Introduction

I was first introduced to CrossFit by my good friend and co-worker Sherri.  She told me about this great workout program she had just started and how much she really liked it and she thought that I would also really like it.  Sherri introduced me to Jens Lovell who is also a co-worker of ours and a certified CrossFit trainer and owner of CrossFit St. George.  They both encouraged me to go that day and workout with them.  That was February 7, 2009 and I have not looked back since.  After getting my butt kicked that day on a workout called "The Baseline" I knew I was hooked.  CrossFit workouts are challenging, difficult, and sometimes vomit inducing but above all that they are fun and each time they leave you with a huge sense of accomplishment.  I know now that CrossFit is not just a workout, its a way of life and now its my way of life.  So follow along with me as I change my life for the better, as I become a stronger, healthier me.  I will blog about the workouts that I do each day and also my successes and failures.  

My CrossFit Goals

1. Lose 60 pounds, and or get down to 20-22% body fat.
2. Compete in the 2010 CrossFit games.
3. Become a certified CrossFit trainer.
4. Introduce my family and friends to the CrossFit lifestyle.
    (Just to name a few...)

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

W.O.D.

"Karen"

150 Wall Balls with a 12lb medicine ball

17:35


Karen and I are not friends! I do not think that we will ever like each other. This is the only workout that I have done so far that has made me cry. I cried the first time I did this workout and I cried today. For some reason this workout kills me, and takes everything I have to finish it. The way this workout is done is you squat down into a full air squat and as you come up you toss the med ball up to a 10ft target above your head and as you catch it you go back down into the squat position and do it all over again 150 times. Oh and if you do not make it up above the target you have just wasted a squat and a throw because Jens will not count it! I know that is a good thing but when you are doing everything you can not to give up, its hard not to get a little angry. I'm glad this workout is done and over with for a little while at least. I am happy to report that my first "Karen" time was over 24 minutes, in less than a month I shaved almost 7 minutes of my time for a new PR (personal record)!

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