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‘The best session you will ever do is the one you didn’t feel like doing’ This thought was running over and over through my head tonight as I really did not feel like training. I didn’t work today, but I looked after my little boys all day and they had exhausted me.

I hadn’t even given training a thought today as I had trained for the last 5 days in a row. 5 sessions a week is usually my limit, so I was content to have a rest day.

All that changed when Mrs Niko got home from work and asked could we do a session of crossfit together in ‘The Pit’, after the boys had gone to sleep. Never wanting to be the one who finds an eXcuse not to train I agreed.

But why? Firstly I will never ever let a training partner down and tell them that I don’t want to train unless it is for a valid reason. Today I could not find a valid reason not to train, I was not carrying any injuries, I was not sore from any previous training and I had not already trained today.

Today Mrs Niko and I decided to do our favourite crossfit session in ‘The Pit’ at 8:30pm:

 

My High Intensity Crossfit Session to Burn Fat

 

Warm-up:
• Dynamic Stretching
• Star jumps x 50
• Body Weight Squats x 20
• Push-ups x 20

Workout: (Niko)

Workout: (Mrs Niko)
• 10 x Pulldowns (25kg)
• 10 x Bench Press (20kg)
• 10 x Dumbbell Hang Cleans (7.5kg)
• 50 x Squats (BW)
• 10 x Pulldowns (25kg)
• 10 x Bench Press (20kg)
• 10 x Dumbbell Hang Cleans (7.5kg)
• 400m Run
• 10 x Pulldowns (25kg)
• 10 x Bench Press (20kg)
• 10 x Dumbbell Hang Cleans (7.5kg)
• 50 x Squats (BW)
• 10 x Pulldowns (25kg)
• 10 x Bench Press (20kg)
• 10 x Dumbbell Hang Cleans (7.5kg)
• 400m Run
• 10 x Pulldowns (25kg)
• 10 x Bench Press (20kg)
• 10 x Dumbbell Hang Cleans (7.5kg)
• 50 x Squats (BW)
• 10 x Pulldowns (25kg)
• 10 x Bench Press (20kg)
• 10 x Dumbbell Hang Cleans (7.5kg)
• 400m Run

Workout: (Combined)
• 50 x Crunches
• 50 Crunches with Twist

Notes:
• The workout is done from start to finish without a break.
• We alternate who does the running in between the weighted exercises so that someone is always in the house (as the kids are asleep).
• Sip on water during the workout.

Warm down:
• Static Stretching.

This workout only took 30 minutes to complete, keeping my heart rate at an average of 137BPM, burning a little over 400kcal.

This session meant that I had trained 6 days in a row. What this means for me is tomorrow is definitely a rest day. The last thing that I want to do is run my body down to a point that I start getting sick and have to miss large volumes of training. If all I was doing with my life was training, then 6 training sessions in a row would be no drama at all, but my life consists of a lot more than training. Family, work and various other commitments take a fair bit of energy out of me.

What you need to remember is do what you are capable of. I remember a couple of years ago 3 training sessions a week was my limit. With everything going on in my life I felt just too tired to train any more than that. Over time my body became accustomed to this amount of training so I upped it to 4 sessions a week. I have eventually moved to consistently training 5 sessions a week, with the occasional 6th session thrown in if I have time.

The moral is do what works for you, but do it consistently and with intensity. Make the sessions you do worth it!

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