Monday WOD - 28 September 2009
Location:
Workout:
Study:
- ONDEG Garage Gym (220 7th Avenue NW)
- 6am
- 9am
- 6pm
- Weightlifting
- Dynamic stretch / body movement
- 2 sets of ten each:
- Sit-ups
- Good mornings
- Push-ups
- Overhead squats
- Pull-ups (jumping x2)
- Sit-ups
- Samson Stretch
- 500m walk/run
Workout:
- Front squat 7x1
- Pull-ups
- Double-unders
Study:
- "Understanding CrossFit" by Greg Glassman
- When do you know that it's time to back off, to take a break, to give your body more than one day off? (post your replies in the comments below)
CrossFit prescription calls for functional movements with the aim of increased work capacity; an extra day of rest might be beneficial when functional movements become too painful to perform, and work capacity decreases as a result. We all have jobs outside of CF, and while the training will help us perform better eventually (if it hasn't already) new techniques may shock muscles to the point of debilitating pain. We can't push ourselves beyond the ability to perform functional movements outside of the box.
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I obviously have a problem with this. I think if I still go, I can work through the pain. One has to get good at differentiating between workout pain and injury pain, there is a difference.Then you need to give yourself what ever it takes to heal the injury and not lose what you've built up so far in workouts. I'm trying to modify instead of stop entirely.
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