Work Life Balance and Silent Timers

Sometimes work gets in the way of a neatly laid out WOD. I think it is actually part of constantly varied training when you cannot get to the gym, yet you still do a short, high intensity workout even if for 15 minutes.
Today was one of those all-in workdays… yet we can always make time for at least some push-ups, right?
On the gear side, last week’s vacation made me realize how much I rely on silent timers. Most stopwatches are beepers which is terrible as an alarm if you don’t want to wake your spouse/kids for a morning workout. Also beeping timers don’t work if you have music blasting during your WODs.
While traveling, I always use vibrating timers – though there seem to be few choices of them in the market. My favorites are the Timex Expedition (stopwatch, countdown timer and alarm), Casio Pathfinder (alarm,stopwatch) and Gymboss Max as a clip-on (stop, countdown, complex timer options). Any of these sets you back about $40.
Silent reminders are great when you don’t have the big timers on the box wall…
Catalyst Strength
– Hang Clean [135] x 6 x 2
– Snatch Balance [95] x 6 x 2
– Push Press [125] x 6 x 2
MetCon
Every minute on the minute for 10 minutes:
– 100m row
– 10 pushups
No time for Endurance today