Imagine a world where: -diabetes, heart diseases, autoimmunity and other modern diseases are rare or don’t exist at all -we are naturally lean and fit -we are fertile throughout our childbearing years -we sleep peacefully and deeply -we age gracefully without degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and osteoporosis While this might sound like pure fantasy today,[…]
I get asked quite often about what supplements are good and bad and what you, as an athlete, should take. Unfortunately there is not clear answer for this question. So let’s start at the basics questions and concerns. Why do you feel like you need to[…]
Here are a few things that can improve your workouts: 1. Rest – You should be attempting to get around 8 hours of sleep per night. Lack of sleep will affect you ability to workout at a high intensity. It will also limit you ability to focus on maintaining good form. 2. Nutrition – Proper[…]
PERSEVERANCE noun persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. “medicine is a field which requires dedication and perseverance” In the box you might see this too, people moving through the workouts with “ease”. Moving weights that seem impossibly heavy and doing it for multiple reps. They link their pull-ups, muscle-ups, and[…]
Crossfit: extreme, controversial – and addictive The training technique could be described as ‘gymnastics meets Olympic lifting’ and has been known to leave people incontinent with exhaustion. So is it for you? Lucy Fry The Guardian, Sunday 14 July 2013 19.00 BST A Crossfit competition in Houston … do you dare try it? Photograph: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa[…]
MISS AMERICA MALLORY HYTES HAGAN. CROSSFITTER AND BEAUTY QUEEN ! This article outlines many of the myths that women are hearing about fitness and strength training.Let me summarise several of the myths this article touches on. * Weight training will make you huge and masculine. * Men Train. Women Tone. * There is a difference[…]
EATING REAL FOOD, and cutting out the crappy grains, sugar, junk food, and other less than desirable items from their diet. An important part of this transition is increasing your intake of omega-3 fatty acids and decreasing your intake of omega-6 fatty acids. The omega-3 fats that are especially desired are EPA and DHA. Current[…]
Fallon and Enig are co-authors, with Patricia Connolly, of a book that should be in any well-stocked health library: Nourishing Traditions: The cookbook that challenges politically correct nutrition and the diet dictocrats(ProMotion Publishing, San Diego, CA: 1995). In a nutshell, these are some of the basic concepts in this book: ▪ Nourishing traditional foods[…]
Sometimes your daily workout at CrossFit can be a bit mentally overwhelming. The CrossFit Leicester coaches are always reminding you about form, technical steps, movement standards, and other things you have to think about on top of just trying to push yourself through a workout. Our coaches primary goal is to get you all moving[…]
And I’m sure all CrossFit coaches will be able to tell you with out you even mentioning it to them what you’re scared of. The thoughts of it being too intense, or you not being in good enough shape, or soo many people have been injured, and one of the best we have all heard[…]