Friday Fitness: CrossFit

Happy Friday everyone! I'm rounding out the week on a good note: with CrossFit of course.

And, as usual, I'm sharing my workout with you. I've mentioned my trainer Shaun before - he trained me again this time (usually on Wednesdays). Shaun is a committed CrossFit-er; he competes in a lot of CrossFit competitions, so he definitely knows what he is doing.

If you check out my workout below, the hardest part for me was definitely the running portion of the workout. It really doesn't help that the run is outside on black asphalt in 100 degree heat! Haha...anything to be stronger and fitter!  


What are you doing to get active before the weekend starts? 

Another CrossFit Day!

Today was another CrossFit day - I told you I was addicted to it!
Gene was my trainer today and helped me a lot with my form, especially on bench press. I'm actually a little under the weather right now, so unfortunately I couldn't push myself as much as I would have wanted to. But I will say, the tabatas surely kicked my butt! For those of you who don't know, a CrossFit tabata is performing as many reps of the assigned exercise as you can in 20 seconds - then resting for 10 seconds, repeating again and again for a total of eight intervals, or 4 minutes of exercise. The hardest tabata sets for me to do were definitely the strict pull-ups and bar dips. Doing them made me realize that I'm a little out of shape right now! But it also makes me excited to watch myself improve and get stronger. That's what fitness is all about, right?

What's your current fitness addiction? Mine is definitely CrossFit! 

My Crossfit Workout

About two and a half years ago, I started CrossFit, a core strength and conditioning program that incorporates fast spurts of intense cardio and strength moves for maximum results fast (yes, I do more than swimming!). It is amazing the results I have seen, especially after I had Blaise. I tried a lot of different exercise regimans to shed the baby weight quickly, but given my time constraint as a new mom, this was the program that worked the best! 

So, after a two-month break (I still stayed active, but with traveling, I wasn't able to commit to my usual CrossFit program), I got back in the gym - GTX in Tucson, AZ - yesterday. 

Check out my CrossFit workout below and try it for yourself. If you have any questions on the moves (they are in CrossFit lingo!) or how to effectively perform them, feel free to ask.


 
What do you think of my workout? And has CrossFit worked for you too? I want to hear from you!