The purpose of this blog is to
1) let others become aware of CrossFit
2)hopefully get more people to start doing WOD's with me at The Office
3)maybe convert some of you bodybuilders into true fitness
4)let people follow what goes on at The Office and see daily workouts and additions to the gym.
5)share idea's and opinions and discuss anything CrossFit related.
6) this also allows me to post exercises related shit somewhere besides my facebook account where people will actually care about and respond to what i say.
If you're reading this right now, you either have some interest in CrossFit, or at least an interest in working out for some reason or another. If your reason is to have good looking "beach muscles" then you don't know whats in store for you when you start doing crossfit. If you wanna become faster,stronger,leaner,more powerful,quicker,have better balance,better lungs, and other increased physiological functions, then yeah, this is the right spot for you.
As most of you are probably curious and will start compiling questions in your head, please visit www.crossfit.com and look around the frequently asked questions, and browse the main page and you will learn a lot.
I have a degree in Exercise Science and am currently going for my Masters degree in EXSC at MTSU. I started doing crossfit on and off about a year ago. My friend michael foster introduced me to a workout which was something like 3 rounds of 400meter sprints, some pullups and some rowing,..i couldnt finish it. Also during my internship at a gym in Florida where my female boss was beastin' at all these workouts that I couldnt keep up with. I had always thought i was in such great shape by doing cardio and weight training 5 times a week until i witnessed crossfit. She put me through a workout called "fight gone bad" it consisted of 3 rounds of 5 exercises which you did continuously for 1 minute each and after the round you were allowed a 1 minute break. the exercises were Wall Balls, Sumo Deadlift High Pull, Box Jump, 75lb pushpress and rowing...i was so dripping in sweat and laying on the floor when i was done. Someone keeps count of your total number of reps during the workout and your score is your total..her's killed mine.. i then knew that barbell curls, leg extensions and front raises weren't doing shit for my fitness. . I got hired at a gym at the beginning of 2010 that is a crossfit affiliate and I and have become strict about doing crossfit since then, and hopefully you will too!
I plan to post informational topics on various things crossfit related every day on this blog and hopefully you will benefit from it.
I encourage people to post comments, questions, and crossfit related pictures and videos, and i will be doing the same.
Over the course of this summer I hope to start doing regular WOD's at The Office with a handful of other people. It doesn't matter what base fitness level you are at right now, the workouts can all be scaled accordingly to match your level, and you will improve at your own rate (but remarkedly faster than you would improve by working out alone). I garuntee your mile time will go down, your squat, deadlift, cleans, overhead presses will go up,.. and you will feel so much better at the end of the day.