Crossfit in winter = SUPER CRAZY!

Yesterday afternoon Aaron and I had this crazy idea to workout in this insane weather.. To warm up we jogged down from our floor (4), then sprinted up then jogged back down... After this the feeling in my fingers and toes started to come back but I was far from warm.. We then went outside to set up the rings for muscle ups (i attempted kipping pull ups but my muscles seemed to fail so I did strict pull ups) Aaron was of coure fine besides the fact he couldnt feel his fingers. We then did 60 double unders however our ropes had frozen so we had to stretch them out and warm them up.. This was VERY hard outside as the cold air was not only forming icycles in my nose but also in my lungs which wore me out very quickly and made me want to curl up in the foetal position by the fire.. We then did 12 box jumps onto a picnic table which warmed me up the slightest bit. Then we jogged up the hill to the gym which took the longest 10 minutes of my life! It was SO cold! My toes had frozen up as I was only wearing my runners, I was wearing my gloves, two shirts, a jumper, long johns, trackie pants, two pairs of socks and ear warmers. We were puffing out icy smoke like chimneys and got tired easily, having to stop several times. We finally got to the heated gym.... mmmm heated... We attempted the Airforce WOD but it was hard as they olympic bar bell was being used and they only had barbells with weights that didnt spin. I ended up finishing in 18:26 and Aaron 19:23. Now that we were nice and sweaty we walked home in the dark (only 5:15pm) so it was even colder.. yippee! Next time we have decided to not bother about going to the gym and just fill up Aaron's aqua bag and doing workouts here. The aqua bag fills up to about 35kg. I am just going to stick with body weights exercises like double unders, push ups, sit ups, handstand push ups, burpees, etc. inside!!! We spent the evening coughing as our lungs defrosted...  There is a ski tournament on here at the moment and there are people going for jogs everywhere! Clearly it is just something that will take some getting used to!

Continuing on cold topics, Aaron's first day at work went well. He got so cold that he had to come home and grab warmer socks! A lady at his work told him it takes approximately 3 weeks to acclimatise to the weather.. HA! I will let you know how that goes. So Aaron spends his days scraping snow off foot paths, shovelling it to the side, scraping snow off roofs and pouring salt on the ground to remove the snow.

I met my boss today, Scott. He said I have the hardest job as hostess... yay! I have to manage the floor pretty much. Seat people as they come in and make sure they are spread out so that the waitresses dont get too many tables at once. A little nervous. I start Monday so I will let you know how my first shift goes.

I also bumped into Nicole who interviewed Aaron and I in Brisbane. I am heading to the resort now to go chat with her about ice hockey. She mentioned in our interview that they play on Sundays and I SO want to give it a go!

Until next time!

(The 1st photo is our warm up area, 2nd and 3rd are of the path from staff accommodation to the resort)