THURSDAY WOD

It's Sunday and I'm still a little sore from Thursday's workout. How is that possible, you wonder. Well, I'll tell you. This is the WOD that shook my legs to the core. If you know how to do a proper full-range, deep squat, then you know what I'm talking about.

1. 10 clapping push-ups (can be modified either up or down on a bench)


2. 20 air squats (full-range and deep enough so that your hips pass below knee level)


3. 50 metre sprint

Repeat 10 x of this circuit, as fast as you can without compromising form. Then come back and tell me how sore you were the next day. And next day again. ;)

FRIDAY CROSSFIT WOD

Holy schlofogomus it was hard to get out of bed this morning! But as I was arguing with myself, discussing reasons to pull out, I thought: I will never regret getting up and going for a run, but I will almost always (unless I'm sick) regret if I don't go for a run. Which is so TRUE!! Although very sore from the boxing session I made it to last night, I managed to give the run a good go. I even managed to do a CrossFit WOD consisting of 3 exercises:

1. Sprint 25 metres x 5


2. Jump pull-ups 5-5-5-5


3. Air squats 10-10-10-10

Still need to work on my pull-ups and it's definitely one of my goals to be able to do them strict or kipping without jumping. Strrrrong!

FROM REST TO CROSSFIT WOD

Some people say it's good to rest your body. I say sure, but not too long.

This morning was euphoric for me, to get up early and take a run in the chilly air, not a person around. Just me and my dog and the sound of my shoes pounding the pavement. The feeling and happiness is undescribeable.

Somebody at work commented yesterday on me looking different. I never thought that my involountary rest period would be so noticeable, but I suppose the lack of energy in my eyes could have given it away. Exercising makes me feel alive. And rightly so! I have never understood people who exercise below or just up to the limit of what they think they can do, when they can improve and reep the benefits so much more by pushing themselves a little bit further.

This morning together with my run, I did a Crossfit Workout Of the Day, or a WOD. I found an old tire, weighing about 12 pounds, in the field where I usually do some exercises, and I decided to use it for my drills:

10 push-ups
10 squat w tire press
15 one-arm tire throws
10 full range burpees
20 bicycle crunches

All these exercises x 2 as fast as I could without rest in between.

I'm totally sold on Crossfit. I love the intensity, the near death experience of fatigue, every cell in your body doing their best to make it work, and the pride when you complete it. Love it!

Now some Zzz's before the alarm rings at 05:20. Nite!