Nutrition…more than half the battle!
Check out Robb Wolf’s post on food, exercise and weight loss. Titled, Exercise: Ineffective for Weight Loss, this post echoes my sentiments after training for a couple years now. So much so that I am very clear now in initial sessions that CrossFit will NOT cause you to lose that spare tire or chubby buns. It WILL, however, give you the ability to destroy your enemies, which is cool too. This is a hard reality as a CrossFit coach. I really wish that exercise could all solve all of the body composition problems because you guys are really good at getting in here and working hard, but it doesn’t. Body composition is almost completely tied to nutrition and specifically to controlling blood sugar and insulin levels. Period! A lot of good book are available about this, The Zone, The Paleo Diet, Good Calories Bad Calories, but I have seen it worked out both positively and negatively in our gym. It is true.
AM Class
For time:
Row 1000 meters
95 pound barbell Thruster, 21 reps
21 Pull-ups
Row 750 meters
95 pound barbell Thruster, 15 reps
15 Pull-ups
Row 500 meters
95 pound barbell Thruster, 9 reps
9 Pull-ups
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PM Classes
Weighted pull ups
1-1-1-1-1-1-1
Then…
3 rounds for time of:
15 Box jumps
15 ring rows
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Jeff, you are so right when you talk about nutrition being the only key to making the body changes we all want. My diet lately has been out of whack, too many indulgences in cocktails, portions too big, and an overload on the carbs. I felt overly tired in the wod today and out of breath, I didn’t feel like a true crossfitter! We leave for Maui next week and I am not in the shape I was during our last challenge–so frustrating!!! I know what I need to do and I have you to thank for the motivation and inspirational sayings that play like a broken record in my brain! Just get back on the wagon, go back to the zone, do what worked before, cut out the simple carbs, watch the portions, it’s so easy, just need to stay focused and do it !!! thanks for this post!! I needed it! Steph
Where can I find that doughnut?
At Frost donut shop in Mill Creek, they have a donut with bacon in it. Sounds practically Paleo to me. Maybe I shouild go try it out…
Already tried it, not all that great! Minmal bacon!
Rowing Fran – As rx’d: 19:51
Steph,
Awesome post. Keep at it. You have come so far. You have to remember that. 2 steps forward and one back still results in forward progress. Nice weighted pull ups today by the way!