I'm a 23 year old student @ VCU. I am currently finishing my BA in Art History and plan to graduate in the summer of 2007. I have been training for about 6 years now and have experimented with numerous dieting systems, weight lifting programs, and so on and so forth. A couple of months ago two good friends of mine introduced me to Crossfit. It didn't take me long to realize that the degree to which my muscles (biceps, pectorals, etc.) were inflated did me as much good in practical strength training as my knowledge of art history woud be in painting a beautiful work of art. Since my introduction to Crossfit I have become stronger, faster, and generally more athletic than I had previously thought possible. My roommates and I built a Crossfit gym in our backyard and we call it Crossfit @ Lombardy. Our mascot is my dog Copper and we are trying to find more people in the Richmond area to come and Crossfit with us. My goal is to become the best possible athlete that I can be and to share my growing knowledge with others who have similar interest.
Yesterday I did Fight Gone Bad which is three 5 minute rounds of wall ball throws, sumo dead-lifts, box jumps, push presses, and burpies. This is a great workout to do because it will toast you every time. The lesson I learned yesterday: whenever you think you've pushed out all you can, push out atleast two more. You'll kick yourself in the ass later if you don't.
Today, Saturday the 30th, Matt and I went to Bird park at 10am and invited anyone interested to come out and do a "Chelsea". I, unfortunately, could not participate in the work out because I have a bad wrist and injured it yesterday. So, I was the unofficial coach. It ended up being Matt and James doing the WOD and I have to hand it to them, they kicked some ass. However, Matt wrote me a workout he called "Birdman" since I couldn't use my rist today. "Birdman" is 50 Boxjumps, 50 Lunges, 400 meter run, 50 squats, and another 400 meter run. It was quick and nasty. The irony of the name is that there is no way you're flying anywhere afterwards.
Tonight is the Lidell and Ortiz fight. Frankly, I can't stand Ortiz and hope that Lidell knocks him out, but not too fast, because I want to get my money's worth. Crossfit @ Lombardy is always looking for more people interested in training, so if you see this and are interested let me know.
