Crossfit Forever Strong

I am excited to see this show when it airs in March. It is coming to ABC starting March 26th. Please watch the clips below and think about how resistant to change people are, and watch the video with the school age kids in it. Watch it with your kids. How many can they name? Compare that to showing them fast food logos and ask them what restaurant it is.

Here it is everyone The March Challenge is about to begin. Let me go over it again. This is voluntary from start to finish, but I promise it has the potential to change your life and your families if you choose to undertake it.

If you choose to take this challenge the only mandatory part is No Bread, Grain, Pasta, Rice, Oats, and NO SUGAR (real or artificial). The optional parts are food logging and weigh ins. It doesn’t matter if you do Zone or Paleo or something else. There are no penalties, no chastising, and no burpees if you cheat.

Read the ingredient list on everything. Be aware of your foods and choices. make smart decisions and plan ahead.

I want you to use this post to communicate with each other ask for recipes and help. I will post some recipes and links on this site as well as I will try to post a video or recipe every day of the month to help you out.

I want everyone who is doing the challenge to post their name to the comments section of this post and let us know that you are in. If you quit at some point post that you are out.

Who Is In?

paleofood.com
thepaleodiet.com
mypaleokitchen.blogspot.com
zonediet.com
the-zone-diet-recipes.com
433zonediet.com

Here is an idea for the March Challenge. Everyone is focused on nutrition and Zone vs. Paleo lately so let’s capitalize on that and use that plus Fitness Wave for the Challenge. I will get more specifics out soon, but here’s the concept.

Starting March 1st everyone who wants to participate will receive a food log that will last a week. You will be required to enter everything you eat onto it and bring it to either Sally or myself on Friday or Saturday every week during March. You will have to check your weight once a week when you turn in your food log also. You will need to Workout a Minimum of 3 x per week. That’s not so tough…

Here’s the Challenge…Try to do the entire month NO PROCESSED CARBS (BREAD, GRAIN, PASTA, RICE), AND NO SUGAR or ARTIFICIAL SWEETNERS. I will put together a list of what that includes but it will for sure include Sugar, Splenda, Sucralose, High Fructose Corn Syrup, etc. Natural Sugars that are found in fruits and vegetables will not count against you. I realize the first week will be a bit of a grace period when you might eat something and not realize you shouldn’t have, but after March 6th (I recommend everyone get dunked and establish a measurement point for us to start with for this challenge) Every mistake, every cheat will cost you. Every incident will be 30 Burpees. Food Logs will be evaluated over the weekend and given back with the penalties on it. (Be Honest on your Logs) Burpee Penalties must be paid in the gym prior to the following weigh in.

I have been getting a lot of questions about Zone and Nutrition and adding more Cardio work into the program. I am willing to help out and think I have a few ways to tackle each one of these projects but I need to know how many people are interested and willing to commit to it. Please post your thoughts and comments on here. I need your feedback to make sure this works for everyone.

Extra Work: For those concerned that they need extra work above the workout that we do in the gym there is no need to worry these workouts are meant to be sufficient along with an active lifestyle and possibly some recreational sports on the side, however since many of us don’t play sports anymore maybe we need a boost. If I receive enough interest in it I will begin to post 3-4 separate workouts designed around cardio training including at least one hike each week. I’d like to think that the people who express interest in this extra programming will help hold each other accountable to doing the work and will begin to meet up with each other to do the runs and hikes together. We all know that we work better and harder when we work together…Who’s in for the Cardio / Hike Programming?

Zone / Nutrition: I am thinking of a few ideas regarding this. I’d like to have a few Zone Classes at the gym. We will be able to cover in more detail The Zone, the conversions, favorable and unfavorable Carbs, Paleo, and any other questions that come up. I need input from people on best times to be able to attend. Obviously when Workouts are not running would be preferable so throw some ideas out at me for what works for you.

A second idea that has been brought up to me is a private class for groups of up to 3 people at a time. This class would be about 2-3 hours in length. It will involve sitting down with one of us and writing a very specific meal plan tailored around you and your schedule, lifestyle, food likes and dislikes. After that there will be a grocery list made and a trip to the store to teach you how to shop, what to read when looking at foods, staples to always have on hand, and best choices in a pinch. After the grocery shopping you are invited back to our house where we will show you how to prep and prepare all of your meals for the following week and will leave our house with your meals and plan in hand. The private classes would be on either a Sat. or Sun. and would be an extra cost due to the amount of work that it would entail on our part. Cost is still an issue that we are working out. Your input on this idea is welcome.

This is a great easy recipe that I found on a blog that I read often www.marksdailyapple.com

These make a fantastic snack by them selves and with the higher fat content they won’t require the addition of a carb source if you are looking to zone it. There is a ration of replacement of carb blocks with fat blocks and this fits within those ratios.

2 Hard Boiled Eggs
1/2 Avocado
1 tsp Hot Sauce (More or Less to taste)
1/2 tsp Lime Juice
Salt and Pepper to taste

Peel and halve the eggs, combine all ingredients except the egg whites in a bowl and mix thoroughly, Refill the egg Whites with the mixture and enjoy.