Cleans and Burpees

After a long day at a diversity summit, I headed over for the early afternoon workout led by Chris, a CFSP original. It was a pretty low-key and small class, which I enjoyed. And I will say that I am LOVING the new box - bigger, easier to run in and out of for 400m sprints, and WAY more equipment to work with!

Movin' on East

Today was my first official workout in the NEW CF St. Paul facility! Tyler coached the classes and owner Mike joined in on the fun. It was a tough WOD, especially because I don't think I'm all rested up from the certification WODs this weekend, but I still finished in a decent time.

Chicken Chimichurri Recipe

A few weeks ago, my Seriously Simple cookbook finally came from Amazon. Ryon has a copy of this book and it contains one of my FAVORITE all-time recipes, island-braised short ribs. I have been meaning to buy a copy for ages, but never really got around to it. Well, I finally did buy it, only to find that not all the recipes are good paleo - canola oil, corn starch, and sugar in recipes??? WHAT???

Certified!

Alright y'all, after skimming the Crossfit Training Manual for all of an hour last night, plus two full days jam-packed with information, I took the Level 1 Certification Test (VERY official) and passed with flying colors! I have a beautiful gold-leafed certificate to show for it, and I'm super excited to start officially coaching the Kids Program...maybe even assisting in a few adult classes every now and then :) There's really not much else to say that I didn't cover in my post yesterday, so I'll just post a picture from our wonderful group. I would HIGHLY recommend going to a certification, even if it's just to hone your skills and not eventually become a coach. You meet so many enthusiastic, energetic, and driven people - and we all know that's just contagious!

Half a Level 1 Coach!

Today was Day One of my Level One Crossfit Certification. I'm halfway there, barring any issues with my test tomorrow!

Triplet

Today was my last day at our good ole' CF MPLS Northeast space. As of Monday, we will be in our new facility merged with CF St. Paul! And like my first CF WOD ever (Diane), I'll always remember my last CF MPLS WOD.

Cleaning Up My Form

After yesterday's super tough rowing WOD, I asked Tyler to give us a strength day and he happily obliged today. Fortunately, the 6:30 PM class I usually go to is relatively small, and there were only three of us girls tonight. So, Tyler took the extra time to work on our form for the clean, tonight's lift of choice.