CrossFit Anonymous!

Hi my name is Nicole and I am a CrossFitter! "HI NICOLE!"

I am addicted to CrossFit! For some of you who aren't familiar with CrossFit, it is a high performance training center and I try to go three times a week for about an hour. The actual workouts are so intense that they only last, at max, about 20 minutes long.

It's amazing the kind of workouts I can do while being in my second trimester. Today, for instance, I was the only girl working out with 6 other guys. AND we're were doing the exact same workout! Now of course I don't lift as heavy as the guys do on some of the heavy lifting workouts, however, it is invigorating knowing that I am building my strength every time I go workout. I worked out throughout my first pregnancy and still gained a ridiculous amount of weight and had a HORRIBLE labor. Well folks I am four months in and haven't gained a pound yet! Woo Hoo! I realize I still have a long way to go, but at this point with the first pregnancy I had already gained some weight.

I have improved my workouts and maximum lifts since I started, all the while, being four months pregnant! I started in the middle of May and have seen a difference in my strength, my ability to do things, my body, etc. Just a few weeks ago I was moving something that couldn't have weighed more than 30 pounds and whoever I was with said, "Oh no you can't lift that it's too heavy for you while you are pregnant!" I kind of giggled to myself and said, "No really, it's okay!"

In conclusion, I am a CrossFitter and proud of it! Once you go CrossFit you'll never go back!