Saturday Sweat Fest!

 

Can anyone else see the massive bicep action "Miss Thang" got going on over there? Holy Shnikee!

 

Team #1 push the car with 2 girls in it.....

 

Team #2 do the same as Team #1.......um there's only supposed to have one pusher at a time....what is this I see?

Hey guys! So first week of nursing school done! WHOOHOOOOOO! I'll be honest for the entire week I thought they were eventually going to figure out that they have an imposter in their class room and finally tell me to get lost....but it didn't happen and I am there to stay! fweew! Not to say that I am in the clear because OMG to all the homework/activities/projects/community service/seminars/tests&quizes/...........pretty much all of the above and more.   I never thought it was possible to have that much things to do all at once.  And I thought my life was already stressful....well news flash Rik...it can always get worse. "sigh"....well there goes life. 

Anyway, you are also probably wondering why on earth after listing all these things that are on my "Must Do" list, why am I writing a mindless blog about crossfit and not doing homework or reading my chapters or all of the above?  Well actually it is exactly for that reason.....It is mindless! I get to be free and express my thoughts without worrying if my grammar is ok enough to turn into the very strict instructors that dog points for little things like that.  Also, at some point I have to kind of let loose....not to the point of TMI but enough to get some pressure off the chest.  CrossFit is actually a great way to burn off some steam. 

And I actually had a teacher teach on our 3rd day there about "Stress and Illness".....(o here we go, right?) Did you know (lol)......that stress can threat the stability of the body even or especially on a cellular level? Yup! By which stress can create so much instability in your cells that your immune response is suppressed.  I don't know about you but I can't afford to get sick! So good stress relief is actually found in working out....imagine that. :P Working out or exercise even releases Endorphins & Enkephalins which are Endogenous opioids that are produced in the nervous system and help relieve stress. So there, gotta relieve some stress peps, and Crossfit is a great place to do it!

So as you can see from the pictures posted above I was able to go to RFM this week.....and actually I got in 3 days of workout, thats not bad for being extremely busy.  But next month it might change so I won't get my hopes up to much.

Today was "Saturday Sweat Fest"....and yes I didn't even start the workout yet and I was sweating like a pig...(never really saw a pig sweat but whatever).  Of course Robert being the main coach for today we did various warm ups that just added to the already hot sweaty morning.  Some of the stuff we did hurt and burned and was so tiring that I was unsure if I was going to have energy for the actual work out. Craziness I know.  But I saw a t-shirt that says it all.

 

When you do crossfit you think "omg, I am so sore...I'm not going to workout for the whole week because I need to rest"...but then the next day your like, I "have" to get to the gym.  While I was at school I was jonzing for my gym time.....or "play time" as I have referred to it in a previous blog.  So I was soooo stoked when I was able to fit in some time to crossfit! gotta love it. 

Anyway, the workout was great, it was:

3 power cleans

6 push ups

9 air squats 

amrap or as much reps as possible....for 6mins

x3 or for three rounds. 

O yes you got a good sweat, burn, etc going on for sure.  But it didn't stop there, our "cashout" was Car pushing....hmmm....yup thats what I said.  Push a car....2 teams but only one person can push at a time....actually it looked super fun and I wanted to try but I kinda hurt my foot wearing high heels in gravel...(yea not recommended) so I have to take it easy for a while. 

anyway I had a great Saturday to top off my crazy stressful week and I am so happy I went today. :) 

Love you RFM! 

Peace!