Christmas Eve Tradition

Christmas eve is my favorite day of the year...woke up and enjoyed the traditional breakfast visit with Pops and then headed to the gym.

It's a tradition 3 years running now to do a ridiculous workout at the gym with it closed down on Christmas eve...nothing but sweat and pain before a day of celebration and relaxation with family and friends.

Beowulf was the name of the game for me, Brian, and Charlie.  1000M row, 800M run, 5 dips, 10 chinups, 15 slam balls (dips, chinups, and slam balls repeated 10 times) then back on the treadmill for another 800M and another 1000M row.  Charlie went first setting a good pace in under 40 minutes for his first time at the workout.  Then I went - trying to push for a new record.  Came in at 32:26 breaking last year's record (set by Brian) by about a minute.  Then he came through and finished at an impressive 31:06 ...killed me by 1:20.  Ridiculously tough but glad we got it in.  Brian was kind enough to take my body fat measurement for me to see where I am heading into the new year.  Came in at 8.9% which is on point for where I need to be.  Brian wants to be at 5% by the end of January...not sure I can physically get there but at least I'm on track and ahead of him (for now!)  Now time to kick back and enjoy the holiday...Merry Christmas!

Tapped

This would have to be the one word to describe how I felt after today's Christmas Eve work out.

We did the workout famously known as the Beowulf (because it is epic!)

Beowulf routine (all timed):

1000M row

800M run

50 dips

100 Chinups

150 Med. Slam Balls

800M run

1000M row

The dips, chinups, and slam balls can be done in any order in any combination, but must be fully completed before the final run and row.

I did all dips at body weight and finished the slamballs relatively easily. It was the chinups that killed me. I did the first 20 with no assistance, but had no choice but to add weighted help on the machine to complete the remaining 80 - otherwise I would have been there all week. I ran both 800s at a 6:40 pace. In total, the workout took me 43 minutes and 26 seconds. Tyler did it in 45 minutes and some change and Brain beat me by exactly 10 minutes- impressive results for both of them. Morven and her friend put forward a great time as well before we started our routine. Still sad Chad is sick, but hopefully this off time will get him back to 100% for next week's work. Today is probably the most tired I have felt since my near death experience on the bike over the summer. Glad it's done, knowing I put forth 100%. A Merry Christmas to all!