CROSSFIT LEICESTER 101: DON’T EAT TOXINS

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,[…]

CROSSFIT IS ABOUT PERSEVERANCE…

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 ‘GYMNASTICS MEETS OLYMPIC LIFTING’

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[…]

WHY YOU SHOULD EAT FISH…

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[…]

NOURISHING TRADITIONS

  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[…]

FORM Vs INTENSITY

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[…]