I promised somewhere (twitter? my blog? I don’t know) that I’d talk more about how awesome hiking/trekking poles are and how I’m pretty sure they are the only way I made it down Mount Massive a few weekends ago.
Here’s an article detailing the science behind why you need hiking poles (I wrote it). And here’s what I think, less formally: first, I still don’t know what’s going on with my mysterious knee injury, but it hurt a lot coming down. However, it hurt no more than when I came down a much, much, less steep incline without poles, so I think the poles were incredibly useful.
Second, the next morning everyone complained about how sore they were. I didn’t feel any more sore than I would after a longer CrossFit workout, heavy squats, or a tough sprinting day. THAT is amazing. This was my first freakin’ fourteener and I was barely sore!
I <3 hiking poles. Now I just need buy some (the ones I used were on loan).
On to today’s workout …
10 Minutes, Every minute, complete:
2 burpees (it’s Day 20)
5 rock thrusters (~15#s each, light)
5 rock overhead lunges
5/5 breakdancers (mountain climbers where you put your leg through to the opposite side as you can)
Rest the remainder of the minute (about 10 secs)
5 x shuttles (5 x 10 x 5 yard sprints)
This was crazily hard! Why? I have no idea. But IT SUCKED!
Headed back to Texas this week … my cousin plays in the Rice v UT game tomorrow–I could not be more excited for college football to start back up! LOVE LOVE LOVE it!