Sunday: Rest day (active recovery: tabata)

Sunday. Giving my body and neck another day to recover. I was eager to do workouts today as usual but its been a while since I rested so I decided to take it easy and take my dog for a swim instead.

Some workouts that I haven't yet tried out but which I'm looking forward to:

• Grace
• Eva
• Murph
• 21-15-9, burpees and pull-ups
• Push press, 2 min amrap, 2 min rest, 3 rounds
• 40-30-20-10, KB, wall ball and box jumps
• "Death by" - wods

Tomorrow I'll get back to crossfit training in the morning. Stay tuned!

Update. I couldn't stay away from training, I had to take some active recovery so to say... Tabata this:

• Squats (144)
• Ab wheel (64)
• Hollow hold
• Push-ups (69)
• 1 min rest between sets

I did 18 squats in each round, it wasn't that bad, maybe could have upgraded it to 19 or 20 per round, then it would have really burnt my thighs. Also ab wheels were a steady performance with 8 reps each round. Hollow hold after ab wheel got to my core abs nicely, I like those steady moves that you can feel burning and developing those core muscles such as plank position etc.

Hollow hold

Fatigue hit me in push-ups totally after two rounds. My triceps were killing me. First round 18 reps, second round 16 reps, third round 10, the remaining 5 rounds were 4-6 reps each, pathetic. Tomorrow I'll meet Toni at the gym for strength training and a metcon.

Week 30

This week's training I have to post afterwards as it's already Thursday. I was resting the entire previous week due to some irregular beating of my heart. I didn't do any workouts Monday through Saturday. On Sunday I was at the gym doing some squats, deadlifts and push presses.

Monday. 800m run, 40 push-ups, 20 box jumps. 5 rounds. Time 26.20. Practising muscle-ups. Tabata hollow hold. Stretching in the evening.

I had two friends with me to run along. I had some doubts about running due to last week's problems so I kind of held back during the workout. However, afterwards it felt good and I had those bad thoughts in vain.

Tuesday, first workout. 5x5 back squats. Max 100kg. 5 min rest. WOD: 5 L-pull-ups, 20 burpee, 25 KB swing (16kg). 4 rounds. Time 10.36. Stretching in the evening.

Felt good. Still taking it easier than normally with the squats. Starting to feel pretty good though. I experimented this type of training from Mikko Salo's training programme: first weight lifting, then rest, then wod. I liked it and probably going to continue like this. This wod caused heavy breathing due to burpees. Kettlebell was too light I think. I have already ordered 20kg KB at my own expense. This 16kg was the heaviest at the gym.

Tuesday, second workout. Row 4 x 750m, 2 min rest between sets. Time 16.48. Practising double unders.

The first training session took place 10.00 in the morning so this afternoon workout was planned to be easier. My girlfriend went to the gym so I immediately tagged along. Rowing started nicely in every four sets. The last 250 meters were slower as fatigue struck. I'm going to increase the amount of rowing in the near future.

Wednesday. Bear complex. 5 rounds 20+25+30+35+20. 5 min rest. WOD: 5 Deadlift (80kg), 5 toes-to-bar. 5 rounds. Time 3.43. Stretching in the evening.

The first time ever to try out bear complex. Pretty tough I would say. Sound easy when you think about the weights I carried. However, for me they were enough, this time... Next time I'll raise. After short break I took on the deadlift and Toes-to-bar combination to strengthen the middle body. Nice combo, deadlift could have been maybe 90kg but due to the nature of the workout maybe it was better to be that 80kg. They were both movements where grip is essential which caused it slightly painful in the palms towards the end.

Thursday. Rest day.

Stretching in the evening. I feel like hitting the gym but I must think this rationally. I'm going to stretch today and take another workout tomorrow.