End of Week 1 (or thereabouts)

So last night was the beginning of the second week of my Crossfit experience.  The first two weeks consist of six "pre-heat" classes that are essentially meant to train us the proper technique for many of the movements we'll be eventually be doing as part of our WOD's (workout of the day).  As I mentioned before, a large part of the program is based on Olympic weighlifting, much of that is based on some form or degree of the squat.  So for the first class, we worked almost exclusively on the squat, as it appears to be the foundation for almost everything that's followed.

For the first class, we did air-squat, deadlifts with the medicine ball and then with a piece of PVC pipe (remember, we're working on form first), box jumps, and that all-time favorite, the burpee.  We then a 5 minute  WOD of as many rounds as possible of 5 squats, 5 deadlifts and 5 burpees.  I got through 3 complete rounds and 5 squats into a fourth before time was called.  Believe me, for a fat arse like myself, that was plenty.

The next two days were very...interesting.  I have run two marathons, repeatedly hiked up a 14K ft Pikes Peak, taken multi-day ski trips, ridden my bike for 20+ miles and played a wide assortment of field and court sports, but never in my life have my legs hurt like they did Tuesday and Wednesday of last week.  From my hips to my knees, it felt like someone had beaten my legs with a baseball bat. I was unbelievable.  I had to shuffle my first few steps when I started walking somewhere, and when I got wherever I was going, I had to just fall into my chair, as I couldn't squat down in to it.  Awesome.

The remaining two classes of the week were more technical work: dead lifts, front squats, cleans, sit ups and a few others.  By the end of the week, I was walking more or less normally, which was nice.

As for the diet, well, suffice to say that before the program started, I weighed in at 285 (clothed, middle of the day, etc.).  Last night I was at 275.  That's good, right?

(And no, I haven't forgotten my promise/threat of pictures.  I'll try to get some up later this week.)