antigua | Living Unbalanced

We are in the final countdown!!! On Wednesday, we are leaving for Orlando and I am anxiously counting down the days! My to-do list is a mile long so you may not hear much from me.

We leave for our honeymoon in Antigua the day after our wedding, so we spent some time at Barnes & Noble Saturday night to pick up books to read on the beach. I picked up Wild by Cheryl Strayed and also bought Amy Poehler’s Yes Please on Audible. I’m a big fan of listening to comedian’s books on Audible rather than reading them because they tend to be even funnier when said in the voice of the comedian. I’ve recently listened to Tina Fey’s Bossypants and Mindy Kaling’s Is Everyone Hanging out Without Me on Audible and both were incredible. Any other book suggestions??

I am so excited to completely disconnect ALL week long on our honeymoon. I plan on turning my phone on airplane mode the entire week and being free from email, social media, etc. and just truly relaxing and soaking it all up. I can’t remember the last time I went more than an hour without my phone by my side so this will be a good reset. We’ve made plans for a few excursions as well, so it will be a good mix of adventure and relaxation. I cannot wait to plant myself on this island all week 🙂

Let’s talk workouts. This week was heavy on the Iron Tribe. I usually try to stay away from doing Iron Tribe more than 3 days in a row, because my body is typically so sore by then it needs a break. This week, though, my body felt good and the workouts didn’t feel extremely difficult, so I did more in a row than usual. Plus, I just don’t have the mental capacity to create a workout on my own right now!

Monday – Iron Tribe
100 Double Unders
20 Thrusters (65#)
20 Burpees
-Rest 1 min-
75 Double Unders
15 Thrusters
15 Burpees
-Rest 1 min-
50 Double Unders
10 Thrusters
10 Burpees
-Rest 1 min-
25 Double Unders
5 Thrusters
5 Burpees

I went into this thinking it would totally suck because thrusters and burpees are essentially the worst, but surprisingly it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I’m starting to like thrusters more and more…ok, like is a strong word. I’m starting to *tolerate* thrusters more and more.

Tuesday, Iron Tribe
A. Every 90 seconds for 8 sets (12 min total):
6 Front Rack Lunges (3 each leg) + 6 Bent Over Rows (I did 85#)
B. 9 min AMRAP of:
12 Russian kettlebell swings (35#)
6 Pull-ups

Wednesday: Iron Tribe
Partner Workout!
20 min AMRAP of:
20 HSPU
20 Medball passing situps
20 Box jumps
200m run with medball overhead

We got about 4 rounds. Those medball overheard runs were HARD.

Thursday: Iron Tribe
5 Rounds of the following:
30 sec. max calorie row
39 sec. rest
30 sec. max power clean (I did 85#)
Rest 3 min.
B. 10 min EMOM of the following:
Min 1: 2 Burpees
Min 2: 4 Burpees
Min 3: 6 Burpees
*Add 2 each minute until you can’t complete the total amount within the minute.

I think the burpee part of this workout was one you had to mentally commit to if you were going to complete all 20 burpees within the last minute, and I was definitely not committed. I went hard on the first portion of this workout and gave up on the burpees after minute 8. Still a great workout!

Friday: Iron Tribe
A. Front Squat: 5-4-3-2-1
I got a new Front Squat PR of 145#! Here’s the thing, I don’t really write down PRs or do a very good job tracking my progress on workouts (other than this blog). Maybe one day I will care more, but right now I have a pretty good idea of my limits and it works well for me.
Rest 1 min
B. For time (12 min. cap):
30 Double unders
15 Wall balls
15 Knees to elbows
30 Double Unders
15 Wall balls
15 Knees to elbows
30 Double unders
15 Wall balls
15 knees to elbows
30 Double unders

Saturday: Jogging at the park!
It was so nice out on Saturday afternoon, so we took it to our new favorite park to get our sweat on.