Thanksgiving induces the brain to reflect on the past year, what you are thankful for, things you wished you did or didn't do and to start thinking about next year, but most of all it is the time to just stop, relax, rest and be thankful.
People forget that the time you build strength occurs while you sleep and when you are inactive. When you are nailing Helen, hitting a PR max deadlift, or running your fastest 5K you are breaking down your muscles. If you do not rest whether every 3rd day, 4th day or 5th day, you will NEVER reach your goals. All of a sudden the PR's become far and few between, you feel like each WOD is draining you and to just start a WOD you wish you had a key in your back like an old wind up toy.
So over this Thanksgiving please rest, rejuvenate, spend time with friends and family and maybe even slightly over indulge at the Thanksgiving table without guilt. Sleep in and take naps! I was planning on hitting the CrossFit box by my parents home but then rethought that maybe a nice easy run along the beautiful Little Lehigh Parkway on Thanksgiving morning would be more rewarding, see/smell the environment with no WOD clock in the back of my mind, maybe even a round of golf on Friday, weather permitting.
Just think how pumped and stoked you will feel come Monday to rock a WOD with a well rested body! (Don't worry about the extra #'s you put on, it will come off quickly)
Happy Thanksgiving!
