Our coach Justin said that there are boxes that don’t require people to start with foundations, and I find that to be insane. In the last two weeks, I have learned more about proper form than I have in my previous 24 years.

The first week of Foundations left me really, really sore. On day one, we started out with squats. As I mentioned earlier, I have been doing half squats my whole life and calling them squats. That obviously did not fly here. After learning squats, back squats and overhead squats we moved onto pushups. I will be able to do a pushup one day without collapsing halfway, I swear!

Day two brought deadlifts, presses, push presses, burpees and ab mat sit ups. I think I actually kind of enjoy burpees. When those words leave my mouth, I seriously think, who the heck am I.

Day three brought upon my love/hate relationship with double unders. Thanks to lots of practice I am able to jump, jump, double under at least five times in a row. Slowly but surely heading to all double unders. We also did pull-up, wall balls and ball slams. We did a mini WOD at the end of Foundations 3 consisting of wall balls and ball slams that left my hamstring screaming for the next two days.

After four days off from Crossfit, I was itching to get back to the box. We took turns trying out the Glute Ham Back Machine and at first it felt so wierd to be hanging upside down, but once I got the hang of it, it was a great workout that I was feeling the next day. We also practiced front squats with a real bar, which felt super weird against my neck, but it’s supposed to feel that way according to Justin.

Foundations five was bench press, L sits, box jumps and kettlebell swings. Box jumps were one of the things that I was super excited about and I managed to get up onto the 20 inch box a couple times. We also did a fun mini-WOD at the end which had us work in pairs – 10 kettlebell swings and 10 alternating box jumps. L sits also reaffirmed the fact that I possess almost no upper body strength.  Hopefully that will be changing shortly!

Justin said that Foundations 6 would be one of the most difficult days mentally, and he was soo right. We reviewed deadlifts then moved into sumo deadlift high pulls. From there we moved onto power cleans and power snatches. We practiced the power cleans with medicine balls, and I got the hang of those pretty well, but the power snatches eluded me. Practice makes perfect!

And thus completes my first two weeks of Crossfit. I can still happily say that I love it. I look forward to the WODs and to learning something new everyday. I also signed up for a Paleo challenge that the box is having for the month of August. We’re supposed to get an email from the nutritionist by Monday, so I can’t wait to see what he’s going to say! Isn’t it crazy how so much can change in just two weeks?!

Are you taking part in any challenges in August?

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