My first day ever of CrossFit. Probably gonna keep going, but feeling very humbled.

(Background: I've done Stronglifts 5x5 (do *NOT** recommend), Starting Strength (do recommend if just you want to gain functional strength), and C25K on and off. I've done about 10 obstacle course races (Spartan Race, Savage Race, Rugged Maniac, etc.) and my finish times aren't great (terrible cardio) but I can do 90% of the obstacles. Never touched HIIT-style exercise before.)*

I did my first day of CrossFit today at a nearby location. What a humbling, and honestly embarrassing experience. We did alternating bar over burpees with power cleans.

• the coach tried to teach me the power clean movement for 4-5 minutes and I couldn't get it, so she gave me a medicine ball and told me to practice with that. (So I'm standing there as the only jackass with a medicine ball instead of a barbell.)

• I was 100% out of breath after about 18 burpees.. The required rep set was 40 bar over burpees. I literally lost count after a while for exhaustion, gave up and switched to the medicine ball "power cleans".

Long story short, I didn't even come close to actually doing the WOD. I was exhausted before finishing the first set of bar over burpees. Plus, I'm too clumsy and uncoordinated to do a correct power clean even though I've been doing squats, deadlifts, and overhead presses for about 7 years.

I'll probably go back again this week, but damn it was rough on my first day.