I did my introductory course to CrossFit at CrossFitDC this past Saturday. It was a wonderful experience. By wonderful, I mean I sweated off half my weight, madeit outside, then promptly ran inside the gym to puke my wholesome breakfast. Tom, the main trainer, was a little worried.

But I’m sold. A day later, my arms and legs are letting me know they approve. Of what, I’m not sure. In fact, I’m pretty sure they don’t approve at all. No matter.

CrossFit is all about measurements and progress. Participants are encouraged to track what they do each workout so they can track their progress as they go along. I will do my best to track my workout here, so here was the workout tally:

45 squats

20 pushups

20 situps

Learned deadlift stances with kettlebells

Then the actual workout

500 meters rowing

40 box steps

30 situps

20 pushups

10 burpees

And a partridge in a pear tree