damm…you’re beating me on pushups :{ AHHHHHH 
i think crossfit can be cool too–they seem to have so much fun and are most exuberant…but I’m a pl girl for the long run 
I had a good stab at Crossfit when I turned 40. I just went to the Crossfit website and tried to follow their WoD as closely as possible (not always possible since I lacked the equipment for some things and the ability to do others. However, there is a link off the Crossfit page to a forum where you can find scaled versions of the WoDs: crossfitbrandx.com
HOWEVER… Crossfit can be brutal. In the pure sense, it’s done 3-on, 1-off. Workouts can be anything from doing single deadlifts to a 10K run, but a lot of them are what you call “metcons” or metabolic coniditioning, which are basically what you witnessed. I found my body couldn’t deal with it. I got very sick. I broke my immune system and came down with every virus going for a period of 8 months. After that I dropped the metcons for a while (I had to, physically) and went back to more power-type training with long rests. Not so great for body comp but kinder on my immune system.
I still think Crossfit workouts are a useful tool, but you have to adapt them to your own needs. As a rule, women seem to progress very well on them and build good bodies, more so than men.
I also tried the WOD for about a month and found it to be a little skewed regarding overtraining the lats. My upper back was sore for the entirer month, my legs were only sore for the first week, and nothing else was hit directly enough to get sore.
Also, for weight loss and cardio benefits, I discovered that regular running interval and long runs worked better 
But if you taylor crossfit workouts to always be at least twenty minutes and put together the workouts yourself so you aren’t over-stressing one part of the body, it’s a ton of fun.
You’ll probably get me as a trainer.
Morning weight-
183.8
You know, that reminds me…I used to train 1 big lift(heavy) and then make my accessory stuff into a gigantic circuit.
It was fun!! Kinda cross-fit like. I did that for a month or so and got kinda burnt out though. So I can see how cross-fit day in day out could have affects on people like Cal said. I’m not in a state right now where I should be getting burnt out, since I pretty much already am!
But I can see doing it my own way, adjusting accordingly. 'specially with all the cool toys I have access too now.
I have my first counseling session this morning…
Yeah, absolutely. Until you get your thyroid sorted, I’d avoid the balls to the wall-type workouts. I ended up taking powdered adrenal gland for a while to sort myself out. You don’t want that.
I love gym characters! They make the 2-3 minute rest period go by faster. The only ones I don’t like are the ones that try to talk to me. I definitely think playing with the toys would be fun.
Heya Chickita!! I did a couple spells of CF too, I like it but it wears me out after a few weeks. I find that some of the amounts of reps you have to do are a bit over kill too (hard on your body) but its fun for something different!
Hope you get your thyroid issues fixed up quickly! Take care!
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Bwahahahaha crossfit.
And good luck at your appointment.
Well, some good training going on in here. Nice work.
I think I probably share the counts opinion of crossfit, though I have done a few of thier workouts. Could be good for a conditioning tool, or if you wanted to compete in a crossfit games comp or something. Otherwise, its just kind of WTF is this??
Good luck with the counseling.
awesome work…CF seems to be really crossing (no pun) over into the mainstream, they now have CF in my commercial gym (LA Fitness), I wonder what this is gonna do to my local CF private gym.
You should def. ask that woman if you can train with her. Or, if nothing else, ask her what she does for her routines so you can try something similiar and see how you like it?
[quote]Cal Jones wrote:
I had a good stab at Crossfit when I turned 40. I just went to the Crossfit website and tried to follow their WoD as closely as possible (not always possible since I lacked the equipment for some things and the ability to do others. However, there is a link off the Crossfit page to a forum where you can find scaled versions of the WoDs: crossfitbrandx.com
HOWEVER… Crossfit can be brutal. In the pure sense, it’s done 3-on, 1-off. Workouts can be anything from doing single deadlifts to a 10K run, but a lot of them are what you call “metcons” or metabolic coniditioning, which are basically what you witnessed. I found my body couldn’t deal with it. I got very sick. I broke my immune system and came down with every virus going for a period of 8 months. After that I dropped the metcons for a while (I had to, physically) and went back to more power-type training with long rests. Not so great for body comp but kinder on my immune system.
I still think Crossfit workouts are a useful tool, but you have to adapt them to your own needs. As a rule, women seem to progress very well on them and build good bodies, more so than men. [/quote]
Thix is interesting. I read somewhere that something like 30% of marathon finishers get a cold the next week. Apparently the creation of free radicals is increased and the immune system partially breaks down with increased cardio. It’s recommended that endurance athletes consume antioxidants to combat this and really make sure they’re eatting enough. I didn’t know that crossfit could so easily have the same effect. I thought it would just break down the nervous system, not the immune system.
Yes, it can fry your CNS, but the fact is, if you’re pushing yourself harder than your body can recover, then other things start to break down. You get injuries, you get sick. I had bad cystitis, a cold, influenza, then bronchitis and some 48 hour vomiting bug all within the space of 8 months. After that I wasn’t sick again for two years.
You’re right that marathons can do that too (touch wood I’ve been absolutely fine since my half marathon). It’s interesting as Mark Sisson of Mark’s Daily Apple used to be a triathlete and marathon runner, and says he was always going down with something or other. He eventually figured out that a low carb, more Paleo-type diet coupled with weights, sprinting and lots of walking gave him optimal health. There’s a bit on it here (scroll down to the the last paragraph): Mark Sisson | Mark's Daily Apple
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Hey thanks everyone!! Blaze and Dove welcome to my ‘crazy,’ log.
I may join in from time to time with the CF gang or make up my own stuff suited to moi. I will definitely try to ‘hook up,’ with the lady trainer!
So the good news is that I’m not actually crazy,teehee but I’ve been through some abnormal crazy shit. Mostly the whole session I was arm chair analyzing myself
The first half of my life was all crap and it’s now catching up to this half. Pretty much. I have many layers to deal with apparently.
First step is to start journaling. Like pen and paper kind. I used to keep a journal when I was younger until my mom swiped it, made copies of some of the entries and shared it with her friends. Nice, right?
Diet/exercise have probably saved me from deeper depression so of course I’m to keep doing that. Also start thinking about other things that I’m interested in and work towards doing it. Not just thinking about doing it. Cello lessons Kung fu and a PL’ing meet/strongman event come to mind
Seems like my life is only just beginning…
pen and paper journal pisses me off bc i cant write as fast as i want to, and then i get sick of writing before i finish what i wanted to say.
ive heard it’s therapeutic though, which is probably what youre goin for. let us know how it works out!
Mimkins! For you… its Adam Hughes Mary Jane (Spider Girl)…
“Damn” to your mother publishing your journal entries like that.
Journaling is always the first step. I’ll fail with that. I never did well with diaries and such. Even though I had some cute diaries in my life. Their pages just remained blank.
Ct. Rockula - my brother from another mother
MiM - the other mother
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hmmm…
Anywho, I am glad to hear you arent crazy, and you should definitely become a master cello player