Some of you may have read my previous blog where I talked about how I got conned into doing Tough Mudder in September. Some of you may recall that I started my adventure at 270 lbs. All we know is, he's called The Stig
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So I ended that blog at 239 lbs. Throughout February I did C25k, which I promptly abandoned in March once winter started and the snows came (seriously wtf weather? you're 3 months late). I also was allergic to waking up at 6am so nobody was around to watch me awkwardly trundle around panting like an idiot.
At the end of February I hit 229.8 lbs (woohoo!) and maintained about 230 throughout March. Today I started CrossFit because fuck me, right? So...what's CrossFit?
It's basically torture. I'm going back Thursday for day 2. I might be a masochist.
Good luck, but I would seriously reconsider crossfit. A friend of mine was on crutches for 6 weeks after spraining her gluteus maximus doing crossfit. I am obviously not saying it is definitely going to happen, but be careful! Why go to the extremes when more standard training regimens are out there?
Buddy of mine did the Canadian version last summer. Said it was brutal (although he was much fitter than the rest of his team so he could slack a bit). Wish you the best of luck.
i dont see how doing 30 high rep low weight clean and jerks as fast as you can makes you better for tough mudder vs actual proper conditioning, but good luck and i salute the dedication!
I've gone to two cross fit workouts ( the free ones on saturday) and I must say they are really incredible, the environment is super neat and it really pushes you. the best part is that it only takes like ~20 minutes most of the time, so it really isn't a big time commitment at all, that is, unless you consider the hours of soreness and the amount of time you are going to need to rest afterward.
My mother literally goes to cross fit every single day, and honestly masochist is the perfect word to describe these people, the way they talk about working out and being sore makes it sound like they are really getting off...
you lost forty pounds? that is a huge fucking accomplishment, the fact that you have done that well is really inspiring, hell, i'm going to workout today just because of this post.
I really really really really really think you should look elsewhere
that's not really a good representation of what crossfit is at all, there is always a workout of the day posted on their front page (here http://www.crossfit.com/) which is basically done in groups, sometimes there's partner workouts, but most of the time you are trying to time yourself on how fast you can do the prescribed workout, because it goes at your own pace, it automatically scales to everyone, you are even allowed to choose whatever weights you want to work with, what makes crossfit special to me is how it feels like a family, everyone is pushing everybody as everybody there shares the same goal.
good luck Tofu! crossfit is really good stuff, I used to do some something like it I think, I think my gym even does classes like this.
as always everything needs to be done in moderation, only you know what your body can and can't handle. I used to follow a strict training regimen for running with specific mile requirements each day but I started finding I improved faster if I simply started just listening to my body and pushing myself when I felt I could and holding back when it felt right.
It hurts... but it gets better. Also, all of this is awesomesauce. (Okay, maybe not the "tough mudder" but the getting in shape parts.) Maybe for an encore you should do the competition that takes place in New England every year - a test of physical and mental fitness, endurance, and sanity. (As in, if you're sane, you've already lost because you didn't participate.) It's called the PEAK Death Race. Reading about it is enough to make me go hide under a blanket.
I really really really really really think you should look elsewhere
that's not really a good representation of what crossfit is at all, there is always a workout of the day posted on their front page (here http://www.crossfit.com/) which is basically done in groups, sometimes there's partner workouts, but most of the time you are trying to time yourself on how fast you can do the prescribed workout, because it goes at your own pace, it automatically scales to everyone, you are even allowed to choose whatever weights you want to work with, what makes crossfit special to me is how it feels like a family, everyone is pushing everybody as everybody there shares the same goal.
My problem with Crossfit is that the WoDs contain lifts that are never supposed to be done for "time" at any pace.
What on earth is accomplished by trying to race through some very complicated lifts that require good form in order to not injure yourself...for time? Sorry I know this is off-topic...
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