An End to CrossFit? Not Really.

My 30 Day Challenge this month was 30 Days of CrossFit, more specifically defined for me as working out one day on one day off. Sadly, scheduling didn't quite work out. While the facility where I do CrossFit is top notch, they have been slow to make schedule changes that were previously promised to be published in January. Without changes to the schedule I was unable to do one day on and one day off. To add to the complication, my life changed drastically as I accepted a full-time out of the home work position that made it impossible for me to adapt to the training schedule that was previously set.

I am disappointed and was really looking forward to the physical challenge. However I still maintained the 3 days a week and made it at least 4 days for 2 out of the 4 weeks.

So what changes did I see?

The scale has moved down a bit and each class I can tell the difference in my strength and endurance as we complete the exercises. Around the middle of the month, I was feeling a bit discouraged that I while I could tell I was getting stronger I wasn't seeing change, but now as we are at the end of the month I can see it. My clothes are fitting differently (better) and of course I feel great after every workout.

Lesson Learned

• With my 30 day challenges..be careful when planning a challenge that includes others' plans. I can only control, what I can control. Yeah, that's a no brainer, but worth stating as I think about March's challenge.
• Be patient with seeing the physical change. It does and will come. Not as quickly as I'd like and not that I won't whine about it, but it will come.
• I'll continue my 3 days a week and sometimes add a 4th. If the schedule changes to allow me to adjust I'll revisit this challenge later this year.