I have been exercising fairly consistently for the past 15 years never going more than a few months between routines. The past few years have been tougher than previous years, not only because of the normal busyness of life but also because of being severly bored with going to the gym. I have always been motivated to stay in shape but never really motivated to the point of actually enjoying the workout itself....until I discovered Crossfit. Crossfit is functional fitness at it's best. Functional fitness is training the muscles in a fashion similar to how they would be used for work or survival, not merely making them bigger. Lots of the movements are used by the military and law enforcement training academies. It develops all of the smaller, stabilizer muscles that would never be stressed in a "bodybuilding" workout. Crossfit focuses on range of motion, explosiveness and muscle control. Boredom is never a problem now, I can always change up the workout or I can follow the WOD (workout of the day) at crossfit.com.
My first crossfit workout was on March 21, 2010, it was "G.I. Jane" from crossfit.com. G.I. Jane consists of starting in a standing position, dropping down to do a push up, jumping up to an overhead bar and doing a pull up.....that's one rep.....do a total of 100 reps. This first attempt took me 20:11. I haven't yet attempted "G.I.Jane" again, but I will soon....I will let you know how it goes.
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