Weekly Workout Recap : Friendships

Monday – REST
Tuesday – Crossfit 6-7pm
Wednesday – Run 2miles
Thursday – Crossfit 7-8am
Friday – REST
Saturday – Run 3.5miles
Sunday – REST

Only two Crossfit sessions last week as I went to see Wicked on Monday – it was amazing! I seriously recommend it if you’re looking for a great musical in London.

Tuesday’s Crossfit session focused on the Cluster – a clean and a thruster… cluster!

Here’s the breakdown:

I used a 15kg bar as I was mainly working on learning the movement technique but it was still a sweaty workout!

I’ve been doing Crossfit for about 6 weeks now, but there’s still new moves I’m coming across!

On Wednesday I went on a very sticky run down to the river in my On running shoes. I’m enjoying testing these out still, and they’re great for sprints – I’m trying to slowly add in some 30sec faster intervals on my shorter runs, and the first one I felt like I was flying over the pavement!

The second Crossfit workout of the week was a partner workout which I love- one of the things I’m really enjoying about Crossfit is building friendships and the social side of fitness.

Michelle and I are roughly equal in terms of strength so we were able to use the same weights for front squats, and the same bands to scale our pull-ups. We also finished with a round the block run which was a nice way to end – getting outside to cool off after working hard!

Any new workout moves you’ve learnt recently? Do you find the social aspect of exercise motivates you to keep going?

Beki x

6 thoughts on “Weekly Workout Recap : Friendships”

Wow that cluster looks intense! Good balanced training though, I always find working with other people cringey at first and then really rewarding once I have got past the awkward stage.

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I feel so pooped just READING your posts, lol!Loving your shoes – are they the Cloudsters or the Prisms?

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I've been doing CrossFit 4 months now, and every now and again I still come across a new move: I've never done the cluster, Looks like a clean and jerk?

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Yeah it was a tough move to get my head around! I agree, once you get over the potential embarassment, it's fun working in partners/groups 🙂

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Haha yeah! It is pretty tiring – I'm trying to get my 8hrs a night but don't always get there. Plus I think I could sleep waaay longer if I was able to! 🙂 I have the On Cloudsters – have you tried them?

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Yeah similar I think. It's a thruster – squat and press, and a clean. So a squat clean and press I guess… Complicated I know! It's fun learning new stuff though 🙂

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Mercy says:

July 23, 2013 at 7:36 pm

Wow that cluster looks intense! Good balanced training though, I always find working with other people cringey at first and then really rewarding once I have got past the awkward stage.

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Run-Fast Nikki says:

July 24, 2013 at 8:25 am

I feel so pooped just READING your posts, lol!Loving your shoes – are they the Cloudsters or the Prisms?

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Ffion says:

July 24, 2013 at 8:52 am

I've been doing CrossFit 4 months now, and every now and again I still come across a new move: I've never done the cluster, Looks like a clean and jerk?

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Beki says:

July 25, 2013 at 8:45 am

Yeah it was a tough move to get my head around! I agree, once you get over the potential embarassment, it's fun working in partners/groups 🙂

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Beki says:

July 25, 2013 at 8:45 am

Haha yeah! It is pretty tiring – I'm trying to get my 8hrs a night but don't always get there. Plus I think I could sleep waaay longer if I was able to! 🙂 I have the On Cloudsters – have you tried them?

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Beki says:

July 25, 2013 at 8:48 am

Yeah similar I think. It's a thruster – squat and press, and a clean. So a squat clean and press I guess… Complicated I know! It's fun learning new stuff though 🙂

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