Posts from — March 2010

If you’ve been skeptical of our recommendations to get grains out of your diet,  the Whole Nine presents a good summary of the reasons Why We Don’t Eat Grains. And even if you’ve already eliminated grains and are feeling great, read up so you can explain exactly why.

Are you arriving to CFSR classes sluggish, hoping to gain some energy from working out? Been feeling more sore than usual, even after several days? Holding onto more fat than you’d like, despite eating primally and exercising? We keep our eyes on all of you to prevent overtraining, but some of you are still prone to it. Mark Sisson presents a good set of directions for reigning it all back in and keeping yourself healthy.

The Food Renegade shows us how to make a proper beef broth like our grandparents would’ve done. Traditionally-made meat stocks, using bones (not MSG or hydrolyzed something or other in little packaged cubes), are full of the minerals we need for joint health. Quoting Sally Fallon of the Weston A Price Foundation:

Stock contains minerals in a form the body can absorb easily—not just calcium but also magnesium, phosphorus, silicon, sulphur and trace minerals. It contains the broken down material from cartilage and tendons—stuff like chondroitin sulphates and glucosamine, now sold as expensive supplements for arthritis and joint pain.

And lastly, CrossFit’s main page put up this video the other day. Even though we’ve got a bunch of you firefighters here at the box, I think the rest of us have no idea just how important CrossFit training is to the work you do. I was totally awed by this video and the thoughts of you guys (and gal) working every week and coming to the box on your days off. Thank you for what you do!