Email

     Hello again my fitness crazy public. Wonderful to see you perving my blog, you must really like me or something. Or maybe... you're just bored. Whatever it is you are, strap yourself in, it's time for another wild ramble.

     So, I got an email a while back from one of my closet viewers: Andrew D. Well, I trained Andy a while back, took him through the 9 foundational movements and released him into the CrossFit wild. I got an email from him which I would like to share with you all.

Hey Frosh!

I am still doing all the crossfit movements and working on making some pretty intense WODs of my own. Nothing like the Aycock or 12 days of christmas though. And I love reading your blog by the way! It's awesome! But I have some quick questions. First off, I am looking at getting into the

paleo diet. What's your opinion with how it has worked for you?

Andrew D

     So me being the outstanding CrossFit coach that I am, I had this to repsond:

Andrew!

Thanks for the Kudos. To answer your question, diet as an uber important part of training, especially sports training. The break down should go like this (pyramid format):

Nutrition->Metabolic Conditioning->Bodyweight/Gymnastics->Weightlifting/Throwing->Sports specific training (http://ramblingfrosh.blogspot.com/2010/11/100-words.html) <-Blog post about

this

So Nutrition, being the base of your pyramid, is very important. Like the 100 words says: eat lean meats, fish, chicken, vegetables, some fruit, nut/berries, no starch, no sugar. Very simple to follow. Ala Paleo you want to try to get natural foods that aren't processed. Ideally, meat should be

farm raised, vegetarian fed, with no hormones or antibiotics... but that gets expensive, so just get the fresh stuff from you butcher that they put out daily (shoot for at least 90% lean meat)

Some other guys have a lot of good stuff on the topic. Check out http://www.marksdailyapple.com/ (lot of good info there), or book-wise you could check out "The Paleo Diet" or "The Paleo Diet for Athletes", both by Dr. Loren Cordain. Another REALLY great book is "The Paleo Solution" by Robb

Wolf. If recipes are a problem he has a 3 month plan in his book... and he knows his stuff.

As far as my experience, it's worked well for me. I don't weigh and measure (though you can for better results), I just each when I went till I am comfortably full. I use it for more for performance than weight loss, and I've seen tremendous gains in strength. It can be a little tough to cut out

bread. A few ways to combat that is to just take a meal a day, and make it Paleo. Breakfast is probably the easiest. My normal breakfast is 4 strips of bacon (uncured with no antibiotics), a few eggs and a bit of fruit. So just take it day by day and eat more Paleo as you go.

I think I've rambled enough on the subject. And, just FYI, this email string is going to be featured on the blog in a few days. Let me know if you need more direction man. Keep on training!

-Frosh

     I believe I have, yet again, sent Andrew on the right path. He's a heck of an athlete, and I'm sure he will go very well. So if you're reading this now, Andrew, how has the Paleo been treating you?

     Anyway, just wanted to share a little bit with you folks, and what is available to you. Also, never be afraid to ask for anything, whether it be from me or any trainer at CrossFit St. Louis... we're hear to help in anyway we can. So ask questions, eat right... and do burpees.




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Yesterday's WOD:

Rest Day
Ok... probably my last one too