Hello! Look at this-back again already! Guess what? I’m officially on Thanksgiving break! To be fair my week was pretty low-key so it’s not THAT big of a deal but still.
I want to do some fitness updates today. And catch up on food. We’re losing our chef. Again. The new one ended up begin really good after adapting to the needs of the house, but now he’s leaving for a different job. So the search begins again.
In essays, I know you’re never actually supposed to flat out say the structure of how you’re going to prove an argument, but I’m still going to go right out and say-this is the structure of today’s post: Fitness thoughts with food pictures interspersed. Because I have lots of food pictures an don fitness pictures.
Is this not just the most amazing thing ever?? I went back to my favorite coffeeshop for the first time this year after a track workout and was treated to this.
After half marathon training, I was tired. I felt like I had 1000 aches and pains, and I was tired a lot. I felt like my body was put under a lot of stress (um, because it was). At the same time, I was rehabbing my shoulder. Prior to even hurting it, I felt like I had a lot of tightness/tiny aches building up.
Carrot ginger soup with gluten free ciabatta.
When I first returned to Crossfit, back when my shoulder was really touchy, I was really careful not to overdo it. After my half, I decided to make some changes. I want to be the fittest I can be, but I also want to be the fittest I can be for the longest time. I started to realize that I can’t put so much stress on my body. If I want to be running half marathons in 10 years, I need to put in fewer footsteps now.
Example A: Last summer (1.5 years ago to clarify), I was in pretty great shape. I ran a TON. I was half marathon training, and adding other running workouts on top of that. The result? I DEMOLISHED my feet. I could barely walk for a while. My half was far slower than it should have been. I had to take a while off of running completely, and my feet were still a problem for a long time afterwards. This year? I’m not overdoing the running, and my feet have essentially not been a problem (plus I’ve gotten better shoes).
Gluten free veggie panini and vegetable soup with my parents after seeing The Martian.
After my October half, I took it easy with the running. I ran consistently, but I didn’t follow a schedule. I fell in love with my 2.5 mile loop. As a result, it was casual and since my half I’ve been able to run whenever I want, without worrying about hurting myself. At the same time, I’ve also been doing lots of track workouts. Distance wise, they’re nothing. But in terms of intensity…man. (Sidenote-I’m officially done with my class project, and I will do a full write up of that.)
This was make your own burritos-I did a salad. Guac=life.
Additionally, I decided I would only go to Crossfit 3x a week. My shoulder doesn’t need more than this, and my joints don’t either. Every week, I go online and pick and choose which workouts I want to do most (which will be better for my shoulder and which lifts I should practice more), and then go on those days. I don’t need to go every day-I do enough other things.
And honestly? My body feels so much better. My runs don’t feel sluggish. I feel strong. I’m not less fit-there are some things I definitely still want to work on and improve, but with a well-scheduled week of workouts I can do that without stressing my body.
BBQ chicken over a salad with ranch+gluten free toast.
There are times when I feel like I can push myself more and want to do more-which is great! I just have to be smart about how I’m going about it. I want to get some more rowing in. Maybe more spin. Stick to track workouts. It’s all about efficiency and getting the more out of less!
Since this seems relevant-here’s my week of workouts thus far!
Monday: AM run 4 miles, PM teach spin+softball
Tuesday: AM timed 400m trial (plus 800m warm up), PM Crossfit:
At 0:00, 9:00, 18:00, 27:00, 36:00
5 Box Jump Over
200m Sprint
7 Thruster (95/75)
12 Cal Row
Wednesday: AM 5 mile run, PM teach spin+softball
Thursday: AM Crossfit (This one was killer):
5 Min AMRAP @85%-90% x 5 rest 3 between sets
Round 1, 3, 5
4 Burpee
8 Push Press
12 KBS
Round 2, 4
4 No Push Up Burpee
8 Front Squat
24 Double Under
Friday: AM Crossfit:
A: Back Squat @21×1 – 75-80% x 2 x 5; rest 2-3 min
B: BB Reverse Lunge – 6-8/leg alternating x 3; rest 2
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Alternate OTM x 12
5 DB Row/side
30s Hollow Rock
In 40s – 15 squats + double under
I may do a short little run this evening, or may walk the pup (she’s visiting). Saturday or Sunday will probably be a rest day-depending on how I’m feeling/what my schedule is each day. I want to get a longish run in one of those days though because I’m doing a 10k on Thanksgiving and I haven’t done more than 5 miles in a while (aka my half).
What does your week of workouts look like?
I just got the OK from my PT to start running, so running 2 miles 3x/week, but doing some form of XT 6 days of the week. So excited to start running after a 2-month layoff! So far I’ve done a lot of elliptical and cycling workouts.
Omg that latte design is incredible! So festive! It’s good to see how you’ve been listening to your body and can pick and choose workouts to do that’ll work best. We did a kinda similar workout this week at CrossFit to your Thursday workout. It was 12 minutes of push-press and burpees. It was a killer! My shoulders were so shot after that.