4/29: Fitness & Eats from the Week + What “Counts” as a Workout
Hey, hey! I completed my first week of workouts at OPEX , and I’m feeling really great overall! I actually don’t *feel* like I’m working out all that much, but I’m starting to realize I need to change my thinking about that. I think a lot of us – myself included – believe that you need to feel exhausted and sore after a workout for it to “count.” I remember going all out, 6 days a week, at CrossFit and thinking I was in the best shape of my life. Ha! Sure, I was having a great time, but I was 100% overtraining and beating up my body so badly. Now, I’m spending about an hour per session at OPEX and challenging myself, so I’m clearly working on my fitness, but it’s tough not to think that these workouts don’t “count” if I don’t totally kill myself during them. At the end of the day, I just want to be healthy and functionally fit well into my elderly years. (I picture Mal and myself with gray hair and jumpsuits still doing partner workouts together!) I’m sick of dealing with injurie