Some Days A Simple WOD Feels Like A Chore!

I slept decently enough last night but not long enough. The night before I slept poorly and not long at all, so I spent yesterday feeling a bit tired. Yesterday my intention was to do a WOD but not go all out with intensity. I didn’t keep that goal. I went all in. That workout wasn’t difficult, but I treated it as a sprint and used closer to the RX weight.

I woke up feeling a little rundown today. I meant to go to sleep earlier, but football was on. I got annoyed at Green Bay’s domination, so I turned it off and went to bed. Seeing the Bears had won this morning brought me great joy.

I drank my coffee and did my normal morning routine but was thinking I wanted to get a workout in earlier in the day than I did yesterday else I may not do it. I also wanted to do my twenty-rep squats but decided, at least as of this morning, to skip them for the day.

I chose a simple one that is programmed for next week to do. Well, I chose a shift version because, to be frank, I see no need to do 75 kipping pull-ups in a row. The same goes for seeing no good reason to do 100 push-ups in a row. The shift version at least broke them into sets. This workout gave me the old Murph preparation WOD feel that was prevalent in our old CrossFit gym. God, I hope they are not doing that.

The WOD was slower than normal today, but that’s perfectly okay. These days will happen for me. My idea of a rest day is a slightly less intense day, and that’s just what I did today. With the push-ups and ring rows I did, I figured I would need to break up anyway since my wrist was angry last night. I think I caught it with a dumbbell head in the WOD I did yesterday.

The important thing for me on days like this is that I do something out in the garage. I have had a few days recently where I did not do that, and I don’t like it. In those days, we were running around or something. It is perfectly okay to have days like that. I just get worried that it will become a habit for me.

The music for the WOD was Alkaloid.