Not doing much this week. I will try to squeeze in some POSE technique drills, but life is getting in the way of training at the moment. Typically I’ll work in a rest week after 3 weeks of hard training but I’m starting this one early based on how my body has responded to the last couple WODs and how many items on the to-do list need to be crossed off.
I originally got the idea from beginnertriathlete.com. Lots of other people do this as well. Until next week, here’s some reading material for you…
http://www.timinvermont.com/fitness/fund.htm
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-deal-with-overtraining/
http://pfitzinger.com/labreports/ratio.shtml
http://www.getbig.com/iview/ianking.htm
http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/sampleworkouts/a/RestandRecovery.htm
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