Rest Day
Active Recovery with stretching. Get the roller and soft ball out and work the knots out.
Received by email from Cameron Hodge (A Platoon Leader Humber Fire)
When I got accepted into the Pre-service Firefighter program at Humber I knew I needed to get in shape. We have to go through the same physical that any professional firefighter in the province would have to go through. My first months of CrossFitting were brutal, my ego was crushed daily and I felt like an idiot getting beat by a ball or a box. While that was going on I was getting stronger, faster and leaner than ever thought I could. Not only that but it was getting me used to hard work and high intensity. When it came time to do my physical I ended up finding it easier than some of the WODs that I had been through. I had more than enough functional strength for the carries and drags and my cardiovascular conditioning was well beyond what I needed to pass. In any of the practice drills we do in class I find myself prepared for whatever the demands are. Training specifically for strength or specifically for endurance leaves you weak in different areas. When your life, the lives of your team and the lives of the victims you are trying to save are all on the line I want to know that I’ll be ready to meet whatever the demands are and I feel like CrossFit has been getting me ready to do that.