Day 2 of CrossFit Level 1 Certification

Well, the weekend is officially over. What a relief!

I was carrying around a lot of tension, stress, anxiety, nervousness, etc this past weekend. The Certification turned out to be amazing and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in CrossFit, even if you don't plan to instruct/train it.

Everything I was carrying around was my own doing- I was stressed about taking a test, nervous about getting critiqued by the best of the best of CrossFit, etc. It's just how I get when I'm thrown into any situation I can't control. It's hard for me to just "go with the flow" or put myself out there for all to see sometimes.

I learned though that all our work has totally paid off. We (Michael and I) have better form and technique than most (some? a lot?) of the other participants and we don't have the luxury of a trainer breathing down our necks every day. I think we were able to compete on the intensity level but our foundations were better in some cases.

When we signed up, I was for sure I'd leave the cert feeling "beat up" or like I had a laundry list of things I was doing wrong or "not good enough for CrossFit standards." The opposite is what happened. I realize now how RIGHT we're doing things. Yes, we have things we can do better, that will ALWAYS be the case, but I'm totally proud of how effectively we've taught ourselves.

The coaches were very up front and honest in their critiques but also funny, friendly, and polite. It's so obvious right from Minute 1 that their advice comes from a place of betterment. They want you to be the abolute best so they tell you what to do to get there.

As much fun as it was, I'm soooo relieved that the weekend is coming to an end. I'm physically tired from all the demonstrations and practicing we did not to mention the 2 workouts! I feel like a huge weight has been lifted now that it's over and I can finally RELAX! YAY!

Oh, it helps that I PASSED THE TEST- I'M OFFICIALLY A CROSSFIT LEVEL I TRAINER!

Until tomorrow,
Kelsalynn