CrossFit Cert - Day 2

Awesome! What more can I say?

Today we got underway with a question and answer session with Coach Glassman. There were no stupid questions, no questions too small or too large for Coach to answer. And the answers were extensive. You didn't just get the short explanation, you got the background, the reasoning and arguments, the criticisms and the facts.

We then hit up a team workout. Nothing too tough, but the ropes came out and there was a lot of subbing going on. The rope climb is something most of us have little exposure to and I for one haven't climbed a rope since I was about 12! That'll soon change, so keep an eye on this website for some exciting Ultimate CrossFit Perth news over the coming months. Anyway, back to the cert.

The nutrition lecture from Jimi was sensational and went a long way to explaining the Zone and the CrossFit dietary prescription for me. I've toyed with the Zone before, but have never fully embraced it. I usually try to eat protein, carbs and fat at every meal, but that's not really enough. That's going to change. I'm going to give it 2 weeks of weighing and measuring and see how things go. I've started off already and just polished off a perfect 3 block snack. It's going to be an interesting experiment and I'll see whether it really is like "getting off the crack!"

Programming was another very interesting lecture from Dave and finally put to bed the questions I had about the crossfit.com WOD's and their randomness. What did I get out of that lecture? A hell of a lot. Mainly though, do the main site WOD. Don't mess with the program. Do the WOD. Simple as that.

All in all, a fantastic 2 days with an excellent group of athletes and some very fine coaches. The CrossFit crew are a great bunch of guys and girls and a group of people I'd be proud to call mates. Now its time to knuckle down, save some quids and get over to the US next year for a Level 2 Cert and take up Jolie on her offer of a stay at her place in northern California and do some training at CrossFit One World!

Oh and we played with muscle ups and kipping pull ups today. I was pretty happy to increase my consecutive muscle up PB from 3 to 4! Every additional one is a cause for celebration!!!