by Jen
on December 21, 2013
Happy weekend! Mine is a balance between hanging out and relaxing and running around trying to get the last of Christmas taken care of. This month flew by!
It is a beautiful day here in North Carolina – 72 and a little overcast with peeks of sunshine coming through the clouds.
It was too nice not to run outside so I turned on my audio book (Me Before You) and hit the road. My original thought was to do an easy three but once I started running four sounded nice. Before I knew it I was at the point to turn for four or go for five…and I kept running. It felt amazing. I didn’t stop a single time to walk and the run felt effortless. I can’t even tell you how good it feels to finally be running like this after struggling for so long. I can actually fathom the thought of running a half marathon again. Maybe this spring??? 🙂
Body and mind are feeling so good right now. I’m grateful.
And here’s the rest of the week’s workouts.
Monday
CrossFit
10 Bear Complex’s For Time & Weight
1. Power Clean
2. Front Squat
3. Push Press
4. (3) Back Squats
5. Push Press
I did my bear complex at 65# and in about 4:40. What is a bear complex you may ask? It’s the movements above linked together. I happen to have a video of it…
It’s a killer combination of movements and very effective total body training. I love it.
After the WOD I did 40 more front squats and 20 more back squats at 65# to bring my squat total for the day to 100. I recently started “Squat Mondays” where I’m doing 100 squats. They are my favorite thing to do!
Tuesday
Hot vinyasa yoga with a glorious 15 minute nap during the floor work.
Wednesday
Hot vinyasa yoga
Thursday
Hot vinyasa yoga
Friday
CrossFit
Run 800
75 deadlift (95/65)
Run 800
75 push press (45/35)
Run 800
This was a low weight, high rep workout to train muscular endurance. I finished in about 20 minutes using the RX weight.
Saturday
Run 5
Sunday
Rest or yoga…depends on how my day goes with Christmas shopping and baking.
What was your best workout of the week?
Any spring races planned?
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