Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Just a little soapbox....

So I'm gonna get up on my box for a minute...I recently experienced something at a local Box that troubled me a little bit and wanted to get it off my chest and vent a little... So just bear with me as I write with wine glass in hand....:)

This week a friend of mine and I went to a local Crossfit box near where we work....My friend has been asking about my lifting/Crossfit workouts that I do and wanted to check out the box that is close by....We went to a free Saturday class several weeks ago and had a blast and decided to go and try out one of their regular evening WOD's during the week... Keep in mind, my friend has never done any type of Crossfit, weight training, HIIT at all....

We got all set up to start and this woman, whom I can only think was a frequent member of this box and seemed to think she had to tell my friend everything she was doing wrong... This woman proceeded to yell and scream in my friends face about how she wasn't doing the front squats correctly and never once stopped her to truly SHOW her how to do it properly...She repeatedly yelled at her to speed it up, that she wasn't going fast enough... And me being my friend's partner for the WOD, I was trying my best to motivate and encourage my friend between the yelling and craziness from this woman!!

Has anyone experienced this at their boxes before?? I don't use an actual Crossfit gym for my workouts because I have access to a facility that works good for me and the group I workout with, but I have heard nothing but great things about the different boxes all over the country... Fortunately the owner of this box is a wonderful young couple that know how to help, teach, motivate, and encourage...

Luckily this craziness did not discourage my friend from Crossfit, thank goodness!!! Although, I wanted to throw a barbell at that crazy woman!!! Thank goodness she didn't decide she wanted to aggravate me!!! Seriously?? That is NOT the way to teach, help, or encourage any individual, but especially those that are new to the sport!!!!

At the end of workout, my friend did a great job and finished the WOD and got a GREAT workout!!! And just in case anyone is wondering what WOD we did......
              SWOD(still not sure what the "S" is for..) - 3 sets of 10 Pistols -which i have never done...Tricky for me, but felt pretty good about it!!        

              3 rounds for time:
              15 pull ups
              12 burpees
              9 front squats

Thanks for letting me get up on my "box" :)

E

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Staying motivated

In listening recently to one of my favorite podcasts, Jillian Michaels, she talked about something that stuck a cord with me... She talks about what the number question that is asked of her... People want to know how to stay motivated.. Well, this brings up the question of what is it that motivates you...?? So many people give the answer(..and I'm guilty of giving this answer too..) "being healthy is what motivates me"... Ok, so you want to be healthy? What does wanting to be healthy really mean to you? Just saying you want to be healthy is a big generalization that so many of us tell ourselves is our motivation.. 

I think we need challenge ourselves to create more specific goals to keep us motivated.. This is something that I am working on trying to be one better at too.. Me telling myself that I want to be just be stronger isn't gonna cut it for keeping me motivated... :) I think a big part of keeping ourselves motivated is goal setting... One of my fellow bloggers, Claire at www.theascentblog.com, wrote on goal setting recently, and I agree with her 100% that it is so very important!! They don't have to be big goals... Start with something smaller, say drinking an extra glass of water every day... Don't set your goals so ridiculously high that it will be impossible to reach, because all that motivation we mentioned earlier, gone... Poof.. Setting a goal of dead lifting 175 lbs when you just started working out, probably not a reasonable goal:) Start small and once you reach your first goal, bump up your next goal slightly so that you are challenging yourself each time... 

A couple of my goals at the moment are, deadlift my body weight, drink as close to 45-50 oz of water every day as I can, and make sure I pack enough healthy snacks every day(I'm really bad about not eating between meals now that I'm back to working in an office setting).. 

Remember, stay motivated, set reasonable goals, challenge yourself, and most important, have fun getting healthy!!!