I started Crossfit by joining the four-week bootcamp at Crossfit Langley. I was looking for something to help me "release" the pounds of daddy weight I gained this winter. I've always maintained my fitness to some degree - doing things like Body For Life challenges and Survivor Bootcamp and being unfit was making me feel uncomfortable and a bit worried. Upon the advice and encouragement of my friend Jeff, I decided to give Crossfit a try.
Nothing in my previous workout experience would prepare me for the committment and intensity I felt as I worked through my very first Crossfit WOD. (Workout of the Day) I was challenged and humbled by the effort needed to complete the workout. Hell, just to keep going took everything I had, and more. The pumping music faded, the grunts and swears of the other bootcampers were distant and my life focused to only the laboured sound of my breathing and the overwhelming desire to STOP and rest. I pushed through all that to unbeliveably finish the rounds and lie there in a pool of my sweat.
As I drove home sometime later (after a lengthy pass out on the mat), I felt something else. It was a wonderful feeling of accomplishment and pride. I read somewhere that when you set a goal and see it through, you are keeping an agreement with yourself. And when you do that with incredible effort and passion it changes the way you experience your life.
I know I'll be back again and again. I fear my workout, I'll be honest. But I also look forward to it.
1 comment:
Welcome to the online Crossfiters blogging world.
You're doing great, and you'll find that by having a blog you get to document your workout, and also how you felt. It's great to go back and read some of your own posts after a few months!
Keep it up, i'm proud of ya buddy!
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