>> OUR LANIE POPE HAS BEEN CHECKING OUT SOME NEW WORKOUT ROUTINES WITH THE HELP OF OUR WXII NEWSROOM STAFF LANIE?
>> THERE ARE SO MANY CHOICES IN WORKOUTS AND GYMS NOW. YOU MAY ALREADY HAVE A WORKOUT, OR MAYBE YOU’RE LOOKING FOR ONE.
I ASKED SOME OF MY COWORKERS TO SHARE WITH ME THEIR WORKOUT ROUTINES AND TAKE ME ALONG WITH THEM.
OUR EVENING PRODUCER, CAROLINE STRANGE, SHARED TOP TIER CROSSFIT A HIGH INTENSITY, AT TIMES COMPETITIVE WORKOUT.
NOT ONLY DID I FIND IT CHALLENGING, I ALSO FOUND A TIGHT-KNIT, SUPPORTIVE GROUP AND A GRAD STUDENT NAMED FADI, BOTH FADI AND CAROLINE SAY CROSSFIT HAS CHANGED THEIR LIVE
>> I HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT CROSSFIT BUT NEVER TRIED IT.
OUR PRODUCER HAS CONVINCED ME THAT I WILL GET HOOKED.
SHE TALKS ABOUT SQUATS, DEADLIFTS AND PULL-UPS.
EVEN THROWING HUGE TIRES.
I AM A LITTLE INTIMIDATED.
THERE ARE WAYS, BARBELLS, BOULEVARDS, AND A WORKOUT I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND.
>> "IF YOU HAD TOLD ME TWO YEARS AGO THAT I COULD WALK ON MY HANDS I WOULDN’T BELIEVE YOU OR THAT I COULD DO 8 PULLUPS IN A ROW" >> DOING CROSSFIT AT TOP TIER
HAS CHANGED HER LIFE IN SO MANY WAYS. SHE HAS PUT ON WEIGHT HER GOAL, AND SHE’S STRONGER PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY. THE SAME IS TRUE FOR FADI MARAYATI A WAKE FOREST GRAD STUDENT AND
SCIENTIST WHO WORKS IN GENETICS & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. THROUGH CROSSFIT, FADI’S BODY MAKEUP HAS DEFINITELY CHANGED. HE LOST 60 POUNDS, IN JUST 6 WEEKS.
>> "IT’S NOT ABOUT THE WEIGHT, IT’S JUST THAT I STARTED FEELING A LOT BETTER. AND I JUST FELT LIKE I COULD CARRY GROCERIES TO THE 3RD FLOOR AND NOT FEEL TIRED.
CROSSFIT IS A HIGH INTENSITY WORKOUT DONE IN INTERVALS, AND IN A GROUP SETTING, BUT AT YOUR OWN PACE. THE WORKOUT CHANGES EVERY TIME YOU WALK IN THE DOOR, SO YOU NEVER DO THE SAME
WORKOUT. THERE ARE COACHES THERE TO HELP YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT OUT OF YOUR WORKOUT. THEY’LL MAKE EXERCISE MODIFICATIONS TO SUIT YOUR FITNESS LEVEL AND GOALS.
>> "YOU’LL SEE PEOPLE IN THE CLASS WHO LOOK AT CROSSFIT AS A COMPETITIVE FITNESS, YOU’LL SEE PEOPLE WHO COME IN HERE AND JUST REALLY WANNA MOVE, BREATHE, AND GET A GOOD SWEAT FOR AN HOUR,
AND YOU’LL SEE PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO MAINTAIN A HIGH FUNCTIONING LIFE AS THEY AGE" >> YEP... THAT LAST ONE IS DEFINITELY ME. AND ALTHOUGH I
WAS NOWHERE NEAR WHERE THE OTHERS WERE IN THE CLASS, I DIDN’T FEEL LEFT OUT OR BEHIND, OR LIKE I COULDN’T DO IT.
>> ROTATIONS.
IT GRABBED THE HANDLE.
THERE WE GO.
EASE INTO IT.
>> I WAS DEFINITELY OUT OF MY ELEMENT BUT THAT’S NOT A BAD THING >> "BECAUSE IF WE REALLY LOOK AT WHERE GROWTH OCCURS IT’S OUTSIDE THE EDGE OF OUR COMFORT ZONE"
>> "IT’S THAT THRESHOLD OF PAIN THAT YOU KEEP PUSHING EVERY TIME.. UH... SO THAT INTENSITY IS REALLY WHAT MAKES ME WANNA WORK OUT EVEN HARDER" >> FADI HAS TAKEN HIS WORKOUTS
BEYOND TOP TIER.. HE IS NOW COMPETING IN CROSSFIT ALONG WITH CAROLINE WHO SURPRISED HERSELF WHEN SHE WON! WHEN SHE FIRST JOINED TOP TIER, SHE WAS USING THE BAR I’M USING WITH NO ADDED
WEIGHT. NOW SHE CAN PUT 155 POUNDS ON IT!
>> "COMING IN... THROWING AROUND SOME WEIGHT OR WHATEVER IT IS AND MEETING SOME REALLY GREAT PEOPLE DOWN HERE HAS HELPED ME TO FEEL VERY CONNECTED IN WINSTON"
>> THEY BOTH TELL ME THE RELATIONSHIPS KEEP THEM COMING BACK EVERY DAY.
>> "LIKE WHEN YOU WALK IN HERE, I’M GONNA KNOW YOUR NAME, I’M GONNA KNOW WHAT YOU DO, I’M GONNA KNOW THINGS ABOUT YOUR LIFE THAT IMPACT YOUR PHYSICAL FITNESS"
>> "DOING THE WORKOUT ADDS A LOT OF ENERGY TO MY DAY... SO THINKING ABOUT THE WORKOUT BEFORE I COME IN..DOING THE WORKOUT DURING CLASS...AND THEN THINKING ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT
I’VE MADE AFTER I LEAVE CLASS, ALL OF THAT IS JUST PART OF A LOT OF ENERGY THAT JUST ADDS TO YOUR LIFE" >> FADI AND I TALKED A LOT ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE AND HOW YOU FEEL
WHEN YOU EXERCISE REGULARLY.
AND YOU DON’T ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO JOIN A GYM.
YOU CAN DO THINGS AROUND YOUR HOME THAT CAN HELP.
THINGS LIKE WALKING UP AND DOWN STAIRS, MAYBE WITH THE ADDED WEIGHT OF A BACKPACK.
OR ON YOUR NORMAL WALK TO THE MAILBOX., MAYBE YOU TRY BROAD JUMPS INST