Today is a rest day on Crossfit.com, but I have decided that for the time being I don't take days off. I use the 'rest days' as a day of either a long run, or active recovery. Today is the latter, active recovery.
The idea is to keep loose, get the blood flowing, but not to overdo it. I spent the morning doing some light body weight exercises, and swam around 800 meters in sets of 50 meter repeats. Big race coming up Sunday and I want to make sure I am at peak mental and physical readiness to give it my best. Starting next week I am going to try to work in a weekly yoga session, and also spend more time on post-workout stretching. With the hours of training going up significantly each week, I have to be sure to remain healthy and injury free.
Workouts from the last few days:
Wednesday, September 23, 2009:
From Crossfit.com:
Five rounds for max reps of:
Body weight bench press
Pull-ups
Body weight back squat
My current weight is around 173 lbs, but for good measure I used 185 lbs...
So basically do each exercise to failure, then repeat the circuit. My numbers for each round are below:
Bench: 14, 9, 8, 7, 5
Pull ups: 20, 16, 13, 10, 12
Deadlift: 10, 10, 10, (then went to 135 to work on form), 10, 10
After, I did another 30 or so L-Pull ups, and a set of dips. Finished the day with a pool workout.
Thursday, September 24, 2009:
10 min bike warmup
1000 meter row (3:58)
1 Muscle up, around 50 pull ups, some push ups, abdominal work
800 meters in the pool, some freestyle, some kick board
My plan for Friday-Sunday:
Friday: Crossfit warmup, light swim, light run
Saturday: light run, stride work, long stretch
Sunday: RACE Day, then my first hockey game of the year at 3:00 PM!
Going to be a GREAT weekend :) Happy Thursday everyone!!
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