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all right Pam you know we all like to
work out a little bit edan maybe a
little bit more than us so our friend
Amy saltmarsh we met her before she's
government giving us some healthy
recipes so we decided to come check out
her CrossFit gym salt de terre get off
ranch up in here thanks for having us
out I don't know a lot about CrossFit
other than what I've seen on TV I think
Eden and Mark have done some things so
for people at home who see it
what exactly is CrossFit CrossFit is all
about constantly varied functional
movement
so typically our classes are about an
hour long and they combine weightlifting
or some sort of strength building and
then a metcon which stands for metabolic
conditioning that's way above my pay
grade I will tell you one thing if you
come to this gym be prepared to sweat we
haven't even started and my warmup has
begun and let's just talk about beginner
so let's say someone's looking for a
workout program what does CrossFit have
to offer
we do out what's called a fundamental
series so we introduce you slowly to all
the different lifts and movements the
equipment that we use kind of in a
one-on-one or small group setting just
so you feel comfortable coming into
classes and then gains if somebody was
to start and then let's say 30 to 60 day
days out like what can they expect yeah
we'll still we track everything so we
use this great software called wha defy
we look at that and then you know you
record where your back squat is and
beginning of the month and then where
your back spot is at the end of the
month you can see oh I gained you know
20 pounds or added 20 pounds to my lift
and I made the time on this particular
workout faster so you can see
improvements very readily let me talk to
you for a second about back squats
because my mom is in her 70s and she
does weighted back squats at a squat
rack because her friends fall down a lot
and she does not want it and so I kind
of feel like people watching at home
there are gonna be some people you know
this that are like CrossFit that's not
me right right but the things the
exercises you're talking about are good
for other things and you talked a little
bit about some of your clientele and
what might surprise people to see yeah
I've got um so my youngest is 16 my
oldest is 76 and she is you know just my
76 year old she's absolutely amazing but
she comes in here and she says the same
thing she's like you know I want my
joints to be as healthy for as long as
possible
but she just hangs in there with
everybody else and you know I modify
things so that they're approachable for
her and she's got like a little sciatica
is she going on right now so we aren't
squatting quite as much but for her she
just says that every day feels more
comfortable because she just has the
strength to get up out of her chair and
get out of the car and just doesn't feel
and I think that's what people a big
take away is the functionality of what
you're doing the more movements that
you're doing they're helping you really
get through life's are gonna be stronger
but you're gonna develop your core and
then different muscles that might have
just not gotten strong over the last 10
years right another thing that you know
cross by kind of preaches is the
community side of things you know you're
here with a lot of like like-minded
people and they really just enjoy being
together I think too that you know the
community you mentioned and there's also
like kind of a friendly competition to
with some of the other CrossFit boxes in
town right we've got the gyms in town
and so it seems to me like if you've
been that kind of person that's never
been on a team or it's been years since
you've been a part of a team it kind of
gives you that expose camaraderie is
huge you're competing with yourself
you're competing with your friend your
friend maybe they're not your friends in
class I don't know yeah yeah that makes
it mommies it's fun you should coming
back well you mentioned challenge and
yeah we are competitive on our squad so
you're gonna show us some moves that a
beginner would do when they first got in
the class correct correct yep I'm gonna
run you through a WOD WOD stands for
workout of the day you guys will kind of
get a feel for what you know a workout
would be like if you came into a class
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all right workout on so that challenge
will be coming up soon but I was
embarrassed so that's that's why I cut
it even you said this that a lot of
people get intimidated by CrossFit but
you could break down any movements so
depending on your fitness level you can
modify it I think
it's really important because it's not
just elite athletes or the flexibility
like we were talking about because you
were talking about your mom and we got
into it and the first thing I mean I got
a need so she gave me a box so that
helped with the squats because I mean
when you guys squat you guys were doing
it well you know and here's the thing -
and this might apply to you but one of
the things I always tell my husband
because he played sports his whole life
and I did not is I have new equipment I
mean I may be you know early fifties but
my equipment is fresh because I never
did anything until about 10 years ago so
I've got the body of a ten-year-old oh
yeah so you know another great
experience I love when we go out
together and get to do stuff like that
because I mean you guys challenge me I
challenge you and I usually fail but I
think I like hanging out with you guys
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