Thursday, still feeling Murph.

I’m still reeling from Murph on monday. No way was I going to CF tuesday, and wednesday was worse. I awoke this morning still very sore in my hips and inner thighs. Went to CF and sort of stumbled through the class. The wod was 5 rounds of 20 kettlebell swings with 53 lbs, 10 barbell lunges at 95 lb. , then 10 pushups (handstand pushups for those who could). It was really tough, mentally, to keep going. Harder than Murph. I usually don’t have to tell myself to keep going during a workout, but today I did. I wanted to stop. So I’m part of CF Masters Facebook group. Lots of people posting how well they did on Murph. I can understand that. But now a lot of discussion on whether Murph should be done by anyone. It not only is not training, it is detrimental to training (as in I missed two days of CF and stumbled through another when I could have been improving my fitness those three days), it’s survival, not training. Interesting things to think about. Ego is what drives people to injury (David and his shoulder surgery). I want to be a beast again, but how do I get there without being ego driven? How do I get there without injury? 

Tuesday, The day after Murph.

   I had to not go to CF this morning. I figured my ability to walk would be a bit compromised, and I was right! I did not even time Murph (well over an hour). It was pretty chaotic there. Over 100 people. The first wave was 7:00 am. I was there for the second 8:00 am wave, and all the spots (pull up bars) were already claimed. A guy finished from the first wave about 20 minutes into the the second wave, so I started my own (alone) Murph. The mile run was much easier than the last time I ran a mile (can’t even remember when that might have been). I started with 5/10/15 (pull/push/squat) for the first few rounds and then 5/6/4/15 as the pushups became harder and splitting them into 6/4 made it so I could get through them. I tried 5/5/15/5 a couple of rounds with pushups second and fourth, but getting up to do squats and then back down for pushups them back up for pull-ups was tough mentally. So I just coasted along, drank a gallon of water, and finally I was done. The mile after was really hard. I so wanted to walk. I didn’t, I ran every step. That was the first time in my life that my calves were so fatigued my legs didn’t want to move. I figured it would be my thighs and/or hamstrings. I‘m still surprised my calves had any issues from doing squats. Maybe running a mile first, then 300 squats, makes for fatigued calves. Saturday we did a Hero wod of push presses, kettle bell swings, and box jumps, so I was not too sure how monday would be with only one day off. It was good. I only missed wednesday last week. I think tuesday will be my only day off this week. I’m finding with enough sleep, good diet, and plenty of mobility before class, I can do this almost ever day. I may still take up olympic lifting one or two days a week as I think that is the road to strength. I did a 305 lb deadlift last week. Heaviest I’ve ever done. I just never went for “heaviest” when I was younger. I think I can easily get 400 lbs with another years training. Oh, I was the only person at 60+ at Murph. Shelly is 53, the only person in her 50s there. A few in their 40’s (maybe), most in 20s and 30s. 

   I pretty much laid on the couch all yesterday after Murph. I had in my mind that I would rest for a couple of hours, then trim trees and mow. Well fuck that! I just laid there all day. Watched a couple of movies. Petted dogs and cats. First day I can remember just taking off the whole day. After Murph of course, so maybe not taking the whole day off.