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the perfect exercise for lazy people (e.g. Me): Crossfit

I had gained so much weight in the last seven months that I came to a point where I really disliked my body. I felt fat and unhealthy. I could feel my thighs rubbing together when I walked. My legs felt like sausages in my jeans and I could feel and SEE my belly bulging over the waists of my bottoms. I found myself huffing after walking a single block and my thighs burned every time I took a flight of stairs.

And then, I was introduced to crossfit (thanks to Kuyang Geogie). Kuyang Geogie used to do it every morning with the del Moral cousins when they were still in Manila. I only tried it once and I couldn’t finish one session. When they left and I had enough of feeling disgusted, I finally made the conscious decision to work out.

There’s a crossfit gym in Ortigas where the monthly fee is around PhP 3,000. It’s too far from work and I couldn’t possibly squeeze going to the gym with the schedule at work so I decided to just do it at home.

I’ve done it pretty regularly for two weeks now and I’m glad to say I am seeing results. The workouts are painful but I’m starting to fit in my jeans again (Big Yay!). And what’s even better about it is it only takes 15-20 minutes a day!

The point of crossfit is doing different high-intensity exercises everyday so your muscles don’t get used to the same movements and develop much faster.

Here are some of the WODs (Workout of the Day) that I’ve tried. I’m going to post more of these that I’m able to do as time goes on. :)

- 10 walking lunges, 10 pushups, 5 rounds

- 10 burpees, 20 squats, 30 situps

- 10 tuck jumps, 15 back extensions, 5 rounds

- 100 pushups

- 7 squats, 7 burpees, 7 rounds

- handstand hold, 30 seconds, squat hold 30 seconds, 10 rounds

- “L” sit off the floor. 10 rounds of 10 seconds (i’m not able to do a proper “L” sit yet. what i did was i sat w/ my legs straight out and tried to lift my heels off the floor for 10 seconds. It’s harder than it looks.)

- 10 vertical jumps, 10 push-ups, 5 rounds

- 10 push ups, 10 air squats, 10 sit ups, 6 rounds

(for more exercises, you can visit: http://blog.amiripped.com/travel-wods)

Have you ever tried crossfit? I would love to hear about new sessions I can try out at home!