31 January 2010
Evidence based fitness and sound nutrition in Williamsburg, VA
Posted by Matt Shannon under: Fitness .
Rest Day
Sherri dumbbell swingin!
Buttercup makin it happen!
Meanwhile...back at the CrossFit lab!
Recommended reading :
I often take time, LOTS of time, to try and not simply warn you all but also help to educate you all about the dangers of eating high-carb low-fat diets. See the most recent podcast Ive done with Jeremy Gordon (CrossFit Hampton Roads) about the conventional wisdom vis-à-vis diet and nutrition especially amongst nutrition “experts”. It’s right up there in the top right corner of the navigation bar.
Here though guys is a vid you must watch.
I know it is sooo easy to make a dozen excuses of why you don’t eat well, how you, everyday, make a special exception to your diet to reward yourself, of how you think this one thing cant be makin that much of a difference and you know.
Ive got two bits of advice:
1) Stop lying to yourself – because your less than stellar performance doesn’t lie
2) Get off the crack!
“If you want to look like a bodybuilder, that’s fine with me. That is a matter for you to discuss with your God and your psychologist. But even a bodybuilder is a novice strength trainee until he’s an intermediate. The fastest way to gain muscular bodyweight — the supposed goal of a bodybuilder — is with a linear progression on the basic barbell exercises. And 5s are the way this progression works best.”
And…
“I don’t like Bono. He needs to train more.” Coach Rip
In all of the things we do at CrossFit 1776 we subscribe to CrossFit’s initial RX of universal motor recruitment patterns. These patterns get the body, or something moved by the body, efficiently, effectively and quickly from one place to another. As Coach Glassman likes to say we want to, “Carry large loads, long distances and quickly.”
These movements are universal in that they are found everywhere, in everything you do from putting the bag of Friskies up on the top shelf to combat. Running, rowing, jumping, pushing, pulling, throwing, running, climbing…all are movements that mimic things done in real life as opposed to lateral raises, flies on the peck deck or leg presses. All of the latter are non-functional and artificial. Technically sound, explosive, and powerful athletic movements require a core to extremity connection. We are trying to get people to learn to have their bodies function as a symphony, not solo.
News of interest:
Time to Stop Being Afraid of Saturated Fat
Study: Low-carb diet beats low-fat one
4 Comments so far...
jim Says:
1 February 2010 at 02:04.
Awesome video! I just watched the whole thing.
What does this mean?
“The fastest way to gain muscular bodyweight — the supposed goal of a bodybuilder — is with a linear progression on the basic barbell exercises. And 5s are the way this progression works best.”
What are “5’s” Does that refer to the 5 rep schemes we’ve been doing?
Matt Shannon Says:
1 February 2010 at 09:18.
Yes indeed Jimbrowski that’s exactly what it means.
Josh Says:
1 February 2010 at 23:15.
My wife and I cut out HFCS a few years back (she is a Dr. Oz-ite), but it looks like that’s not enough. I don’t have training in any of the biochemistry stuff, but it’s interesting to see how food policy trends apparently followed a study with flawed statistical analysis. If only we had Excel in 1970…
Also interesting, our pediatrician insisted there was no problem with formulas that use sucrose as opposed to lactose. I thought my wife was a little extreme when I had to drive to Newport News every few weeks to get the “right” formula, but alas, our daughter is not obese!
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