Drank the Kool-aid

As many of you know, I gave in a drank the Crossfit Kool-aid. It really is a cult. Crazy people, crazy activities, and crazy lingo. I LOVE IT! Reminds me so much of being an athlete in high school. I feel younger and stronger than I have in years.

My proof:

Yep, I lift big, heavy tires.

Alas, when you lift big, heavy tires, you get big, ugly tread marks on your body. The bruises are almost a week old now. But check out that muscle! 

They allow me to do things like this:

My father was very proud of me.

I'm attempting to learn to do double-unders (jump roping where the rope passes under your feet twice per jump). This is what it looks like when you "attempt" double unders.

Looks much better than last week. No, I'm not a cutter; I'm a whipper. I'll save you from having to see the marks on my butt from missed jumps.

Yesterday, we were doing push presses. Basically, the weights rest across your shoulders and you push/press it overhead. Over head stuff is not my forte.  I may have missed a couple of times and the weigh may have rocketed back down onto my clavicle.  Darn gravity.  I'm sure this will be even more impressive tomorrow.

But my all time favorite (?) marks come from burpees. Turns out, in Crossfit, you have to throw in a pushup at the bottom of a burpee. Well, when you're really tired, that sometimes results in flinging your body to the ground and then doing a random pushup motion with maybe some knees thrown in, which result in this.  

Uh, huh. So to sum things up, I love this crazy, insane sport! Please don't give me the number to an abuse hotline (actually happened to one of the girls at the box, whose friend had seen her whip marks). I love what's going on with my body and even love the war wounds. 

Some of the WODs (workouts of the day) suck. Couple of weeks ago we did Filthy 50: 

50 Box jump

50 Jumping pull-ups
50 Kettlebell swings
Walking Lunge, 50 steps
50 Knees to elbows
50 Push press
50 Back extensions
50 Wall ball shots
50 Burpees
50 Double unders

Holy heck that may have hurt. Not really sure because I got pretty delirious before it was all over and wasn't thinking real clearly. But OMG! I saw the WOD the night before and was freaking out. But I'm more proud of finishing it than pretty much anything else I've done lately. 

Between the muscles, the war wounds, the people, the shirtless guys, and the endorphins,  I'm definitely addicted to Crossfit. 

Gun Safety

In the guise of "gun safety," the president is attempting to bypass the legislative branch of government and the Constitution. Can you tell I'm an angry gun owner? As I tell my class, you can have any opinion you want as long as you are educated about the opinion.

Here's why I believe the "assault weapons" ban is a politically motivated and unhelpful idea:

http://www.assaultweapon.info

This is a semi-long, but extremely informative presentation regarding the ban. If you don't want to check it out, here's my highlights.

1. "Assault weapon" isn't an actual category of gun. It was created by politicians and is mainly based on cosmetic reasons, basically, does it look like a military gun?
2. Fully automatic weapons (ones that fire more than one bullet each time you pull the trigger) have already been banned since Reagan was president.
3. Semi-automatice weapons (ones that fire one bullet each time you pull the trigger) include almost all handguns and many rifles and shotguns. Technically, many BB guns are semi-automatics.
4. Since it would be politically impossible to ban all semi-automatic guns, the "assault weapon" was created.
5. The "ban" doesn't actually get rid of "assault weapons." It only stops the sale and manufacture of NEW "assault weapons." So all the ones in existence today aren't going anywhere. 

It is a total clique but the only thing that happens when we outlaw guns is that outlaws will be the only ones with guns. There are already laws against murder (not even mentioning the ingrain human abhorrence of the act). There are already laws against theft (which is where many guns used in crimes are acquired). Do not take away my rights, as a law abiding citizen of the United States of America, in a politically motivated attempt to stop crime.