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I PR'd 5 lifts this past week. Strict press from 65lbs up to 70 Backsquat from 125 to 138 Deadlift from 160 to 175 Clean and Jerk from 82 to 95 Overhead squat from 70 to 90 I started in July and did Fran about 3 weeks out of on ramp, thrusters at 45 and ring rows. Friday I did Fran again and RX'd the weight for the…

That has been the biggest full lifestyle change for me as well, from food=bad to food=fuel. I went from restricting myself to 1300 calories a day to struggling to get 1800 in each day. It's crazy how much my perspective changed and how fast it changed. I personally am vegetarian and I'm the only vegetarian crossfitter I…

It's a hero WOD. It destroyed me

If you haven't been working out at home or at another gym, you are going to be really really sore for a few weeks. In fact, I still get sore every single workout and I've been doing crossfit for several months now. If you're sore, the best thing I can tell you is drink a *kitten* ton of water and get into the gym. Warming…

I was having wrist pain in overhead squats/snatches. I just got wrist wraps last week and I wear them for everything now. I love them. I got some off brand from Amazon but they work really well and look just like the Rogue ones everyone else has

We did "The Seven". 7 rounds of 7 reps of HSPU Thrusters Knees to elbows Deadlifts Burpees KB swings Pull-ups I didn't finish in the 40 minute time cap, but I worked my *kitten* off and got through 6 of the 7 rounds. Scaled to 55# thrusters, 125# DL, ring rows, and 25# KB. I'm proud of RXing the HSPU for the first time.…

PR'd my snatch at 60lbs today. I just started xfit in July, and at that point I couldn't snatch a 15lb bar over my head. Today I put up 60 on the first try. Not bad!!

I'm a huge nike fan. I buy almost everything from Nike. I'm a 34D and their basic classic sports bra works really well for me. I have it in 4 colors size medium. My Target Champion bras do NOT hold up well in WODs for some reason. I was always a target person before crossfit. I do like their basic champion compression…

I don't know my 1RM on almost anything since I've only been Xfitting for a few months, and I tend to PR even on high rep WODs (for instance I PR'd my deadlift today in the middle of a huge 30 minute Metcon... that's just where I'm at, I'm still playing around a lot) That being said, I can "only" clean and jerk 75lbs. I…

Favorites: Squats, Cleans, Jerks, Handstands (against the wall lol), Box jumps, Ring Rows (I haven't tried banded pull-ups yet but I've gotten very good at ring rows). Favorite thing to work on: Running. I hated and i mean HATED seeing any running on the board when I got to WODs the first few weeks, but now I love it…

I just started beginners classes about 2 months ago, and have been WODing for 6 weeks. In the first month, I went 3 times a week and focused purely on technique. I didn't add weight to anything I felt uncomfortable with, and I listened to my body when it was sore and took days off. I started going 4 days a week…

Just finished my first solid month of WODs and I absolutely am addicted to crossfit. I already go 4-5 times a week :) Add me!!

As a vegetarian athlete aspiring to be as vegan as possible, I get my protein mostly from plant-based protein powder, which I add to my spinach and fruit smoothie I make once a day, or make a chocolate/almond butter/banana protein shake with almond milk. I also eat a container of greek yogurt once a day. Plants themselves…

I was a swimmer for 10 years so I'm most comfortable in minimal clothing for workouts. I also sweat more than most of the guys so that's another reason for minimal clothing... I wear fitted tanks mostly from nike or target, and short black fitted shorts from target, unless there are RCs, in which case I bust out the capris…

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I just finished onramp and started WODs last week. I was in semi-decent CV shape and had some basis in strength when I started, but the warm-ups and 5 minute-7 minute AMRAP workouts at the end of the classes literally destroyed me. I have gained endurance extremely quickly though, and I attribute it to those short workouts…

What are hollow holds Also what are pistol squats? (I'm a newb)

We use Wodify at my gym, so we automatically log times/weights/exercises at the end of each class and can review them whenever we want to. Pretty cool. I like that part of my gym, too. I didn't even know we had it until several workouts in. It calculates your 1RM and your percentages from there. Everything amuses and…

Thank you all! I actually did a set on both sides with the 20 before switching to the 15. About halfway through on both sides I started needing to throw myself to get it back instead of just using back and arm muscles, and that's why I switched. I'm about to head out to my WOD for today, and I think it's honestly a…

I'm a newb but I looked up the Girls workouts and I'm guessing RX means you do it at the weight it tells you to without scaling anything?? Looking at most of these now I feel like I'll never be able to do any of them lol.

Crossfit Akron Akron, Ohio I just started there a few weeks ago :) They kinda rock.

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Oh I'm so very glad not everyone in here is a strictly plant-based vegan. Two years ago I watched all those food documentaries (FoK, Food Inc., Fat Sick Nearly Dead, Vegucated, and Earthlings) and never ate meat again. In a perfect world, I would be strictly plant-based, but I can't do it because it takes too much time and…

Hey there! I'm also 5'2" and I weight 128. I know that's not much but in high school I was extremely athletic and weight 105, so 128 still feels like a lot. My goal is to get under 120, probably somewhere around 118. I just got done with 10 weeks of hard working out and didn't lose anything so now it's back to the diet…

Finished week 1 today. I took yesterday off due to some sharp calf pain, and the rest day fixed my legs right up. I added some extra calf stretches to the workout stretches and I'm hoping it helps. Doing my second run of plyo circuit today felt so much better than day 1, after only a week. I powered my *kitten* through it…

I tried Insanity last summer around this time but quit after 2 weeks. I definitely remember being the most sore of my entire life after the first few days. I just started Insanity again, but this time after completing 8 weeks of T25 (5 weeks consistently and the last 3 sporadically). I have to admit that I'm still sore…

Started Insanity yesterday, but started with plyometric circuit instead of the fit test. I just finished 6 weeks of T25 but got sick of it and the fact that I saw absolutely no results on the scale at all so I figured I would switch to a program that burns more calories and is slightly more cardio based than the…

I just got P90X3 in the mail too! I got the pack with the extra workouts. I know that's what program I'm heading to next, but I'm thinking about doing Gamma after Beta before moving on to the P3. I have already started practicing pull-ups to be able to do all the crazy upper body stuff that P90 always makes you do. So I'll…

Almost done with the first week of Beta. I really like it! I don't feel as tired as I did in Alpha, more energized. After workouts I do pull-ups and pushups because I don't feel like Alpha helped my upper body strength too much. After Rip't Up I was sore in new muscles, which is always nice after a solid six weeks of…

I just finished the final workout of Alpha today. I can honestly say that I never totally finished a TBC or Lower Focus without having to take little breaks, especially with TBC. Today was the killer Total Body and Lower Focus combo to finish off Alpha and I didn't even finish Lower Focus because it's just too much to do…