Crossfit!!!!

I did a new workout today and I am so excited about it. Let me tell you a long story though to get to the part about the workout. If you aren't interested in the story just skip to the bottom and read about Crossfit.

So, once upon a time I had a personal trainer. His name was Jonathan. Cute kid. I say kid, he is only 2 years younger than I am! Really good. He pushed me to my limits. But he didn't consult me on nutrition ever. We just worked out hard. Then, Jonathan got fired from 24 hour fitness (another story). I got a new trainer - Drew. He was good, not nearly as tough as Jonathan, but he did tell me to eat better. Well, I would just eat what I wanted to a lot of the time...hence, I never lost weight. So I thought the training was a waste of my time. Eventually, I quit.

Months later...I decided I had enough of being a fatso. I got serious. Dropped about 10 pounds pretty easy, then had to really get my nutrition to a whole new level to get off another 10 pounds. Then, I decided I was doing the Figure Competition. Now, let's remember Jonathan. When I trained with him...I would point out these two really buff girls at the gym and tell him - make me look like them. He would laugh at me. I don't think he thought I was serious. Now, upon educating myself, I have learned that most of their gains were from what they ate. They probably train just as hard as I did back then....but I ate like crap.

So speed ahead to a couple months ago. I texted Jonathan to see if there was anyone he knew that could help coach me. Simultaneously, he told me that he has started his own fitness business. He trains people on his own and holds boot camps, and then has this thing called "Crossfit" that is supposedly a West Coast sensation. I had never heard of it. Of course, he wanted me to try it but I said no because I'm not really going to do some sort of fad workout for training to be in a contest, right???

Well...now that I have lost so much weight, my coach Amy wanted me to find someone to take my body fat so I could compare against the scale. Who do I text - Jonathan! I met up with him on Wednesday and he met me at his new facility where he trains his clients. Ya'll, this place is like a storage building...obviously a kid trying to start off on his own with no money!! Of course, he convinces me to come to his Friday morning class to try the Crossfit. So I go this morning and Oh....MY.....GOD. Ya'll this was the best workout I have had in so long. It was really really tough.

Crossfit
Basically, this is how the crossfit workouts work: Jonathan puts up the "Workout of the Day". Today it was a list of a whole bunch of things - do them all with no rest, and when you come to the end, you get to go home. It looked pretty simple to me. We warmed up: Couple pushups and lunges and squats and a jog. no big deal. Then the workouts began. We were basically trading off between jogging with a huge medicine ball, burpies, squats with overhead presses, kettle ball swings, ball throws, and sprinting. By the time I was to the end I thought I was going to pass out. The only good part is I smoked all the girls...damn near smoked the guy that was in the lead. Not too bad for my first time!!!!

At the end of class I told Jonathan (with very heavy breathing mind you): "See you Monday. I'm in."

So this is my plug: If you live anywhere near Pasadena, you need to go try this. I swear it was going to kill me but I was so excited at the end. And, considering I have to do a plyometric workout...this was way more competitive and I didn't have to make up the workout, and it cost me less than $15. Now that is a great way to get in your figure training.

Here is the website if anyone wants to check it out: www.makinmefit.com

As I walked in to work today, my hamstrings, quads and butt were on fire. It is a good thing that tomorrow is my rest day, because I can already tell I will be in some serious pain.....