CrossFit Agony and Ardour

CrossFit

CrossFit for definition. As a woman and of muscles.

The picture on the left is of my sweaty outline. I’d just finished four rounds of twenty-five reps of floor presses using nine-kilo dumbbells.

Since I moved to three workouts per week, I’ve ached much less, and I have never had so much strength.

To start, I did what I could. Press-ups on my knees and seeing how far I could bend my elbows before collapsing in a heap. I couldn’t do a sit-up to save my life, let alone a hollow rock or v-up!

I admit, in the last three months, I did not think I just did. Initially, I thought too much. I rebelled and continued to eat and drink what I fancied. And only went to workout once or twice a week, and the sessions were a real chore.

Sometimes, I didn’t go at all, convincing myself I needed to rest.

A year later, I was the same weight, but I had built muscles in my lower back, abdomen, thighs, calves, biceps, triceps and many others the names of which I don’t know.

On July 1, 2017, I started with a 15-kilo bar. I can now lift 42 kilos once while doing a back squat.

On July 1, 2018, I decided to go to CrossFit three times per week as well as giving up bread and cakes. By the end of August, I’d dropped 3.5 kg.

I’m not saying everyone should workout three times a week. I’m not saying you should try to lift a fifteen-kilo bar. Everyone is different. I am saying you will not build muscle by lifting a 1, 2 or 3-kilo weight.

To build muscle, you must lift the heaviest weight you can.

You have to rip/shred/damage your muscle so it can repair itself and become stronger.

See what your body can do, and work on doing a little more every time you go.

I’m still on my knees doing press-ups, but my nose can touch the ground and I can raise myself back up!

Sit-ups, hollow rocks, and v-ups are easy peasy.

Go on. Give it a try. You know you want to.

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