When Healthy Eating Takes a Turn

Friday April 18, 2014

Prehab:

Band Posterior Floss
Leg Swings
Scapular Pushups

Warmup:

10 Goodmornings with bar
5 Hang Squat Cleans with bar
20 Wide Mountain Climbers, slow
10 Pike Situps
10 Squat Jumps
10 Straight Legged Deadlifts with bar

Strength:

20 minutes to establish a 1RM Deadlift

Notes: Make sure to load the hamstrings, drive through the heels, and maintain a straight back.

Classic Conditioning:

15 min AMRAP
10 Burpee Pullups
5 Clean and Jerk (135/95)

Notes: Perform jumping burpee pullups as needed if you normally use a band.

 Advanced Conditioning:

2011 Crossfit Games Event #3

5 Rope Climbs
5 Clean and Jerk (145/115)
4 Rope Climbs
4 Clean and Jerk (165/125)
3 Rope Climbs
3 Clean and Jerk (185/135)
2 Rope Climbs
2 Clean and Jerk (205/145)
1 Rope Climbs
1 Clean and Jerk (225/155)

-15 min time cap-

Notes: This is an advanced workout and will produce a stimulus if your clean and jerk max is well established.  If you need to scale the weight, make it so your final weight is 85% of your 1RM and subtract 5 to 10 pounds for each previous set.

Cooldown:

German Hang, 30s
Wrist Stretches
Pike or Straddle Stretch, 1 min
Foam Roll Low Back and Hamstrings

 Recently, I came across an article that really had caught my eye.  This article made me more aware of how healthy eating can sometimes take a nasty turn and actually become unhealthy. Too many times, I admittedly let thoughts of food reign over my actions and it is easy to let these thoughts consume your day–I never really knew this was an actual condition. I learned that it IS okay to let go when it comes to one’s dietary habits and I hope this article may help others to ease up as well . I couldn’t have written this article better myself, so I decided to attach it HERE for you to read.  I truly believe that many of my good friends, clients, and even myself deal with ‘orthorexia’.   I’m interested to hear if you or anyone you know falls into this category and what you have to say.  Food is meant to be savored and enjoyed and not to be an unhealthy obsession.