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Crossfit chat.. 💪

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Rollerbird · 11/10/2019 21:36

Anyone do crossfit?
Anyone done 20.1today?
Would love to find some mumsnetters to chat to about my obsession!! 😁

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PinkBuffalo · 28/12/2019 20:19

My gym membership is at box but I have the classes membership (and they've just become unaffiliated with crossfit but do the same workouts)
I've done quite a lot of wods over the last year though as we occasionally get upgraded, or if low on class numbers they let us jump in on the wod
I absolutely LOVE it! I have developmental disabilities and have never rxd anything - I couldn't even jump rope, do a sit up, push up, you name it I couldn't do it.
But the coaches are amazing! They know what weight I should handle (I frequently get told to go down as I overestimate my abilities) and coach has taught me how to skip rope and I can do several now without getting caught up. They keep us all safe and watch carefully.
My autism and dyspraxia means I hate new things, but the box has given a confidence I never had before.
Coaches intervened in my eating over the summer and I am now two stone heavier and a healthy weight instead of being severely underweight. I hardly ever fall over as I am so much stronger and fitter now Smile
I still have the occasional freak out, but coaches are amazing with me and everyone else. I made do many friends there.
We call ourselves a family, and I've never had anywhere that accepted me and worked with me and encouraged me.
Sorry OP! I just love it so much I totally know where you're coming from.
And seeing my friends achieve things all the time like their first TTB and when they've rxd a wod is amazing Smile

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Rollerbird · 27/12/2019 14:42

Yay!
My friend had a free trial today
Will see her later - I hope she likes it.
I felt every bar of chocolate and mince pie I'd consumed over the last few days in the wod today!!

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Megsmcgoo · 27/12/2019 13:02

@Rollerbird got an induction on Monday to go through the exercises, discuss membership options and how many one on one sessions I’ll need, excited to get cracking now

Megsmcgoo · 22/12/2019 23:22

Yes I will do! Not going to be starting until the new year as going away until the 29th, hoping to get things started from the 30th

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Rollerbird · 22/12/2019 21:08

@Megsmcgoo when are you starting?
We need you to tell us how it goes 👍

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Megsmcgoo · 21/12/2019 19:15

Ok thank you that’s put my mind at ease!

They do 6 sessions of 121 training so hopefully I’ll be able to pick up on some of the lingo!

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Rollerbird · 21/12/2019 18:22

I wouldn't say normally most wods are partner ones.
There will probably be a mix.
If there are an uneven number the coach will put a group of 3 together.
It tends to be a very friendly and inclusive community and a good activity to start as an individual.
Definitely go for the first one and be prepared to fall in love 😍

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Megsmcgoo · 21/12/2019 16:35

Hello! Sorry to jump on your thread but I’m looking sign up to a box in the new year. Have started the wheels in motion but I was a bit nervous about going on my own, most of the WOD seems to be partner based, does it matter if I go by myself?

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Rollerbird · 09/12/2019 17:12

I've volunteered to go to an exercise class with my daughter later too (different gym and she's just started so wants moral support!)

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Rollerbird · 09/12/2019 17:11

I loved the wod today.
It was an amrap in 20 mins.
15 up downs, 30 du (I did 15 du), 1 min wall sit, 30 du (15), 15 kbs, 1 min ring hold.

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roundtable · 08/12/2019 20:29

Ooh I like double unders although it gases me! Tena lady is a fixture of these ladies loos at ours and any other box I've been to.

I can't look at the WOD. Otherwise I'd make excuses not to go. I turn up and moan instead Grin

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Rollerbird · 08/12/2019 15:03

We've got the dreaded double Unders tomorrow! So frustrating. Although I can do single double up to about 10.(as long as I remember my tena lady!!!)

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Mumma1984 · 08/12/2019 13:01

@Rollerbird you get so much more motivation don't you and they push u so much to keep going along with others in the class :( I'm hoping one will appear soon or I'll have more time than I have to get to one - I have a kid and work full time and there is no comparison to when I had nothing to worry about but work and lived pretty much next door to the box!

roundtable · 08/12/2019 13:00

I do crossfit Rollerbird. For about 1 year and a half.

This morning's was a fun one.

I did the open all scaled but was pleased with feeling like I got a workout each time and could finish most of them.

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Rollerbird · 08/12/2019 12:51

That's so frustrating.
I know I would be devastated to not have a local box.
I go 5-6 x a week and love it too.
It's much better being coached for sure

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Mumma1984 · 08/12/2019 11:57

I love CrossFit ! I moved somewhere that doesn't have one in conjunction with having my baby and haven't got properly back into it since, I do similar workouts at the normal gym but it's not quite the same / I loved it and it is very addictive! Set myself a target for getting back to deadlifting 100kg after the baby and nearly there. I used to do it 6 times a week, annoying as well because I have a stone to lose before my wedding in 6 months and my old routine would of been perfect!

Croquembou · 30/10/2019 21:45

He's a strange man, it has to be said!

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Rollerbird · 30/10/2019 15:36

20.4
Daves Clue:
www.instagram.com/p/B4PncxFJqBp/?igshid=1p0pwvbxkiwll

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Rollerbird · 30/10/2019 06:19

I'm just about to leave the house
We've got snatch (which is 😱)
And pull ups (😱)
😂

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MagentaRocks · 30/10/2019 04:43

Thanks @rollerbird

Today’s early morning wod has burpees again! It seems to be all the time at the moment! Not feeling it today but I am up and I will go.

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Rollerbird · 29/10/2019 11:56

I am learning that patience is the key.
Been doing this for a year, but my brain is slow learning the movement patterns for lifting. It is very technical!

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Croquembou · 29/10/2019 10:56

Well done - half the battle is learning all the acronyms. SDHP still gets me every time.

Lifting was my weakness too, but I've had huge gains from only lifting for 5 weeks. Bit worried about having no cardio left at the end of it.

We talk a lot about how there's just not enough time to get good at everything!!

Glitterbaby17 · 29/10/2019 10:10

I started last week and am still trying to get to grips with it. Our beginners class did a scaled version of 20.3 in pairs tagging in and out which was fun. Loving it so far though!

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Rollerbird · 29/10/2019 09:45

Haha @MagentaRocks we had burpees today but only at a time!
Your deadlift is very impressive for that short time👌
I am loving the open this year although like you I still have to scale mostly in the wods. My lifting is my major weakness

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Croquembou · 29/10/2019 08:09

Oh wow, Rollerbird, well done. Especially for redoing, I'm an absolute one and doner!

What made you start Magenta? It's quite a big leap into the exercise world.

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