Just Picture It: Christmas CrossFit + The Wife Carrying Championship

On Christmas Day, Ben and I went to my old high school track  for an outdoor workout. Since we didn't have any weights and Ben is seriously training for an upcoming competition, he decided to use me as his weight--something he's wanted to do ever since one of his good friends took pictures of himself doing "Wife Squats" on his honeymoon last year. So, Ben designed the following CrossFit-esque workout:

3 rounds of:
10 strict chin-ups
10 wife squats
10 push-ups
10 wife lunges
10 burpees
40 meter wife piggy-back shuttle run

Everything with the word "wife" in front of it was done with me, his up-for-anything spouse, on his back (in the manner of the image above). Needless to say, this workout was crazy. We alternated rounds, so I would go from being on his back for much of his round, to doing it on my own, to getting back onto his back--which is much harder than it looks in the picture. As you can see from the image above, the entire experience was story-worthy, and Ben demonstrated his "wife squats" for the family later in the day on Christmas. Of course my Dad, never one to be left out of a crazy experience, jumped on for the second round, allowing Ben the chance to show off with some "Father-in-Law" squats, as well. It was quite the show!

So anyways, after posting the above image on Facebook, one of my clever friends shared the following video with me, offering it up as a new "sport" for Ben--The North American Wife Carrying Championship:

Can you believe it? This is real! It's like a Tough Mudder with your wife on your back! And they've figured out an amazing method of "wife-carrying." I think this is utterly hysterical and hope that Ben and I will get a chance to compete some day ;)

Image via www.dailymail.co.uk

I hope your day is full of laughter and support--literally and figuratively...

Namaste!
Mary Catherine