{"id":601,"date":"2013-05-17T19:46:01","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T19:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/?p=601"},"modified":"2013-05-18T15:49:25","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T15:49:25","slug":"year-of-crossfit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/year-of-crossfit\/","title":{"rendered":"Year of Crossfit."},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday May 7th, 2012 I walked into Crossfit Oswego for my first ever elements class.\u00a0\u00a0 I was terrified.\u00a0 I am an athlete, I love challenges, I love working out.\u00a0 But I was afraid for many reasons:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Will I fit in here?<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Will the coaches be nice?<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 What if I am terrible?<\/p>\n

I love trying new things, I love that butterfly feeling when you are going into something in which you have NO clue what the end result will be.\u00a0 I thrive off of that, but I was still scared.\u00a0 I didn’t even want anybody to know I was a “trainer”,\u00a0 for fear I would be judged for not being as strong or as fast as I should be. \u00a0 As I walked into this big industrial building that everyone calls “the box”, I kept an open mind and hoped for the best.\u00a0 The coaches were incredibly welcoming, excited and get this…NORMAL people. This\u00a0 put ease to my anxiety right away.\u00a0 The first three elements classes went over basic Olympic movements and other exercises commonly done in a crossfit workout to make sure everyone knew the proper form, technique, etc.\u00a0 Right away from the first workout, I was hooked.\u00a0 I knew this would be exactly what I needed.\u00a0 I was coming off of doing many endurance races so I was in shape, but I needed to get stronger, to be challenged more and in a different way.<\/p>\n

\"pullups\"<\/a><\/p>\n

First day of Crossfit- needed a band to help me get over the pullup bar<\/em><\/p>\n

Not only have I been beyond challenged, gotten faster, gotten stronger…but I have found this beyond amazing community.\u00a0 That is what makes it addicting, the workouts are awesome yes but the people…are incredible.\u00a0 Inspiring to say the least.\u00a0 I consider my 530am crew especially to be close friends (hope they feel the same, if not then I am a little pathetic).\u00a0 The coaches,\u00a0 Ryan, Joe, KT & Andy all have very different\u00a0 styles and I think I can speak for everyone when I say each of them have very special talents in their ability to push and motivate others in their own way.<\/p>\n

Everybody has to find something that works for them, an exercise or fitness routine that they love.\u00a0 Crossfit CAN be for everybody, but it is not for everybody.\u00a0 Personally, I hate when other crossfitters say things like “My warmup is your workout”<\/em> or I saw a shirt recently that said “Boot-camps are cute, when you are ready for Crossfit, come see us<\/em>“.\u00a0 Shut the hell up.\u00a0 Get off your high horse.\u00a0 I get that you are proud of what you are accomplishing but doing Crossfit does not make you better than anybody else and demeaning other people’s workouts just makes you a tool<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 In my opinion, those are the people that give crossfit a bad name.\u00a0 Whether you bike, Zumba, do yoga, Pilates, walk, run…does NOT matter.\u00a0 As long as you are moving, doing your body good, and enjoying it in the meantime.\u00a0 That is what’s about.\u00a0 THAT is why I love CFO, none of us have the “higher than thou” attitude.\u00a0 I mean half the time we look like total idiots.\u00a0 You know like when trying to do a double squat wall ball and it hits you right in the face.\u00a0 Or when doing a box jump and…you completely miss the box.\u00a0 Or my personal favorite…doing double under attempts and somehow slashing yourself in the face.\u00a0 Yup, we are a bunch of cool cats alright.<\/p>\n

Just a couple things I have made progress on since starting Crossfit a year ago:<\/p>\n