In February 2010, I found out I was pregnant with our second child.  I continued to do all the workouts without scaling for the first three months of the pregnancy.  It was shortly thereafter that a very observant trainer noticed I was not doing my max deadlift and called me out on it.  That is when I told all my CrossFit FX TX friends and trainers that I was pregnant.  I think a little pregnant girl was new to all of them, but they were very supportive and eager to help me through the workouts.  I was unable to work out for eight weeks due to medical reasons, unrelated to CrossFit.  One of my last workouts before the eight-week break was “Murph”.  I was so proud of myself!  It was very hard for me when the Doctor said I could not work out.  I think I went through withdrawals.

I was able to return to CrossFit FX TX when I was five months pregnant.  At that point I definitely had to scale some of the workouts.  I could not run more than 400 meters with out having to come in and pee.  The baby did not like burpees either; the ligament pain and jumping up and down just did not mix.  I substituted push-ups and air squats for the equivalent numbers.  I also started using the 35-45 lb. bar for all my lifts.  I had to substitute step-ups instead of box jumps because the jarring motion was difficult and I felt like that was too much for the baby.  I did not really monitor my heart rate; I just listened to my body and rested more frequently.  As we all know, just stepping foot in to a CrossFit gym and some of the warm ups make your heart rate go up.  I felt really good doing the workouts while being pregnant.

It got very hard for me in the ninth month though.  I didn’t even finished some workouts simply because I would have been there for an hour or more.  It was discouraging always being the last one to finish, or calling out my small number of AMRAPs, or worse, not finishing a workout.  Toward the end of the pregnancy, I was able to do most every workout with substitutions with the exception of sit-ups.  I did do crunches for a while until even that became too difficult.  I did “Filthy Fifty” when I was seven months pregnant.  My husband said maybe I should take it easy.  I told him “ are you kidding, I just did “Filthy Fifty” and I’m seven months pregnant”.  I’ve never felt better.

My last work out at CrossFit FX TX was October 1^st.  Our daughter, Emerson, was born October 4^th.  I literally worked out until the end of my pregnancy.  All the trainers and people were so awesome with supportive words or helping me set up or take down my weights.  My labor and delivery was awesome compared to our first child.  With our first child, I was in labor 16 hours and pushed for two and a half hours before he was born.  I was in labor nine hours with my CrossFit FX TX baby and never had to push.  Medically speaking, I’m not sure I can credit CrossFit FX TX for the easier labor and delivery, but if you ask me, I will tell you it was worth it.  CrossFit FX TX has also played a big roll in getting my body back into shape after the pregnancy.  After giving birth, I was up and going the next day in the hospital.  I never felt better and was back at the gym within three weeks.  Returning to CrossFit FX TX has been pretty humbling though.  Workouts have been rough.  My weights are not even close to my max and I am realizing my body is not quite back to normal yet.  Perhaps it’s the sleepless nights.  The trainers are helping me get back in shape and lose the last 10 lbs. of the weight I gained.  I have never felt better and can’t thank CrossFit FX TX enough for being so encouraging and supportive!

Melissa Oldbury - CrossFit FX TX Member
My brother is in the Navy and was stationed in Japan. All he would talk about was Crossfit and how awesome it was. He came to visit last summer for his 30 days leave. He was adamant about finding a Crossfit gym and happened upon Crossfit FX TX. He went everyday while he was here and would get home and just go on and on about the awesomeness that is Crossfit. I went and watched him workout and was very intrigued by the whole thing. It’s different and I’m not an aerobics type of person, I need someone to tell me what I’m doing wrong and to push me. I read they offered a free try out and figured what the heck, why not. Well after I was able to walk again, I was hooked. It was like nothing I’ve ever done.