Time2Transform

This post is titled things will never be the same for a reason, today I decided to step into the world of cross-fit training. Let me tell you it was nothing like I ever expected, when I first heard about this style several years ago I did not take it serious. I assumed it was just a new fad that gave people an excuses to do a lot of cardio and basically avoid lifting heavy weights.  WAS I EVER WRONG!

I consider myself to be in really great shape and even though I really don’t perform much cardio or endurance type training I figured it would pose no real problems. Once again I was MISTAKEN! I did my first crossfit workout today at my gym in place of my normal workout routine. It was rough!

I discovered the my cardio was lacking bad, I was cramping up and muscles I never really felt working before were fatigued and sore in no time. This type of training will be an added tool for me to utilize to achieve an even healthy physique, but I will not eliminate straight weight training either(don’t get me wrong I’m not saying in crossfit you don’t go heavy, bc you do) because I enjoy my specific style of training as well.

So on to today’s workout was a brutal introduction:

Five rounds for reps of:
1 min Wall ball shots, 25 pound medicine ball(basically you preform a deep squat with the medicine ball and as you come up you toss the ball into the air and aim to hit the wall about 10ft high. Then as the ball comes back down you catch it as you go into the decent of the next squat and repeat the process in one continuous motion.)

The starting position for wall ball shots

The top position for wall ball shots

1 min alternating arm towel pull ups

Regular arm position for towel pull-ups shown(not alt arm)

Run 400m

Rest

Start each round exactly six minutes apart. Your rest period is whatever remains after the run.You total up the number of wall ball shots for each round and also the number of towel pullups preformed. This is your score and you next time you preform this workout you attempt to beat your numbers(measurement of progress). Bellow are my numbers

Round 1

27 Wall Ball Shots

11 Towel Pullups

1min 25sec left after run

Round 2

27 Wall Ball Shots

9 Towel Pullups

1min 32sec left after run

Round 3

22 Wall Ball Shots

9 Towel Pullups

1min 30sec left after run

Round 4

22 Wall Ball Shots

10 Towel Pullups

1min 18sec left after run

Round 5

27 Wall Ball Shots

11 Towel Pullups

1min 30sec left after run

Totals

125 Wall Ball Shots

50 Towel Pull-ups

This was a fun, but most importantly challenging workout. The thing I enjoyed about this style of training is its really up to you to push your self hard  and in fitness if you lack self motivation your going to be in really big trouble.