My cousin Jonathan is a trainer at Crossfit Portland, and I recently shadowed one of his personal training sessions with his client, Misty. Misty is hoping to compete in the Crossfit games and is pretty impressive. I learned all kinds of things about bumper plates, keeping one’s core stable and why coffee is so much better than tea.

One of Jonathan’s jobs in these sessions is to pay close attention to form. Misty has some old injuries and is careful not to re-aggravate them.

There was a lot of joking during the rest sessions.