As I’m flying from Chile to Toronto it seems I must be the only non-skier on the plane. The next trip here has to include some snow. The stories of the conditions and the runs are just too good.
Meetings and travel resulted in a rest day but I can pick up the WOD at home tomorrow.
It is an unusually warm week in Santiago so we were lucky at least during the day basking in the warm sun. By night winter returned closer to the expected chilly range.
No time for skiing on this trip or even a visit to one of the dozen local boxes so I had to settle one of the many Pacific Fitness gyms that let you get a daypass for about $10. If you get beyond the rows of machines, there are great sets of barbells, dumbbells and in the one I went to – you could even drop your weight on the rubber floor (gasp).
I found Santiago an amazingly nice city and Chile seems to be vibrating with energy. A lot of runners especially around the river and the parks in Centro. There are open air gyms in some of the parks here but I could not find them.
Baseline
– 1 mile run
Strength
– 5-5-5 clean
Stamina
– 20 front squats, 20 back squats, 20 presses, 20 bench presses
Work Capacity (deload NFT)
– 100 pushups, 100 situps, 100 squats, 100 superman’s
Durability
– Warrior Yoga
In my 14 hours of a lightning fast visit to Peru I managed to squeeze in an early morning workout and a stroll on the beach. Plus a great Peruvian lunch with ceviche and Inca Cola Zero.
Too bad I had no time for the tourist stuff on this trip. I have to come back for Machu Picchu next time.
Deload WOD
Baseline
– 10 minute run
Strength
– Bench press 7-5-3
Stamina
– 100 bench presses
– 100 pullups
Work Capacity
– 5 rounds
— 20 situps
— 20 squats
— 20 pushups
Durability
– 100 leg levers
– 100 good mornings
As my customer travels resume I’m heading to Peru and Chile today. In Chile there were new snow reports at the ski resorts, like Portillo. Unfortunately that is not where we’re going.
My deload week continued with mobility and warrior yoga today.
After the Super Spartan Race this weekend I’m back on the plane heading to South America for more investor meetings.
The 6-week travel, including a full circle around the Earth showed up in my obstacle race performance, missing my sub-4-hour goal. So this a sign to deload and use this week for active recovery.Warrior Yoga, mobility and calisthenics. I’m quite looking forward to it.
