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In a recent study - Metabolic Effects of Weight Loss on a Very-Low-Carbohydrate Diet Compared With an Isocaloric High-Carbohydrate Diet in Abdominally Obese Subjects, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers reported favorable results for obese adults randomly assigned a low-carbohydrate diet for 24-weeks (six months).
As reported in heartWire, "After six months, isocaloric energy-restricted very-low-carbohydrate, high-fat and high-carbohydrate, low-fat diets produced similar weight loss and substantial reductions in a number of cardiovascular disease risk markers," write Jeannie Tay (Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia) and colleagues in the January 1, 2008 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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Workout of the Day
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
CrossFit Boston Schedule for the weekend:
Thursday 7/3: NOON CLASS CANCELED, ALL OTHERS OPEN
Friday 7/4: CLOSED
Saturday 7/5: CLOSED
Sunday 7/6: OPEN GYM 9-11AM WITH RAFAEL
Enjoy your holiday and see you come Monday!
-Fat Boy
070308
WOD: "M.E."
Push Press: 1x10x65%
1x8x80%
2x2x95%
1x1xMAX ATTEMPT
1x1xMAX ATTEMPT
1x1xMAX ATTEMPT
Rest 2 minutes
Max Pull-ups
Rest 2 minutes
Max 400 meter run
Post efforts to comments.
Get Rid of all Your Worries, Doubts, Fear and Stress….No More!
photo by terencekearns
So often we talk about health as it relates to fitness and nutrition, but could the greatest factor in our health really be our state of mind? We have heard “stress” will kill us but yet that doesn’t stop us from worrying about things. We feel helpless and say we have depression, when we don’t own anything…..we just experience it. Happiness is there for us every day to find and experience, yet most of us get caught up in things that probably won’t even matter in a week…let alone a month or year. Fear and doubt keep from from even reaching higher levels of whatever we may want to achieve in life. Time to stop. No more I say. The past is done and the only thing that matters is the steps we take right now…and every other present moment. Time for us to take control and see what is really going on. Time for some real perspective in life. Anything is possible…and the only thing holding you back is YOU.
070208
WOD: "Helen"
Three rounds for time:
Run 400 meters
1 1/2 pood Kettlebell X 21 swings (or 55 pound dumbbell swing)
12 Pull-ups
Post time to comments.
Update on Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 04:37PM by
Fat Boy
Fat Boy
BRUCE!!! Here ya go!
1. fs: heavy single
2. snatch: (65%x3, 70%x2, 75%x1, 70%x3, 75%x1, 80%x1, 75%x3, 80%x1, 85%x1)
3. cj: 80%x1x3
4. fs: heavy single
5. core work.
070108
Science is FINALLY CATCHING UP WITH US!
For Heart Health, Sprints Match Endurance Training
well.blogs.nytimes.com
Intense bursts of exercise may be as good for the heart as longer, moderate-intensity training. (Lynn L. Walters for The New York Times)
Short bursts of exercise can benefit heart health just as much as tedious endurance training, a new study suggests.
The research, published in the American Journal of Physiology — Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, is good news for time-strapped exercisers. It supports the notion that people who engage in brief, high-intensity forms of exercise reap the same cardiovascular health benefits as those who exercise at moderate intensity for a longer period of time.
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WOD: Back Squat
1x10x75%
1x5x85%
1x3x95%
3xmax attempt
Post loads to comments
063008
WOD: "Fran"
For Time complete 21, 15, and 9 reps of:
Barbell Thrusters, 95 pounds
Pull-ups
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Of Protons and Protein
www.eatmovethrive.blogspot.com/
Marinades are an excellent way to add flavor to meat and fish. For those of us eating Paleo/Zone, marinades also come in handy for keeping lean cuts of meat tender as they cook. A well-marbled steak is easy to keep juicy, but a lean cut of beef or pork will dry out quickly in the hands of an inexperienced cook. (I'll talk more about keeping lean mean moist in upcoming posts.)
A marinade invariably includes an acid. Here's Harold McGee, the great distiller of science and food knowledge, on why acids work:
"In chemical terms, an acid is a substance that readily releases protons, the small reactive nuclei of hydrogen atoms. Water is a weak acid, and living cells are designed to operate while bathed in it. But strong acids flood living cells with more protons than they can handle, and cripple their chemical machinery. This why acids are good at preserving food: they cripple microbes."
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062808
WOD: Run as Far as Possible for 15 minutes, turn around and try to decrease the amount of time it takes to cover the same distance.
Post distance to comments. Click here to map the distance.
Weightlifting WOD:
Clean and Jerk: (65%x3, 70%x2, 75%x1, 70%x3, 75%x1, 80%x1, 75%x3, 80%x1, 85%x1)
Snatch: 70%x2x5
Front Squat: work up to a heavy single
Abs
The Sun: Friend or Foe?
Hey everybody, I have a question for you? Do you think the sun is your friend or your foe? The first thing that probably pops into your head while trying to answer this question is Ultraviolet radiation. The majority of us, myself including, have been spoon fed by the media, magazines, and even doctors, that Ultraviolet radiation is ultra-bad for you. (Sorry for the horrible joke) Anyway there is a problem with this, they all look at this one sided. Ultraviolet radiation does indeed cause cells to mutate, possibly to cancer cells, but the UV rays are also important for the bodies production of Vitamin D.
062708
WOD: "Nigel"
30 Bear Complexes for time.
Men 95; Women 65
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The Traditional Diet of Greece
Source: Modern Forager - “The Ancient Greek diet was dominated by wheat, olive oil, and wine. The staple of the diet was cereals, specifically wheat and barley. Served with this bread was typically some form of fruits and vegetables, made into a soup, boiled, or mashed. Because vegetables were expensive, the poor made do with dried vegetables, along with getting meat primarily from chickens and geese from their farm yards.”
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062608
Health Suicide in 10 Easy Steps
We know most of our readers here at Mark’s Daily Apple are well attuned to what it means to live healthily, but sometimes even the pros can make mistakes.
Read on to learn 10 ways to commit health suicide…
1. Eat Like a Bird, Drink Like a Fish
Hot chick, but her appetite stinks!
Favored by the likes of a pre-rehab Lindsay Lohan, this diet calls for you to fast all day in order to “spend” your calorie allowance on sugar-laden cocktails in the evening. While followers of this so-called diet say it serves two purposes – allowing them to maintain a slender frame and get drunk more quickly – it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that this eating pattern results in severe deficiencies in protein, vital vitamins, nutrients and fat, all of which can up the risk of osteoporosis and other diseases of the so-called skinny fat.
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WOD: Back Squat
10-7-5-3-3-3
Rest 5 min
1 Round for Time
30 Box Jumps
7 DB Circuits of:
5 Dumbbell Deadlift
5 Dumbbell Hang Clean
5 Dumbbell Thrusters
30 Box Jumps
Loading equals 45% of bodyweight.
Post time to comments.
062408
The Most Essential Nutrients for a Strong Sex Drive
by Sheryl Walters, www.naturalnews.com
(NaturalNews) What happens if your car does not have any gas? It stops working right? It needs fuel to function. The same is true with our libido... we needs nutrients to enjoy vibrant health and an active sex life.
If we do not consume adequate amounts of nutrients, our bodies will not be able to function properly in general. Vitamins and minerals are essential to every organ and process in the body. They are the building blocks of life, without them our cells would not function properly, and thus our organs would suffer and eventually we would no longer be able to survive... not to mention our dead, soulless sex life.
The body simply cannot enjoy great sex and lust if it does not have the proper nutrients to make it function. Just like we can’t drive a car without fuel, we can’t erotically ride without the fuel for life and lust.
Ensuring that the body is replete with sex drive inducing nutrients, whether through supplements or food for libido, can ignite our inner passion.
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WOD: Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of
20 Pull-ups
20 Push-ups
Post rounds completed to comments.
062408
8 Things That Could Make or Break a Fat Loss Plan
It's so frustrating! A friend of mine is dealing with some serious weight issues. Nearly passing the 350 lbs mark he's really trying to turn things around, yet he doesn't really seem to be getting anywhere. He has tried changing his lifestyle several times, yet never really accomplished any long term results.
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WOD: Push Press
3X3X90%
rest 5 mins
15 Rounds for Max Reps of:
:30 Push Press, (95,65)
:30 Rest
Post load and total reps to comments.
