This past Friday I had my final, and most challenging Crossfit session. In this session I learned the Deadlift, the Snatch and the Clean.
The Deadlift was definitely the easiest of the three to learn, but it was also a far cry technique wise from what I have been taught in fitness classes.
The Snatch was the most challenging move for me to grasp. It uses a wide grip and the starting position of a deadlift, but then also a jump and pull action and the movement of getting under the bar, similar to the split jerk, but into a squat position. This work is going to take me alot of work to perfect I imagine.
The Clean was a move that I had a bit of experience with from my first two drop in classes that I took, so we spent less time working on this.
So now I am finished all of my private sessions and tonight I am heading to my first actual class as a member of crossfit!! Here goes nothing!
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Monday, November 28, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
Crossfit - Getting Started - Training Session #1
This morning I had my very first into to the various basics of lifting in Crossfit. I have to say that I am pleasantly surprised with myself, but also slightly disappointed in myself that I couldn't do more.
Overall, I was told I had good posture, strength and flexibility....but also have room for of improvement. One area that I am going to need to focus on is core strength....and pull ups...
After 2 decent runs and teaching 3 spin classes in the last week, I was unfortunately feeling the effects in my hip flexers/quads which made it difficult to fully perform when learning the squat techniques. Today I learned to do the front squat, back squat and overhead squat. After years of doing squats in group fitness classes, I realize that I have been lacking some technique that is sometimes hard to focus on in the fast pace of a fitness class. I feel like this will be something I am going to have to focus on from now on in Crossfit classes. (I also feel like I am going to be hurting a bit tomorrow, which is why I am hitting up a yoga class tonight to recover.)
Session two will be next week where I will learn some basic lifts. Looking forward to it!
Overall, I was told I had good posture, strength and flexibility....but also have room for of improvement. One area that I am going to need to focus on is core strength....and pull ups...
After 2 decent runs and teaching 3 spin classes in the last week, I was unfortunately feeling the effects in my hip flexers/quads which made it difficult to fully perform when learning the squat techniques. Today I learned to do the front squat, back squat and overhead squat. After years of doing squats in group fitness classes, I realize that I have been lacking some technique that is sometimes hard to focus on in the fast pace of a fitness class. I feel like this will be something I am going to have to focus on from now on in Crossfit classes. (I also feel like I am going to be hurting a bit tomorrow, which is why I am hitting up a yoga class tonight to recover.)
Session two will be next week where I will learn some basic lifts. Looking forward to it!
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