"Why CrossFit People Are Like That" is one of the many questions the Yes Girls end up asking themselves before & after saying yes to doing CrossFit for this challenge. And if you know anything about DOING challenges in the Yes Girls' Universe, you already know this meant sweat, confusion, sore muscles, strange terminology, and getting thrown headfirst into something completely new. And boy, was this sweaty and NEW.
But to get this challenge done properly, Akumu and Claire needed to look for CrossFit "Boxes" near them, and one such place that was happy to help was First Power Fitness, a world-class fitness facility & CrossFit gym, based in Nairobi. First Power offered the Yes Girls a one-month full-access membership to learn the ropes.
The First Power facility the girls used is located at Galleria Mall and serves Karen, Langata, and the surrounding neighbourhoods. It's over 900 square meters (10,000+ sq. feet) of space, dedicated to CrossFit, PowerFit, Olympic Weightlifting, and Open Gym. Best of all, the First Power staff is made up of highly experienced, qualified coaches who hold a variety of certifications, making the facility the most diverse gym in the area.
So for this challenge, the girls had to attend intro classes as a CrossFit for beginners baptism, and then attend a couple more classes within that one-month free membership to get a feel for the official CrossFit workouts and understand what this sport/workout is all about.
Their attempts were driven by the fact that they both came in knowing little about the sport. Possibly only that it's "tough and cool".
And so, they were excited to take on the challenge! CrossFit for beginners!
What was waiting for them as they went in was a large number of strange terms, whether it was the exercise list, the official CrossFit workouts, or CrossFit equipment, and very interesting vocabulary.
On hand to guide the Yes Girls through the entire process were all the amazing First Power coaches: Lauren, Bryant, Collins, Boni, Chris, Will, Rutivi, and the in-studio guest expert for this episode, Tanya Alvis.
Tanya is a First Power coach, CrossFit athlete, badass superwoman, and now an honorary Yes Girl! She ends the episode by giving the girls ratings for their efforts as beginners.
Listen in if you're curious about fitness in general, CrossFit, CrossFit for beginners, CrossFit workouts, WODs, CrossFit Open, CrossFit Games, and what makes the sport so special.
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Find everything mentioned in this episode below:
CrossFit vocabulary and workouts: https://crossfitpoblenou.com/crossfit-vocabulary/
The official CrossFit website: https://www.crossfit.com/
The First Power website: https://firstpowerfitness.com/
Follow First Power:
https://www.instagram.com/firstpower_crossfit/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSpeChFYzik6Er5l0IZXHyA
The book Akumu mentions called Cultish:
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/cultish-amanda-montell?variant=40823624892450
Understanding a CrossFit WOD (Workout of the day):
https://fitbod.me/blog/typical-crossfit-workout/
About CrossFit Open and CrossFit Games that Tanya mentions:
https://games.crossfit.com/open
https://games.crossfit.com/
About the CrossFit Open Leaderboard:
https://games.crossfit.com/leaderboard/open/2022
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