My CF Anniversary

Happy Friday! Yes, this pictures below are after a WOD in the bathroom....I couldnt help it, my new Lulu purchases had to be showcased. Happy belated Valentine's to everyone. Hope you told the people you love that you love them and they did the same for you.

 

Back to the point. This week was my 1 year anniversary crossfitting/at Crossfit Westchester and it was also the first week in a year that I woke up for 6am class (3 days in a row mind you!) I am sore as hell, but I feel great. I couldnt remember until this week how grounded crossfit keeps me. Humbles me, excites me and teaches me mental and physical strength.

Top 3 Crossfit Moments of my first year:

 

1. honestly, my #125 squat clean. I spend months stuck at #105. The moment I stood up with that bar on my shoulders, I knew I beat that voice in my head.

2. Watching my best friend, Kate, compete at Beast of the East and CFNE Competitor's Competition. She hates her compliments, but she is my inspiration. The dedication and determination she has is incredible. AND I gained a best friend out of it.

3. Failing. Dropping #115 from overhead, #205 falling off my back in a squat, feeling defeated after one too many 500m rows. but you know what that failing taught me? ...I will always get back up and keep trying. Translate that to life and you are golden.

 

Before I start crying...I'm done.

 

WOD time:

WOD 1

30 Hang Power Snatches (#35)

30 Burpees

rest 4 min X3

 

WOD 2

Bear Complex Ladder

every minute begins with 3 burpees

starting at #35 adding #10 each time

(completed #85, failed at #95)

 

WOD 3

30 Thrusters *unbroken

500m Row 100%

Rest 8 min X2

 

3:33 and 3:14

Let me reintroduce myself..

My motto today: "I believe in the Sun even when it isn't shining, I believe in love even when I am alone, I believe in God even when he is silent" '

 

It's been a long 2.5 months of yoga, bicep curls, learning patience and watching my body slowly change back to a semi-pre-crossfit softness. But...I'm finally back at it and I learned SO much from being away from Crossfit. We learn a ton, each and every day in the gym, when a workout kicks our ass, when we kill a workout, when a teammate crumbles under the bar, when a crowd forms around the last person finishing a WOD. No one really thinks much about what we would learn away from crossfit...well, here I go:

1. I learned appreciation. What it means to be part of a community where people's fitness and strength are one of the most important things in their life. A likemindedness that can't be found anywhere else. (although yoga is kind of my #2 jam these days)

2. I learned to deal with things in my life that I was ignoring because I took it out on Crossfit and to have faith in myself to conquer them.

3. The value of my physical strength really shined. I got through surgery like a champ (in my opinion) and got back to working out pretty quickly, but the best part was my body strength held better than it ever has before in my life. aka I didn't become a weakling as quickly as I had thought I would.

4. CORE. pretty much the most important part of your body for everything. Thank Crossfit for that one.


5. Friends. The support and love I had while being away cannot have been beat.

Top 5...I could go on forever. Peace, Love, Crossfit :)

 

My first two workouts back:

WOD 1:

27 Power Cleans #55

86 Double Unders (172 Singles in the 2nd Round)

27 Power Cleans #55

X2 for time

I think....15:47

 

WOD 2:

3 rounds

250m Row

20 KB Swings #35

20 Burpees

12:48