July 9, 2009
090710 FRIDAY
+++3pm classes will be canceled this weekend due to the games. But don't worry, I'll be posting workouts you can do at home so if you can't make the morning classes you can still get a workout in! Olympic lifting class and Muay Thai is canceled this weekend as well.+++
Setting up for the 2009 CrossFit Games - Notice where everyone's eyes will be.
Workout:
Strict Press
3, 3, 3, 3, 3
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Bonus Mini Metcon To follow.
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Article: Another study showing a reduced diet thwarts aging and disease.
"Writing today in the journal Science, a team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center and the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital reports that a nutritious but reduced-calorie diet blunts aging and significantly delays the onset of such age-related disorders as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and brain atrophy. . .
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Video: I don't think these monkeys are taking advantage of the whole life extension / reduced disease thing.
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May 14, 2009
090515 FRIDAY
Craig seems more concerned with Rick Heilman's (former DCF coach, and now "CrossVestite" between DCF and CF Santa Clara) pace than his own.
Workout: Deadlift.
3, 3, 3, 3, 3
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Bonus minimetcon (miniature metabolic conditioning workout) to follow
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Article:
Intermittent Fasting has a new name. . .
". . .F is not about starvation, it’s not about crash dieting, and it’s not about quick weight loss (even if results may happen quickly for some). To me it’s all about a lifestyle and lasting approach to improving your health, redefining your relationship with food, to reduce unnatural cravings, get back in tune with the natural survival design of our bodies, optimizing your glucose energy metabolism (which will in turn make you more effective in burning, and not storing, fat) and just an easy and simple approach to lasting results. Heck people are out there breaking through weight loss plateaus just using IF and not changing up anything else!. . ."
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January 27, 2009
090128 WEDNESDAY
Andrew not only sleeps during his pull ups, he has also takes a mean set of pictures. See his pictures from the Royal Rumble on our Flickr account.
Workout:
4 rounds for time
Run 400m
50 squats.
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Video: From Jon Gilson's Again Faster - Double Unders
Double Unders from Patrick Cummings on Vimeo.
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Article:
Cutting calories can boost memory.
". . .They also showed other signs of physical improvement, with decreased levels of insulin and fewer signs of inflammation.The researchers said that these changes could explain the better memory scores, by keeping brain cells in better health.
They wrote: "To our knowledge, the current results provide first experimental evidence in humans that caloric restriction improves memory in the elderly. . . "
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(Now if we can get a good study comparing Caloric Restriction, Intermittent Fasting, and Regular 'Diets', we'd be on to something. -jj)
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