Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Food for Thought: The First 50 Days of CrossFit

What about Your First 50 Days?
   As I was completely unable to be productive yesterday (probably because I never saw the sunshine and am still recovering from Fran) and instead spent almost all of my day reading different CrossFit websites, I was able to find some neat resources. I stole this one from The CrossFit Chronicles, and felt that with the influx of new members into our gym, it was too good not to share.
   Let us know what you think about it, and if you have any websites that you check on a daily basis. I know that The CrossFit Chronicles is going to be one that I start to check on the daily.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

I Will Commit



   I just found this video on sicfit.com and thought that it was too good not to share. I think the video says enough about who you are and more importantly, who you want to become. Watch and Ponder

Monday, January 17, 2011

Ten General Physical Skills: CrossFit's First Fitness Standard

Serial Posting
   As I try and finish Lights Out, as well as write a brief review of the book and what to take away from it, I want to go back to basics when it comes to our actual fitness. Why is it that we here in "CrossFit Land" do what we do? From the way the workouts are programmed, to the range of motion that we teach, is there a method to all this madness?

   Over the next few weeks I am going to be breaking down the standards of fitness that CrossFit uses to measure an athletes ability, and discussing WHY they are utilized as well as how we can improve our performance in these regimes. From the physical, to the physiological, to the psychological aspects, We are going to take a look at it all.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Goals... They're More than Just Words

   Where am I? Where do I want to go? How do I get there? How long will this take?  All of these are questions that every serious athlete has asked themselves. And the crazy part is that it is not about what the answer to these questions is that sets us apart. Instead, it's HOW we answer the question that matters.


   Are you super skinny or a "Hardgainer" and you want to bulk up? Are you overweight or not satisfied with your bikini body ( sorry guys )? Or... do you have a really good health base, you are fit and at a comfortable body fat percentage, but you just want to make some tweaks regardless of whether those are to slim down just a little, or to get better at pullups. Regardless of who you are and where you want to get to...getting to that magical place is all in your goals...

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

The Purpose of Eat...Sleep...WOD

     While talking with my friend David Csonka, from over at Naturally Engineered, he mentioned that I needed to make sure that if I was going to make this blog a success, it needed to have a purpose.

   Now given that I have been formulating a future blog post in my head about goals and goal setting, I realized that Dave was right on the money. What is Eat...Sleep...WOD all about? If I was going to do this, I was going to do it right!

Monday, January 10, 2011

Final Garage Games Mock Competition

This past weekend was the final Mock Competition before we head to the Garage Games next Month. Overall I did alright. My 5K trail run time was the same as last month, and needs work, but overall I was satisfied. Hit a new Deadlift PR of 410!

Then I looked at some of the pictures from this weekend:



And I noticed that I am not nearly as lean as what I though I was...

Granted this past week I have been experimenting with 1/2 GOMAD ( all of which was raw), and I weighed myself at 211 this morning ( up 3-4 # from last week ).

So here is my solution:

1) Switching out all my fatty protein sources for lean sources ( i.e. Chicken instead of Beef )
2) Cutting out Sweet Potatoes / Squash / Blueberries ( I already don't eat much fruit )
3) No more Whey Protein post WOD... Going to EAT all my protein instead of drinking it
4) I'm 211#'s... I'll be eating 210 grams of protein a day ( That's 30 Blocks for you Zone Folks)

So there it is, my first post...Some good, Some bad, and Some resolution.