Long hours at work, nagging injuries and generally too much to do has kept YHC from posting for about 3 weeks. Then a cloud began to set in. A general fog that just sat over everything. We know from the research that one of the best ways to combat stress, depression, anxiety, and increase attention and improve mood is exercise. Exercise stimulates the exact same endorphins and neurotransmitters targeted by antidepressant drugs. It has such a dramatic effect on most people that researches have said that 10 minutes of aerobic exercise is like taking a little bit of Prozac and a little bit of Ritalin.
A second thing that robustly improves psychological well being is our connections with other people. In study after study, the people who are the happiest, most resilient, live the longest, and have a sense of meaning are those who have positive connections with others.
Exercise and connection. Sounds like F3. 10 minutes into the morning, the fog had lifted, and the positive effects lasted through the rest of the week.
Warm up:
- KB twist/reverse
- Prisoner Squat
- hip openers
- Hamstrings
- hip openers
- Hamstrings
The Thang:
Grab a partner. One runs 200 meters, while the other does AMRAP of the following exercises (flap jack):
- 2 handed swing
- One handed swing
- Snatches
- Snatches
- Curbside Row
- Curbside Row
- Clean-Squat-Press
- Clean-Squat-Press
- Burpee-Snatches
- Burpee-Snatches
- 2 handed swing
- Clean-Squat-Press
- Clean-Squat-Press
- Curbside Row
- Curbside Row
- High Side Plank w/KB extended (L, 50 sec)
- High Side Plank w/KB extended (R, 50 sec)
Much pain, happiness and connection all around.
Gratefully,
Cut Me Mick
