So I've been working out consistently for about a year, have lost about 30 lbs and am much stronger than I've ever been. I've been doing a group fitness class mostly, and feel like it's time to move on from it. I've been looking at crossfit and reading threads here about it and figured i'd try a free intro with the gym here. Keep in mind I have no knowledge of lifiting (deadlifts, etc).
So the intro consisted of a warm up, 10 squats, 10 pushups and 10 pullups. With 2 rounds. I cant do pullups so we used rings and layed horizontal.
Well, I'm not sure why - but the warmup killed me. The squats are very different than I've ever done and I'm not used to going so low - we spent a good 25 minutes trying to get me to a good squat form. I ended up doing them with a 17" box instead of a ball.
The workout was "simple", 5 minutes of doing 5 burpees and 5 wall ball throws. I only got through 2.5 minutes and got dizzy and was exhausted.
Crossfit looks like something I'm interested in, but based on yesterdays performance I'm not sure I'm ready for it. The trainer was very knowledgeable and good at coaching. She recommended I do 12 private sessions to get my squat, press and other forms correct before I think about moving into the WOD classes. Unfortunately, I think the 12 sessions are prohibitively expensive.
It was an eye opening process - I am a little disappointed, but it shows me that I have a lot of work to do still. I'm surprised I got dizzy as that's only ever happened once before while working out.
So the intro consisted of a warm up, 10 squats, 10 pushups and 10 pullups. With 2 rounds. I cant do pullups so we used rings and layed horizontal.
Well, I'm not sure why - but the warmup killed me. The squats are very different than I've ever done and I'm not used to going so low - we spent a good 25 minutes trying to get me to a good squat form. I ended up doing them with a 17" box instead of a ball.
The workout was "simple", 5 minutes of doing 5 burpees and 5 wall ball throws. I only got through 2.5 minutes and got dizzy and was exhausted.
Crossfit looks like something I'm interested in, but based on yesterdays performance I'm not sure I'm ready for it. The trainer was very knowledgeable and good at coaching. She recommended I do 12 private sessions to get my squat, press and other forms correct before I think about moving into the WOD classes. Unfortunately, I think the 12 sessions are prohibitively expensive.
It was an eye opening process - I am a little disappointed, but it shows me that I have a lot of work to do still. I'm surprised I got dizzy as that's only ever happened once before while working out.