P3 CrossFit, Houston's Home for CrossFit and Elite Fitness

Day Zero Nutrition

The other day a long time member of ours stayed late after class to work on some mobility and stretching off to the side while I had a new member going through an Intro session. This long time member has been with us for well over 4 years and attributes much of her success to a solid nutritional foundation. That being said, the next day she confided in me and was amazed with the amount of time I spent talking about nutrition to the prospective member and was curious to know exactly what all we talked about with our new members on ‘day zero’ at the Intro session. (as it pertains to nutrition) I thought it would be a good reminder for many of you, but also a little insight as many of you did not go through an Intro session in the early days of our program.

Below, is taken directly from my outline, with added notes about common conversation topics.
A) Eat real food
Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat.
B) Track/log
Accountability (coaches), journals, get family/friends/coaches involved to help
C) Planning
When to cook, grocery shopping, scheduling/managing work/family duties
D) Learn about your body and what food does
Macro-nutrients, balance/moderation, energy, sleep, insulin-sensitivity

It doesn’t matter how many classes you attend each week, how many hours in a day you train if you are not addressing your nutrition to reach your goals, you are wasting your time and money.

Ye just need to ask if you have questions! We would all take great pride and pleasure in speaking with you.

SKILL/STRENGTH
HSPU

30 KB Swings
20 Lunges w/KB
10 Burpees
3 Rounds

TIMES and SCORES

Sub 6 minutes…?

Sub 6 minute D.T. as RX’d…!!!

SKILL/STRENGTH
Back Squats

WOD
12 Deadlifts
9 Hang Power Cleans
6 Push Jerks
5 Rounds

TIMES and SCORES
COMPARE TO November 17th 2010

I know several classes did a full power clean instead of from the hang position… you guys are awesome and I’m proud you.

There’s not enough time!

“If you are an over-stressed, coffee-swilling, underslept mother of 5, do you think high-insensity, long duration met-cons 5 days a week are actually making you healthier?”
-Whole 9 Nutrition


The Secret Advice of a Vegan

The Vegan Experiment

The Five Stages of (Food) Grief

SKILL/STRENGTH
Push Press

WOD
Run 400m
40 Pushups (hand release)
40 Squats
Rest 3 minutes
Run 400m
40 Situps
40 Box Jumps
Attack!

NO TIMES and SCORES

Uneek…(sp?)

Tom G. pushing through the weighted run on Thursday. Were you able to find a comfortable way to carry the weight?

SKILL/STRENGTH
Power Clean
Jerks

WOD ‘Jackie’
Row 1000m
50 Thrusters
30 Pullups
For time

TIMES and SCORES
COMPARE TO December 4th 2010

We’ve got water!

Brent cruising along yesterday, enjoying the late winter breeze…err the exhaust from the backhoe digging up our neighbor’s parking lot…

SKILL/STRENGTH
Snatch

Tabata WOD
Row
Situps
Pushups
Bottom to Bottom Squats
20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest repeated for 8 rounds for each movement. Score is the lowest number of reps performed during the 8 rounds for each movement.

TIMES and SCORES