Taking a break

Hi all,

I have decided to take a small break from CrossFit. Why? Well, because of a slight case of overreaching. I got a new job a while back and had to drive my bike to work every day .It's about a 12 mile bike ride every day (that's total, to and from work). That's really nothing, but combining that with CrossFit, an irregular schedule, lack of sleep and not enough - healthy - food consumption quickly added up to some signs of overtraining (excess fatigue).

So I have decided to turn my training attention to something that would allow my body to recover first.

I have always had a great respect for the old time strongmen: Sandow, Goerner, Saxon, Aston, etc, ... So I have decided to try one of their training methods. They don't involve too many complicated cycling methods or 1 RM calculations. On the contrary training is kept quite simple:
Pick a weight you can do 10 repetitions with . Start by doing 5 reps with it. Next time 6, then 7 until your reach 10. Ten start over with a weight 5 or 10 pounds heavier, for one and two arm exercises respectively . All this is a brief summary of what you will find in George Hackenschmidt's 'The Way to Live', a very interesting view of how the strongmen of old trained.

Based on that, here's what my training looked like today (and will look like for the coming 2 weeks):

Side Press: 1x6 w/12kg
Clean & Jerk: 1x5 w/ 30kg
Snatch : 1x5 w/ 30kg
Sit-up: 1x5 w/1kg plate on forehead
Pistols: 1x3(L&R) 16kg (these only be done 3x per week along with pull-ups)
Secret Service Swing Test: 5:00 : Only did minute as my hands were still hurting from the pull-ups yesterday. Got 20L+20R
L-sit practice: 3x30sec with 2:30 min Rest Interval