Posts Tagged ‘Primal Challenge’

Monday: 101004

Posted: October 3, 2010 by Todd Katz in Nutrition, Primal Challenge, WODs
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Clean and Jerk 5,3,3,1,1,1 Post load for heaviest lift to comments: Coach’s Notes: Athlete’s choice on receiving the bar above or below parallel but note in comments where you received the bar. Primal Challenge Day 8 Welcome to the 2nd week of the nutrition challenge. A couple of good questions came up I thought I’d [...]

Suck Life Dry!!! A great Q/A session with Mark. NOTE: The end of the primal challenge is Thursday night May 20th. Please register for the event!!! I am going to talk about ways to stay on the program or to slowly transition other items back into your life. You’re not going to want to miss [...]

One of the main components of living primal is getting enough sleep! Not getting enough sleep could lead to chronic fatigue syndrome. Post food journal to comments:

Artificial sweetners? Also bad stuff! I have given this up! It was tough, but I really don’t want to go back! (and for this challenge we are still staying away from all sugar) PLEASE WATCH THIS ENTIRE VIDEO:

Awesome video on Cholesterol…. High cholesterol isn’t always bad… just like high fat in your diet ISN’T BAD!!! What’s the root of all evil? SUGAR!!! (or stated another way, high gylcemic carbhohydrates that get converted to sugar so fast that Insulin comes in and dumps it into fat… RESULT: Your body feels hungry… time to [...]

CALCIUM! Ok, I’ve been asked to post a blog regarding calcium loss and the need for vitamin supplementation. I can’t find anything wrong with taking a calcium supplement… I do think however, that if you include 4 – 5 servings of vegetables a day, you’re doing pretty well. I’ll have more to say about vitamins [...]

ANNOUNCEMENT: The last day of the Primal Challenge will be Thursday May 20th. We will hold another seminar at 6:00 pm. I am going to discuss a lot of what I talked about at the first seminar however, I am going to emphasize ways to transition from the challenge. After the seminar we will be [...]

I definitely recommend reading the Primal Blueprint!!! Some of the report is a little off… Exercise according to the book and his website is not done at low intensity but rather high intensity… And although the recommended fat percent is 60, I’m still maintaining a target of 30%, 30% Protein and 40% carbs (vegtables and [...]

EAT THE WHOLE EGG!!!!

Remember, your carb storage tank (glycogen) has an itty bitty storage tank. You can’t over-fill it! If the tank is full, it goes to fat! Post your daily food journal to the comments: