Oi! Me muscles quiver!

Just returned from my third crossfit group class at the local rec centre/gym (Meadow Park). Shaky legs and arms, hurray! And it feels so good. Tonight I was introduced to kettlebell swings, and after some warming up and isolated sets we did three circuits of those + ball slams, hanging crunches, and dumbbell thrusters. There were a couple of guys there for their first crossfit class as well, Dave and Gerhart (sp?) who happen to be sponsored riders and local filmers. I'm going to pick up a copy of their DVD at a local shop soon. Hopefully see them around more, this is exactly the kind of people I want to connect with.

In other warrior news, I've worked out at home the past three days as well, making this my fourth day in a row. I'm looking at doing my first capoeira classes tomorrow and Thursday, which would give me a solid six-day workout week (my first in a year and a half!). Workouts have included walking, jogging, speed-hiking up a slushy hill, various milk-jug thrusting movements, L-crunches (propped up on stools), dips, and kickboxing. Also did some really fun bo-staff play with a friend of mine up here (he's also my kickboxing teacher), including a fun exercise I've never done before, tossing the staff to each other. My staves are rattan, which is extremely flexible, so they get quite a quiver in them as they fly through the air, making it perhaps a bit more difficult to execute the grab. Especially if you lob them with some spin. Really, really fun.

When I get a new camera, I'll start to record some of my workouts and moves to post here.