Pack in what you pack out.

I want to check in and make sure everyone is eating enough food to support the intense, demanding workouts you all love so much. I have not observed one person in our circle who has brought some sort of food to the gym (I have seen beer). Worse yet, I have not had a post-workout nutrition question posed to me ONCE inside or outside the gym.

The workouts you guys are doing put an inordinate amount of stress on the musclulature and metabolic engines that move you. For this reason you should be putting an inordinate amount of fuel and building material back into your body after such efforts.

If I have 10 nailpounders (carpenters) standing around on a job site waiting for the necessary wood to frame the house I am trying to build, is anything getting done? No, I am waisting precious time and money. Likewise, the more you neglect adequate nutrition the further you lengthen your recovery time and the more susceptible you leave yourself to things like overtraining and injury.

There was a time when I would CrossFit without adequate nutrition. I was light, fast and thought nothing of my nutrition.  I overtrained, got burnt out, and almost quit CrossFit entirely. Burn out is one of the scariest things I have faced, I hope you never feel it. Take nutrition as seriously as you do your workouts and you will be rewarded. Focus not only on quality, but quantity as well.

Questions?

Yes, it is 6lbs of hamburger sandwiched in between 2 pizzas. Something is better than nothing.