Our first workout was on Tuesday, December 7, 2010. In our firehouse, we have a set of stairs that goes from the basement (where the gym is) up to the second floor where the locker rooms and our offices are.
After we got off work at 4pm, we headed down to the basement full of a bit of trepidation and excitement to see what our Trainer would have in store for us.
Our first workout was not really "Crossfit" in the full sense of the term. Our Trainer said it wasn't really Crossfit yet, but they were exercises used in daily Crossfit workouts.
1 stair run
15 squats
10 push ups (on knees - you know...girly ones)
20 lunges
15 sit ups
3 rounds
In our first round, as I ran those stairs (actually I usually end up walking the stairs - at least I'm moving!), I kept saying to myself that I was so very grateful I had started walking in July. Had I not been conditioning my cardio prior to this workout, I surely would have died.
The day after our workout, I could hardly walk! My legs were so very sore from the workout. Okay, I am lying. My legs were NOT sore, they were in pain. I was in so much pain, I whimpered when I moved.
Little did I know the pain I experienced in this first workout would awaken something inside of me that has changed my life for the better in more ways than one.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
How it started....
Three years ago, I packed up everything I could fit in my car and a moving van and headed cross country. I had spent my entire life in Las Vegas, NV and knew I needed something different. I needed something more and I needed to do something major for myself. I decided to move to Louisville, KY. Random to some people, but not really to me.
Once I moved here, I sunk into a deeper depression than I was already in after my best friend died in 2005. When he died, I lost a good portion of who I was and didn't really know what I wanted. I just knew it was not going to be found in Las Vegas.
Three years later, I still haven't found exactly 100% what I wanted, but I know I'm on the right path. When I lived in Vegas, I had allergies and sinus issues, but when I moved here? Holy crap did my sinuses and allergies go bonkers. I've also developed asthma since moving here and I had gained about 30 pounds in the first 2 years I lived here.
In July of 2010, I noticed two of my co-workers were walking a lot. They would go over to UofL and walk the track there. I knew I'd struggle, but I invited myself. The first time I walked with them, I could hardly walk a mile without feeling like my lungs were exploding. As we walked five days a week and continued doing it, my strength and stamina started to build up. We started running stairs at the training academy - which absolutely killed me several times (I'm sure of it!)
As the weather grew colder, we started walking downtown near where we worked. By the beginning of December, 2010, I was walking 3.2 miles and running stairs five days a week. When it was too cold, we would run the stairs in the firehouse. In the walking path we were taking when we walked outside, there was a set of stairs that were horrible for me, but we did them. Every day, we did them.
December 7, 2010 will be the day that changed my life. We asked one of the firefighters we work with to come up with a workout for us. He is a Crossfit trainer and had offered before, but we were stubborn and kept on walking for about a week after he offered.
On this blog, I'll be posting our daily workouts (WOD) and how I felt/feel about that workout. I'll also post other related information about my journey to a healthy lifestyle and better way of living my life. At the age of 41, here I am making some huge changes. I love it.
I feel so much better than I have since I moved here and I'm so very grateful I've made friends with some of my co-workers. I'll be talking about my Workout Partner, The Trainer and several others in my posts.
See you next time...
Once I moved here, I sunk into a deeper depression than I was already in after my best friend died in 2005. When he died, I lost a good portion of who I was and didn't really know what I wanted. I just knew it was not going to be found in Las Vegas.
Three years later, I still haven't found exactly 100% what I wanted, but I know I'm on the right path. When I lived in Vegas, I had allergies and sinus issues, but when I moved here? Holy crap did my sinuses and allergies go bonkers. I've also developed asthma since moving here and I had gained about 30 pounds in the first 2 years I lived here.
In July of 2010, I noticed two of my co-workers were walking a lot. They would go over to UofL and walk the track there. I knew I'd struggle, but I invited myself. The first time I walked with them, I could hardly walk a mile without feeling like my lungs were exploding. As we walked five days a week and continued doing it, my strength and stamina started to build up. We started running stairs at the training academy - which absolutely killed me several times (I'm sure of it!)
As the weather grew colder, we started walking downtown near where we worked. By the beginning of December, 2010, I was walking 3.2 miles and running stairs five days a week. When it was too cold, we would run the stairs in the firehouse. In the walking path we were taking when we walked outside, there was a set of stairs that were horrible for me, but we did them. Every day, we did them.
December 7, 2010 will be the day that changed my life. We asked one of the firefighters we work with to come up with a workout for us. He is a Crossfit trainer and had offered before, but we were stubborn and kept on walking for about a week after he offered.
On this blog, I'll be posting our daily workouts (WOD) and how I felt/feel about that workout. I'll also post other related information about my journey to a healthy lifestyle and better way of living my life. At the age of 41, here I am making some huge changes. I love it.
I feel so much better than I have since I moved here and I'm so very grateful I've made friends with some of my co-workers. I'll be talking about my Workout Partner, The Trainer and several others in my posts.
See you next time...
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