I took this past semester as a challenge similar to crossfit. But instead of torturing my body, I was torturing my brain. It's basically the same concept....go till you feel like puking........ and then go some more.
So long story short, I survived the brain workouts, and I'm signing up for 2 1/2 more years of it! OH YEA! BRING ON THE PAIN! :/
Fortunately for me, I was able to give my brain a rest for 3 weeks and switch the pain to the rest of my body, and went back to crossfit. YESS! Now that's what I call a real Christmas break.
Now, that is not to say that I kept a great diet during break as well. No no, that is farther from the truth. This break was also about the 'parties'......eat as much as you can for time....well not really but that's what I was doing. So you can imagine how counter productive I was these 3 weeks. the best of 2 worlds?? well no. but um yea.
To put it into prospective.....my first workout coming back to the gym was "Annie".....what is Annie you might ask? Well 'Annie' is not only a very crazy in-shape Asian woman who does crossfit, but also a Crossfit 'named' workout. "Annie":
50-40-30-20-10 reps for time of:
Double unders (x3 singles)
Sit-ups
I can't do double under's to save my life...so I did singles. So I had to times all the reps by 3....not so bad. What killed me was the sit ups. All the months of not working out was slapping me in my face during every sit up...my 'spare tire' was getting in my way, as well as the 'turkey neck' that I've accumulated during school. Wow, I was thinking of everything I ate and was regretting it all.
And, as you can imagine, after 4 months of ZERO working out.....I was sore for weeks! actually I'm still sore from that workout! My abs feel like an elephant decided to camp there for 3 weeks. Every time I try to stretch them out by doing a 'cobra' I just anger the gigantic beast. Not good....but oddly satisfying?? at least I know I got a great workout in.
and If you wanna have a good time....'Fran' will take you there. I did my first 'Fran' workout and thought that my life was now complete and I now know of every kind of torture there is out there.
Anyway, this is the end of my break from school so I'm trying to get as much body torture in as I can until it is time to get back to reality and workout that brain again. I have decided that 2012 is going to be a very exciting adventure! Something to experience with openness and joy. Holding nothing back and embracing whatever life has in store for me.
I don't really believe in 'New Years Resolutions' so I didn't make one for myself. I never stick to it anyway when I do make them. The only thing I know is that my adventure is mainly school oriented but I really want to add some spice and still do some crossfit. Hopefully I can talk my handy-dandy coaches to assign me some 'easy' workouts so I can still be consistent in going to the gym. 'hint hint'....
In closing I want to send out some LOVE to all my crossfit buddies who welcomed me back to the gym with tough love and encouraged me to work hard even though my body and mind wanted to call it a day. It didn't matter that I was the last one to finish EVERY wod or complained about how tired I was, their encouragement helped me finish each wod and I am thankful and blessed to have their support!
Hopefully Fate will be kind and I will be able to continue my journey with great workout partners...but if not it was great to be back and I am proud to be apart of such a great crossfit family! Love you guys!
