Chris56Ryan

No news yet So yesterday was a much needed rest although I have been cycling to work all this week and am still keeping it up, my legs are getting very tired now . Hit crossfit today with a focus on presses (push and strict) there were double unders in the WOD but I'm not good enough for that yet I didnt even get one . Also I think I need a rest from the skipping as it seems to be aggravating my achilles so I'll be giving it a miss for the rest of the week and also skipping my long run this weekend, don't want it stopping me doing my toughathlon next weekend

You really are doing a lot of work now and you're right that one of the first things to give up would be the forums here to save time. Just stick to the workouts as best you can. Congrats on going back to school too.

Anything will be more beneficial in those conditions alright.

I probably looked even worse than that So I went for a run yesterday morning, 5km in 25.30 which was pretty sweet but my right Achilles is getting very tight and sore at the moment which I assume is the running and not crossfit, which I did this morning. Still doing well on the food and it's starting to get a bit easier now I think. I keep forgetting to mention my streching/rolling which is a bummer cause I'm doing loads and easily getting my targets hit oh well

well try fit as much fun in as you can while travelling and enjoy

Ah it's ok to be off sometimes a rest and some fun should get you over it but if you can stick to working on the food that's great.

you should find not worrying about the calories makes it a bit easier hopefully, and good look with the extra badass workouts.

Great job Xena you did loads of work and a hard 5 miles is always a workout to be proud of getting done.

It's very hard to exercise in high humidity alright, I learnt this from my time in Houston it used to kill me. I thought I was in much worse shape than I actually was. Keep up the good work though and it'll all fall into place.

Alrighty so another week down and I'm here to update you on my weekend. As a brief overview it was a good week. I hit all my goals pretty much and am feeling good. Friday: My rest day, or at least supposed rest day. I almost fell off the food wagon that day because believe it or not I forgot about my challenge of no Junk like pizzas or burgers . I had been debating what to get for dinner between food from a chipper or a pizza for the afternoon in work and only realized I can't eat any not even for a treat driving home. So in the end I had a home cooked chicken tikka and all was well. My big news though is my progress on double unders. In the space of 15 minutes practice I did 11. My goal had been 10 but things were going well. I managed to stay doing single skips twice after a double under so when number 10 came round and I managed to stay going I went for another double and got it bringing me to 11 Saturday: I'm looking at improving my running distance for a tough mudder in October so I started that Saturday morning. I ended up running a solid 9km in 48 minutes and that's because that was the distance of the loop I did which had me in a good mood. Later that day I had a look at a new car and am waiting to hear back this week about how much I can get it for, so that could be a life goal done by the end of the week too Sunday: This was supposed to be a rest day and really was. There was no exercise as I was going to the All-Ireland hurling semi-final between Tipperary (the county I'm from) and Cork (the county where I live and work) it was a great day out and my beautiful county of Tipperary won the day and will be going to the final in September. I did partake in a few beverages of the alcoholic kind though not many and also didn't pig out on food at all. It was a great day although I didn't get to bed until 12am because of travelling back home taking so long So that's another week down hope ye all had a good time, I'm sure I'll find out in a minute when I start browsing.

Have fun cutting back a bit and I hope to see you back here sometime. Good luck.

Well getting good sleep is more important than working out to help your body do it's work so definitely just take that as a needed rest, and time for family and friends always has to stay important, no point being fit and healthy with less good people around you

Well you've been sticking too it whether you posted here or not and that's the main thing. Great job and there's nothing you could do about the gym being closed, just a bit of a bummer for you. Great to hear the costume is making progress I hope you can get it in time.

Wow that was tough, very hard to get something with nothing but protein in it they all tend to have either extra carbs or fat. You were really close though and definitely don't just eat for the sake of it if you're full you're full.

Awesome, we'll get there alright no worries I'm actually planning on another good attempt at the double unders today for my "rest"

Great stuff, you're really clocking up those miles now.

Next time So going pretty well at the moment. I went for a 5k run yesterday and got it done in 28 minutes. I was pretty happy with that especially because I felt slow and heavy during it. I'm hoping to eventually get this under 25 minutes but at the moment I'm upping my distance for the tough mudder . 3rd crossfit class of the week done this morning. We were doing front squats for strength and I got up to 70kg for my last set of 3 (5,5,4,4,3,3) pretty happy with that. the WOD was a 5 min AMRAP of 7 pushups/7 pullups (I used the purple band for assistance) followed by 28-21-14 of 7kg wall balls and 16kg KB swings. had me pretty tired I've been eating well and getting my stretching and rolling in too. Tomorrow is technically a rest day so I might do a big stretching/rolling session and then a big run Saturday morning to finish out the week. I have to go watch the hurling semi-final in Dublin then for my rest Sunday

Great to have a day where eating healthy works out so easily. Back to exploring tomorrow, best of luck

That's the way, down with beer discrimination. All beers have there place and will all get you drunk. They don't discriminate against us after all.

Organisation is a common problem with these kind of runs it seems. Anything I've ever done has been very late getting started but at least there wasn't really a wait at any obstacles. The way it's been starting is they usually break the attendants into smaller groups of about 100 I think and these are supposed to be staggered every 10 minutes or so which never works either. for my next two though when registering you have to pick a time slot to start at and therefore don't have to wait around all day waiting for your turn, hopefully it works out . They're always great fun when you get into it though I think and I haven't heard of many injuries over here. Great job getting through it and keep up the good work in the rest of the challenge .

Great work dude, you're really kicking some tail there and that playground run is awesome good training for an OCR Also holy crap the bees, I will never be up at 4am never mind after something like that

no such thing as a failed gym session man so you can forget about that one . Also give yourself a little time after the holiday before really paying attention to your own weight let it settle a bit.

I like these for a bit more fun instead of just running the distance. So I have one of the door racks but I gotta say I haven't come across a door frame yet that I didn't fear for my life was going to collapse under my weight . I find them a bit too narrow and low too but the lack of confidence in the door frame is number 1. I found a place I can get a full stand alone rig with a pull up bar and dip bars for 160 euro with free delivery so I'm going to get that I think. As for today, another crossfit session down and a bit of skipping done last night too. I hope this is something that will eventually just click for me because it's not going well yet but I'll just keep at it . I hadn't mentioned my stretching/rolling really yet but I am doing it. about 15 minutes combined before every crossfit class and around 10 minutes before and after running. I did a full hour of combined rolling and stretching though Sunday before I went out for my run . As for food I have a nice healthy chilli made for the next few days and a tuna pasta to mix and match between.

So a good weekend ending a pretty good week. I signed up for a toughathlon (5k obstacle course) on the 30th of August and a tough mudder in Dublin on the 4th of October. I'm looking at two others in September too for practice in the run up. I did it because I want something proper to aim for with my training and such. I got a couple of runs in over the weekend at 6k each and the odd 10 minutes of skipping but no double unders yet. I'm going looking up some good progressions to help this week too. Made crossfit this morning. Strength was deadlifts 5 sets of 5 at 90kg for me which I was pretty happy with and I was wrecked tired after the WOD so job done.

Your strength routine looks like it should catch everything pretty well, keep it up.