Moving on Up!

I don't usually go to Cross Fit on Thursdays but because I couldn't go on Monday and didn't go last night I felt like I really needed to go. I'm so glad I did. Running is great and if I didn't get those workouts in I'd feel just as lousy. But there is something so therapeutic about thrusting a giant barbell above your head over and over again.

After the regular warmup we did some dynamic stretching (which I really love when she adds that, it's so good) and some insane ab work. Part of it was making snow angels on the floor without your limbs actually touching the mat. I think that's going to be one of those that I feel tomorrow pretty hard.

The WOD was 20 minutes AMRAP:

30 box jumps
20 push press
30 pullups

I had decided on my way there that since it's been a month at Cross Fit and even though I didn't get there as many times as I would have liked with all the storms this month that I was going to go up from the baby box to the medium one. When we were lined up waiting for the countdown to start the workout I felt a little sick. I was sure I'd fall flat on my face. I'm not agile like that. But I did it! I only came close to stumbling once, the rest of my jumps were clean and solid. I got in 2 full rounds of the box jumps, 3 full rounds of the push presses (65 lb barbell) and 2.5 rounds of pullups. It was a solid workout and I feel like I'm making progress there, not only by going heavier or jumping higher but also for getting past my fears. I was afraid of the wall climb and now I can do it. I was afraid of the higher box and tonight I did it. For me, Cross Fit is as much about testing myself mentally as it is physically.

Now that I'm in my second month of Cross Fit, I'm looking forward to seeing how far I can progress this month.