Knowing that this is a "Food" holiday, the effort to get AT LEAST 4 workouts in this week was in full force. The challenge was accepted!
My normal gym schedule is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and then Dennis and I rotate Saturdays depending on how the week went.
Monday - Not a Problem. Check!
Tuesday - Not a Problem. Check!
Wednesday - I went out for Happy Hour Tuesday night, so I didn't make it in Wednesday morning, but that's ok, I was halfway there.
Thursday (Thanksgiving) - Dennis' mom arrived the night before and agreed to watch the kids for us while we BOTH caught a 7:00am Thanksgiving Day WOD.
This workout was especially fun, because Dennis and I rarely get to work out together anymore, it was a Partner WOD, so naturally Dennis and I were partners, and we had the ENTIRE NZone (fitness facility) to ourselves. What that meant? 8 Rounds of Prowler Pushes (Up the Field was High, Down the Field was Low) and the field was 40 Yards each way. While one partner pushes, the other runs suicides. Easy enough on paper, right?
Now I didn't / don't have a lot of experience with Prowler Pushes and thought, ok, no real problem here, but HOLY HELL did it fatigue my quads and my calves.
I quickly realized that short bursts of energy were not doing me any favors and slow and steady was going to win this race. On the way up the field I made sure to dig into my heels and on the way back, I kept on my toes as much as possible. We are unsure how long this actually took, but I assure you it felt like forever.
Now that we had started our day of gluttony off right, we were ready to prepare for dinner. We typically just do snacks for lunch which look like this:
I apologize but I don't have a picture of the traditional Thanksgiving Dinner that we had, but I assure you it was amazing thanks to Dennis and his great Thanksgiving Food cooking abilities.
After we had dinner and relaxed for a while, and since we had a voluntary babysitter, Dennis and I decided to go out for a few drinks and possibly shop before we...........go back to the gym.
Yup, Crossfit Hydraulic advertised, that if there was enough interest, Frank would hold a MIDNIGHT WOD to end Thanksgiving / Kick off Black Friday. How freaking cool is that? Well, as most things in Crossfit, seem cool on paper, but in retrospect, unsure if I would ever do that again.
After our exhausting day already, we still had a few hours before our midnight WOD so we did what any normal people would do, we went shopping. We picked up a few good deals here and there (included a $2.00 Selfie Stick) and headed to Hydraulic. We parked the car and took a 15 minute nap before the gym opened.
Nobody knew what the WOD was going to be, but Frank did not disappoint when he told us it was the Filthy 50. A chipper that would help burn off whatever caloric damage we had done to ourselves already.
For Time:
50 Box jump, 24 inch box
50 Jumping pull-ups
50 Kettlebell swings, 1 pood
Walking Lunge, 50 steps
50 Knees to elbows
50 Push press, 45 pounds
50 Back extensions
50 Wall ball shots, 20 pound ball
50 Burpees
50 Double unders
The WOD took around 30 minutes for the group and we were all happy it was done with! So we celebrated with a selfie!
Since I had hit my goal of 4 WODs despite the Holiday schedule, I took the rest of the week off from the gym. The rest of the weekend was awesome. I did have to work on Friday but shortly after we went to a local bar with a spectacular group of friends to see the Elegant Plums perform. Overall it was an amazing weekend and I hope everybody else had a great and healthy weekend too!
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