3 Rounds for time:
7 Front Squats @ 75% 1RM
9 Handstand Pushups
500m Row
The foundation of the Crossfit Pyramid is "Nutrition." Most of us try to eat clean, but sooner or later a break is needed. If you have a Crossfit Journal subscription, then you might have seen The Zone Chronicles where Pat Sherwood shows what he eats, including his cheat days. Cheat days are important to keep our sanity, but I think these guys go a little overboard. On the other hand, if they have a 450 on Fight Gone Bad, who am I to judge. I do love plenty of bacon!
Dinners With Augie (aka Scott)
I was OK until the guy put the bacon in the blender. I like bacon, but you know that seemed a bit much. But thanks for sharing.
John_Carey
These guys are going to have to step up their game to match Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Wu3Bps9ic
is the Facebook login for the blog disabled again?
Matt P
John- Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time was hilarious.
Kyle Keller
That looks delicious.
Ryan Lippmann
Wearing aviators while dining is soooo Rx.
Cherie Nabeta
I like Travis’ tip of the day: “If you can’t make the lift, at least shit in your pants trying.”
Matt P
Cherie- I think that tip was really helpful for AO’s push presses. “IF you can’t lift it just keep pushing until you shit yourself.” I think the lesson was that the bar is supposed to hit the floor “second.”. Though, it may also be helpful on today’s front squats.
Lippmann- I think I found your new work shoes: Five Finger boots.
http://birthdayshoes.com/bormio-vibram-fivefingers-review
Olga B
When is the next CFES BBQ? =)
The Swedish vid is hilarious, and I’ve got a horrible craving for mashed potatoes now. Cheat day!
DaveW
If anyone buys a pair of the Five Finger boots I will never talk to you again and will recommend to the higher ups that your gym membership be revoked. After we tie you down and beat the shit out of you for being an idiot. Miss you guys!
Matt P
DaveW- Justin has been wearing 5-finger shoes around the gym. It’s not like when you were here.
brother mike
16 years 8 months and 22 days without a cheat day. Pick a dietary plan and stick to it. Not sure if the cheat day is why I have trouble listening to paleo pushers, but I suspect the lack of commitment gets on my nerves a bit.
John_Carey
nice Bro Mike! Where’s the like button?!
DaveW
Has anyone heard of HUKI, the Sac based company that makes top end kayaks and surf skis? Anyone interested in getting some used boats from the factory in Sac and heading from Sac to SF? If there is enough interest we might be able to arrange a group buy discount.
Jeff Frost
Dave, if only I knew how to kayak! It’s on my list of things to learn after Ella is born.
Matt P
Broski- welcome back to the Blog!
By the way: cheese and French fries do not count as vegetables, so your veggie crap doesn’t count as not “cheating.”
brother mike
Not all back- most of my IP addresses are still blocked.
Cheese and fries count as not meat.
Frosty- kayaking is a blast, but with the entry model on the Huki. At $2800 you probably want to see if you like kayaking first. Nice boats though.
Pete H
The cheat day isn’t about lack of commitment. When you are on a particular diet your gut bacteria get habituated to it; those that don’t like your new diet die off and the bacteria you want in there, the kind that likes eating whatever it is you wish you liked eating, prosper.
So you then like to eat the things you wish you liked to eat, because your gut bacteria are really the ones in charge of what sounds good to eat.
If you only eat sugar, you grow bacteria that need sugar, and you always want sugar.
Once you stick to your healthy diet for a while, that food finally starts to sound better to you (to your bacteria) than what you used to eat.
But you still like the taste of chocolate cake or pizza or whatever, and cheat days are about the fact that cheating one day a week isn’t enough to reconfigure your population of gut bacteria. So having crap one day a week doesn’t mean you’ll crave crap the other six. You probably won’t even take in all those extra calories because your gut isn’t prepared to eat that stuff.
I may be wrong about all of this, but I didn’t invent it and it matches my experience.
So whether you think it’s about lack of commitment may depend on why you chose your diet. If you have a “don’t eat refined sugars because it makes me look bad in a bikini” commitment it’s probably healthy to “cheat” when your grandmother offers you some fudge.
If you’re vegan, because you believe that we must never desecrate an animal or subjugate them for our purposes, then a cheat day probably isn’t okay. (Just admit you’re not vegan and go with that.)
Most diets, paleo and zone included, fall into the former category, and cheat days fit into that really well.
AO
Nicely put Pete. Way better than what I said.
Lippmann
“most of my IP addresses are blocked…”
Scary that you have more than one. Scarier is that I made that comment without reeeeeally knowing what an IP address is.
…and no, I don’t want a lesson.
Jennifer R.
Note to self: Check crossfit blog, watch attached videos. and read comments AFTER eating dinner.
Justin Riley
That burger just makes my mouth water.
Hollis
Nice Pete! Cheat days are what keep you sane, but can also be a slippery slope. I suggest if you are going to cheat,, to do a cheat MEAL rather than a cheat DAY.
And I agree, I wouldn’t really call it a lack of commitment which is kind of condescending if you dont know the purpose of someone’s diet or their gameplan for that diet. It’s more often a conscious decision they’re making rather than a lack of willpower.
Lippmann
I’m condescending and have lack of willpower, but I agree…
Sometimes the mental break to share a terrible meal with friends outweighs the perceived detriment to your overall health. I like to think that the shit ton of work we do every day negates my Nationwide Burger with Nutella milkshake. But that’s just me and my BS from Chico State talking (aka non education) 😉
Olga B
I suppose some neuro pathways in our brain don’t die off as fast as bacteria in our gut when we change our nutrition. When we see food that used to taste good to us the brain craves that “feel good” sensation but after a few bites it doesn’t taste that good anymore.
Alrighty then, I might still make mashed potatoes for our next CFES BBQ cuz that’s how we create new neuro pathways and learn that we don’t really like those foods all that much (unless! they’re combined with meat):).
Adidas F50
The water was perfect for laps. Although I noticed people thinking it was “cold” water at first, I am sure no one said that after the second lap into the WOD.