Why do you talk about CrossFit Pantego so much!?
I started off writing this post yesterday, but much to my
more clear headed self this morning, it just seemed to be a bunch of words
thrown up to ultimately say how much I love CrossFit Pantego without telling
you WHY.
While I’m not one to harp on that person jumping up and down
with over excitement about something they love {probably because that person is
usually me,} I do want to make sure what I say is true, readable, & far
from sugar coated! Take about 50 more “awesomes,”
“exciteds,” “amazings,” add them into this blog with a few sprinkles of fairy
dust and you’ll get back to the mess I wrote yesterday!
If you’re completely over my obsession with CrossFit
Pantego, working out, my box, or Cross anything; fair warning: TURN BACK NOW.
Hopefully though, this will open the eyes to those of you who are still on the fence {yes, I will push you off and not feel bad about!} And sorry, this is still a big, sappy dedication to CrossFit Pantego, you should know me better than that.
Hopefully though, this will open the eyes to those of you who are still on the fence {yes, I will push you off and not feel bad about!} And sorry, this is still a big, sappy dedication to CrossFit Pantego, you should know me better than that.
Being friends with me {& even if you’re not I’m sure
from my previous spiel you can get the gist} you know I talk a little bit about
CrossFit Pantego. Okay, fine I’m basically a CFp spokesperson who took up the
job without being asked, luckily my trainers are too kind to tell me to stop
inviting the multitudes; so I’m going to continue too!
If you’ve never heard of CrossFit we have something in
common and I’ll go ahead and leave the definition of that to the professionals,
you can read more about it here. CrossFit was defiantly not part of my
vocabulary that 5am morning I first walked into CFp, for
that I am so thankful. Having no preconceived notions I had no idea what I was
getting myself into!
4 1/2 calloused- bruised- tear- inside joke- new friend
making-addiction starting- filled months later I am here to tell you; stop underestimating
yourself!!
Let me start by telling you what you can expect at CFp from my experience and because I am in no way even halfway decent at most of CrossFit only take it as what it is, MY opinion.
At CrossFit Pantego you can expect to cry.
I had tears in my eyes the first day I was able to deadlift 200lbs, two months before I needed help with the THIRTY-FIVE pound barbell. I have also cried when I was too scared to box jump, couldn’t up my weight like I wanted too, and when I had a breakdown during one of our WODs. {You can read that story here} But I also cried the first time I put on a size 12 from a 22, in 3 months!!! And when my brother found out he was 4lbs under the weight to get into the Marines, trying for a year before, & finally making it after only 4 months of CFp.
I had tears in my eyes the first day I was able to deadlift 200lbs, two months before I needed help with the THIRTY-FIVE pound barbell. I have also cried when I was too scared to box jump, couldn’t up my weight like I wanted too, and when I had a breakdown during one of our WODs. {You can read that story here} But I also cried the first time I put on a size 12 from a 22, in 3 months!!! And when my brother found out he was 4lbs under the weight to get into the Marines, trying for a year before, & finally making it after only 4 months of CFp.
Expect to sweat.
You will make beautiful sweat angels, butt prints, hand prints, etc. etc. Those should be your pride & glory, post pictures of them on Instagram, Facebook, & twitter. Hard work = puddles of sweat, get used to it!
You will make beautiful sweat angels, butt prints, hand prints, etc. etc. Those should be your pride & glory, post pictures of them on Instagram, Facebook, & twitter. Hard work = puddles of sweat, get used to it!
Expect to feel like the “weak” or out of shape one.
But trust me you might feel like that before you come, or on your first day, but you are way stronger than you can imagine. Strength takes time. My first two weeks I had to stop halfway throughrunning jogging 200 meters, 2 months later I ran in
a mud run, 3 months later I finished a 5k in 30 minutes. {I really hate running
by the way, don’t know if those feelings will ever change!} My legs still hurt, my muscles still ache, I still get plenty of bruises but I love it. {Hopefully I'm not suffering from a masochistic personality disorder.}
But trust me you might feel like that before you come, or on your first day, but you are way stronger than you can imagine. Strength takes time. My first two weeks I had to stop halfway through
Expect to hear words you’re too scared to know the meaning of.
If you ever heard the words burpee, Turkish get-up, Clean, Jerk, Push Press, Snatch, Kettlebell Swing, Romanian deadlift, ‘WOD’, Met-Con, or any other foreign word that sounds like a 10 year old having a dirty conversation & you didn't understand, don't worry. You will learn them! Some are as bad as they sound, others will become your new best friends.
If you ever heard the words burpee, Turkish get-up, Clean, Jerk, Push Press, Snatch, Kettlebell Swing, Romanian deadlift, ‘WOD’, Met-Con, or any other foreign word that sounds like a 10 year old having a dirty conversation & you didn't understand, don't worry. You will learn them! Some are as bad as they sound, others will become your new best friends.
Expect to gain.
Family, friends, muscles. Yup, you will defiantly gain SOMETHING. Even if you don’t need it! Jokes are usually said, quotes are added to the bathroom wall, and you gain the understanding that working out eventually becomes “hanging out.” Like a wise young woman once said to me, I have stopped calling going to the gym working out now I'm simply hanging out with friends!
Family, friends, muscles. Yup, you will defiantly gain SOMETHING. Even if you don’t need it! Jokes are usually said, quotes are added to the bathroom wall, and you gain the understanding that working out eventually becomes “hanging out.” Like a wise young woman once said to me, I have stopped calling going to the gym working out now I'm simply hanging out with friends!
Expect to change your name.
At some point your name will magically become a 4 letter word, no not the bad kind, Cassandra turns to Cass, Chandler turns to Chan, Elizabeth turns to Eliz, and don’t worry if your name is too short, Rafe can always think of something! & if you’re really lucky you ultimately become just your first letter!
At some point your name will magically become a 4 letter word, no not the bad kind, Cassandra turns to Cass, Chandler turns to Chan, Elizabeth turns to Eliz, and don’t worry if your name is too short, Rafe can always think of something! & if you’re really lucky you ultimately become just your first letter!
Expect to be safe!
I cannot express in enough words how much I love my trainers Rafe & Jess. Besides the fact that they are just genuinely amazing souls {& I can only hope my marriage is halfway as awesome as theirs,} they make sure that every single person is training SAFELY. My favorite compliments to hear Rafe give to all of us are “good active shoulders,” “nice back,” “great depth,” or some variation of exactly what it is we’re doing right. When your muscles are shaking and you don’t think you can do any more reps hearing Rafe or Jess still shouting, “GREAT JOB!” makes it easier to finish.
I cannot express in enough words how much I love my trainers Rafe & Jess. Besides the fact that they are just genuinely amazing souls {& I can only hope my marriage is halfway as awesome as theirs,} they make sure that every single person is training SAFELY. My favorite compliments to hear Rafe give to all of us are “good active shoulders,” “nice back,” “great depth,” or some variation of exactly what it is we’re doing right. When your muscles are shaking and you don’t think you can do any more reps hearing Rafe or Jess still shouting, “GREAT JOB!” makes it easier to finish.
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| Married people aren't supposed to be this cute btw. |
I know this is a lot to read, I write way too much too prove
my points so the fault is mine, but finish this last one before you check out!
>>Expect to be included.<<
I will always remember my first day at CFp, but not just because we did ‘Deck of Cards’ and I had to run 1.5 miles. It will always be because I was waited on. I was cheered on as I finished. These people who never had worked out with me before were telling me I was doing good and waiting for ME to finish before they left. To have that kind of support from day one, to feel like I was a part of something I knew nothing about, there is no other place you’re going to work out that will feel like that. CrossFit Pantego has included me in something that I can now call mine.
>>Expect to be included.<<
I will always remember my first day at CFp, but not just because we did ‘Deck of Cards’ and I had to run 1.5 miles. It will always be because I was waited on. I was cheered on as I finished. These people who never had worked out with me before were telling me I was doing good and waiting for ME to finish before they left. To have that kind of support from day one, to feel like I was a part of something I knew nothing about, there is no other place you’re going to work out that will feel like that. CrossFit Pantego has included me in something that I can now call mine.
If you need more proof of my praises go read ‘My Story’ here and
see where I’ve come from and how CFp helped me get to where I am today.
Come try it out and see for yourself. Don’t worry, you can thank me later.
{Check out CrossFit Pantego's site here and their Facebook here!}
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