A Major Mind-Game

So today I had a workout that consisted of 7 minutes of Burpee Broad Jumps for distance. What that means is I did a normal burpee, dropping down into a push up, but instead of jumping up at the top I did a broad jump which means I would leap as far as I could forward. I completed this workout at a park next to my apartments. Here was my thought process as it was my last workout of the day:

"I gotta get this workout in before work tonight otherwise I won't have time or motivation to do it. Let's see, it's 1:30 right now, I can get in a nap and get my workout in and still have plenty of time to shower before I have to leave."

- An hour passes by......

"Okay time to workout. Well maybe, I don't know. Haven't I done enough today? I did two workouts already and they both had me sweating, maybe I can call it good for the day? But you had this planned since yesterday. I know, but sometimes you gotta take it easy and and listen to your body. Is your body telling you you're sore? Well....no......But I feel tired though. Do you really feel tired or are you just cozy in bed because it's hot outside and your mattress is by the air conditioning? Okay so I'm relaxed, big deal. But it has been hot lately, and it gets hotter in the afternoons, it'd probably be safe not to go outside. Well are you gonna do it at the gym? Well I don't really wanna get sweaty before I have to work there. Plus people are gonna be on the walk/jog track so I'd probably be annoyed just avoiding them and getting out of their way. So why not do it now? It's 7 stupid minutes. Yeah, 7 minutes of one of my least favorite exercises. 7 minutes and you're done dude. Is Rich Froning(current CF Games champion) or Dan Bailey(well known games competitor) posting on twitter about how they almost did a workout but decided against it because they were too relaxed? No! They're posting about their 3rd workout outside in a football stadium located in the midwest(the same region you're heat wave is) and saying they got it done. Do yourself a favor: Lace up, throw on your shoes, don't check the temperature outside, and start walking to the park."

- 7 minutes of hot sweat ensues...

"......atta boy."

I ended up covering 130 Meters.


Everyone stop thinking and go crush your workouts the rest of the week!

BACK AT IT!!!

So WOW! haven't posted in a while. And for good reason, I've been extremely busy working, wedding planning, and being injured or sick. Sometimes all at once. But I promise you all, except when I was injured or sick. I still worked out every single day. I didn't really have a set routine I just did what I could when I could do it. But I don't want to bore you with ton of details. Let's just jump into what I did today.

Strength:

3x5 Back Squat @ 135lbs

WOD:

100 Pull Ups
100 Push Ups
100 Sit Ups
100 Squats

Now this was tough but I needed it. I found out that I can string together 20 kipping pull ups before taking a break. My push ups were all standard and full range, last time I eventually had to go down to my knees. And sit ups and squats were the same as always. Not too bad of a workout day.

Now to be honest, being busy and all can take away from blog posting and really by the end of the day I just don't feel like doing it. I will keep blogging but only when I'm up to it and excited about the day. Otherwise all you facebook people can see my updates on there. Thank you all for the continued support and have a great day with whatever you do!

Pat