Coaching!

One of the things I'm spending my time on now that I'm not working full-time is training to become a coach at CrossFit Cedar Park. Before I can be a full coach, I have to be an intern and spend time watching the other coaches teach classes. I also get to spend time at Tillman Physical Therapy to learn more about stretching and mobility, as well as seeing how some injuries are treated. I'm really enjoying it so far. In a few weeks I'll be taking the CrossFit Level 1 Certification course as well.

Today I got to do something fun. I got to coach the 9:30am Community Open Gym workout! I've actually participated in most of the Open Gym workouts for the past five months, so I'm familiar with the kinds of workouts that work well with the bigger groups we often have on Saturdays. I was just a little nervous to be coaching, since it was my first time, but it helped that I knew many of the athletes by name and most of the rest were familiar faces. Usually the coach leading Open Gym gets to pick the workout, so I got to come up with my own workout. I had them do:

25 minute AMRAP (as many rounds as possible) in teams of 2
400m partner run holding a med ball
50 squats with med ball
40 partner sit-ups with med ball
30 push-ups while partner holds ball overhead

The squats and push-ups could be split up however you wanted. I wrote the workout before I knew that we were short on space, but luckily I didn't need to change it at all to have us do it entirely outside. Before the workout I led a warm-up, and after we did some stretching. It was fun for me, and several people said they enjoyed the workout so I think it was a success.