I was able to do the Street Parking Vault outside! I did Inchworms instead of wall walks. My head is definitely not ready to be upside down! I really only have my 25# Dumbbells and sandbag out there. The Dumbbells were perfect for the deadlifts!
I didn’t get my walk in until about 8pm. I actually wasn’t tired and the warmth made it easier to go out!
It’s almost spring like. I did my morning workout outside and did the Rogue Excavator workout (unofficially). I added my weight vest to my sandbag, but I’m not sure how much it actually weighed. But I’m sure it’s way under 150 pounds, which was the Rx weight. My time for the 30 sandbags to shoulder was 3:37. That seemed fast, but the winning time was 1:19 with the 150# bag!
That obviously didn’t take much of my 45 minute workout time, even with a warmup! Luckily Go Ruck’s Tribe N Training workout of the week was also a sandbag, so I did it as well! That put me over time! And was a solid workout, the shuffle was a little tricky with ice still in the alley, but I didn’t fall.
We went out for ice cream and I didnt get any, even though the flavors sounded good. It was a small sacrifice to the challenge! Maybe I’ll remember to go back after!
The afternoon I went for a bike ride! I took my commuter and enjoyed the sights along the way! It was such a beautiful afternoon!
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.
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!
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.
