Well, most of you saw me head out to Liverpool yesterday. I flew from Regina to Toronto (watched Sunshine Cleaning 2008 and a 30 Rock episode) then from Toronto to Amsterdam (had no choice - had to watch 17 Again with the Zac guy as well as one of the first episodes of Mad Men that I had previously missed) and landed in Liverpool this morning (Sunday) around 10am. I made my way to the Malmaison hotel (with a chic, yet goth-like aesthetic, which is only emphasized by the fact that I'm reading Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan's The Strain) and then went for a short hike (1.5 hours) around the harbour and city before settling in for some much needed zzz's (about 6 hours). I just had a lovely dinner at the restaurant here and on my way back up to the room I stopped by the hotel gym. And what to my wandering eyes did appear - a concept 2 rower with a view out to the pier.
So here's my "I'm away from flux CrossFit'" plan for this week:
Monday - W.O.D.
3 Rounds
Row 400 meters
12 dumb-bell presses
10 Burpees
Tuesday - W.O.D.
3 Rounds
100 air squats
30 push-ups
Wednesday - W.O.D.
if I have time I'll check out the Dublin CrossFit (I'm heading to Dublin for a quick visit with Darci's mom)
Thursday - W.O.D.
4 Rounds
800 meter row
resting between each round
Friday - W.O.D.
5 Rounds
20 pushups
30 situps
200 meter row
I'll report back ...
Charity
Okay - so as you probably guessed, my jet-lag kept me from sleeping last night so I headed to the gym - it's called the "gymtonic" here at the hotel - around 3:15 am hoping to work hard and tire myself out.
ReplyDeleteI did the first workout:
3 Rounds
400 meter row
12 db presses (30lb bells in each arm)
10 burpees
My time was 16 minutes - not super fast, but that's okay, it was still intense enough. I was sweaty and breathing hard. I'm always amazed at how difficult rowing can be. I definitely prefer running to rowing 400 meters even though I row the distance substantially faster. Wow, I think Thursday's W.O.D. is going to kill me.
Oh well, it's a good thing I only have squats and push-ups tomorrow. Perhaps I'll do it outside down by the docks...
I hope you're all sleeping soundly right now or getting close to being there. (It's 6am here in Liverpool which makes it 11pm at home in Regina.)
this is Charity - over and out
Hey Charity,
ReplyDeleteWhere is your fourth day of rest? I am so pumped that you are planning on working out while away it is such dedication! Hope the jet lag is going away!!