I'm looking for a challenging but doable workout that doesn't take me two hours ever other day like my current weightlifting/intervals workout. I've been doing the New Rules of Lifting For Women workouts and I love them, but I'm on stage 5 now and I'm finding that 4 sets of 4 reps of everything plus the extra bodyweight stuff or intervals takes tooooooo long. Not that I don't enjoy the time spent at the gym, I would dearly love to have that time! But I don't. I have a child in half-day kindergarten, a part-time job, a dog who requires exercise every day, a DH to feed & organize for, a house to keep livable, 2 volunteer gigs, and so on.
So... there is a crossfit group that meets just down the road from me. They all look really hard-core though. I have been doing decent weight-training for about 9 months, and I can manage a 5 km run in less than 40 minutes if I really push, but I can't yet do a chin-up (never mind a pull-up) and I see a lot of those sprinkled throughout the WODs. 2 of my friends (both guys) tried crossfit - one stuck with it, the other didn't, but both either came close to or actually puked in the first couple workouts. That does not sound remotely fun, but is it always like that? Or were they just jumping in while hideously out of shape (which was definitely the case for one of them, but not the other - he's into MMA and chubby, but not out of shape, I don't think.)
I just don't want to go and feel like a complete ball of pudgy suck. I am still 20 lbs overweight and short to boot, and not a natural athlete by any stretch of the imagination. Anyone like me who's tried crossfit and liked it, in the end?
So... there is a crossfit group that meets just down the road from me. They all look really hard-core though. I have been doing decent weight-training for about 9 months, and I can manage a 5 km run in less than 40 minutes if I really push, but I can't yet do a chin-up (never mind a pull-up) and I see a lot of those sprinkled throughout the WODs. 2 of my friends (both guys) tried crossfit - one stuck with it, the other didn't, but both either came close to or actually puked in the first couple workouts. That does not sound remotely fun, but is it always like that? Or were they just jumping in while hideously out of shape (which was definitely the case for one of them, but not the other - he's into MMA and chubby, but not out of shape, I don't think.)
I just don't want to go and feel like a complete ball of pudgy suck. I am still 20 lbs overweight and short to boot, and not a natural athlete by any stretch of the imagination. Anyone like me who's tried crossfit and liked it, in the end?
