I was super nervous getting back to Crossfit, but I was also incredibly nervous. I hadn’t been in three months, would anyone remember me, would the coaches remember me, would I be the new girl again, would I totally suck at everything?  There are all things that swirled around in my head as I drove over to the box after leaving Tommy and Munchkin to have their boy’s night.

I walked in and saw some familiar faces and immediately started chatting with the other people waiting for the 7pm WOD. The coaches remembered me too, and said they were happy to see me back. It felt good just to be back in the box.

We started with double unders as the warmup and I was pleasantly surprised to find that I still had it..well, kind of. The last time I practiced I was able to string together a double under, single, double under, single, and I was still able to do it. Our strength was a one rep max for strict press and I was able to get up to 50lbs! Not too shabby.

The WOD was a killer. Helen herself is a killer, but this was Helen on Crack and it kicked my butt. We had a 25 minute cap, and I wasn’t able to finish all five rounds. I got through four minus a few pull-ups, and the pull-ups where what killed me. I just couldn’t finish them, even with a green and red band.

Even though I didn’t finish, I still felt great that I got back there and pushed myself. I’m going back Friday morning and I can’t wait!

What’s the last great workout you had?

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I attended the 2PM class, and let me tell you, they kicked my butt. I arrived a bit early and got to speak to the two trainers, Larry Twohig and Heather Culton. Heather works primarily in Pilates, yoga and dance based workouts while Larry does more traditional strength training.

Our class kicked off with a Pilates “warm-up” with Heather. This was my first time doing Pilates with a real trainer and she kicked my butt. Heather took us through a ton of different moves that focused primarily on abs, legs and butt. My legs and abs are still feeling it and it’s Thursday! It’s crazy how such tiny movements can make you sore for days. I was honestly scared to see what Larry had up his sleeve because the warm up was definitely more than just a warm up.

Larry took us through a circuit of moves that strengthen every muscle in your body and you can do anywhere because they don’t require and equipment!

We were all huffing and puffing after 1 circuit, but Larry told us that he usually has his clients go through it more that once, the massochist!

After the circuit, we did some stretching with Heather. She helped us all stretch out individually, by doing a really cool leg lift and twist move, which felt amazing after such a tough workout. I left super sweaty, but feeling amazing. It had been a while since I had been worked so hard, but it felt great to get through it. I have a feeling that I’ll be turning to this circuit quite a bit because it really kicked my butt.

Have you ever workout out with a trainer? When’s the last time a workout reaaaally kicked your butt?

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