Getting into Crossfit
Gym isn't the easiest thing to start, but once you get going, you will wonder why you hadn't taken it up earlier... Now triple that thought when you think Crossfit!!
About a month ago, when I moved to Ballito, I joined Iron Angel Gym.
I’d heard so much about Nicole Seymour and her CrossFit classes, but not really knowing what it was all about, I was nervous and apprehensive.
I actually found myself making excuses NOT to go…
I thought I should get into better shape before trying a class. It looked and sounded too intense and it also just sounded way too hard.
There was a whole ‘lingo’ involved too – but you quickly learn that a ‘W.O.D’ is the Workout of the Day and a ‘Box’ is a CrossFit Centre. They aren’t called gyms., they’re called ‘Boxes’
These guys and girls mean business!!
CrossFit, Inc. is a fitness company founded by Greg Glassman in 2000 and
in a nutshell it’s the principal strength and conditioning program for many police academies and tactical operations teams, military special operations units, champion martial artists, and hundreds of other elite and professional athletes worldwide.
I’m sure anyone who’s interested in CrossFit has this misconception that it’s only for the super fit. In fact CrossFit is for anyone and everyone, and even if you haven’t exercised a day in your life, you’ll soon get into it.
The beauty of CrossFit is that you can start with basic movements and slowly progress as your fitness increases. One of the things I worried about most, was the fallacy that if I joined a CrossFit gym, I’d immediately have to start doing highly complex movements and lift heavy loads. This isn’t the case at all. The reality is that most CrossFit gyms have an ‘On-Ramp’ program that teaches you the basics.
You’ll also notice that the Crossfit community are incredibly encouraging. They’re only too happy to help and support another member who’s decided to live the Crossfit way of life.
So almost a month into it, I’ve realized how truly out of shape I really was.
I sweated like a pig, and still am, but the hundred breaks to suck on air for every molecule of oxygen I can get are becoming less…
The reality is that CrossFit Instructors and those people who are dedicated have the physiques of comic book superheroes, and I want that too.
The 2013 United We Stand Games powered by Reebok were held over the weekend of the 25th-27th October 2013 at Gateway Theatre of Shopping and Mak Dlamini (from The Breakfast Stack) and I took part in the celebrity challenge along Lone Hill Estate band member Nathan Ro, and TV Presenters Roxy Burger, Stacey Holland and Sade Giliberti. It was UNBELIEVABLE!
The team from the UNITED WE STAND games!
The only thing I can say if you’re thinking of trying CrossFit is DON’T BE AFRAID TO GET STARTED.
Thank you Steve and the team at Reebok who kit me out so I’m always dressed in the perfect CrossFit gear, and thank you Nicole. You’re a true inspiration and I’m happy to say I’ve found a new addiction and I’m hooked.
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