From the start...

Thursday, March 22nd 

Wednesday I took off of working out.  I am trying to be disciplined about taking a day off after 4 consecutive workouts.  On these days those I try to fit in some light daily activity.  Having two little ones this is an easy thing to do, because my kids are very active.  B and I went for an evening bike ride around the neighborhood. I really value this time with my son. 

Then Thursday morning came around and I was back to working out.  I am getting back into increasing my miles and this week I will go for a total of 20 miles. Having awesome music to listen to really helps.  My favorite kind are the podcasts that have that club thumbing beat.  I have a subscription to “Glow Radio” on the I-Tunes Podcasts and I give 5 stars to Avicci! My love hate relationship right now is with my tabata timer on my ipad, while on the treadmill.  Hard to push through, but after those 4 minutes I feel incredible!  Because I am upping the miles I am proceeding with recovery caution.  My main things are 1- stretch 2- foam roll 3- proper nutrition.  I have had found it interesting to research recipes that are gluten - free.  No I do not believe that just because you cut this out you automatically have a sudden weight-loss.  I do believe in an over abundance in anything in our nutrition can be harmful.  I just feel better when I eat gluten- free and whole foods.  That is a topic for another blog to come. 

My workout for the day was a 30 minute run and 20 minutes of functional training. I will refer to the skill practice of CrossFit as functional training for this blog.  So that 20 minutes of training was spent 

1- Kipping from a bar:  Progression of hanging and just working on the lower body swing. 

2- Toe to Bar with a body bar of 6 pounds laying on the floor.  

3- Handstands against the wall.

At this point I am using light weight to just get the form down.  Interestingly, my heart rate was an average of 140 during this time.  It gets up there for the kipping.  I remember when I started lifting I could barely lift 5 pounds with a dumbell shoulder press and only 20 pounds on the lat pull down machine.  That was 12 years ago and now I am machine strong and can do traditional pull ups and a handstand.  It took a lot of dedication to get here.  So when I use 6 pounds it reminds me of how much more I can improve.  Just remember it is about starting, not just the end result.  

After my workout I had my protein drink and got everyone ready for school.  This is my ideal way to start the day.  A fantastic workout and a good recovery drink.