CrossFit promotes a “whole person” concept, which is best explained on the Sick-Wellness-Fitness continuum. This continuum explains that you are either doing things to either move yourself toward fitness or sickness, with wellness (the average) being in the middle. Using this continuum, one will realize that “just exercising” or “just eating right” will not keep or move them toward fitness. Fitness is the optimal goal of overall health, which incorporates exercise and healthy dietary choices.
The individual that does their best to utilize the smartest exercise practices as well as the best dietary habits will spend the majority of their time in the fitness end of the continuum. As we all know that there is no way to completely avoid sickness, there is a way to ensure that we spend the least amount of time being sick. By striving to stay on the fitness end of the continuum, one ensures the best defense against diseases such as cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, as well as a long list of other debilitating health concerns. We have explained the prescription to the exercise portion, but now let us talk a little bit about the dietary aspect.
By eating clean and even taking it a step further and monitoring food as one would a drug, you can optimize your health in regards to energy, body fat control, and immunity. The absolute best way to utilize you’re eating habits to affect your health is to utilize the “Zone Diet” created by Dr. Barry Sears. This is a very strict diet but has an absolute astonishing pay off. If you have more of a busy lifestyle, as most of us do, then the paleo diet will be more of a feasible accomplishment.
Either way, if you stick to the CrossFit basic methodology of eating then you will most likely make leaps and bounds regarding your current diet. Most southerners live by the land with the addition of fried foods that are heavily accompanied by dairy and grains such as milk, cheese, bread, and noodles.
The basic CrossFit dietary methodology is to:
“Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch, and no sugar”
This is adequate to the task of preventing the scourges of diet-induced disease, but more accurate and precise prescription is necessary to optimize physical performance.
All of the coaches of CrossFit 1210 can assist you in starting your way to healthy eating. We suggest keeping a food log or diary for the first week (or two if needed) and then have a coach to review it in order to assist you with what changes to make first. While utilizing this method toward the Sickness-Wellness-Fitness continuum, it will help ensure that you slowly work yourself off of the foods that can be as addictive as a drug. Doing it this way helps ensure success for most. If you are one of those "all or none" individuals, make sure that you let the coach that is assisting know so they can help push and encourage you in a positive manner.
We are not promising a miracle, because after all it depends on you and your commitment. We do promise all the support and education that one can ask for. This does not even touch on the amount of knowledge and experience that is out there. Please ask questions and follow our coaches on Facebook and Pinterest.
Information is Courtesy of CrossFit Inc.
The individual that does their best to utilize the smartest exercise practices as well as the best dietary habits will spend the majority of their time in the fitness end of the continuum. As we all know that there is no way to completely avoid sickness, there is a way to ensure that we spend the least amount of time being sick. By striving to stay on the fitness end of the continuum, one ensures the best defense against diseases such as cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, as well as a long list of other debilitating health concerns. We have explained the prescription to the exercise portion, but now let us talk a little bit about the dietary aspect.
By eating clean and even taking it a step further and monitoring food as one would a drug, you can optimize your health in regards to energy, body fat control, and immunity. The absolute best way to utilize you’re eating habits to affect your health is to utilize the “Zone Diet” created by Dr. Barry Sears. This is a very strict diet but has an absolute astonishing pay off. If you have more of a busy lifestyle, as most of us do, then the paleo diet will be more of a feasible accomplishment.
Either way, if you stick to the CrossFit basic methodology of eating then you will most likely make leaps and bounds regarding your current diet. Most southerners live by the land with the addition of fried foods that are heavily accompanied by dairy and grains such as milk, cheese, bread, and noodles.
The basic CrossFit dietary methodology is to:
“Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch, and no sugar”
This is adequate to the task of preventing the scourges of diet-induced disease, but more accurate and precise prescription is necessary to optimize physical performance.
All of the coaches of CrossFit 1210 can assist you in starting your way to healthy eating. We suggest keeping a food log or diary for the first week (or two if needed) and then have a coach to review it in order to assist you with what changes to make first. While utilizing this method toward the Sickness-Wellness-Fitness continuum, it will help ensure that you slowly work yourself off of the foods that can be as addictive as a drug. Doing it this way helps ensure success for most. If you are one of those "all or none" individuals, make sure that you let the coach that is assisting know so they can help push and encourage you in a positive manner.
We are not promising a miracle, because after all it depends on you and your commitment. We do promise all the support and education that one can ask for. This does not even touch on the amount of knowledge and experience that is out there. Please ask questions and follow our coaches on Facebook and Pinterest.
Information is Courtesy of CrossFit Inc.
