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Please note that we will be closed Saturday, March 27th. We’re headed to the NorCal Sectional Qualifiers for the 2010 CrossFit Games! Check that link for updates over the weekend, and also check the CrossFit main page over the next several days, as there’s likely to be some video from the NorCal qualifiers posted there.
Thomas already posted A thought, or two, on sleep, but Mark Sisson over at Mark’s Daily Apple recently posted a new Definitive Guide to Sleep. This is a must read, people. Seriously. Read it. And go ahead a follow any of the dozens of links he’s provided, ’cause there’s some good stuff there too.
Lastly, you know how Thomas and I tell you to take fish oil? We give you a formula -1 gram for every 10 pounds of lean body mass- but that means you need to calculate your lean body mass, then see how many grams there are per dose of your fish oil and, well, even I just end up taking a few handfuls every day, not really paying good attention to the quantity. Well the good folks at Whole Nine have come up with an online calculator to figure out just how much of your brand of fish oil you need to be taking, based on your current diet and lifestyle. It’s the Robb Wolf Fish Oil Calculator, named after NorCal’s own nutrition guru Robb Wolf (whose website is linked in our right column). I’m supposed to take between 14 and 20 pills a day, depending on how beat up I am. And I thought my couple handfuls was a lot!
Cheer us on from afar over the weekend! Or if you’re feeling up for an adventure, come on down to the qualifiers in San Jose. Spectator tickets are now only $15 a person for Saturday – check here for more info. If we don’t see you there, see you next week at the box!
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Congrats Joanna, Leah, Thomas and Adrian! You all kicked ass and I was honored to cheer you on. Joanna, nice C & J PR, up 20 lbs at 155!
A note on fish oil…you must be taking an antioxidant formula with the fish oil or it oxidizes in your system. Meaning it will create oxidative damage. Not good when we are trying to repair. I just recently spent a weekend learning this in a Nutritional Neurology course.
Thanks for the antioxidant information. Any suggestions on a particular antioxidant formula? I’m taking Carlson’s fish oil and a Whole Foods multivitamin. Does that suffice?
Sorry for the delay…so I take a high quality multi and an antioxidant blend. What prevents the oxidation is a blend of vitamin C, B-12, B2, B-6, folic acid, magnesium, selenium, CoQ-10, Alpha Lipoic acid. If your multi has most of these you should be ok. If it’s a one a day and you are taking a lot of fish oil, you may consider an antioxidant blend to add. There are certain vitamins and minerals that you don’t want extra of, like vitamin A, so just taking more multi isn’t necessarily ideal. And remember, you get what you pay for. The fish oil should be molecularly distilled. Carlson’s probably is.
Awesome! Thank you for this information, on point!
DB
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