Knowing When to Rest

August 15, 2008 · Filed Under Crossfit Metro Blog · Comment 

This morning I struggled.

CrossFit HQ workout looked hard and my body felt battered and sore. How does one truly know when they should rest and allow the body much needed recovery? …and when the mind is playing trciks on you because you just “don’t feel like it today”

My personal belief is both scenarios can possibly be one in the same.

Some days, I feel like a monster and aspire to train as such - and some days, although much less frequently, I feel tired, lethargic, sore, and/or beat-up. Some say it’s being lazy, but others say that it’s your body asking politely for rest - ignore it, and the body may become less polite and just make you sick.

No thanks.

I’ll sit this one out today - eat like a champ - rest, and hammer the WOD tomorrow during the HQ rest day.

Thoughts?

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Fran Gone Wild

July 2, 2008 · Filed Under Work Out of the Day · 1 Comment 

If you follow CrossFit Metro, you know that I am training at a recovery level as I ease back into the official WODs. Until then, I am creating custom workouts for my comeback.

“Fran Gone Wild”, custom CrossFit Metro WOD

21-15-9 of:

  • thrusters (45 lb bar only)
  • pullups (scaled)

Then…

Three rounds of:

  • 12 dips
  • 10 pushups

Then… finish with:

One round of:

  • 120 jump rope

P.S.

New PR on my speed training loop - 17:49

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Active Recovery

June 23, 2008 · Filed Under Crossfit Metro Blog · Comment 

Due to the back injury, the only exercise I can handle at the moment is swimming, so:

Monday WOD:

  • 1 mile swim

…you’ll be seeing a lot of this throughout this week.

Gotta get an underwater MP3 player tonight: Swimp3

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