Crossfit chat.. 💪

[Rollerbird]

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

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!

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

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.

@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!

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!!!)

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

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.

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!)

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?

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 😍

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!

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

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

@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

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!!

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
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

I can also do sit-ups all day now, and burpees. Still working on the push ups, but I reckon in 6 months they will be sorted too

I have days when I can and days when I can't do push ups!
Have you tried a band above your elbows so your chest rests on it when doing push ups?
It's much better than knee or dirty push ups

Pink buffalo- it sounds life changing for you. Glad yup hear how positive it's been.

I've maintained going over Christmas. Just took Christmas Day off (although there was a class). I've had days of feeling very sluggish though!

I'm focusing on my stamina at the moment. I'm not an endurance athlete at all so I'm making myself do all the things I hate cardio wise to try and improve. However, it's finding the right balance as although I've been turning up, I haven't been enjoying it as much and I've realised that's why. So I'm making sure some of the extra things I practice are things I like to do too!

Just turning up is the main thing definitely.
I've felt very sluggish post Christmas!
Our box isnt open all the time over the holidays but I went this morning.
I get a bit of shoulder pain on my right shoulder and find it hard to press from behind the neck. Any tips on strengthening this area?

Probably less to do with strength and more to do with shoulder mobility. Do you practice your overhead squat regularly? It's a horrible movement but a necessary evil I think.

Also using resistance bands to get blood flowing into that area will help repair any damage if there is any.

I don't really practice overhead squat too much. If I practice the movement with a broom handle at home - might that help?
Also have been doing face pulls with resistance band - what other things could I be trying @roundtable?
Thanks for the advice. Really appreciate it.

Yes that would help. Then try a few sets before or after class regularly. I had to start with a stick, then training bar then bar then add weights. It's a hard movement for me and I made and am still making quite slow progress.

Another good movement but really difficult is to squat and then raise and lower a stick from behind your neck in a snatch grip. Staying upright in your squat. When I first started doing it I had to sit on the edge of a box as i couldn't stay upright. I can still only manage the training bar. I've neglected that movement actually so that's been a good prompt to start it up again.

With the resistance bands put one foot on the band and hold the band. Lower and raise the band as high as you can. Not too low - the band needs to keep its tension. Change over when you need to!

Stand feet hip width apart hold the resistance band in each hand and widen your arms outwards and inwards. Again, try not to lose tension on the band.

You'll feel the burn on both of those resistance band exercises in your shoulders. It won't help mobility but will help repair any damage.

The other two will help with shoulder mobility.

@roundtable it's a plan.
I have awful shoulder/tspine mobility so will make sure to incorporate all of these at LEAST 2 x a week.
Will video and report back! 😁

Good luck Roller.

My mobility is really poor - I have to really work at it. I couldn't squat at all when I first joined. It can still be hit and miss! There's always many things to be working on.