February Crossfit Update

So February was a freaking bust in terms of working out. The month started out with the Mary clinic, then I was sick, then I put things off for a while when all the barn drama happened.

I went to that strength gym at the end of January and loved it... the first time I went there. It was everything I wanted, but when it came down to it, what I need and what I want are not the same. I make so many decisions every day for work, my horse's training plan, my client's training plans, scheduling... the only decision I want to make about the gym is whether I'm going or not. So when I got in there and had to pick a workout, design my own warm up, pick weights, deliberately go talk to the coach vs having them follow me around... it was just stressful.

I only have so much mental capacity, so I turned my focus back to finding a crossfit gym where things were way more structured.

On another note, can't wait to hike here

Unfortunately I got sick and then busy, so it was nearing the end of the month when I got a message from my previous coach saying something like "girl, have you found a gym yet?" and I had to admit that no, I hadn't. And he said to just get to one. Now. Today.

So I looked up the one I liked the most of the few I had tried and decided to just go there in the last week of February (this was Tuesday night this week btw). I got there and said hi to the coach and saw that the workout was more of a strength workout- a long warm up and then a 5x4 back squat at around 80%. Phew, because my cardio is shot right now.

The coach was great, any time I moved he was watching me, helping me with my form and giving me things to think about. I kept it light because I'm really shifting my focus in terms of weightlifting (not over training anymore, retraining faulty movement patterns at lighter weight for a while, not going hard hard hard every day) and it was super fun. It's not a party like my last gym... I didn't stay after and chit chat with everyone, there's no group chat or anything. But what really matters is that the coaching was great and I finally got to get under the bar again.

Love the open space so close to me

I went again last night and met the new head coach. She's young and inexperienced, but she had good feedback for what we were doing (though it was more cardio/recovery in preparation for the open workout today that I'm not doing because of ponies) and has a lot of good education behind her. I think she's bound to be a pretty great coach one day, I have to remember that it's not about finding the equivalent coach to my riding instructors (since I have big aspirations for dressage but not for lifting), it's about finding someone good for my level who is going to keep me safe.

This gym has a lower cost membership for 3x/week and I'm thinking about doing that. There is one near my house that I want to drop into on occasional weekend or work from home days in addition. I can pretty much guarantee I go on Tuesdays for the more experienced coach and that's when I'll lift heavier. If it doesn't work out, that's okay, I just kind of want somewhere to go and get back to it where I feel comfortable and don't have to shift my schedule too much (the class times and location are pretty ideal).

Looking forward to getting back to it!