There are two types of people who work out: those who recognize their limitations when they're sick or hurt and rest to come back strong, and then there's me. I continue to train through illness or injury, causing poor workouts and prolonged recovery times. Step 1 is admitting I have a problem.
Despite being still beat up from Thursday at the police academy, and having a swollen right foot from what could be a stress fracture, I came in to do the CrossFit Total, which is a one rep max in the back squat, shoulder press, and deadlift.
Besides being injured, it turns out losing weight is stupid and makes you weak.....
Back Squat: I worked up to 425x1, which is 50 lbs under my my best of 475.
Press: I worked up to 215x1, down 10 pounds from my best of 225.
Deadlift: I worked up to 495x1, which is 55 lbs under my best of 550.
Total: 1135. Terrible.
I'm going to try and max out this week still on the power clean, power snatch, front squat, overhead squat, and bench press. Then I'm going to take a week off (which I haven't done in over 6 months), then use these maxes to base my training off of when I resume lifting. Gotta get better at recovery.
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