More fun and More Serious!

Got up late on Sat. and couldn't find my wo/out shoes!! OMG! Never thought I'd care about getting up late on a Saturday! My how I have changed. Anyway, I found my old shoes, jumped into my w/out clothes and was only about 5 min. behind on the stretching AND, there was a small group so they were glad to see me late or not! We did Helen. I think I'm finally catching on to the CrossFit culture. Today is Tuesday so I can't remember exactly what Helen was, but let me tell you she is a killer workout.



I'm a lot more serious about my w/outs now, partly because I can see the changes in my body, but also because I have a sense of belonging at the gym now. I want to speed up my progress so I added a fourth class on Mon. I am still doing the Tues/Thurs Masters class and Sat. Friends and Family, but on Mon I workout with the "big kids"!



The w/o tonight was sort of complicated mostly cause I sub in certain tasks. For instance the Rx was 12 ring pull ups I sub in 12 butt lifts on a box....not the proper name but you get the idea! LOL. Since I am not strong enough yet (LOL) to do handstand pushups, I sub in regular pushups concentrating on form, keeping my core rigid. Wow, sounds like I know what I'm saying, YES I DO!


The first several weeks I was very 'shy' of the weight lifting people around me. It was scary. The bars and weights looked dangerous, it was really noisy when they dropped the weights...and they bounce when they hit the floor. Fast forward 13 weeks and today I dead lift 55 lb x6 and back squats x6 55 lb. I started with 35 lb. and except for my right shoulder I could have added more weight. Imagine, me, a weightlifter!

I'm glad to be seeing Doc (Dr. Dustin Glass, D.C.) for my shoulder. At my Sat. appt. I described how I hold my arms for situps (favoring the right shoulder where the pain is). He advised me to always keep balance and not to favor one side because it can cause a painful injury. So with just a small modification I avoided a potential problem.

Well, in 3 weeks and 3 days I leave for PSI Seminar's Women's Leadership seminar north of Napa, CA. All this X-Fit training initially was to prepare me for the rigors of the upcoming week. I'll be very ready! One of my teammates from the 489 class (October 2009) advised me to be sure to know how to put up my tent. OK, I'm ready.

As usual I blogged on...this blogging is kinda fun! Till next time. L-m