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I’ve heard the questions over and over again in our box: What exactly SHOULD I eat as an active individual who’s dedicated to increasing fitness and lean body mass? We all have our own personal opinions, advice and anecdotes. But what do the elite athletes who compete at the CrossFit Games think about nutrition?
Here’s your chance to find out. At the 2009 CrossFit Games, a “man-on-the-street” poll was conducted to get a sense of what these strong, healthy competitors, as well as various other members of the CrossFit community, use as their fuel of choice.
Check out their personal opinions:
A lot of what these athletes said here rings some familiar bells, I’m sure. But as you can see, each individual has a personal twist on what works for them, despite coming from within a similar framework. What do all you Zoners think about the opinions expressed here? Let us know. And in the meantime, keep on experimenting to find what feels the best for YOUR body!
Today’s Workout:
Buy-in: 3 rounds of – 8 ring rows, 20 jumping jacks, 8 walking lunges, 8 thrusters (bar only)
WOD: Pullup Fiction
This WOD has two parts – combine both for your overall score
Part 1 – 5 x 1 pullups/chinups
- add weight via db’s or weight plates (build up over sets)
- use bands for assistance if necessary (red small = -25, blue med = -50, green = -75)
- strict pullups/chinups – no kip
- add your bodyweight to the weight you used (or subtract the band assistance from your bodyweight if you used one) for your score (i.e. 190 + 70 = 260, 150 – 50 (blue band) = 100
Part 2 – Tabata Pullup – Situp
- 8 intervals each of pullups and situps in alternating fashion
- 20s pullups, 10s rest, 20s situps, 10 seconds rest for 8 rounds
- Total reps count
Zone 2 – assisted pullups
Zone 1 – scale as needed
Add your best weight for 2 reps in the first part to your rep total in the second part for your overall score!
Cash-Out: Lacrosse ball trigger point – mess around in your upper back and behind your shoulders, search for the sore bits!!
mmm. my favourite topic… food. I think staying away from Denny’s Grandslamwich is important for performance and overall health.
My new favourite post workout snack while cooking supper, is sweet potato chips. Put a whole bunch of coconut oil in a pan, heat up on high and add a little salt to taste. peel up a sweet potato or two into little strips with a veggie peeler and throw them in until they are golden brown, remove and once cooled a little, put on some onion powder, or your favourite spices and just try not choke on them, because they will disappear fast.
mmm, also I switched from about 8 large eggs in the morning to a few pork chops and feel much better during the day.
good job to the morning core! h-bomb (and tupp-tupp), b and doc kick some morning ass and the gym wasn’t antartic this am!
Thanks Heather, for coaching us on this snowy and chilly morning–the heaters in the gym weren’t working, so we had to create some serious body heat for the WOD (the buy-in helped). It was great to see Kyleness at an early morning workout, too. Great job this morning, buddy!
kyleness? i missed kyleness 🙁
So does eating a pint of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream for time count as “Eating To Compete”?!? It’s definitely competing while eating, but I’m not sure that’s the same thing. I keep waiting for someone to try and beat my time of 11:55, but hey, if you’re not “man” enough, or if Ben & Jerry’s isn’t Paleo enough for you I understand. This was not an easy feat I assure you, talk about brain freeze!