For a video interview (peep it here) for EndlessBeauty.com, a colleague and I hit up My Fit Foods, who is sponsoring us for two weeks of our Extreme Body Challenge. In Austin, My Fit Foods was quickly a big hit with the CrossFit community but has recently faced some fierce competition from the likes of…
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1/2 yoga and a day off
This ties in with the post I did a few days ago about rest and smart training. For instance, when you go to your physical therapist and he presses on some ligaments that makes your arm burn all the way from elbow to shoulder, you maybe shouldn’t go to Bikram yoga immediately after and think…
Nuts and Anti-Nuts
We’re all nuts! What is CrossFit & Why Would I do it? … eh, you don’t need to read the article, the answer is because we’re all nuts! Feasting on Fitness’s Starter Series 3. Eat Fat … explains why a lot of us have suddenly decided we have low-grade nut allergies. Untrue. We just aren’t…
Grass-Fed Meat
I eat only free-range, grass-fed meat, free-range chicken, and wild-caught fish. I’ve been eating this way for over 3 years, and I think it’s important for health, happiness, and the environment. When I started CrossFit about a year ago, the big thing was the Zone Diet. Well, there’s no way in hell I’m measuring and…
Where is my Snatch from?
Har har har. Two subjects today: Max Snatch day and Milk. Alex and I worked primarily on form, didn’t really max, but did lots of reps at 75#, 80#, and 85#. Lindsay maxed at a PR of 140#!!! Can you imagine? Some day. It was a nice heavy day, felt good to just pick up…
Fish Oil Calculator
Lots and lots of stuff has been written recently about fish oil. Take it in liquid, take it in pill, only take krill, whatever. Lots of reasons here (no need to reinvent the wheel). Basically, it’ll make you lose weight, get stronger, sleep better, be happier. What more could you want? BEHOLD: the fish oil…
Oil … what to use?
I recently got my mom off the canola oil but couldn’t articulately tell her why–though I did a good enough job to convince her 🙂 Today, she forwards me an article from Bottom Line Daily Health News, one of a few newsletters I recommend you read (more listed at the end of this article), with…