June Crossfit Update

Another month of not really working out.

I got the okay to go back to riding before I got the okay to go back to CrossFit. But I was allowed to go back mid-June and I did! For one class.

My issues with my gym have been that they really emphasize cardio and then suddenly we're doing a month of testing to see how heavy I can get these lifts that I never practice. In addition to disliking cardio and loving to lift, I also just can't see how this is effective training.

Luckily my gym listened to their members complaining that there wasn't enough barbell work and implemented new barbell classes! That were uncoached... uh. So I went to one of them and it was all self paced and a normal class was going on at the same time. Cool. I can do that at home.

Love this trail!

This month I've joined another gym because they had a special. It's essentially more than half off and I get unlimited. So I'm going to take my time to try them out. They have an Oly class and a Powerlifting class in addition to a bunch of regular Crossfit. I looked at the programming and I really like it! Way more lifting and sure, there's cardio, but it's clearly not as much of an emphasis.

So fingers crossed that goes well and I can get back to it!

I always feel better when I'm working out. My riding is better (right now my sitting trot is so weak), my anxiety is better (I'm doing fine on that front though), and my eating is better (I basically eat one meal a day when I'm not active enough and then I feel like crap). So I'm excited to get back into it.

I have had my training bar for about a month now and love it. I just kind of wander by it and do a few cleans or some pause squats or what not. I'm fully aware that I don't do enough of the lifts I don't like (ask me how many times I've worked on snatches, hah, none), but it's nice to be able to incorporate barbell work into my home workouts (which again are mostly just fun things, I am not disciplined).