Default Diet and My Own Personal CrossFit

[katestine]

Back in May, I decided to start getting my life in order: every month, I would focus on building one good habit. In June, it was bedtime: my goal was to brush my teeth by 9:30pm every night, because once my teeth are brushed, I'm on my way to bed. It's been honored more in the breach, but just setting a goal has gotten me to bed more regularly.

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[angerona]

I'm at the "aaaaa, can't believe how out of shape I am" point (otherwise known as: I climb three sets of stairs with my laptop bag and I'm winded).

Crossfit worked really well for me: it was interesting enough to not be boring, and not give me any specific things to fear -- and it pushed me forward a lot. But I've looked all over the place, and there isn't a single crossfit gym anywhere I can get to at a reasonable time before work (that's my only time for working out).

barring crossfit, classes work for me, but my BSC - the one that's actually incredibly convenient for before-work -- doesn't have any classes 7-8am. Twice a week it has a class at 6am, but that's pretty impossible for me and also that class is so full there's literally no space in the studio.

I've started doing some barre classes, and that sort of works, but the schedule there is also not optimal, and I do want to work with weights. So that leaves me trying to figure out my own program of doing something. I do have the BSC at my disposal (and it even has towels ;) ).

[katestine]

Oh! You've done CrossFit.

How was your form? I.e. can you follow a workout plan on your own without hurting yourself? Speaking of which, how are your joints and mobility?

Does your BSC have UXF? It's crypto CrossFit. If you're willing to pay for classes elsewhere, I assume you'd be willing to pay BSC for classes. Also towels.

Are you looking for metcon, weights, or a mix of both? Is body recomposition a goal?

I find barre work to be strength-endurance, but unless I commit to regularly attending a class, I never know which weights to use, which reduces its effectiveness. And stairs suck. You could just do the stair master ;-)

[katestine]

From what you say, you should do Starting Strength. There's a whole book by Mark Rippetoe, but if you know how to do the squat, bench, deadlift, clean, and military press, you can just see the workout in the wiki. I've used this several times, usually just doing the "A" workouts (i.e. just squat, bench, and deadlift, no cleans or military presses). Start laughably light, so you can get your body back in the rhythm of lifting, and you may find yourself setting PRs by the end.