What's Crossfit like? Not done in my Healthclub. (I don't think).
I get training ADHD a lot so the running and sprint sessions don't seem to work for me. I just don't enjoy them so it keeps me interested. I am also fitter than I have every been without needing to run lots. The most we will run in a session is 400m stuff, but then it's coupled with things like pull ups or burpees and then another run.
At the end of the day there is a lot right and a lot wrong with the CrossFit model. To open up a gym all you need to do is a 2 day course and then pay $3k to get "affiliated", so in theory I could drop everything tomorrow and do a course then open a gym. Luckily I have a little bit of knowledge when it comes to training but should I be in charge of a gym's programming and safety for the members? Hell no. This is one of the problems with CF, someone who has joined a gym and seen success with it quits their corporate job and then opens a gym, leading to injuries of it's members and crazy workouts which puts it's members at risk of rhabdo (a condition in which your kidneys stop working, you can get it from extreme HIIT and CF has a reputation for it)
Luckily the gym I go to the coaches are really switched on and will focus on strength first so we follow a linear strength program which cycles every 12 weeks and I am seeing my lifting numbers go up, my strength going up and my fitness is also going up. I am also interested in each session which is a big part of it for me.
For example we did the following last night:
Squats
8 reps @ 70% of 1RM - for me it was 90kg
8 reps @ 75% of 1RM - for me it was 95kg
5 reps @ 80% of 1RM - for me it was 105kg (should've been 100 but I was feeling good)
5 reps @ 85% of 1RM - for me it was 115kg (should've been 106 but I was feeling good)
Then a 5 minute break followed by this:
40-30-20-10
Wall Balls (take a medicine ball, do a squat and then throw the ball up 10' in the air so it touches a wall and then catch it, that is 1 rep)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29r5q9PAyek
Double unders (skipping with a rope but instead of the rope going around 1 time per jump it goes around 2 times)
http://gymnasticswod.com/content/jump-rope-double-unders
Finished that in 12 minutes or something and then I did a 2km row afterwards.
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I only dream of being a weight that starts with an 8, as for a 7! I'd have to stop eating altogether!
How tall are you? I thought you were shorter than me, I reckon I could be able to hit under 80kg but I would need my body fat to be single figures.
epper