WHERE HAS THE SUMMER GONE??

Wow-I can't believe it is almost August! Tomorrow- August 1st. I simply do not know where the time is going and it is unbelievable to me that I was packing for my Alaska Cruise one month ago! Geez- feels just like yesterday!

Anyway, it has been crazy since I returned from vacation, I'm starting to think that my life just doesn't know anything other than crazy! I am blessed to be busy with work, booking wonderful trips for my clients and things are looking very promising for 2010!

Spaz is doing very well. He weighed in today at 7 pounds- this kitty just keeps eating and putting back on the weight. I swear two months ago I thought he was knocking on death's door, but looks like that is not the case. He has been a bit of a challenge with inappropriate urination spots (well really one spot)- but we have that corner barracaded for now until we decide what to do about it. We think the stink is gone, but the kitty knows for sure, so we don't really want to find out right now. We are thankful that he is gaining weight and being his normal crazy self.

I have not been to Cross Fit now in over a month and I'm starting to feel flabby- it's amazing what the strength workouts really do for you and if you make yourself conscious of it, you really can feel the difference when you stop. So Monday I am making a promise to myself to get back on track with that. I've been keeping up with my Zumba and Spin, and of course our dancing on the weekends--but I need my strength training and I really need to start training for the Nike 1/2 Marathon in October, I seem to be avoiding that like the plague!

Oh well! Off to bed I go, but wanted to make a post since I have not been here in a long while!!

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My Vida Loca!!!

Well, it has been close to a week since my last post. It's been down right crazy!!

Cross Fit has not happened for me since last thursday. I typically don't do fridays anyway, but this week with preparations for vacation, I've been putting in long hours to get work done! Still up now at 2am and almost done for the day ~ I'm at a stand still since I need to call reservation numbers and they are all sleeping still. I would like to say that I will make it in 3 hours (unlikely as I am starting to get tired now)...and I'd like to make it on thursday- but will other things that need to get done, I seriously doubt that also.

Exercise really has not happened much since last week- I taught my spin class on friday and took line dancing class at the gym on saturday. We did not go dancing friday, but went bowling instead. Monday I subbed a line dance class and then today/tuesday taught my spin class. I hate not getting my 2 hours of workout in each day- feeling sluggish right now which is a combination of cut back workouts and an increase of stress eating!

Spaz is doing very well, he's still eating like a fat cat and gaining weight- I weighed him over the weekend and he's back to 6.2 pounds - GREAT news! The not so great news is that he decided to use the corner of the living room as a potty place. We had to cut out part of the carpet there and have been trying to get rid of the stink- but unsuccessfully it would seem since I caught the furball peeing in the corner tonight on the concrete subfloor that is exposed. So I have now barracaded the area, tried treating it again with Nature's Miracle and will attempt Bleach again tomorrow. If he was showing signs of being really sick right now, making "the decision" would be easier!! I'm not a fan of my house being destroyed! I have been successful in arranging for caretakers while we're on vacation. Brandon (one of my best friend's son) is going to house sit while we're gone and another friend, Sunny is going to come by at lunch to visit and feed since the kitty is eating 4 times a day!

Mom - we successfully purchased a new car for her this past weekend- a 2007 Toyota Yaris and it's a beautiful cobalt blue. She has done a few test drives, but had not driven now since sunday- I think we need to drive with her a little bit more until she has confidence to do it on her own. The car is a completely different feel vs. the old buick boat that she had! I sure hope when I'm 80, I am not as easily made afraid of things like this.

Vacation - I am getting very excited to leave this week on our cruise- I need the down time. I have been convinced that I should not take my laptop- so I'm going to leave it home. If I really feel the need, I can go to the internet cafe. Going to try to avoid it. I've been busting my tail this week to get things done. I don't know why, but everytime I seem to plan a vacation, all the new complicated trip requests show up. I'm trying to accept that I can only do so much and as long as I do my best- that is all I can do. Tomorrow (well today) is my last day. I have taken Thursday off so that I can take mom to her hair appointment, pack my stuff and then we head to the airport around 4pm. Weather forecasts for Alaska are getting a little better- am starting to see some possible sunny and 70 reports!

Cross Fit ~ Week 7 ~ Day 4

Getting close to the weekend! Yeah! Today's workout was a 5K run up at Edgewood/Canada Rds. Oh how I so wanted to just hit the snooze button and roll over, back to sleep- but I got up in large part because my friend Yvonne was going to meet us and before I left the house I checked email and had one from Yvonne that she wasn't going to make it...but I still went.

There were 4 of us plus trainer Jeff. I did not do the whole run and what I did do was partly run/walk. I have never been a runner and I'm not sure I ever will become one- I really do prefer to walk briskly! Jackie and I move at similar paces, so didn't take long for she and I to be "pulling up the rear" ~ maybe that's why I don't like running..I have always liked to be "in front" or "first"- all my life. In fact, in first grade the teacher told my mother, "Pamela must learn that she can't always be first." Guess I never learned that lesson! I still like being first and in the front! Anyway, we did our pace and Jackie wasn't feeling well, so we slowed down to a decent walk for awhile and then she encouraged me to go on and she was going to head back to the car. So I did for awhile and then started to feel bad that she was going back alone and here I was running alone which didn't make me feel very comfy either. So I turned back to meet up with her.

In talking on our way back, I think I realized part of my problem is that I really need to know distance, etc. This trail did not have mile markers or anything like that (at least not that I noticed)..vs. Sawyer Camp Trail that does have the mile markers all the way through- I think for me knowing, "ok just passed one mile", "ok just passed two miles" - it's a psychological thing for me. Yes, I could invest in a Garmin or similar- but like I said, I can't imagine being a runner on a regular basis, so it's not worth it to me to invest in something like that. When I was running solo after leaving Jackie, if I had known - ok it's 1/2 a mile to reach the turn around point, etc. I might have pushed forward to do that as the return run was easy- mostly downhill...

...oh well, I'm still proud- I did go, I tried and I did what I could. But boy did my lungs really tighten up when we started - don't know if it was the terrain with the weeds, etc. playing havoc with my allergies or what, but I had the allergy cough all the way home. I do plan to work on my running while on the cruise....that I think I can handle!! Tomorrow is friday and one of the team is celebrating a birthday this weekend, so the WOD is a special birthday workout- from what I understand- the # of repititions = her age and she's going to be 49!! I'm scared, but since we are not dancing tomorrow night- I plan to be there!

Cross Fit ~ Week 7 ~ Day 3

Today was a different workout- it was really more a full blown out warm up and then what they call an "Olympic Lifting" move. I'll break it down:

For the warm- up we did our stretching, foam rollers, shoulder discs and 400m run, then continued with 3 circuits of the following:

15 sit ups
15 push ups
15 back extensions
15 dips
3 pull ups

After we all went through the 3 circuits we then were introduced to the front squat- which is basically a squat with the barbell held in front, resting on your clavicle and finger tips. This is a very hard move on the wrists! The idea was to do 1 squat, rest, add more weight, do another and continue this process 7 times and stop adding weight when you reach your maximum. The goal of the exercise was to work on form and perfect the squat with keeping yourself upright, all the weight in the heels and avoid leaning forward. I was able to get up to 45 pounds on the squat, but had to reduce down to 35 pounds because of the stress on my wrists. They say that will get better once more flexibility is developed in my wrists, but I'm a bit skeptical about that ~ I've always had issues with my wrists.

We were not times on any of this today because it was strictly a warm up and then working on the form for the front squat. We then finished up with some ab work on the stability ball.

Cross Fit- Week 7 - Day 2

I have missed so many Cross Fit workouts since I started 7 weeks ago, that I'm not even sure which week for me this really is- I'm guessing I'm on my 4th week technically speaking--but today I was BACK!! I did have full intentions of getting back yesterday to do the "Murph" workout--but was at the Emergency Room Sunday night with my brother until 3 A.M. Fortunately, he is ok and I'm happy that I was there to help him out in his time of need. He wouldn't ask for help unless he was really in pain--so I know he needed to get to the hospital.

Today it felt so good to be up at 5am (yes I know that sounds crazy)- but I had a great sleep last night, woke up before the alarm, enjoyed a little cuddle time with the furry child and then got to Optimal Fitness on time even!

Started out with the normal stretching, using the foam roller, then 400 m run followed by sit ups, lunges, shoulder discs and some squats.

Today's WOD was similar to one we did two weeks ago, with a change up of one exercise.

3 circuits:
Rowing: 1000m/750m/500m
or Run: 1200m/800m/400m (we only have 3 row machines)

Wall Balls: 21/15/9
D-Ball Slams: 21/15/19
Kettle Ball Swings: 21/15/9

My time today on this was: 21:49...I finished 2nd in the time amongst my peers. I was fortunate to always get a row machine- so my workout was all rowing.

We finished the workout today with ab work- forget what the first thing was called- but we
hung from the pull up bar and used abs to bring your knees to elbows (ah that's what it's called "knees to elbows") - that was tough, we only did 5 of them..
Then Scissor Kicks, Flutter Kicks and Planks.

Really had a great workout!! My legs will feel it I'm sure- all of the exercises involved squats-
wall ball, you squat and as you come up throw the ball to the wall and catch it. D-Ball Slams, you have the medicine ball over head, as you come down in the squat you slam the ball down, Kettle Ball Swings- again squatting with the kettle ball in hand.

I have 2 spin classes to teach today- this should be fun!! Happy Tuesday and I hope to get to Cross Fit the rest of the week! I hear we have a birthday WOD on friday for one of the team. Rumor has it the # of reps is equal to the birthday person's age! Let's just say that most of us in the group are probably in the 30's and 40's!

Cross Fit ~ Week 5 ~ Day 4

Yeah, weekend is almost here! Today's workout was pretty decent, not too hard overall. After our stretching and warm up drills we went for the 400 meter run and then back for the workout.

Today's WOD consisted of 3 circuits:

Rowing Machine 1000m/700m/500m
D-Ball Slams 21/15/9
Kettle Ball Swings 21/15/9
Sit ups 21/15/9

Because there are only 3 rowing machines- we had the option to go for a 400m run instead of the row if there wasn't an open machine when we needed it. So for my 700m row, I did to the 400m run instead.

Followed up with stretching. Many of our group had to leave early today, so we didn't do group stretching or abs at the end. Very low key.

My time on this workout: 19:35

Now- the awful part of this morning- while I was at Cross Fit from 530am-630am, I was supposed to be subbing spin at PSC from 6-7am. I completely forgot. Because yesterday was my anniversary- I wasn't "glued" to my Outlook Calendar like normal and really didn't look at my cell phone once we got home last night- which if I had looked I would have seen this morning's commitment!

When I came out of Optimal Fitness I had a message waiting for me and actually did rush over there to teach the last 20 minutes. Fortunately, one of the students had her ipod, hooked it up and they were happily spinning on their own. I felt so bad, but they were very forgiving! :(

Sure hope the rest of the day doesn't follow suit. I'm in a good mood and want to have a good day! I plan to go to Zumba at 1230pm because I am having major withdrawals!! Then I am subbing spin at 530pm tonight ~ not sure why that one is in my mental calendar, but the other wasn't.

Cross Fit ~ Week 5 ~ Day 2

Ah, that sore feeling when you wake up the day after the "Murph"- I didn't expect to be that sore today, but I was. Sigh. But I got up, and out the door for another punishing workout. Jeff was back from Israel today - so that was a plus!

We did our stretching as always- basic warm-up drills and then off for the 400m warm up run...not bad- just hard to get the legs to wake up and perform...

Then the WOD:

Each Circuit included:
400 m run
Burpees
Dips
Lunges
1st round = 21 reps, 2nd round = 15 reps, 3rd round = 9 reps

Let me just say that Burpees are the work of the devil!!! I can't stand them and I especially hated them on the 1st round with 21 reps! Still hated them when I had 15 to do...and yes still hated them when I had 9 to do- but 9 felt so much like the home stretch!!

This was a timed workout and my time today was 21:20

I did each of the 400m runs and my leg wasn't bothering me- there is still a sore spot on my left upper shin, but I'm not entirely sure it's the start of shin splints...almost feels more like a bruise. Still have to get inserts for my running shoes- the store I went to yesterday was out of my size. Will try another store today!

Not sure if I will make it for tomorrow's WOD- celebrating 3 years of wonderful marriage with my husband Bill and we are both taking the day off of work...plan to get my manicure and pedicure, go out to lunch, take a walk or hike, evening massages and then pick up dinner from our favorite Italian place and enjoy a bottle of wine while watching "So You Think You Can Dance". No phones, no computers...just together time!

Overwhelming Life....

.....last week was a tough week. Work was stressful, the week started off pretty good the first two days- was able to get to my Cross Fit workouts, get lots of things done with work - but still had a few loose ends that were just determined to remain "loose". Wednesday the week started to go downhill (see previous blog) Then Thursday morning - Spaz had a throw up episode at 520 am as I was about to leave for my Cross Fit workout, but I ended up having to tend to him instead. A month ago, I probably would not have stopped what I was doing to tend to him-but now he's just so fragile.

Seemed that the puke on the carpet was just a sign of how the day was going to go. I figured I would make up the workout on my own, I never made it out of the house again. Had great intentions to get to Zumba at 1230pm (work was just way too crazy)--fortunately I was subbing spin at 530pm- so I did get out and move my ass! Friday, I had so many loose ends to finalize with work before leaving for Monterey- so I was up working until I had to go teach 915am spin.

Spaz had been improving from the previous week....he picked up his eating and was cleaning every bowl we put down, which was exciting and I was feeling better about him (for the time being). He had been constipated for several days- but thankfully a while after he threw up, he did go to the bathroom. Again, I was happy the constipation was gone.

Friday we had to go away for the night to Monterey to see two nephews graduate High School. Our faithful kitty caregiver, Lisa was going to check in on him. She fed him friday night and by morning he had not cleaned his bowl, she fed him again and he barely touched it- well later saturday afternoon he threw up again and then had a major 'bout of diarrhea- all over the house. That sounds worse than it really was, it was more like tiny drops of liquid poop around the house. Lisa cleaned up what she could (bless her heart) and then texted me about what had happened. We were already on our way home. She stayed with Spaz all day until about 730pm. We got home close to 930pm. He was very needy- had a very sad expression on his face and the most pathetic meow. Broke my heart. So I had another meltdown when I went to see Lisa and give her "gifts" for taking good care of the furry child.

Spaz has not eaten anything since this diarrhea episode...he has wanted water, which is good- he wants to hydrate himself. But I weighed him and according to my scale - looks like he is now weighing 5.8 (which is down .4 from last weekend's vet visit). I have emailed the vet to see what she thinks- I'm not sure that he is in pain (yet)...but it's now getting ugly. I don't want this to sound bad, but knowing that his time is limited- do we really want to constantly be spot cleaning the carpet (bless Bill for doing this, he's gotten to be a pro at it)?...do we want to be trying to clean dried poop out of his fur? do we want to continue to see him wither down to 5 pounds or less? I don't mean to make this sound about "me" or "us"- ultimately, if I knew Spaz was in pain, I would do the humane thing immediately ~ but not knowing that and knowing that his life expectancy is not very long...I'm trying to be realistic. I LOVE this boy to death and this is all tearing me up inside. I am just so afraid that I'm not going to do the right thing at the right time or that I'm doing to do something for the wrong reason.

I cried myself to sleep last night. I've had tears several times today...3 days ago I wasn't even thinking of tears- but a week prior to that I was. Whew- what a roller coaster ride this is certainly proving to be. I just can't imagine my life without Spaz, but I know that it will happen ~ I know that I will have to learn to live without the best damn kitty that I have ever met. I know that he will be in such a better place when he leaves us and with any luck he'll run into my dad (who he never knew) and together they can wait together to be reunited with me when it's my turn to meet my maker. I just pray that I know when it's his time and that I don't second guess it for my own benefit.

As for the rest of the week- as overwhelming as it was- things that had to "come together" on Friday did- there are still a few things that need to come together Monday/Tuesday due to deadlines. But once I "let go" on friday to leave, I was peaceful- I knew I had done everything I possibly could to get things done. I did enjoy a nice 1-1/2 days with my in-laws in Monterey and was amazingly relaxed all day saturday- no email, no real phone contact with anyone...just time to watch the water, the seals, enjoy a little wine tasting....it was as if the world stopped for a day for me to take a deep breath.

I did pray today in church for God to give me the strength to know when it was Spaz's time for me to let go. I can't pray for him to get better, he is terminally ill...but I have to trust that I will know when to let go.

Looking forward to a new week, hopefully one that isn't as emotionally draining...and hopefully one that will help me to stay focused on my health and get in my workouts.

Cross Fit, Week 4, Day 2

Well today was very interesting when trying to get out of bed. I was so sore from yesterdays workout, it was unbelievable. Everything hurts! But I mustered up my courage and got myself out the door to the workout today! It was a "nicer" workout vs. yesterday's "murph" ~ thank God!

So Stretch, Run 400m, then some more warm up exercises on the shoulders and then some sit ups.

The WOD today consisted of 5 circuits, 7 repetitions each
Pull Ups
Squat Thrusts (this is the squat and come up with overhead press)
Burpees (yes, they returned today...we have not had burpees since Day 1 of Week 1)

I completed this circuit in 10:05

The first set of Pull Ups were tough- mainly due to having done so many yesterday- but I managed to push through!
Burpees- well I'll always hate them, but because of everything else we've been doing, I felt stronger doing them. I'm sure I still look pretty lame...but it's progress. Rome wasn't built in a day!

We finished up the day with our ab workout- which today was a bit of everything. We worked with medicine balls and a partner. First was the medicine ball toss back and forth to each other...then we did the same thing with a much heavier medicine ball (ouch)...we then did sit ups facing each other with a medicine ball toss on the way up from the sit up...and then obliques by standing back to back and rotating our torsos to handoff the medicine balls to each other...

...a good workout today- not sure if I'll be sore from it, at this point I think I'll be sore from yesterday's workout all week long- so heck, what's a little bit more!!

I am scared- tomorrow's workout is a 5K run....I have not ran 3 miles consecutively since I did my sprint triathlons 6 years ago...yes I did run 2 miles yesterday- 1 at a time....but I'll do my best, come what may!

Cross Fit- Week 4
(but for me really week 3 due to my cold and crazy schedule that followed)

Well, hello Monday, hello 5am alarm clock - was tempted to not get up and continue to cuddle with the kitty. But I got up, and made it to Optimal Fitness for the WOD. (Workout of the day)

Robert was there, but no Jeff today (he's off in Tel Aviv for a week)- so we had Ben taking his place and just as the workouts change daily- when you have a new leader....that changes things up a bit also.

Warm Up was a little different- we did our stretching and then 50 jumping jacks, but he challenged us to engage our brains while doing jacks. Criss-Cross the feet each time, change how your hands meet above your head (fists, thumbs, open hands, back hands, etc.)- of course the only problem with that is nobody was counting!

Then we did little jumps with feet together, from there a "cross-country" type motion and then adding a torso twist to the movement.

After that, we started the WOD. Ben explained that June is "Murph" month. He told us why:

In memory of Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy, 29, of Patchogue, N.Y., who was killed in Afghanistan June 28th, 2005.

This workout was one of Mike's favorites and he'd named it "Body Armor". From here on it will be referred to as "Murph" in honor of the focused warrior and great American who wanted nothing more in life than to serve this great country and the beautiful people who make it what it is.

THE WOD IS THE FOLLOWING:

1 mile run

100 pull ups

200 push ups

300 squats

1 mile run

So after the warm up- off we go for the run, into two groups - those who think they can run a 1 mile and those who think 1/2 a mile is all they can manage. I told Ben, I'll give the mile a shot- but don't worry if I drop off. I ran my mile...then we returned inside to tackle the rest. We paired up and could manage the tasks anyway we saw fit to do. Brien and I were teamed up and we decided to do 10 sets of 10 pull-ups, push-ups and squats. Well we failed to read completely and thought we were supposed to do 100 of each task- but anyway- we figured no problem once we did the 100 of each, then we'd finish up the push ups and squats. Well, we ran out of time. We got through 9 sets of 10, then off for the final mile run. I thought I was going to DIE!! We were back at 630am after the run, and did some ab work: planks, flutter kicks, scissor kicks and then we were done.

The idea behind this workout though is time based and ideally I think you'd want to do the entire workout and see how long it takes you. I've read on the Cross Fit website discussion board some people doing the entire workout in 17 minutes. Well, I'll be a long way from that kind of time...hell I run about a 12 minute mile. I did have quite a few problems with the pull-ups. I was not using the assist machine that I'm used to- but instead using a bar with the elastic suspension- well it would take me a flippin' minute just to get in the elastic - oh and getting out of the elastic was not a pretty site. Once I went onto the pull-up assist machine I felt more productive on that task.

I would say that overall- Brien and I completed 9 sets of 10 ..so we did 90 pull up, 90 push ups, 90 squats and ran 2 miles- in what I would think was about 40 minutes. (***ok, update ad of 6/2/09...I just found out today that because we were teamed up, we were supposed to "share" the workout: i.e. 50 pulls up each, 100 push ups each and 150 squats each....I think we would have completed it all and would have been much easier without as many pull ups- that was bringing me down!!)

So, how do I feel? Ha, ha, ha...well I am sorry that I didn't get in there last week, because after being away from Cross Fit for 7 days- (3 days from week 2 and then 4 days from week 3)...I'm hurtin' for certain! I'll be lucky if I can get up the stairs tonight after an evening on the couch! LOL Add to all of this a sunburn from yesterday- I'm a mess! But "I will survive"...I always do, it's in my nature!

I will say though 1/2 the battle is really the mental game. Having the ability to put mind over matter and push yourself. I was a wimp- when we went for that first mile run and I gave my "disclaimer" about maybe dropping off- wimpy wimpy wimpy!! When we went out for the last mile run, I didn't say it, but I thought it to myself "well if I only do 2 laps that'll be ok". But after I did the 2 laps, I did the 3rd and really thought ok, "I'm done"- but then the mental game comes in and I'm thinking, "only one more lap- you can do this, take your time and just do it". I remembered back 6 years ago when I did my two sprint triathlons and ran 3 miles- which is really not a BIG deal at all...but when I was doing that race and on my way back (it was a loop course), I so wanted to give up and then there were kids on the course, running towards me (starting their run portion of the race) and yelling, "you can do it, keep up the good work, you're almost there". It's amazing what words of encouragement can do for you.

On the last lap today, Ben paced with me. The thought of "nobody runs alone" and "we run at the slowest runners pace" and then when we saw the finish, he pushed me to give a little more, to push a little harder....and that brought me back to 6 years ago when I saw that finish line and how I couldn't wait to get there.

If I understand correctly, this will be the Monday workout for the month of June because Ben was commenting about how lucky we are to have 5 mondays in June! We get to honor Navy Lt. Michael Murphy with his favorite workout 5 times this month! HA!!!

Cross Fit- Week 3

Well here it is Wednesday of week 3 for Cross Fit and I have not been there this week. Between the monday holiday and two days where I just couldn't get up at 5am. I'm assuming it's my body talking to me saying that I need to rest more to get the last of this cough out of me. I have been going to bed early like a good girl.

However, I did weigh myself on Tuesday and I'm down another pound- could be part of the cold with lack of eating- but we did have a big birthday weekend with my mom's 80th, and lots of cake. See if there is birthday cake in the house, I will have it for breakfast, lunch or whatever! :) Only birthday cake though- yes I'm a strange one.

I have not been totally inactive- since being sick last week, I did teach my spin class on Friday and we went out dancing Friday night (but not as full force as normal), I took Zumba saturday morning before all the birthday celebrations and then taught line dancing on Monday (holiday), taught spin yesterday...so I am still getting some activity--but I MISS the Cross Fit "kick my butt" workout to start off my day. I MISS being productive and getting so much done before 10am!

Tomorrow! I will be there tomorrow if it kills me!

Cross Fit Journey

So today I started my first "Cross Fit" training and I can see that this is going to be an awesome program! Each day the workout is different and you don't know what to expect. You are also timed on the circuit, so that you can see how much better you do the next time around.

Today's workout was called "The Hanson" (I think)...
anyway- we started with some stretching, then a 400m run/jog outside (ok I'm in serious trouble for the Nike 1/2 marathon in October ~ what was I thinking?)
After that warm-up, we then started the circuit:

5 rounds, 10 reps of the following:


1. Kettle Ball Swings
2. Burpees (OK- i HATE Burpees...I don't care what anyone says, they are not good for me and I really, really HATE them)
3. Ab Machine/Crunches

My time today for the 5 circuits: 15:00
I would have done so much better had it not been for burpees!

Afterwards, we did some stretching and then bridges off of stability balls, balancing one leg at a time, and then ended with a few planks.

I am SORE ~ and it's only been 4 hours!
I am SORE ~ and I am a fitness instructor! In shape, but not in this shape!! This is the type of training that police officers and firefighters go through!!
I am SORE ~ but it will get better!!

The philosophy behind the Cross Fit program is that every workout is different, you never know what you'll get from one day to the next. I have heard that there will be a few times when we meet at a nearby swimming pool and one of the "circuits" will be to swim a lap!

Really going to give this my best shot and see how it goes- I need someone to kick my ass into gear and make me accountable. It's also nice being somewhat "done" with my workout at 630am!