Blog Archives
March 26, 2009
“Diane”
21-15-9
Deadlift, 225/185
Handstand Push-ups
One of the major goals of our nutrition recommendations revolve around keeping insulin levels at a consistent and lower level. This means that we encourage people to avoid grains (even whole grains!), potatoes, rice, bread, and pasta. We recommend avoiding these foods because they cause high insulin levels. Among the problems with high/spiked insulin is that insulin is a “storage” hormone in that it tells the body to turn carbs into fat and stuff them in your cells. Whether you are fat trying to be slimmer or slim trying to stay that way, if you eat a diet based on high glycemic carbs you are ordering your body to fatten up. Yikes.
We constantly link to great resources that will help you better understand how your body process food and how you can control your body through how you fuel it. Check out the links in the nutrition section on the right and start learning more today.
It’s never too early in the season to imagine what you look like in your swimsuit at this moment. If you don’t like the picture in your head, talk to me now so we can put together a personalized plan for you starting today. It takes some discipline but if you can CrossFit, you can clean up your diet.
You know the first thing I will recommend is to cut the sugars. Linked below is more evidence that sugar has no regular place in our diet. The essence of the paper:
M. Daniel Lane and colleagues at Johns Hopkins have built on the suggested link between the consumption of fructose and increased food intake, which may contribute to a high incidence of obesity, and Type 2 diabetes.
Over the past four decades life-styles have gravitated toward the excessive consumption of ‘high energy’ foods and sedentary behavior that has resulted in a high incidence of obesity and its pathological consequences. This scenario has led to the increased occurrence of insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes. At present, approximately thirty percent of adult Americans can be classified as obese.
ARITLCE: “Fructose Metabolism By The Brain Increases Food Intake And Obesity, Review Suggests.”
CFR
January 19, 2009
“Diane”
21-15-9
Deadlift, 225/185
Handstand Push-ups
If you are unable to do HSPUs, elevate your feet as high as you can and still move through the full range of motion (nose to ground through shoulders fully extended).
Go heavy or go home
December 10, 2008
21-15-9
Deadlift, 225/185
Handstand or Elevated Push-ups
BURPEE CHALLENGE: Day 78
Burpees to date: 3,003
