The second day of foundations went well. Again, I did well except for upper body stuff. I was *slightly* less embarrassed this time, since at least I could do SOMETHING, even if I couldn't do a full tricep dip. I was happy that all three of us passed the class, but a little disconcerted about a few things that were said at the end of class.
1) when asked about how often to come to the gym to start, the coach said "Like 3-4 times a week... probably leaning towards the 3 side. More like every other day." I am sure I am butchering the way he said it, but it's definitely the gist. Holy crap. umm... no. a) I was still WAY sore on Monday from the workout on Saturday. Every other day? As I mentioned before, my peak of soreness is usually at around 48 hours. this would mean I would be working out just when I hurt the much. Forget that! Especially while I am new at this and at THIS level of soreness! b) my plan is 2 days a week. Not to start. Period. MAYBE working up to 3. STARTING at 3-4 days a week makes me assume that it would be working up to 6 days a week, possibly multiple times a day. (The box isn't open on Sundays.) Eff that. I run. I dance. I teach water aerobics. That's 3-6 days of exercise a week already. I can not/will not add 6 extra workouts to that. 2-3 is already enough, thank you very much. Seriously. Do these people have lives? I mean, exercise is important and all, but wtf?
2) The part I had been avoiding. Nutrition. It was a nice quick schpeel, but the basics were "CrossFit believes in following a mixture of Paleo and Zone." The QUICK rundown of Paleo was "meat and veggies, a little fat, and occasional fruits. no processed foods." The QUICK rundown of Zone was "split your plate into 40% carbs, 30% protein, 30% fats." I will FULLY admit that I know very little about the paleo diet. I confirmed via the interwebs that it IS what I was thinking of, which is often called the "caveman diet." What I DO know: I hear people talk about how its better to eat like we did when we were cave men. I hear people talk about how processed foods are the downfall of society. I hear people talk about the evils of carbs. What annoys me: The life expectancy when we were cavemen was, what? 30? Maybe? If we were eating as hunter gatherers did, we would not have access to avocado year round. We would eat fruit for days if we happened across it. We would eat spoiled meat. Eff that. I think my dad summed it up pretty well when we were talking about it yesterday. "I can tell you what the caveman diet is like. Breakfast: Squish a mouse. Eat it. Lunch: Find some berries. Eat them. Dinner: You have no food. Smash your neighbor over head with rock. Eat what he had." Another annoyance? Most of the people who I have known who espouse this type of diet also tend to be totally into protein shakes/bars/etc. Not generally animal proteins as the diet would prescribe. Extremely processed foods. Guess what. I at least don't pretend to be all high-and-mighty-better-than thou. I like beer. I like processed foods. I like fried foods. I don't try to pretend to be one thing while really doing the other. In fact. I think those three statements pretty much sum up part c.
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