Today is “Fast Friday” and that means I am intermittent fasting. Basically I haven’t eaten anything in the past 24 hours. All of my past fasts have been pretty easy. Most of the days I didn’t work out, but the past two weeks I have been adding them in. Today’s was pretty tough workout and I wasn’t sure how I’d feel or if I’d completely hit a wall.
Let’s just say I was surprised.
Today’s workout was 5 round for time of:
- 800m run
- 30 pull ups
- 30 kettlebell swings with 45lb
I scaled the Crossfit Workout of the Day on the kettlebell swings only because it called for a 72 lb KB swing and that’s about 22 lbs heavier than I’ve ever done. I wasn’t sure how it would go over with a half mile run and the pull ups seemed like a lot.
Lots of excuses going into the workout right?
I started out the run and things felt pretty good, got to the first round of pullups and suprisingly got through them relatively quickly and the KB swings went fast. Round 1 went well.
I went through rounds two and three about the same. I was running out of time though as I had a client coming so I decided to just see how much more of round four I could get. I was halfway back on my run and I got a cramp, or what I thought was a cramp in my calf. I limped it home for a decent showing on what I thought would be a workout that would kill me by the first round. So I didn’t finish all 5 rounds but realistically I could have!
Observation 1: I had A LOT more energy than I thought, especially while fasting.
Observation 2: Even when tired, my energy replenished fast. Probably due to the workout being so cardio in nature I could really tap into the freed up fats from the fast.
Conclusion: (for me) It takes a pretty good excuse to blame an intermittent fast on not working out. I’ve proven that I can work out in some of the most high intensity workouts and still keep up. Energy felt good all the way through.
So if you are thinking your workouts will be hindered by an intermittent fast, think again.
That’s all for today!
