I'm baaaaaack

Today was my first of 6 "Foundations" classes at Crossfit 212 (212crossfit.com).  After several months (years) of "working out" on my own, I've decided to sack up and grow a pair.  Luckily, this new CF gym opened right near my office/apt (8 min walk from office, 20 min walk from apt).  The place is expensive as shit, but my existing gym isn't cheap and I think I'll get way more out of this place.  The Foundations class runs for 3 weeks, twice a week at 6pm.  There are 7 other people in my class: two normal kids, one kid that looks like the dude from the movie Road Trip, one sorta fat kid, two Indian kids (one of which seems to be pretty familiar with CF) and one total doofus who asks the funniest questions.  The trainer is this woman named Shelly who is jacked city.  The main trainer/gym owner is this guy Jim, who apparently gets more involved towards the end of the Foundations classes.


Today's lesson was low bar back squats.  I'm not flexible at all, so squats have always been a bit of an issue for me.  The trainer gave me a few pointers, but I definitely need to work some serious stretching into my routine.


After we did a few sets of squats, we did a mini-WOD.


Cindy - 10 min AMRAP
5 pull ups
10 push ups
15 air squats


The trainer said we couldn't do kipping pull ups this early in the game and recommended that we all use bands to assist.  I used a red band which was relatively thin compared to the bands the rest of the dudes were using.


I did 4 full rounds and 5 pull ups (i believe the crossfit vernacular is 4 rounds + 5 reps)


I was pretty much dead afterwards.  The push ups were my main issue.  My score was prob middle of the pack for my class.  I'm pretty sure the two indian kids are hustling (one did like 6 or 7 rounds).


Anyway, long story short: today was awesome and I'm really looking forward to Thursday.  It's kind of tough to get out of work early enough to make these Foundations classes, but I'm just going to make it work.  Once these classes are done, I can go to whatever classes work best for my schedule.


Thanks for kicking me in the ass, gents.