I had spoken to a few of our followers about intermittent fasting and they wanted to read some of the articles that I had found for my research project. Although I have not been able to read this entire article yet, it was the only peer reviewed, research article in regards to humans and intermittent fasting in the twenty databases I searched. Check it out here.
This Friday I am going to the Science World Museum were they close it down some nights for adults only (19+) were they have a bar inside and give you the chance to re-live your childhood memories. They are having a huge dinosaur museum on exhibit right now, they are also showing IMAX Hubble 3D which looks pretty awesome. I remember when I was in elementary school we took a field trip to a place were you could play with all kinds of science stuff, make tornado's, play with those electricity balls (the ones that make your hair stand up). I am pumped!
So we had a huge apprentice meeting last night that I attended, I definitely look at Crossfit differently now. In a good way though, in simple terms I am starting to understand that when training to optimum levels of performance your levels of health and longevity decrease with time spent in that level of training. I am starting to understand what it takes to maintain that balance of performance and health. So remember taking a week off of training will be the best thing you ever do for yourself. I am sure many of you who Crossfit and are reading this have heard me say that time and time again. Rest is key.
I am thinking about posting every 2 days instead of every 1. What do you think?
You ever have those days were you just feel so unproductive? If you know what I am talking about what do you do to get back on track? If your reading this and have an answer comment below, you never know you might just be the hero.
It was a gloomy day out, clouds low hovering over the mountains. Small rays of sunlight fought fiercely to climb their way through the dense clouds. The air was cool today, I would say around 65 or so if I had to guess, with a slight breeze which made it all that much more enjoyable.
These are the kind of days I enjoy drinking a nice coffee outside while reading or writing. Do you ever have that vision of what your perfect day would be like? Would it be cold or hot? Rain or sunshine, maybe snow? What would you be doing? Who would you be with? Let us know by commenting down below.
A snowy evening, sitting by the fire drinking a cup of coffee while enjoying the company of someone special would be my perfect day.
My roomate has left town for about a week to go work at one of his job sites, leaving the apartment all to me. No more competition for the stove in the morning, woot!
The days are growing shorter here and somewhat darker it seems. Every day I add 2 minutes to sunrise and subtract 2 minutes from sunset. The beginning of October signals the beginning of the rainy season here. I believe that next week summer is over, ha, the temperature drops like 20 degrees for a new high of 60. I can't wait!
Today I was in the gym shadowing my apprentice again learning while he coaches his one on one clients. We ended up coaching the 5pm class together then trained at the 6pm. I will post the WOD at the end of todays post. After our workout Shep and I discussed in short detail how he programs his week of WODs for the gym. Next weekend the "Executive Diploma Program" will be taking place at Crossfit Vancouver, which I will be attending. They basically teach their business model from the ground up; at least that's what I think they do, ha.
What a long day it was, again, procrastination has bitten me in the ass. I recently mentioned that I was going to be writing a research article on intermittent fasting. Well little did I know there has only been one research article written on human testings.
You see there are two main types of articles, research articles and review articles. Research articles are primary sources of information, the article is written by one of the individuals who actually conducted the experiment. On the other hand, we have review articles which is a secondary source of information meaning these articles were written taking information and findings from a research article.
There is so much that goes into research articles it is amazing. I simply thought I was going to be able to find 10 peer-reviewed research articles involving humans in regards to intermittent fasting. Needless to say that did not happen, I spent 12 hours in a chair looking for articles and only found one that would apply. Sadly I think I am going to have to change my topic to meet this professors requirements.
Something interesting did catch my eye while I was devouring the databases for articles I noticed that every article regarding intermittent fasting the mention of caloric restriction was also talked about. From the research I read it seems that combining a caloric restricted diet with times of intermittent fasting, the duration of life increases dramatically. Since I am at the coffee shop writing this on my tablet, I will see if I can dig up some of the articles to share with those of you whom are interested.
Before I even say anything you need to watch the video above, it is hysterical.
Today was spent at the beach with several Crossfitters and their kids. I had a blast, I ended up digging the biggest whole I have ever seen with 5 kids, ha. The water is fairly cold here, I am not sure of an exact temperature but all I can say is it was nippy. Once in the water your greeted with tons of rocks, makes wearing water shoes a smart idea, it seems that most of the beaches around here have lots of rocks in the water, I ended up being alright with nothing on my feet. Even though the sun isn't as strong up here as in Florida, I learned sunscreen is still needed.
Not a bad view from the beach, eh?
It's sure nice to have a scenery change.
Tomorrow marks the second day I will be conducting an intermittent fast. I am going to try and fast from the time of waking to the time of sleeping again. So technically it will be around a 24 hour fast or so. I will be spending most of the day tomorrow gathering research articles for my research paper I will be writing very soon on intermittent fasting. During tomorrows fast I plan on drinking lots of water, and green tea most likely. No food of any sort will be taken in during the fast, no juice fasting (something people cheat with, it defeats the purpose).
One more thing, Laurie had previously asked if the cows I was purchasing a share in for their milk had names. Well Laurie I had browsed through my emails and found a list of all the names of all the cows who have shares for sale. Our Cows Cowshare currently owns 24 Jerseys: Maple, Amber, Marlene, Friska, Holly, Fawn, Emerald, Marcie, Sadie, Rosie, Allysa, Pearl, Honey, Cocoa, Tess, Vanessa, Frances, Diamond, Tamika, Garda, Irene, Kalee, Teal, October as well as 1 Guernsey, Caramel, and Ayrshire, Belle. They also have 7 goats: Tasha, Jewel, Fauna, Mariah, Blossom, Willow & Molly.
Day started early for me, trying to go to bed earlier now and get up earlier, this allows me more productive time to get my school work done.
I went into the gym today to train one of my mentors clients for him at 11 then stuck around for the group class at 12. I mentioned in yesterdays post that I would be taking a break from Crossfit training until my back was 100%. I decided to make use of this rest time and work on my gymnastic movements. A few current goals of mine include: freestanding handstand hold, 2:00 l-sit, a front and back lever on rings, and ultimately a freestanding handstand push up.
As usual I was on the computer today reading about nutrition and came across something that I wanted to share with you.
Many are aware that 6:3 ratio is important, so they try to compensate by taking fish oil to balance
the 6:3 ratio. This doesn’t really work too well – you can’t realistically eat that much fish, and if you take fish oil supplements, you now exacerbate the second and more important problem with excess n-6, which is your total PUFA intake. High total PUFA, especially including the highly unstable n-3, leads to oxidative damage to your cells. Your arteries, liver andother organs don't appreciate extra oxidative damage.
The way to correct the modern excess of n-6 or linoleic acid is to avoid the modern sources of it. Stop eating all temperate vegetable oils - cooking and frying oils like corn, soy, canola, flax, all of it. And go easy on the nuts and factory chicken. These are big soruces of n-6, especially the nuts and nut oils.
Most of us cook with EVOO or coconut oil, right? I urge you to pick up some clarified ghee next time your in need of some cooking oil. It's very similar to butter without the chance of it burning, tastes amazing with eggs, sweet potatoes, red meat, I use it for most everything now. Just another good fat source to have on deck when cooking.
I am still looking at different templates for the blog so do not be surprised to log in and find it looks completely different.
Today was spent mostly around the house, I had to be here because my friend was coming by to pick up a dresser that was in my room. Then I had a test I had to take at 4pm for school.
I did however read the manual on how to use my new Olympus E-510 camera. Operating this thing is like trying to work on a space shuttle, so many buttons and knobs.
Like I mentioned in recent posts I have been geeking out on some things in regards to nutrition like intermittent fasting, dairy, fish oil, ghee, etc. I am in the process of purchasing a share of a cow so that I will be able to get milk from "my" cow, it's illegal to sell or buy raw milk so this is a way that allows people to work around that law. I am pretty excited actually.
Do you all like me posting links to some of the readings I have been coming across? Here is a better question, are you reading the links I am posting, ha? Let me know in the comments below.
