One Fit Ramadan

Fatigue got the best of me last night so I didn’t post the workout or what I had for Iftar but I’m back with some extra energy!

With the lack of sleep catching up and another busy day at work, I was a little nervous about the workout at 7.30pm and preparing a Paleo dinner. I felt the fatigue but I pushed myself to go to the gym. The thought did cross my mind for a quick second about skipping the workout but I pushed that out of my head. I told myself that if I could get through this workout, I could sleep easy and then rest the next day. I made it home in time to change for the gym and start dinner preparations. However, since the days are getting shorter and Iftar was going to be at 8.27pm, I was in a bit of a schedule bind. Luckily my sister stepped in and finished making my dinner once I left for CrossFit. Thanks Sis!

This workout was taken from the masters competition from the CrossFit Games this year. Factor in my lack of sleep, food, and water to the mix and it made for a difficult workout. I took longer breaks in between reps than usual but even holding on to the pull up bar became a challenge. I didn’t have a solid game plan of how I was going to scale this down but half way through I knew I couldn’t finish the whole workout. My coach had me scale the reps in the second half.

For time:
10 Deadlifts (275 lb)
20 Pull Ups
30 Box Jumps (24″)
40 KB Swings (53 lb)
50 Double Unders
40 20 KB Swings (53 lb)
30 15 Box Jumps (24″
20 10 Pull Ups
10 5 Deadlifts (275 lb)

I didn’t feel any weaker which made me happy. I was able to deadlift that weight for that many reps without a problem. I felt the exhaustion though and that made me take longer breaks to feel less dizzy. I made a video of the workout so if you aren’t a CrossFitter you can see what the movements look like. It’s purpose is to show the flow of the workout so I edited out my breaks and complete reps.

For Iftar I made another chicken dish, Chicken Apple. Here is what it took:

• 1/2 lb-ish of chicken breast, diced
• 1/2 tsp of sea salt
• 1/2 of ground pepper
• 2 Tbs of coconut oil
• 1/2 1 large apple
• 1/2 Tbs of Chaat Masala

To make this, you season the chicken with the salt and pepper. Heat up a pan and add the coconut oil to it when it’s hot. Cook the chicken for about 10 minutes and then grate an apple into the pan. Stir it up until the chicken is done. Place it into a plate and sprinkle the chaat masala on top. I added some fruit salad to the plate as well as lettuce and cucumbers.

I made this with half an apple, but looking back, I should have used a full apple. It had a bit of sweetness to it but the full apple would have given it the altered taste I was looking for. The chaat masala dominated the sweetness of the apple so I mixed in the fruit salad as I ate it. I managed to drink over 1.5 liters of water too. I snacked on some small plums after dinner as well.

Since sleep was getting the best of me, I decided not to go to the mosque for Taraweeh prayer. Instead I did my prayers at home and called it a night. Day 5, done!