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Gluten Free Ain't Paleo!

Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Here's a great piece from paleodiet.com I thought worth re-posting...enjoy.

What???

You read that right, my friends. “Gluten-free” is a total scam.

Bu-bu-bu-bu-but --- isn’t eating "gluten-free" part and parcel of the Paleolithic Diet?

Yes, yes, it is. And no, it isn’t. Grrrrrrrrr….really, really? Uber-super-duper-short version of why, yes, you should eat gluten-free: Gluten and gliadin are proteins, found in grains, that we, Homo sapiens sapiens, don’t have a long evolutionary history of eating a lot of, nor are we well-adapted to eating them. Unlike, say, Sitophilus granaries and his cousins.

If you want to get into the scientific nitty-gritty, I refer you to Robb Wolf’s brilliant, final word gluten. We get that part. So, how isn’t “gluten-free” part of the Paleolithic Diet and how is it a scam? Because sharp-eyed food producers and their marketing teams are more than happy to ride the recent, burgeoning gluten-free wave and milk it for all it’s worth….even if it is potentially to your detriment.

Please don’t get suckered into eating “gluten-free” food products that are, yes, technically “gluten-free” but really Franken-foods, filled with other substances that have had no place in our our evolutionary history either. My personal favorite: the microcrystalline cellulose you often see in “gluten-free” breads. If you have a loaf of “gluten-free” bread in your house, go check the ingredients list now. I’ll wait here for you.

For the rest of you, microcrystalline cellulose is refined wood pulp. Unless you are Dendroctonus ponderosae – call me simplistic and reductionist – but just gonna throw this out there --- eating refined wood pulp, probably not a super-duper idea. BTW close runner-ups are the legume-based “flours” used in many “gluten-free” bread mixes as well as a bunch more. My message to you today:

Remember why you are eating Paleo. Next time you are thinking of eating “gluten-free”, just remember...you are not an wood-pulp eating insect! Get out and enjoy the heat and sun with some loved ones. Look forward to your Keep on keepin' on,

PS If the above resonated with you – I should give credit where credit is due, Kurt Harris M.D. has been sounding the alarm on frankenfoods and their ilk for some time now.

 My Chitlins...the reason I pay attention to articles like this ; )

 
WOD
Hurt Bomb
21-15-9
KB Swings 24/16
Burpees
Pullups
AMRAP For 3 Minutes
Rest For 1 Minute
AMRAP For 6 Minutes
Rest 1 Minute
Perform WOD For Time
Your score will be the total # of reps performed in rounds 1&2 as well as your time for completing the WOD in the final round.

Deadline For Food Diaries Approaching Fast!

Monday, November 07, 2011

Just a reminder: For all of you who are participating in The Paleo Challenge, your nutritional diary for the previous week is due today. Being that this is your first homework assignment I'll extend the deadline till tomorrow at noon, but after that it will be too late and will result in disqualification from the contest.

Keep in mind that even if you don't send in your diary you're still welcome to come to the after party Dec 10th to share in everyones incredible transformations, the wod and the after party...you just won't be eligible to win the cash prize. 

I know that may seem like I'm being a bit of a hard-ass about this, but it's really just all about wanting each and every one one of you to keep your commitments and do the work. The reality is, if you're not willing to take 5 minutes a day to jot down what you eat so that you can really get a handle on your eating habits and things that you need to work on, then you're not really ready to be on a program at all, and that's okay...some of you just aren't there yet, but let's not waste each others time.

For those of you on the fence about keeping your diary, chew on this: People that keep a food journal lose, on average, DOUBLE the amount of fat as people who don't.

With all that being said, great job to all those who have sent their diarys in already...I appreciate it ; )

WOD
The Offering
Every minute on the minute for 20 Minutes:
3 Deads 250/175
5 Pullups
7 Dips
Buy-In:
3 Rounds
40 Sledge
1 Parking Lot Perimitter Run with Sledge

Do You Love Your Fear?

Friday, November 18, 2011

WOD
Tango and Cash
For Time: 
500M Row
30 WallBall 
20 Bench 
10 Pullups 
1000M Row 
10 WallBall 
30 Bench 
20 Pullups 
2000M Row 
20 WallBall 
10 Bench 
30 Pullups

Roy's Birthday Beat Down Bonanza of Bodaciousness!

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

There's a lot going on over the next few days, so let's get to it! First off, tonight I'd like to invite all of you to a  big swing dance at The GulfPort Casino in beautiful downtown Gulfport. I know, I know...I can hear it now: "Dude, you're a 6'5, 235lb CrossFitter...why the hell are you telling us about swing dancing...have you f*cking switched teams on us?! "What are you going to recommend to us next...mimosa's and a Sandra Bullock flick?"

Relax, prom queen...settle down and hear me out. Swing dancing requires some skills, son, like balance, coordination, timing, speed, stamina, rhythm, and if you're doing lifts, strength. Kinda sounds like a certain type of workout we do, huh?! Ultimately, though, swing dancing is all about the music and the dance itself.

Being able to lead my wife through endless variations of cool moves on the dance floor whilst listening to a live band lay down some jump-blues is about the second best thing I can think of to be doing ; ) And don't worry; even if you only have the dance skills of a post apocalyptic zombie, it's still a blast. Check out the link above for more the details. I guarantee you you'll earn big brownie points with your woman by showing her that you can actually think/talk about something other than sports for 2 seconds.

Next up I just want to say a big THANK YOU to all of you that read my blog and come to my gym and give me a 100% day in and day out. You guys are all rock stars and I consider myself a very lucky guy to get to come into the gym and beat you down...er...I mean...TRAIN YOU everyday! lol

Lastly, tomorrow is my birthday, and though we won't be open because it's a holiday, I'm personally inviting all of you to get your pie stuffed asses over here at 9am Friday for Roy's Birthday Beatdown Bonanza of Bodaciousness workout that will probably cause you to seek salvation and wish you'd never been born. I know...sounds like a good time, right? Later, dudes.

WOD
Deck of Cards aka The Workout Of Death
Using a full deck of cards (jokers included) draw a card and do the exercise and reps that correspond to it: Continue in this fashion until you have completed the whole deck of cards
All red cards 2-10 - Pushups (ex: a 4 of hearts would be 4 pushups)
All black cards 2-10 - Air Squats
Jack - 15 Pullups
Queen - 20 Jumping Alternating Lunges
King - 15 Situps
Ace - 10 Burpees
Joker - 100 Foot Bear Crawl

Only 5 More Days...

Monday, November 28, 2011

Come this Saturday a group of nearly 30 of us will take on The Tough Mudder..an 11 1/2 mile mud run through 26 obstacles designed by British Special Forces to test strength, stamina and mental toughness. I signed up for it months ago, but really haven't given it a second thought until the last couple of days. With the race only 5 days away, the enormity of it is setting in and I'm starting to get the same butterflies in my tummy that I get each day before my workout.

For all you runners out there that believe lot's of long distance training is necessary to compete in a race like this, this should raise an eyebrow: I decided early on not to do any more running to prepare for the race than whatever came up in my daily CrossFit wod's (average less than 2-3 miles per week max), so that should put an interesting twist on this whole thing.

The claim has always been made that training CrossFit style will prepare you for almost anything, so I'm putting that claim to the test. Being that my average workout is only 20 minutes long and the average time for the Mudder is 3 hours...well, it's going to be interesting! If this thing kills me, I'd like to state publicly right now that my final wish is to have the entire cast from the movie The Expendables perform my Eulogy.

 One more time for my Mudder Brudders and sisters ; )

WOD
Elmer
Warmup
8 Mins active stretching, situps, hypers, samson stretch
Strength Endurance
Tabata Deads 250lbs/150lbs
8 Rounds / 20 secs on. 20 secs off / 50+ Reps is Goal
Work Capacity
3 Rounds
1 Min AMRAP Double Unders (sub burpees if you can't do DU's)
1 Min AMRAP Pullups
2 Min Rest