Angie

Today marked the first workout of the month which was also the first group workout since the benchmark on Saturday. It was the "Angie" workout.

Here is Angie:

• 100 pull-ups
• 100 push-ups
• 100 sit-ups
• 100 squats

I want to really be clear with how I felt about the workout: IT SUCKED! And by sucked I mean it hurt. Really hurt. By the end of the pull-ups I could only do 2 before having to take a break. By the end of the push-ups, I could only do 1 before my arms said, "um, excuse us, Shannon, do you know how heavy you are?!?! Umm...we quit."

I guess the good thing is that I did all but about 5 of the push-ups on my knees and I did every single rep of every single thing. And the workout didn't kill me. Towards the end of the push-ups I thought my arms would rebel, jump out of their sockets and beat my skull in to prevent any more self-inflicted pain...but thank goodness this is real life and not some really weird science-fiction horror movie called Cross Fit: Revenge of the Lactic Acid.

But I guess I didn't sign up for "easy", did I?

It's funny. We were given these rubber bracelet's to wear as a reminder to stay on course for the eight week challenge. I know we have just started, but the silly piece of rubber is oddly inspiring. It makes me want to stick to my diet and do the extra workouts.

I was thinking about Finding Nemo when Dorie is singing "just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming..." The bracelet is a less sing-songy reminder to just keep CrossFitting. And zoning. And Advocare-ing.

It's almost like the coaches know what they are doing.