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I am in the North Carolina mountains for a week on a little mini-vaca, catching up on some reading, drinking probably what is a little too much vino, and recharging. One thing I usually never do on vacation is, surprisingly ... work out.
I know, I know. I'm in the fitness industry and if anyone should be obsessed with exercise, it's me, but
honestly I did that for so many years--too many--that over the last year, I weaned myself down to the lowest effective dose to maintain my weight with ease and not be stressing constantly. I now do very little cardio.
In fact, I pretty much only do 4-5 days of 30-min strength training workouts and a day of sprints, all very short and intense. You can have the long stuff! #idie
BUT.
This week, I am making more of an effort to exercise (yes, on vacation) not because of the wine :) but because I want to get a leeeeeetle bit more balanced and not have "on" times and "off" ones. So I am doing my best.
Jade and I hit CrossFit in Asheville, NC yesterday morning, and yowzas, I feel like I did a million pull-ups. Well, to be precise I actually did 100. Jade persuade me to do his favorite CrossFit workout called "Angie," which is:
- 100 pull-ups
- 100 push-ups
- 100 sit-ups
- 100 bodyweight squats
You just do it as fast as possible, record your time and then go puke in a bucket. It was glorious! Here I am post-Angie and man, she killed me! BUT, I do get a stupid grin on my face when I feel super hardcore :) Just ask my lifting partner Tara--we secretly love #vomilicious workouts!