This week’s random thoughts:
Holiday weeks should be great training weeks…
…But they’re often not. Think about it logically. On a week like this week, most people had a three-day weekend to relax, and then a shortened work week. The generic full-time worker had only 32 hours of work to complete this week, instead of the typical 40. That means an extra 8 hours that could be devoted to getting more time in the gym, or preparing healthy food for the week, or working on mobility, or any of a number of other activities that would make the week healthier. But in reality, those 8 hours are usually spent drinking beer and charring meat on the grill. Think of how much meal prep, or skill practice, or extra work on weaknesses you could get done over the course of a year if you just spent a couple of hours on every work holiday doing things that positively contribute to your health and fitness. Hint: It’s a lot.
Humor is funny
If you like CrossFit (which I’m going to assume that you do) and you also like humor (again, I’ll make that assumption), then you would probably also like CrossFit humor. Check out Fitness Lonnie on Facebook. His stuff is hilarious. There are other good Elite Fitness humor sites out there, but he’s the most reliable when you need something to laugh at to dull the pain of Monday’s hero WOD.
It’s time to blow this popsicle stand
On Sunday, I leave for Italy. I’ll be there for about 2.5 weeks, doing vacation-y things like seeing sights and drinking wine and eating pasta and drinking wine and going on tours and drinking wine. I’ll have limited access to email and zero access to phone, so if you need anything regarding the gym, talk to Roc or Jeff. I’ll be back in mid-June with a fluent knowledge of Italian, lots of pictures of old buildings, and an extra 10 pounds of bulk thanks to all that wine. Well, hopefully not that third thing — I have plenty of travel WODs to keep me fit while I’m on vacation.
Foundation
Weighted ring dip
15 min to find 1rm
then…
EMOM for 6 min:
4 dips
4 pistols
WOD
2 min AMRAP:
pushups
2 min AMRAP:
wall ball shots (20/14)
2 min AMRAP:
box jumps (24″/20″)
AMRAPs completed consecutively with a 6-min running clock, no rest between
