I didn’t have time to make it to my gym yesterday (in-between Grad Assistant office hours and my Macroeconomics Class) … so I decided to try out UNCW’s Rec Center to do a CrossFit WOD.

Talk about feeling like a duck out of water.

The thing about CrossFit — is that you don’t realize how different you are until you try doing it in a traditional gym — with cardio machines and freeweights lining up every inch of available floor space.

I even called Tre up … “Plleeeeease come workout with me” — I just didn’t want to do it alone. (He couldn’t make it)

Grabbed this image off internet - imagine blank floor space filled with students

There were some olympic lifting bars, but they were somewhat attached to certain machines. You couldn’t bring the free weights or 45# bars to the carpeted area… There was literally NO SPACE.

I found a bar for pull-ups on the top of a Smith Machine thingy. I was able to grab it as my own, climb up there, do pull-ups, jump off, do some push-ups, then use that space for air squats.

I felt awkward (there were students everywhere and I’m pretty sure they were looking at me pretty funny) … but then I thought to myself, “What would a BadAss do?”
A badass wouldn’t give a fuck!

So, I had a great workout, despite the spacing issues… and made it in time for class!

The workout endorphins kept me from slitting my wrist during the most boring class I’ve ever taken.