A recap of my weekly workouts from the previous week.
Happy Monday friends! I hope your weekend was stellar! Mine was filled with meal prepping, hanging out with some girlfriends, and relaxing.
From the looks of this picture, it didn’t look like I did much working out last week, and that is completely correct. I took a deload/rest week last week and it was wonderful. I don’t know the last time I have given my body that much rest, except for maybe after my marathon. I could barely walk a few days after that, so it was obviously needed then. Even when I go on vacations, I usually try to be active every other day, either going on a run, or doing some kind of body weight workout.
The past few weeks my body has felt really tired and run down. It was brought to my attention by my friend and macro coach Annie that I pretty much went from marathon training, to running a marathon, to CrossFit training 5-6 times a week, to the CrossFit Open. I didn’t give my body a chance to rest or recover at all. And it finally caught up to me. I felt tired, was dreading my workouts, and they didn’t feel as good as they normally do. Pretty much I just wasn’t myself.
I needed time to recover. I did do the last Open WOD with a friend on Tuesday, but didn’t feel that great doing it and I knew I needed the rest of the week off. Any you know what? It was awesome. I used to be afraid of rest days and how I would lose all the progress I had made. Or that I would somehow get fat. It’s pretty ridiculous the thoughts that go through our heads.
A few days away from the gym isn’t going to kill you. If anything our bodies need time to rest and recover from all the strenuous training we put it through. When your body is properly recovered, you come back stronger and ready to take on your workouts. I would much rather take a rest day or two and come back ready to work, then have a half ass workout where I don’t put in the effort I know I can give.
If you really hate rest days, do some active recovery. Take a yoga class, foam roll, go for a walk or bike ride. I honestly didn’t do much of anything, except maybe a little foam rolling and some abs and it was great. I’m just as strong as last week and didn’t gain 5 pounds. Try a rest day here and there and see how your body reacts. I’m sure it will thank you for it!
Sunday – rest day – so sore after the Horrible Hundred
Monday – rest day – still really sore
Tuesday – CrossFit City Limits open gym workout
CrossFit Games Open 17.5
10 RFT:
9 thrusters (95/65)
35 double unders
I finished in 13:30 RX. It was horrible. And my double unders sucked that day, so that didn’t help at all.
Wednesday – rest day
Thursday – rest day
Friday – rest day
Saturday – CrossFit City Limits workout
For Time in teams of 3:
100/75 calorie row
75 power cleans (135/95)
50 lateral burpees over the bar
100/75 calorie row
75 front squats (135/95)
50 lateral burpees over the bar
100/75 calorie row
75 push jerks (135/95)
50 lateral burpees over the bar
The time cap was set to 25 minutes and we got to 60 calories in the 3rd row.
2-4-6-8-10-12-14-16-18-20 dumbbell power snatch (25)
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 box jumps
I did this with my friend afterwards who has a competition coming up. I finished in 7:20 (I think?)…my friend did it in like 5:29.
Seriously love how you said that rest days won’t kill us, cause they won’t! They always make me stronger; and I’m always full of way more energy and excitement about workouts after a rest day.
Exactly! No need to worry about them too much, our bodies need them. And totally agree that I feel so much better after taking them.