Rest Days - Monday, April 30, 2018
Rest Days
Do you take a rest day?If so how many, how often and what do you do on your rest day?It may seem like an odd time to talk about a taking a rest day at the start of the week, but Monday’s are the busiest days in the gym and it's a great time to plan your week. Rest days are a big part of ensuring proper recovery! It's not that we don't want to see you at the gym, because we do. But it's important for you to take a day or even two to rest!CrossFit.com follows a 3 on 1 off program, this means they do 3 days of workouts, then take a rest day. We all need a day to allow muscle tissue to regrow and allow our bodies to recover from training. At CF Indestri we program Monday – Friday (our weekend classes are speciality programs). We understand that everyone has different schedules and days in which they attend the gym. For many of you 5 days on works great! But what you need to monitor is how your responding to training on day 4 or 5. Are you still feeling strong and able to hit the conditioning portions of the workout with the level on intensity that the workout is calling for?Something that we see happen, is people starting really enjoying coming to the gym, both because of the results they see and the community at the gym. They don’t want to take days off! However this is a problem, and this can absolutely lead to injuries if you don’t properly listen to your body and we do see it happen.We also keep track of your attendance, and it's not uncommon if we notice you getting in to an overtraining situation for us to insist it's time to take a rest day. Again, not because we don't what to see you. But because we're looking out for you.The point is that your body needs rest days. Sometimes it can be an active recovery, going for a hike, a bike run, a trail run, a swim, or even a ROMWOD session. The key is balance, don’t do something that’s going to be high intensity. On a rest day, it needs to be restorative!It doesn’t matter if you’re a competitive CrossFit athlete or if you train just to get fitter. Keep in mind that more is not always better.Better is better.Most importantly learn to listen to your body, and learn to be ok with missing a day. It’s only going to help you get stronger and faster if you allow your muscles a chance to recover.
Monday, April 30, 2018
Focus:
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WOD:
For time:70 Air Squats60 Sit-ups50 Kettlebell swings, 24/1640 Pull-ups30 Handstand push-ups.
level 2:
For time:70 Air Squats60 Sit-ups50 Kettlebell swings, 20/1240 Banded Pull-ups30 Pike push-ups.
Level 1:
For time:70 Air Squats60 Sit-ups50 Kettlebell swings, 24/1640 Pull-ups30 Banded push-ups.
Level 4:
For time:70 Burpees60 Sit-ups50 Kettlebell swings, 24/1640 Pull-ups30 Handstand push-ups.
Cash Out:
Coaches Choice.Check back each night at 8pm for the next days WOD.Contact us:Address: 200 Mountain Rd #3, Collingwood, ON L9Y 4V5Phone: (705) 444-0006Follow us:
