Tuesday 17.30 class is now Novice/Intermediate
Workout of the Day:
Mobility – Calves/Rack Position
Metcon 1:
“Annie”
50-40-30-20-10
Double Unders
Sit Ups
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Metcon 2:
“Eve”
10,9,8…3,2,1
Power Cleans, 70Kg/45Kg
Box Jumps, 24″/16″
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Angry Cleans, by Huggy Bear
Team Will has won the January Paleo Challenge. His entire team had no infractions during the challenge, all 8 members completed the FGB at the start and the end, and reported a team average improvement of close to 20 points across the board!
The greatest improvement in the challenge came from Seamus Kiernan, who had a massive 45% improvement in his FGB score, from 140 to 203 points. Seamus has really noticed a difference in his energy throughout the day and worked hard and consistently throughout the month on developing his skill and work capacity.
Other notable mentions of personal improvement are:
Alex McGann – From 191 to 247 points, 29% Improvement.
Dec Reilly – From 178 to 223 points, 25% Improvement.
Alana Lowe – From 245 to 302 points, 23% Improvement.
Christina Olson – From 267 to 302 points, 20% Improvement.
Well done to all who took part, as everyone benefits from the improvements in diet adopting a more Paleo approach will make. The winning team will receive their Giant Novelty Cheque on Friday, Feb 11th at 6.30pm from their coach. We hope you all can make it!
How was your experience of the Paleo Challenge? Would you do it again?
Congrats team Will!
Well done team Will
Bravo Team Will, and congrats folks on the improvements!
Well done Team Will, good work. That was a tough month for me but it got better in the last week.
I have had a weekend of stuffing my face but i will be back watching what i eat but i think i will be having a cheat day every so often. Is anybody sticking with the diet or are people finding a balance that is right for them.
Great pic!
Well done everyone on the Paleo challenge. There are some great improvements there.
Scott, after I did the last Paleo challenge I moved on to a mostly Primal diet (adding back in dairy and some potatoes, dark chocolate and wine!) That seems to work pretty well for me for most of my meals. Personally I don’t like the idea of a cheat day as I find it very hard to jump from a whole day of bad eating back into compliance. I prefer to have a handful of cheat meals or cheat snacks sprinkled throughout the week. So perhaps a lunch and dinner out (where I have what I want, but don’t act like a total glutton) or a slice of really nice home-made cake or maybe a couple of slice of toast with breakfast at the weekend. I find it allows for a lot more flexibility so that if I have to eat out with work I can relax and make a reasonably sensible choice and enjoy it rather than having to be totally rigid. I think everyone is different, so some people (looking at Pixie here) are great at sticking to something tightly for long period.
well done team will – great work.
The first week was tough for me after that I felt great for the remainder of the month. Definately noticed a big improvement in recovery and general energy.
I was also introduced to lots of foods/recipes I’d never eaten before with avocado and sweet potato being my favorite new ones.
I would definately do it again. I think the team aspect was great too with everyone answering questions and posting new ideas.
Congrats Team Will and to everyone who improved so much! Great teamwork. Big shout out to team TTA great to get to know people better on the challenge, enjoyed it
might try Louise’s approach for a while and see how that goes as I agree its hard to get back on the wagon after cheat days and being 100% strict is hard to maintain I find. Happy enough staying off the drink though surprisingly and I thought that would be quite hard, chocolate is another story though….
Congrats team will
Tough WOD x 2 today
I would be the same as Louise .. Will still have dairy in my diet and still snack on nuts, dark chocolate and have been doing this since the first challenge. Improvements on my training are my motivation.
I didn’t do the paleo challenge (cutting out dairy was a step too far for my scrawny frame). Instead I did much as Louise outlined above. I quickly stopped craving sugar. My energy was more consistent throughout the day. I oddly find that I don’t need as much sleep?
I had one cheat meal (though I dislike that term) and a bit of a bender on my birthday but kept my eating pretty clean otherwise. I like the idea of sprinkling ‘cheat’ meals so that eating with friends remains an enjoyable and sociable occasion. It seems pretty sustainable that way so I’m gonna keep going with it—as much as an experiment as anything.
I started to make more steady progress at Crossfit once I started feeding myself properly where I’d flatlined before Christmas. That defo makes it worthwhile. Just gotta work on my sleep…
I function better on a lower carb diet without grains and only a small amount of diary. I also find the weighting and measuring a pain so find i work better following the Paleo/primal model rather than zoning. I try balancing out my meals in rough zone proportions rather than having to measure them. I also think the quality of the food is important.
Regarding cheats I find Like Pete/Louise said a sprinkling of indulgences through the month is far more sustainable in the long run. Simple things like having a scoop of Ben&Jerry’s at the cinema every now and again won’t kill you, that’s not to be confused with a hot fudge 3 scoop special topped with M&Ms!. Or having a square of 85% Chocolate with a glass of wine from time to time. I guess it’s more like the Primal plan of striving to be 100% but making good choices as much as possible so you end up at 80% at a minimum all the time.
That said I noticed especially over christmas that the occasional becomes the normal. To that end I like having a reset a few times a year where I go strict for 4 weeks. If you experiment you’ll find what works for you. This time the only thing I kept in from the pervious attempt was coffee as it’s absence made me very sad
Nov:
Conor – ??
Pete McD – 10:51, 8:54
Liz – 11:48, 8:34
Donal – 30/30SU, 9:25
Ros – 5/30Su, 9:27
Philip – 10/20 SU (TJs), 9:05
Eoghan – 20/20DU, 4/4PC
Int:
Kieran – 40/40DU, 6/6BJ
Pete McC – 1/10SU, 8:45
Barry – 20/20DU, 5/6
Scottie – 11:24,
Shane Fl – 13/20DU, 3/6PC
John – 20/20Su ,
Jason – 30/30Su, 7:56
Rosie – 1/10DU, 1/4PC
Patrick – 9:43, 4/7PC
Huggy – 10/20DU, 12:00
Leonie – 40/40DU, 1/5BJ
Marta – 20/20SU, 4:48
Alex – 9:23 (Gym Record), 10:46
Colum – 34/40SU, 4:48
Couners – 29/30DU, 10:03
Gav – 10:15, 10:00
Glen – 38/40DU, 5:50
Adv:
Lorna – 9:55, 1/4PC
Jimminy – 6:29, 7:21 (DD)
Gus – 10:41,
Devon – 5:42 (Gym Record), 10:27
Tony – 6:25, 9:26
Mike – 30/30SU, 8:56
Congrats Team Will!
And Devon, well done for the new gym record!
Wow Devon, King of the Double-Under scene! Lol @ Huggy :0)
Don’t forget Shifty setting the ladies PR!
Alex too! Well done!
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