1 minute at each station, 1 minute break between rounds
Box Jumps
Right Arm Push Press (25lb)
Row (for calories)
Dynamax Ball Thruster (12lb)
KB High Pull (36lb)
Total: 310
Sorry, this post is such a mess. I've been working on fixing it for 15 minutes now.. and I'm done.
