Just getting back after 2 days of planes, trains and automobiles + sitting in meetings for hours on end. Always tough to jump back into intense workouts after being immobile like this for several days. Not trying to make excuses but I have noticed that I rarely perform well after business travel. Not to mention the fact that I got only about 5 hours sleep last night!
Today's workout:
20 Minute AMRAP of
- 20 Thrusters @ 105#
- 20 Burpees
- 20 Pull-Ups
I managed 5 Rounds (although, I can't swear to that it might have been only 4!!)
So, I could tell right from the start that this one was not going to go well. Don't get me wrong, I knew this would suck but I thought that I could manage the suck by breaking up the work into manageable sets and maintaining a slow but steady pace.
Unfortunately, my pace was anything but steady. The thrusters became sets of 5 with :15-:30 rest in between by about Round 3. The burpees were very slow throughout. The pull-ups probably crushed me the least but I was also breaking those into sets of 5 by Round 3.
This was a mental battle throughout. Very early on, I experienced that little voice in my head that said "you should just quit...nobody will know" after about 5 minutes. I had to constantly tell this voice to shut the fuck up until the last seconds ticked off to 20 minutes!
This was obviously a good workout for me because it tested my mental toughness and exposed some weaknesses. I'll take it for what it was and get back on the horse tomorrow.
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