Lift and Press This!

I had this whole long post written about my first Crossfit class and it went away. So now I'm retyping it.

As I wrote before, I went to my Crossfit Foundations class on Monday. I was definitely feeling it yesterday. I asked my trainer (Shout out to Steve R. @ Crossfit Lorton!) whether I was supposed to feel anything and he said, "That's what happens when you're out of shape." Talk about motivation...LOL

So last night proved to be very interesting. I warmed up by doing ring rows, push-ups, and squats. We then went over my press again and I ended up pressing 58 lbs last night! YEAH, BABY! We then started the Workout of the Day (WOD), which is different from the Crossfit main site (http://www.crossfit.com/). We had to do 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 sets of Deadlifts (DL) and pike push-ups. I DL'd 63 pounds. And went 5 rounds for a total of 40 DLs and 40 pike-push-ups. Steve had me stop at 10 mins since this was my first real workout so I wouldn't overexert myself. This may not seem like a lot to you, but I was sweating like a pig about to become barbecue, and having a hard time standing up...LOL We then did 50 Kettlebell Twists with an 8 kg kettlebell. I may be off on the weight. I'll have to check when I go back on Thursday.

I was definitely feeling the workout when I finished, last night, and still this morning. But I know my abs and shoulders will thank me! Not today, and probably not tomorrow, but maybe next week...LOL

My eating has been pretty good. I'm trying to focus on eating REAL food and not a lot of processed food with ingredients I can't pronounce. I'm focusing on upping my water too. I need to see a loss (inches or weight!) soon.

All in all it was a great class last night and I can't wait to go again on Thursday.

Here are some links to some of the exercises I did last night. I won't have any pictures or video of me until Rodney comes to watch a class.

Press
Deadlift
Pike-push-up (I was on my knees and not straight legged)
Kettlebell Twist (I was going MUCH slower than this...LOL)