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Day 48

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We are in the depths of a deep freeze again,  but the sun is bright which made the afternoon walk not quite as bad.

I went to V3 again this morning since there was no school! It’s felt good to use some barbell instead of just my dumbbells at home.

Yesterday I forgot to say I finished another nonfiction book. Chasing Excellence by Ben Bergeron. Another CrossFit adjacent book but this one was all about mindset as Ben is big on character development of his athletes.

This book highlights Mat Fraser, Katrin Davisdotter, and Cole Sager from 2015 which is the same year discussed in Mat’s book. I enjoyed the stories but also the traits that Ben shared.

Day 41

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Monday is the day that Street Parking programs their Vault workout. The Vault is a 25 week challenge, do the workout weekly and don’t miss one to get the prize. The workouts are then programmed again for the second half of the year so you can still make up for it, but there is also usually a twist to the second half.

The Vault workouts are also usually a little more challenging than the daily workouts and sometimes a lot more! They also have a yearly theme and a lot of production goes into rolling them out each week.

In the theme of Fitness Freedom, a core tenet of Street Parking, the workouts are infinitely scalable. So I’ve still been able to complete the challenge even though I can’t do box jumps right now. That was the only movement I had to modify in this week’s workout though!  I could still do push press and air squats!

It’s a fun challenge and motivation to get at least one hard workout in!

Day 37

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Finished another nonfiction book today. Another CrossFit related one. The Heart is the Strongest Muscle by Tia Claire Toomey.

I’ve not read her other book yet, but this one was more about mindset and also some of her stories about decision points she had throughout her life. It’s easy to forget her origin story from rural Australia to the Fittest Woman on Earth!

She offers some workout advice throughout but that wasn’t the main point of the book.

Day 36

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Today was my 800th day of working out with Street Parking. Street Parking is an online based community that offers hundreds of workouts including a Daily WOD. Think CrossFit plus so much more. I started in April 2021 and have really enjoyed the programming and challenges. Their biggest mantras include Simple, Not Easy, More than Nothing, and Fitness Freedom.

Fitness Freedom has been important for my recovery from the concussion. Each workout has modifications and then you can modify those as needed too.

They offer rewards when you hit 75 workouts, 365, and 1000. I’m well on my way to 1000 workouts done and today felt like a good milestone! My goal is to hit the 1000 milestone this year!

Day 27

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I actually finished reading Tribe yesterday but forgot while I was writing my post. As I mentioned in the Day 23 post, it was part of Go Ruck’s boom club.  

Overall, I liked the premise of the book, we all do better when we are connected to people around us and feel some shared goals/outcomes. He gave examples of how Western society looks down on more communal cultures, but how historically when given the chance people would prefer living in the communal “tribes”.

He gave several examples and a few times while reading I got bogged down in the examples and forgot the main point of the book/chapter.

It is a relatively easy read. And is actually timely as our communities and country are being fractured. We may be building groups of like-minded people, but ultimately the collective group of the USA is becoming more divisive which runs counter to a productive society.