Reminder: Tomorrow is Bring a Friend Day, from 10.30 onwards. If your’e bringing a friend, feel free to show up a little early so we can get waivers out of the way. If you’re not signed up to bring a friend down, we won’t be able to fit you in tomorrow. Thanks!
Second Reminder: We are painting the gym walls today, don’t lean anywhere!!!
Lets get one thing out of the way – the paleo challenge is not easy. Its is certainly interesting but not easy! But then again nothing good is ever easy!! One of the biggest factors in being able to stick to the challenge over the last few weeks in the need to plan and be organized. If you can plan out your meals, get the ingredients in and make time to do the cooking, then you are flying, but it’s the evenings that you come home are tired after a days work or a workout and there is little or no paleo friendly food in the cupboard that could be (and sometimes nearly was) the breaking point.
For me the craving of banned foods wasn’t too bad, after the first couple of days. It was the headaches that came from the lack of processed sugar that was nearly a killer, lots and lots of water is the only cure.
Reading over this, I am not actually painting a very positive picture of the paleo challenge, but as I said at the beginning it is worth it – I have rediscovered that I am actually a pretty mean cook, my skin and completion is a lot brighter, I can actually change my eating habits!! But the best of all for me is that the scales are moving in the right direction for once!!!
- Orla
Workout of the Day:
Strength – Your Choice
then
“Kettlebell Komplex”
Using one kettlebell, perform the following sequence
5 Suitcase deadlifts
5 Cleans
5 Front Squats
5 Push Presses
5 Overhead Squats
This is one round. Then switch arms. Perform as many rounds as possible in 15 minutes. Post rounds/partial rounds to comments.
Post times to comments.
Blasted Double Unders!
Baby Steps #2: Pack Your Lunch – CrossFit Aspire
Fitness Is Impartial – Blair Morrison
kettlebell Komplex rockin. this should be good, was class the day of the seminar, but suprisingly tough.
Me thinks a bit of midday exercise is in order!
Just in case anyone glanced over the post on the way to comments, we’re painting the gym walls today. Don’t lean anywhere!
Thanks,
Col
Wait, no leaning, but how am I supposed to look nonchalant and cool now?!?
ditto^
You guys can lean against each other. And sing. In a manly fashion.
you could sing “lean on me”? Or “Africa” by Toto.
Dam these last minute meetings, guess half five have to do. At least I might be able to lean on a wall by then.
‘Oh this is not too bad’ she thought, merrily tossing the kettle bell over her shoulder.
Then came the one armed overhead squat.
‘Ah.’
Foiled again, but it a good way. Mobility wod is both scary and rocking. Socking, then
“Africa” by Toto
Solid
those one arm OH squats are showing up some stuff to work on dam it!!
Anyone watch the Mikko vid – extreme sense of “Ill be back”
Yeah he’s very serious in that video, he’s got it all to prove now!!
Novice
Eimear – 11 (8Kg)
Aimi – 14 (8Kg)
Eoin – 9 (16kg)
Orla – 11, 5FS (8Kg)
Mark – 12 (12Kg)
Intermediate
Marta 8,5S (8Kg)
Lorna – 9,5PP (12Kg)
Cian – 8,5FS (12Kg)
Arlen – 12 (8Kg)
Bren – 9 (no OHS, 16Kg0
Dave – 8 (20Kg)
Lucie – 13 (8Kg)
Derek – 10, 2FS (15Kg0
Alan – 13,3FS (12Kg)
Barry – 14 (12Kg)
Kieran – 9 (12Kg)
Roger – 9,5PP (20Kg)
Ross – 12 (16Kg)
Advanced
Jimminy – 9,5FS (20Kg)
Eamonn – 8 (20Kg)
Gus – 11 (16Kg)
Damien – 9,5C (20Kg)
Mike – 10,5FS (24Kg)
Pixie – 11 (20Kg)
Louise – 9,5FS (10Kg)