Kettle bell workout with James at Crossfit NRG. Dave wasn't available this week, so we were planning to skip a week, but I didn't want to go two weeks between workouts so I texted James to see if he could squeeze me in for an hour. We worked mainly on two-arm swings and Turkish get-ups. He worked on speeding up my two-arm swings (using an elastic band), doing more reps (we did multiple sets of 50 reps each) and focusing on "hips and grips" (need to remember to start engaging abs at top of swing to increase speed). He also focused on a couple of the positions in the Turkish get-up and helped me get a little less awkward, particularly in the first step and in coming back down and bending over to put my hand back on the mat. I was pretty fatigued by the end, but the motions were starting to feel better.
James is trying to persuade me to participate in the WOD (Workout of the Day) sessions. I'm starting to warm to the idea, but I'm still a little nervous about making the jump from being the wimpy new guy working one-on-one with the personal trainer to the wimpy new guy who can't do half of the exercises involved in the WOD. Probably time to start getting over myself. We'll see if I can do it. | 