Badger, or Lightening the Load When Tired
This is the workout that my gym posted today:
Complete three rounds for time of:
95 pound Squat clean, 30 reps
30 Pull-ups
Run 800 meters
Since I have to spend about 7 hours on buses today, I decided that, despite my long run yesterday, I should really go to the gym. Wasn't sure if I was going to run or row, so I played it by ear. Thanks to copious amounts of stretching yesterday, I actually woke up feeling ok. And after the 400m warmup run, I felt ready to go. However, I knew that it would not be smart for me to push myself on weights today. I went down to just 35lbs for the squat cleans and I have zero regrets. My quads were still pretty tired and it took me 33 minutes to finish, but I was able to complete it and the runs were no problem. I think the weirdest thing was that my arms were sore? Ended up doing 32 pullups and then the rest ring rows just so I could keep going.
Lesson: rest. It's important.