Brie Fit

This has been such a happy day for me.

For the first time in probably a month (or more?) I made it to my beloved 5:30 am CrossFit class.

Yeah, okay, I’ve CrossFitted a few times in the last month, but it just wasn’t the SAME.  The 6 o’clock class is nice and all, but they’re not MY class.  You know?

Anyway, this week I’ve felt pretty amazing.  I haven’t taken a Zofran in three days!  So, I set my alarm for the early class today.  I was worried I’d have trouble getting back into the routine today, especially after Milhouse decided to give us parenting lessons by throwing up all over our sheets at 2:30 am (necessitating an entire bedding change).  But it was no trouble.

Today’s WOD was:

• 100 thrusters (Rx at 42# for women)
• rest 5 minutes
• 100 box jumps (Rx 20” for women)

I did the thrusters, Rxed, in 11:02.  I took lots of breaks, and I could definitely tell that my fitness was suffering after being mostly off for the last 4-5 weeks.  Oof.

For the box jumps, I did step-ups on a 24” box in 7:52.  My legs are still pretty sore from Monday’s WOD!  Total working time was 18:54.

A few things I’ve been doing differently at CrossFit lately:

• With the morning class, I usually go without eating anything.  That won’t fly now.  After being awake awhile without food, I get nauseous, so today, I had some nuts and dried cranberries in the car on the way to class.
• More breaks.  I go by the advice from the Mayo Clinic on heart rate, which says that the talk test is the best way to judge exertion these days.  For me, this usually means I need to keep my heart rate under 160 in order to be able to speak a complete sentence.  This is harder than it seems, but I’m wearing my heart rate monitor and watching it carefully.  My resting heart rate is even higher these days, which is also tough.
• I modify movements that I don’t feel safe doing.  Box jumps are the big one—instead of jumping, I do step-ups instead.  I’m klutzy enough that I’ve fallen while doing these before; I don’t want to do that now!   I also plan to avoid, you know, things that involve medicine balls flying at me, or other totally obvious ones.  In the next few weeks, I’ll stop doing exercises that involve lying flat on my back or stomach.
• I probably won’t be on the same old 5 days a week schedule I was before.  My goal is 3-4 days a week.  I need more sleep these days, and CrossFitting 5 days makes my body tired.

But mostly, it’s the same old delicious torture that I love.

I can’t even explain how good it felt to be back today.  I have honestly felt like something was missing from my life these past few weeks, and I can’t wait to get back in shape again!

Are you a gym regular?  Do you have gym friends?