CROSSFIT SUFFOLK: Powered By SPARTAN PERFORMANCE

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CROSSFIT SUFFOLK: Powered By SPARTAN PERFORMANCE

 

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WHOLE 30 UPDATE

Issue #1:  We’re getting feedback.  Mostly good.  Some grumbling.  We are amazed how much discussion is being generated by the modification of what to put in coffee.  Look, if you can’t find a Whole30-compliant replacement for your coffee you aren’t trying hard enough or you lack creativity.  If you don’t want to get used to drinking your coffee black try holding your nose and sipping it…at least you’ll get your caffeine.  Seriously people, suck it up and complete the mission.  You’re not going to die from improving your diet.  In the immortal words of Yoda, “Do or do not.  There is no try.”

Issue #2:  Some of you are making me feel like a priest at Confession.  If you ate something you were not supposed to eat just get back on the path.  You are not “out” because you violated the guidelines, especially if you are new to this way of eating.  This is a process.  I’m not suggesting you give in to weakness or bad habit.  If your mind and heart are truly in the right place and you consume something that is not Whole30-compliant, put it behind you and get back on the path.  The more strict you do this program the more benefit there is.  It’s not about punishing you.  It’s about better health.  The goal of the program is to provide a “cleaner” way of eating, clearing your body of unhealthy and unnecessary substances and discovering what foods will provide optimum performance and which will take you away from optimum performance.  Stay the course.

Issue #3:  Speaking of discovery…adhering to the Whole30 Program will also, if you’ll pardon me for saying so, help you discover who you are.  Can you be strong in the mind and disciplined or will you be a slave to imagined hunger and habit?  Strong or weak–discover who you are.  The Program is only 28 more days.  Ultimately, like your training, you decide what you’ll get out of it or what level of excuse-making is acceptable to you.  

You are capable of making good decisions.  You’ve entered the gym to improve yourself.  It was uncomfortable at first.  Maybe it is still uncomfortable.  You do it though.  You do it because the payoff is great, not because it’s easy.  Improving your “eating lifestyle” is no different.  Do or do not.–George

30 REASONS TO DO A WHOLE30

REMINDER:  WE ARE BACK TO OUR REGULAR WEDNESDAY MORNING SCHEDULE.  THERE ARE ONLY 2 MORNING SESSIONS:  6:30-7:30AM AND 8:30-9:30AM.  

Workout of there Day
Deadlift
1X3 @60% 1RM
1X3 @70% 1RM
1X2 @80% 1RM

“Annie”
50-40-30-20-10 reps for time of:
Double-unders
Sit-ups

Post your scores to the Whiteboard.

20 Responses

  1. Lenny

    Here’s my 2 cents about the paleo coffee debate. I’ve been eating paleo for 9 months now and the best alternative I have found is a espresso smoothie. The recipe is on PaleOMG. It’s amazing !

  2. Danielle Sengstock

    Good Morning! Day 3- For an easy morning breakfast try a monkey salad. 1 Banana peeled and sliced, a handful of raw cashews, and a handful of unsweetened coconut flakes. Yummy!

  3. Danielle Sengstock

    Once you conduct an honest assessment of who you are and what you can do- You have to eliminate one of life’s major toxins- excuses

    Urijah Faber

  4. Kelly R

    Loving this!
    Stay strong everyone! I can’t go black on the coffee even though on fairness I have never given it a real shot-
    Do the bulletproof egg thing!

  5. Tricia C

    Al – why are you confessing to the coach priest and not to me 🙁 lol. I’m getting used to this “coffee” you made for me this morning (thank you!) and also coffee with coconut milk at work (not black!). Now moving on to the alcohol part…yikes! 🙂

  6. Mandy

    I’m on board for Whole30 too. The first few days have been a little rough but still going. I switched to tea at work so the coffee thing for me isn’t an issue, instead I find it hard to have my salad without cheese! Oh how I love cheese. Only 28 more days.

  7. Cindy

    Carol found on line that potatoes are now part of the whole 30 as of August ….. Can someone please verify…. Will be patiently waiting…. Lol

    1. George Demetriou

      Yes, it’s true. If you click on the Whole30 Program Rules link…you know, the one I’ve re-posted a few times in the last week, you’ll see it there.

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