A theoretical hierarchy for the development of an athleteNutrition plays an huge factor in our development as athletes (yes, we all are athletes). In fact, it affects every aspect of our training and performance. You would not expect a race car to get a top performance without top-grade fuel. The same goes for your body. You should not expect yourself to able to achieve your potential without a top-grade diet. The current popular fad diet of high carb, low fat, and low protein not only blunts our progress towards fitness, but also causes numerous health problems. Our risk of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, etc... are all largely due to this high carb, low fat diet. The science supporting this is concretely sound. But don't believe me because I say so. Google "hyperinsulinemia", read Good Calories Bad Calories by Gary Taubes if your interested. Educate yourself...
Crossfit largely advocates the Zone Diet. Why? Because it works! We are a fitness program based on observable results and we have found no better results for fitness or health than with this diet. But again, don't believe me or crossfit just because we say so. For 2-4 weeks, really give it everything you got (it gets easier after 2 weeks because your addiction to large amounts of carbs begins to go away). If you like the results, stick with it. If not, at least you gave it a try right? Click Here for a PDF link with information on the Zone Diet. If you want more information, go to the store and pick up Mastering The Zone by Berry Sears. And if you have any questions, just send me an email. I'd love to help.
Crossfit largely advocates the Zone Diet. Why? Because it works! We are a fitness program based on observable results and we have found no better results for fitness or health than with this diet. But again, don't believe me or crossfit just because we say so. For 2-4 weeks, really give it everything you got (it gets easier after 2 weeks because your addiction to large amounts of carbs begins to go away). If you like the results, stick with it. If not, at least you gave it a try right? Click Here for a PDF link with information on the Zone Diet. If you want more information, go to the store and pick up Mastering The Zone by Berry Sears. And if you have any questions, just send me an email. I'd love to help.
W.O.D Wednesday 5/21/08
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6 comments:
a tale of Crossfit woe...
‘for time’ was not on our side this fine Tuesday afternoon. We had a great workout that ended in the tragic death of our stopwatch. We hammered through, stumbling deliriously at various stages and seeing visions of pukey all the while thinking “ok, this is for time, we really have to try hard to make it all the way through as Rx’d”. Push, push push through because, damn it, we want to see how long it will actually take us to
row 1,000m
do 25 burpees
row 750m
do 50 burpees
row 500m
do 75 burpees
Welllll, we reached our goal triumphant and were thoroughly worked over yet very excited to see how long it took us to almost die. Alas, our stopwatch decided to revert back to the number 00:40 at some point during the workout and so we killed it.
P.S. I'm not sure where I am right now and I think I'm broken... that is all.
Thanks for the nutrition info, y'all. I've read all of that material as well as a couple of the Zone books but can never seem to get my block combos right. I am always hungry at some point before lunch or before dinner.
Maybe not enough blocks for snacks?
Perhaps we can talk about it on Saturday...
Migs
yea i did that workout too susan it was death... as rx'd 22:33 the 75 burpees at the end almost allowed me to visit pukie
Sue,
So unfortunate to hear of the death of your stopwatch. Oh the woes we crossfitters sometimes have to go through. I hope you are not broken!
Hi Nick,
great job! yeah, those last burpees were like a Pukie dream. I think I was somewhere around 35:00 - 37:00, but had to guess due to stopwatch death.
Colin,
thankfully I am not actually broken and, despite aforementioned stopwatch tragedy feel great for just having made it through the workout!
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