Even if they aren’t always followed, New Year’s resolutions are a ritual for many of us. What’s more, year after year, Americans tend to resolve to do the same things they resolved to do the year before, probably because when we made our resolutions the previous year we stuck to our guns through mid-February, but by March had already found excuses to continue eating dessert after every meal or smoking socially. But Charlottesville, let’s make this year our year to stick to our resolutions. Let’s get in shape, lose weight, quit smoking, spend more time with our families and finally pay off that damn credit card we knew we should never have gotten.
There’s no single website to help with all these ambitions, but CrossFit can help those of us who have promised the goddess of 2008 that we will lose weight and get in shape. Everyday, CrossFit posts a workout for you to follow, mixing it up each day in order to target and tone different parts of your body. On a recent day, your CrossFit workout would have unfolded as follows: Five rounds each of the following exercises, at whatever time it takes you: 20 pull-ups, 30 push-ups, 40 sit-ups, 50 squats. Then, on another day, simply “Run 5K.” If you don’t understand the instructions, you can watch a video each day to get a clear picture of what you are supposed to be doing.
In short, no excuses this time, people. Just do it.