Fasting + Crossfit: Complete Success!
14 Jan
As I said in my last entry, I’m attempting to purge my body of the restaurant food I had last night. Not in any sort of hippie-dippie holistic cleanse way, just with a nice intermittent fast. Unfortunately, it happens to coincide with a Crossfit workout day. Oops!
AMRAP (As Many Rounds As Possible) in 20mins:
- 7 DB Hang Squat Cleans
- 7 Pushup + Renegade Row (Same pair of DB)
Easy right? Childs play. 7 reps is nothing. Laughable, right? WRONG. I managed 8 rounds and somehow eked out another 5 cleans, and not even at the prescribed weight (40lb. I used 35lb). This, folks, is one hard-ass exercise. I have learned my lesson, never underestimate the WOD.
That said, I believe I accomplished quite a bit. I’m sore and have trouble lifting my arms above forehead level. This does not bode well for tomorrow’s Crossfit class, friends! Stay tuned!
Interestingly enough, I didn’t feel any lack of energy due to the fast. I think that people’s need to “carb up” or use pre-workout supplements is greatly overstated. I don’t feel my limitations were due to lack of food that day. And that is definitely food for thought in of itself! One of these days though, I’m going to buy a few months worth of supplements and experiment, and see if a supplementation program assists progress. Right now though, I feel that eating cleanly and using a quality multivitamin and Omega-3 supplement is enough.
