Gator

Exercise is seriously keeping me sane at the moment. My routine is:
5:45am Wake-up and have a protein shake or electrolyte drink
6:00am Gym or run
7:15am Make breakfast (this doesn't change: smoothie with chia, oats, banana, mixed berries, yoghurt, tahini and milk and 2 eggs, either poached or hard boiled, this week with rocket/spinach and avo but sometimes with salmon and coffee)
8:00am Walk to work
12:15pm Lunch (today was leftover homemade curry, but usually a chicken wrap, beef and salad sandwich or sushi)
7:15pm Leave work, go home and cook dinner (some sort of meat with some sort of veges)

Without the exercise, my day would literally only consist of sitting at my desk and eating! The food is not strictly Paleo, but I try to restrict the amount of processed sugars/grains, and eat lots of veges with every meal. I very seldom feel a "sugar low" and am happy that I'm not eating too little. If anything, I could cut the intake a bit, but then I really like food!

With that in mind, despite having very stiff legs from the long run and the snatch WOD, I went for an easy 40minute run on Monday morning. I'm guessing the distance was 7-8km but the GPS wasn't working properly so I can't be sure. I felt OK but definitely not fast. It was good to get out and run though - I really enjoy running along the river, although I do miss running with Bo.

This morning, after a warmup of 5 sets of max pullups, Dave and I did Gator. We did 8 rounds for time of:
- Ring pushups 26 reps (feet on a bench, rings suspended from the pullup bar)
- Front squats 5 reps at 50kg (on the Smith press, Dave did back squats same weight)

Doing 208 ring pushups is HARD. I only got 3 sets out in one hit (i.e. 26 reps in a row), the rest were partitioned into two or three sets. Given that the pushups took a lot longer than the squats, I did either swiss ball situps or an extra 5 squats whilst waiting for Dave. The whole workout took us 30mins, with the 7 minute ab set after.

Ring pushups make your whole body work - there is so much stabilisation involved that your abs, lats, shoulders, everything is working. It's only 8 hours after the workout ended and my chest is already starting to ache. I'm not looking forward to the pain I'm in for tomorrow!

Dave is keen for another 2 crossfit days before he goes overseas, and Annabel is keen for a session on Friday morning, so it looks like I've got 3 more days of Crossfit to go this week! Hopefully the rain clears up and we can do some of it outside. At least I've got a weekend in Fraser Island to look forward to, and to provide some relaxation!