Crystal McReynolds = Best Quality Human

CrossFit Central programs are officially over for the year, but Coach Crystal offered to hold Bootcamp today and tomorrow for a drop-in fee if at least two of us would commit to showing up. As much as I wanted to sleep in this morning and indulge in holidayness and stay up late and eat cookies and dream of sugarplums and eat bacon for breakfast and….

I know that I need to stick to my routine until Christmas Eve — and get right back on it on December 26, or I will surely pay the consequences. And I don’t want to undo damage caused by too many cookies. I want to continue to celebrate my success this year.

So I commited to Bootcamp this morning. And even though it was only 29 degrees… TWENTY NINE DEGREES, people… I pulled into the parking lot at 6:30 on the nose, ready for whatever Crystal had dreamt up.

But I was the only client whowas more afraid of Christmas cookies than the cold. And even though we all know Crystal is awesome, here’s the proof:

When I told her she didn’t have to train me because her minimum requirement was TWO people and only I was there, she insisted on doing a workout. I offered one more time, just to be sure, but she didn’t budge. Before I could whine about the cold too much, I was sweaty from squats and pushups and rotations and the run ladder.

3 rounds:

• 10 squat clean, 15-lb. dumbbells
• 12 burpees
• 15 snatch, PVC pipe
• sprint

20 double-unders (or, more accurately, attempted double-unders)

2 rounds:

• 15 med ball slams, 10-lb. ball
• plank on ball + 10 side extension
• 10 broad jumps

Thank you, Crystal, for hanging out in the cold and dark to encourage and coach me through my workout.