I am a 38 year old happily married working mom who has had a passion for fitness for most of my life. My Crossfit Story is that I’ve probably totally worn out my friends and family talking about Crossfit! I’ve been so excited about it the past few months and have experienced such great results that I can’t stop telling everyone about it.
I started traditional weight training at the local gym with my Mom and Dad as a teenager. Over the years, I’ve done some power-lifting, body building, running, a little bit of olympic lifting, aerobics classes, step classes…and enjoyed them all. I saw results with my efforts and even experienced a few milestones, one being my finishing the Flying Pig full marathon in 2008. (Great experience if you ever want to try it!) But, so far, when comparing all of the different types of training I’ve done, NOTHING compares to the results I’ve found in Crossfit training.
I remember my first taste of a crossfit workout. It was in August 2009 at the LHS high school track. The WOD consisted of some sand bag clean & press, push-ups and squats. I never realized a 10 minute workout could be so intense. I actually finished with “battle scars” from that workout. My knees and knuckles were scraped up and dirty. I was sweaty, out of breath but LOVED IT! I was hooked right from the beginning.
I like the fact that I don’t have to plan my own workouts any more. It’s too easy to leave out the stuff you don’t like or feel like doing when you’re on your own. But with Crossfit, Shaun and Jenna take care of that preparation for you. You never know what you’re in for - - except that the WOD is probably going to kick your butt!!
In what I think is a short period of time, I’ve already progressed well beyond what I expected. In all of the years of lifting, running and working out I was never able to do pull-ups. Now, after doing crossfit, I can do some kipping pull-ups! I’m looking forward to finding out what else I and the other fellow crossfiters are capable of achieving through our training at Crossfit on the River!
