I\u2019m been flirting with the IDEA of crossfit for a couple years now. Yes, literally a couple of years. A friend of mine has her own box in Minnesota, and tried to coach me through it long distance, but I just couldn\u2019t commit.<\/p>\n
Much to my surprise a Crossfit box has recently opened here, fairly near (as near as anything is) to my house.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve passed it quite a bit, and every time I think about getting started with crossfit\u2026 and wondering if it\u2019s something I really want to take on.<\/p>\n
Today, being my 42 birthday, and zooming on a yearly theme of FEARLESS, I decided to stop in.<\/p>\n
Everyone seemed really nice. There were people of all shapes and sizes getting ready to work out, and other than the thought in the back of my head about throwing up after a workout, I thought I could do it.<\/p>\n
You can do crossfit at home, by yourself. The daily workouts aka crossfit wods are posted daily. You can put your times up on the website to become more a part of the community.<\/p>\n
However, that just didn\u2019t work out very well for me.<\/p>\n
With a Crossfit Box now open in Wellington, here\u2019s how it goes.<\/p>\n
1. You go through two weeks of starter sessions. These are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. From what I hear, you will be VERY sore. But you keep coming back.<\/p>\n
2. Once you finish your starter sessions you then jump in with a group at any of the regularly scheduled workout times.<\/p>\n
This box offers quite a few times to workout, through different parts of the day. Which is nice.<\/p>\n
You go through the Workout Of The Day, and then post your time on the board. That way\u2026 everyone can see your time, and you can see your time in relation to everyone else\u2019s time\u2026 and see if you\u2019re doing better over time!<\/p>\n
That\u2019s basically how you get started in crossfit.<\/p>\n
Make a decision and then do it.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been on an up and down roller coaster with my weight, and my fitness through my whole adult life.<\/p>\n
At this point in my life I\u2019m not looking to \u201close weight\u201d. I\u2019m looking to become a part of a community where I can start, continue and maintain my fitness over the long haul. I\u2019m looking for fitness to become part of who I am\u2026 like a blogger, it\u2019s just part of my daily life, and my life in general.<\/p>\n
I think I can do this with Crossfit. I love to work HARD when I workout, do it quickly and have it be done\u2026 and that\u2019s pretty much what Crossfit is all about.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what I\u2019m in for\u2026<\/p>\n