The games are almost here. Be sure to purchase your spectator tickets soon. They are offering a discounted rate to those who purchase tickets ahead of time and there is a chance the event will completely sell out. Get your hotels and tickets asap. The following link has information about the event. This event is going to make CrossFit history, DO NOT MISS IT!
4 Rounds For Time:
Run 400m
25 Air Squats
15 Burpee Pull Ups
Angela told me yesterday that she went with a bunch of her friends who were runners to get their body fat % tested. All of her friends appear to be thin, yet Angela's body fat was 10% lower than all of her running amigos. She said they were all pretty upset about it. I would be pissed too if I was running my ass off with no change in BF%, while one of my buddies was getting lean and ripped by cranking out 15 minute WODs 3x per week. This should not be surprising to you by now. Long slow distance exercise burns muscle which lowers your metabolism, so you get fatter. Skinny fat is the term that describes someone who looks thin but has high BF%. The loss of muscle caused by "cardio" is detrimental to your fitness and your metabolism. The answer is to build muscle with constantly varied functional movements executed at high intensity. There is no need to do traditional cardio and very little, if any benefit from doing so. Great job Angela, way to show those "cardio queens" what's up. My money is on you that you would beat them all in a 10k run also.
