I remember when I used to workout at XSport or Lifetime. Even though I enjoyed the workout, I always dreaded going to the gym. The drive, all the weird people, and the staff were annoying most of the time. You know what I am talking about.. like those people that would pick the treadmill or elliptical that was right next to you even though there was a million free ones. Or the ones that would talk on the cell phone while walking 1pmh when there were people waiting on the machine. Ugh! And forget about people encouraging one another let alone saying hi.
Crossfit has completely changed how I feel about working out. Not only do I love the type of workouts we do, but I really like the people. I look forward to seeing everyone when I workout and catching up. I feel like I have found a whole new group of people that not only share one of my passions, but that I really truely like. I have even noticed that we don't only talk about crossfit and paleo anymore. When we were at the party Saturday, I don't really recall many conversations that involved these topics. Although I am sure James will correct me if I am wrong. :)
Sorry about the late post. I completely forgot it was Tuesday. Oopsy!
I totally agree with you Camey:) This is so much more than a regular gym....I would wife all of you if I could:) We all bring unique things to the table, but what we do have in common is that we are all so supportive and encouraging towards one another. When I brought my friends last week they were like "wow...you guys seem to really have fun together"...they could tell that we click very well...well enough to socialize outside of the box:)
ReplyDeleteOh, and as far as Paleo goes...let's just say the holiday season has been Faleo season for me. I know I will eventually get back on the ball, but I'm just going to take it a day at a time. A good start would be cooking something healthy to eat throughout the rest of the week and not subjecting myself to the mercy of my job's cafeteria:)
So true! I was SO SAD that I missed out on Saturday, because I so badly wanted to hang out with y'all outside of the WL Box. So, another outing sometime?!
ReplyDeleteyou guys are so great! Camey you really hit home with this..i feel like derek is always having to remind us to get to the warmup because i'm trying to catch up w/ my friends! the workouts are great but the people make the gym.
ReplyDeleteanother outing seems like the best idea. maybe another paleo potlock? or ugly sweater happy hour this weekend (already planned at my house if you want to come!!!)
Camey's right, there was not nearly enough CrossFit talk on Saturday. I was really hoping for a conversation about metabolic time domains, but it just never happened...
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