I have only been training at CrossFit Hoffman a few months, but it has already been an adventure, and I truly look forward to coming to class.
In case you are wondering, the answer is yes, it's challenging as hell. If you have not been involved very heavily in resistance training previously, the first month just plain sucks. You are going to be sore. Really sore. But if this shit was easy everyone would do it. If you have no previous experience with CrossFit, you will go through one-on-one foundations classes where you will learn the basic movements and your new coach (Eazy) will get a handle on where you stand and what your limitations are. He is a really chill guy to get along with, but he is also going to push you well outside your comfort zone and hound you to keep improving on your form. If you have been involved in athletics teams in your life previously, then you will have some idea what to expect as the coaching dynamic is similar.
After you get done with foundations then begins WODs. Don't worry about all the various CrossFit acronyms. They will all become apparent to you in no time. So long as you show up regularly and put forth the effort, you are going to see some pretty rapid increases in strength and endurance initially. As a newbie your workouts will be scaled to your level at first, but again, if you are starting from ground zero like I was it's not going to be long and you will notice things getting easier. You will also stop feeling like pure death the next morning when you roll out of bed.
Then begins the process of seeking improvement and additional gains in the form of goals, PR's, RX's etc. It's also about this time that you start to realize why it can be so addicting to be a member of a CrossFit box. You will become hooked and be thirsty for more. At the level I am progressing at I can't even begin to imagine where I will be in 6 months or a year from now, but I can't wait to find out.
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