Saturday, August 28, 2010

The Great Outdoors

The weather here has been amazing the last few days.  Today I went to the gym for the Saturday morning workout and the weather was perfect.  Not humid, about 75 degrees.  Today's workout was 3 rounds of 500 m row/21 burpees/400 m run.  The entire workout today was done outside.  What a world of difference a little fresh air makes during a workout.  Sometimes, just stepping outside of the gym refreshes the whole workout.  Some fresh air makes you feel a little less constricted, confined by the walls of the box.

I also introduced a friend of mine, Tim,  to Crossfit today.  He was pretty athletic already, so this workout was good for him.  He did beat me by 3 minutes, but I had revenge on the cool down.  At the gym, they have a 375 lb. tire.  The owner, Bill, said he had a cool down challenge for us.  Since my friend Tim was new, we would flip the tire back and forth til 1 person quit.  I flip, then Tim flips, I flip, and so on.  We got to the 3 min. mark of flipping and Bill upped the ante.  After each flip, jump up on the tire and jump off, like a box jump.  Tim was done after a few of those, and sweet revenge was mine.  What a great way to end a great workout, with a little friendly competition.  I think today Tim was bit by the Crossfit bug.

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