Thursday, January 19, 2012
Essentials, Day 6
Today was the final day of Essentials class!
The instructor had us join the 6:00am class for stretching and warm-up, but we broke off for a few minutes to review the major movements. After that, however, we rejoined the class to do their WOD!
Today's WOD:
4 RFT
30 squats
15 burpees
5 wall walk
My time was 15:07. Wall walks are awful (press '2' to skip to relevant footage). If they don't seem that bad to you, I encourage you to try them. In fact, I didn't even perform them "Rx", which I believe requires the athlete to touch his chest to the wall at the top position. I only went until my hands were ~8" away from the wall. As I expected before we began, I was one of the last to finish in the class. I think I beat two others, but not by much.
So that's it! I am a graduate of the Essentials program and I am invited to train in whatever classes fit into my schedule. I am debating whether to continue with the 6:00am class. The issue hasn't really been waking up early, but mostly the commitment to go to bed at a reasonable time. Regardless of the schedule I choose, I will need to upgrade my discipline and be able to sustain it.
I look forward to starting the "real thing".
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How many people are in a full class? Are there any people that are just pathetically out of shape?
ReplyDeleteYou're right... wall walks do look easy.
At 6:00am, there are roughly 7-10 people. The 7:00am class has even fewer, usually only 2-3.
ReplyDeleteI am told that there are around 20 people in the evening classes. Based on my one-time evening visit, that seems about accurate.
Nobody in the morning class looks "pathetically" out of shape. I've seen a couple of guys and girls that are somewhat portly and are obviously newbies like myself, but most people are trim (this is California, after all). I haven't seen anyone that is totally yoked like the men and women in the CrossFit Games, but looks can be pretty deceiving here. The way someone looks at first glance is not necessarily indicative of how they will perform in their WOD.