Justin has recently started going to Crossfit classes at the Gym and proposed an arrangement that we exchange the kiddos in the morning so that he'd go to the early class and I'd go to the one right after on days that his schedule allowed. Well, my first opportunity came during Julie and Dave's visit to our house this last Friday.
The workout on the board looked deceptively easy - 3 x 15 reps some strength move, 15 reps burpees (a cardio move). We warmed up with butt kicks, jumping jacks - all standard stuff. Then we moved onto the other part of the warmup.......... 10 Pullups/10 pushups/ 10 squats. Right there I probably would have left if Julie wasn't standing right next to me. However, Julie jumped right in and suggested that we use the boxes and do jumping pullups as a modification. Thankfully I was able to get through the warmup doing those, and I did eventually switch to girly pushups during the warmup (thought I was going to get yelled at for that).
After the warmup and before the workout the instructor joked about how he'd gotten 6 people to throw up so far, which made me a little wary of what was to come. Sure enough about halfway through I started to feel vomit in the back of my throat. The end eventually came and I was left with a feeling of giddy accomplishment. Though I had gone the girly route with pullups, pushups, and weight, I had actually finished a Crossfit workout.
I'm hoping to go back soon and maybe someday do a proper pullup/burpee/any olympic weightlifting technique.
On another note, I did go to a Zumba class the next day and got my grove on even though I was the only white girl there and it was my first time ;)
p.s. Big thanks to Julie for being there and jumping in with modifications because I probably would've walked out before the instructor offered one!
