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Functional fitness and health-related reviews, commentary and gym visit experiences from a 40-something aspiring athlete and coach.
Month 6: Running as a team
In June, the Rocky Lake crew had a couple of running events coming up. The IWK 5k in Memory of Jessica and on Canada Day weekend (ok technically July), the Bedford 5k to Beat Lung Cancer. A big group of us registered for each race and we ran as a team, most of us...
Month 5: Murph
In month 5, I decided late in the game to participate in the Murph Challenge with a team of athletes from Rocky Lake Crossfit to share the load.
Month 4: The Open Hangover
My ribs were still not fully healed, but my experience with the Open had me pretty jazzed. i wanted to get into class and up my game a bit – work harder and actually start measuring results. Until the Open, I didn’t really embrace the idea of measurement – I can’t say...
Month 3: The Open
The 2016 Open was pretty exciting. I couldn’t compete because of the broken ribs – and truthfully in some ways was a little relieved. But I didn’t want to just sit it out either. Then I found out that if you do an online course (I have to say, Crossfit does a great...
Month 2: I eat it on a box jump
Believe it or not, the photo isn’t that far off. It was toward the end of the WOD and we had box jumps to do – and I was pretty exhausted already – I’d only really been back at it for a couple of weeks. I caught my toe on the way up just as I was about to start coming...
Month 1: Welcome to regular Crossfit classes
This was a little intimidating, but overall not so bad. There were many people at Rocky Lake that had plenty of Crossfit experience, not just those that had been there since it opened its doors almost a year earlier, but people who had some history with the sport. But...
BoxJumper Podcast
