This week marked the 4th week of doing CrossFit at Solcana.  I wrote about some of my initial thoughts here.  One month in and I would say it is going pretty well.  Getting up at 5am 3 days a week is a little challenging, but knowing that I’ve “registered” for the class pushes me to get out the door.  I’ve been riding my bike as it is only 1 mile away. Some days after working out it is a little hard to ride home.  My arms are wobbly on the bike!!

Last week a co-worker asked me if  I feel any stronger. I kind of laughed as most days I feel weak or sore from having worked out! But I have felt stronger when working out so that is good.  Plus, 4 weeks isn’t really enough time to really see or  feel much difference yet.  It takes at least 6 weeks to really see or feel differences.

I’ve been posting pictures of the workouts on my Instagram feed.

Some have been super-crazy like Jackie on Crackie:

And others are a little more normal…  like “The 7”

No wait, that was brutal!  My sister and I had been discussing CrossFit and some of the crazy things that happen, like tire flipping.  Well, that week some tires appeared at the box! And sure enough we got it out and flipped it down the alley in teams!

Last week, I had to workout at home and I was given a great sheet of “at home” or “road” workouts.  Some are super-crazy, so I picked a few that seemed tamer like this one below: 

So all in all, it has been a good month.  One of my concerns about joining was the timing of it all.  Would I actually be able to get workouts in or not.  I missed 3 workout sessions at the box over the month, which isn’t too bad.  All of them were related to Christy’s work schedule.  It is hard to find a babysitter for 5am!!  It is good to have a class to attend and the accountability that it brings.  Plus having a coach there to teach and encourage has been extremely valuable and the main reason I wanted a box – not to mention all the equipment.