TRX To Crossfit

Okay, its official, I am now a Crossfit Junkie! I watch a video on YouTube or at Crossfit dot com and next thing you know, I am out in the Garage pumping out reps of squats and pullups like some sort of an obsessed freak. At least that’s what my wife says…

Okay, so I have thought long and hard about releasing some before photo’s here on the internet and really do not want too. But, I think

it would be good to see my progress over the next few month’s using Crossfit. So, here goes…

Crossfit Starting Weight

Okay, My current weight in this picture to the right is 220 pounds! I am 5’9″ tall. I actually got pretty serious about getting back into shape (round is a shape) about 18 weeks ago. When I first started, I weighed in at 230 pounds.

Before I got into Crossfit, I was doing research on the TRX system. The Navy Exchange sold them for a short period of time and I bought one to try and start getting my weight under control.

I went through the 12 week program and lost 10 pounds on it and got my mojo back. In other words, I got my passion back for working out. After finishing up the TRX 12 week program, I was hungry for more. I’ve always hated doing the whole gym thing, so I started looking for something different.

Crossfit Addiction

I definitely found it in Crossfit. Crossfit was right up my alley. I’ve always been told that I have such an intensity when I work out. What in the world are you fighting against? Why do you workout like some sort of possessed crazy person? Those who used to say that were the ones who would basically go to the gym and sit around 90% of the time instead of working out. Imagine what they would say now if they saw the way I workout through Crossfit!

Yesterdays WOD (Workout of the Day):

4 Sets of 10 Reps each for time:

• Pull-Ups
• Squat Clean & Jerks

Stop the Clock and score time. Rest 2-4 Minutes

Next Workout…

4 Sets of 10 Reps (+ 40lb. Vest) each for time:

• Deadlifts (Max. Weight in Gym)
• Walking Lunges (40lb. Vest)
• Medicine Ball Wall Throws (40lb. Vest)

Here is a great sum up of fitness from CrossFit.Com:

Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat.
• Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups, dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds. Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast.
• Five or six days per week mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as creativity will allow. Routine is the enemy. Keep workouts short and intense.
• Regularly learn and play new sports.

There you have it! Until the next time, enjoy your day and get into Crossfit. Oh, that reminds me, I am going to try and catch the next trainer program in October and become a crossfit trainer…