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What you eat is as important as how much you eat
The Billionaire Who Is Planning His 125th Birthday There is much to learn from this man. What you eat is as important as how much you eat — and can help ward off disease and illness. One morning in early January, David Murdock awoke to an unsettling sensation. At first he didn’t recognize it and…
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CrossFit Workout – AMRAPpin’
Small group this morning at CrossFit Impavidus – me and Colleen. I’m glad it wasn’t only me because as much as I like attention, I don’t like the individual attention during a hard workout! Warmupx2 250m row 30 situps 20 Jumping Jacks 10 Pass Thrus Pull Up (dead hang) Skill Double Unders Hollows WOD 15m…
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Engaging your Core
Another great workout at Crossfit Impavidus! Warmupx2 40 jump rope 30 push ups 20 sit ups 10 pass thrus — hollows Skill Push Press WOD 12 AMRAP 5 25lb db Push Press 5 Ring Push Ups 5 KTE Completed: 11+ Hollows to Engage your Core We have been focusing on engaging our core which really…
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Using BAI instead of BMI to measure fat
BAI Better Than BMI? Scientists Develop New Way To Measure Fat I personally was not a fan of the BMI measurement scale. 2 people can have completely different body shapes and and weigh the same — and one comes out as obese based on weight alone. There are way too many variables to add to…
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Monday Front Squats
This month, Mondays are strength days. Just going to be honest here and say, they aren’t my favorite workout day. I just like the feeling of a hard workout that combines cardio and strength to get me started with my week. I am really having to relearn squats related to lifting. I keep leaning my…
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Strong Crossfit Chicks are Welcome
Greg Glassman on how women hold many key roles within CrossFit. In Glassman’s words, CrossFit “is a matriarchy…that may not be abundantly clear to everyone, but this organization is owned, run, supported, managed…women are at least partners with men in every sense.
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Is Bug Eating Paleo?
Bug eating in the Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal gets on the bug-eating bandwagon with an article titled “The Six-Legged Meat of the Future.” Edible insects are becoming trendy, with London’s Archipelago restaurant topping their creme brulee with a bee and Manhattan’s Tolache offering grasshopper-stuffed tacos. The image above is from the blog…
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So Delicious – Coconut Milk: A review
I have started drinking Coconut Milk. I have said before that I don’t like Coconuts at all –but coconut oil, water and milk don’t seem to have the typical coconut flavor that I remember tasting when eating an Almond Joy or Mounds bar. That may have been the problem to begin with looking back. ….…