Last night was a CNS-tapping, high volume workout that was made harder by my actions of the previous day.

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*Update: Greg Everett of Catalyst Athletics and Performance Menu has more to this Crossfit nonsense. While you are at this linked article, why not go ahead and do the workout Everett put up.

Recently, Crossfit affiliate, Greyskull Elite had a scathing piece he wrote titled, Why I Resigned My Affiliation With Crossfit and was met with much discussion, debate and controversy. Things had barely subsided and now we learn that Robb Wolf, one of the Crossfit “old-timers” and all-around good guys got canned amid a considerable amount of acrimony.

Robb explains the whole thing in How I Got fired From the Crossfit Nutritional Certification.

Some of the thing at issue is what Crossfitters should eat. How ridiculous! They favor the Zone, Robb prefers Paleo. That longstanding issue about quality control is that there is no quality control. Buyer Beware.

All I can say is I am glad I left Crossfit years ago. I train to escape the drama, kool-aid and the egos not immerse myself in it.

I do look forward to what Robb does and you can find out at robbwolf.com.

When I finish a high volume or high intensity workout, the next thing I think about is what kind of salad I am going to have for dinner. Yeah, right. Could I get some extra endive please? Ok, so remove the sarcasm and you know I am not a vegan or a vegetarian, but I do enjoy eating the types of things they eat, just make sure there is some meat or fish on my plate. What do you expect from me? Can a barbarian also be a vegetarian? I can’t imagine it! How about you? Carnivore, herbivore or omnivore?

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You can go online, searching for information on a topic, like fitness and strength and it is much like drinking water from a fire hydrant. (While drinking from that hydrant, I already have forgotten where I read the analogy)!

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In a study certain to upset some folks, it appears that organic foods are not nutritionally superior to food conventionally produced with the use of pesticides according to a study published July 29, 2009 in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (2009, July 29). Organic Food Not Nutritionally Better Than Conventionally-produced Food.

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Getting Ready for the Gym

You come home from work after a long and hectic day and decide to take a “load off” and sit on the sofa for a few minutes and flip on the tv before you get ready to head out to the gym. That sofa is pretty damn comfy and soon you are sitting in it, as it engulfs your body, making it harder and harder to get out of it, (except of course to go get some snacks from the kitchen).

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I am please to present a guest posting from my friend, Ori Hofmekler.

The Skinny On Meal Frequency Studies-by Ori Hofmekler

Forced feeding, fixed calories, false indications

Recent studies on the impact of meal frequency on middle aged men and women
raise serious questions to their relevant real life conditions. The studies
were conducted by Dr. Mark Mattson, a pioneer researcher in the area of human
feeding, is known for his ground breaking studies on intermittent fasting. Dr.
Mark Mattson and myself have been corresponding regarding the benefits of the
one main meal per day approach, and about a year ago he shared with me over the
phone some information regarding the studies of which results we’ve published
recently. To avoid falsely driven conclusions, let’s examine the facts behind
these studies and clarify some key points:

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Monday, 6/8/09

Jogged a mile and it sucked.

1 H Kettlebell Swings, 24 kg: 20/20/20/20.

Kettlebell Snatches, 24 kg: 20/20/10/10/20/.

Tuesday, 6/9/09

Sandbag Clean

Trained with Jon Curry

Snatch, x 3: 45/45/65/70/75/80/85/85/. Singles: 90/95/100/.

Sandbag Medley, 3 x 6:

• Bent Over Rows
• Power Cleans
• Zercher Squats
• Push Presses
• Back Squats
• Good Mornings

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Not according to Edward Melanson, an exercise physiologist and associate professor of medicine at the University of Colorado, in Denver.

Melanson and his colleages published their findings in the journal Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews. Here is the abstract:
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If you sit down in this weight room, you are told to do 10 sit-ups. If you complain, 10 more. The guy who runs this gym cleared out most of the machines and replaced them with free weights, including lifting platforms! He says no one has thanked him yet but he knows at some point they will.

Where is this box and who is running the show here?

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