Well, this lazy ski bum has finally taken it upon himself to find some help in getting back in fighting shape. Or is that skiing shape? Whatever the colloquialism, I contacted my good friend Spencer Keep to assist in this process. Spencer has been working out through a program called CrossFit for the past three years, and has recently begun training others in the intense physical fitness program.
Many of my close skier friends have been participating in CrossFit recently, so I decided to take Spencer up on his offer to come and check it out. I met him down at the Roaring Fork CrossFit gym and after a thorough explanation of what the program is, how it works, who’s doing it, and why it’s just plain awesome, Spencer put me right into my first session.
Each workout is given a name, usually a woman’s name, and Cindy was the belle of my first ball. Cindy consisted of rounds of 5 pull-ups, 10 pushups, and 15 squats over a 10 minute period. The goal is to do as many rounds of the three sets as possible before time runs out. Because I’m still rehabbing my shoulders (and boy are they weak!), my pull-ups were modified to jump pull-ups, the pushups were off a raised bar, and my squats were sans any weight. Even with all the sissy adaptations, by the end of the ten minutes I found myself staring down at the half-digested hot dogs and chips I had eaten only an hour before. So much for junk food before an ass-kicking workout! heh.
So, my indoctrination into the CrossFit family was a quick and queasy one at best, but I think I may have found another key to success in my long road to the top of the Freeskiing World Tour. Now, excuse me, I have to go slam down a protein drink to make up for the lost nutrients into the sewage system off of Willits Lane…
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Chris Tatsuno
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(303) 859-1401
www.christatsuno.com
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