Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Jerk It Out
Warm up: 3 min jumprope
Skill/focus: Push Jerk (can split)
take 15 min to find your 1 rm jerk
WOD
10 g2o 135#/95#
15 c2b
300 m run
5 RFT
30 min cap
Post 1 rm jerk and time for score
America is sick and fat. As avid CrossFitters we are doing everything in our power to avoid this by eating right and exercising correctly. One would think our government and healthcare system would do the same. Well wake up Cinderella, that is just another fairytale. Let's take a look at the real world. . .
BCBS is a well respected insurance company. I am grateful to be able to afford the necessary coverage and it has come in handy in recent years. However, they are contributing to sickness and obesity rather than doing things to improve the health of America. For example I recently received these coupons in the mail accompanied by the following letter.
"In the pursuit of health". . . really? Let's look at these one by one:
Sugar Free Cookies: zero cholesterol! Ingredients: Enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), maltitol, vegetable oil (canola, soybean, palm and palm kernel sunflower), sugar free chocolate chips (maltitol, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanillin), natural and artificial flavor, salt, sodium bicarbonate, eggs, acesulfame potassium, whey, artificial color (FD&C yellow #5, FD&C yellow #6). (5501206).
Well I'll spare you great detail and cover this one with the artificial sweetner clause [ These are not food! Creepy laboratory products with sketchy safety record. Artificial sweeteners have been shown to produce an insulin response.] Not to mention the inclusion of processed grains and vegetable oils--known contributors to metabolic syndrome and the cocktail of chemicals.
Suggestion: eat some fruit w/ raw cream or raw cheese (the cholesterol will help)
Hellmann's Mayo w/ Olive Oil: sounds great and there is olive oil in it. However--Ingredients: water, soybean oil, olive oil, modified potato starch, vinegar, salt, sugar, lemon juice, sorbic acid and calcium disodium edta (used to protect quality), natural flavor, paprika, oleoresin. Man made fake fats and vegetable oils--need I say more?
Suggestion: make your own from quality ingredients such as olive or coconut oils or go without
Kellogg's Cereals "Take care of your heart": extruded, processed grains + sugars. That'll take care of your heart allright--make the heart surgeons a little richer.
Suggestion: nitrate/nitrite free bacon and eggs w/ some veggies or fruit on the side
Egg.land's Best Eggs: Really, excuse me I thought the free range hen that ate some bugs produced the best egg? Although this is probably the least bad out of the bunch. Watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZdlqdHOrKE
Suggestions: farm fresh eggs are ideal if you are able to procure; not that bad of a substitute but opt for the cage free organic if going with Egg.lands
Hormel Natural Choice: Ingredients: Turkey Breast Meat, Water, Salt, Potato Starch, Turbinado Sugar, Rice Starch, Carrageenan (from seaweed), Baking Soda, Celery Juice Powder, Lactic Acid Starter Culture (not from Milk). Not the worst I've seen but we can definitely do better. Not a big fan of potato starch and sugar on my meat but it's probably better than McDonalds.
Suggestions: roast a whole chicken, grass fed beef or turkey breast instead, can slice up for leftovers
Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom: certainly not freedom from disease This is from their Vanilla ice cream INGREDIENTS: Skim Milk, Cream, Maltodextrin, Polydextrose, Sorbitol, Contains less than 1% of Glycerine, Propylene Glycol Monoesters, Mono And Diglycerides, Guar Gum, Carob Bean Gum, Vanilla Extract and Artificial Vanilla Flavor, Cellulose Gel, Cellulose Gum, Annatto for Color, Carrageenan, Acesulfame Potassium, Sucralose, Vitamin A Palmitate. and this is from their Caramel and Vanilla Swirl Bars INGREDIENTS: Light Ice Cream: Milk, Skim Milk, Maltitol, Inulin, Polydextrose, Cream, Citrus Fiber, Propylene Glycol Monoesters, Mono And Diglycerides, Guar Gum, Carob Bean Gum, Carrageenan, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Caramel Color and Annatto Extract for Color, Sucralose, Vitamin A Palmitate. Chocolate Flavored Coating: Vegetable Oil (Coconut, Soybean) , Lactitol, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Whey, Chocolate Liquor, Soy Lecithin, Sucralose, Vanillin.
hmmm, anyone know another name for Propylene Glycol? Try anti freeze.
Suggestions: make your own from raw dairy. Next best Haagen-Daz 5, have in moderation occasionally
Sensa Weight Loss Product: What exactly is in SENSA®?
SENSA® contains Maltodextrin (Derived from Corn from the USA), Tricalcium Phosphate, Silica, Natural and Artificial Flavors. SENSA® also contains Soy and Milk ingredients. SENSA® is sodium-free, sugar-free, calorie free, and there are no stimulants, drugs or MSG.
Suggestions: A Paleo diet and CrossFit exercise, it's not rocket science
Summary of our healthcare system: FUBAR
Jerk It Out
Warm up: 3 min jumprope
Skill/focus: Push Jerk (can split)
take 15 min to find your 1 rm jerk
WOD
10 g2o 135#/95#
15 c2b
300 m run
5 RFT
30 min cap
Post 1 rm jerk and time for score
America is sick and fat. As avid CrossFitters we are doing everything in our power to avoid this by eating right and exercising correctly. One would think our government and healthcare system would do the same. Well wake up Cinderella, that is just another fairytale. Let's take a look at the real world. . .
BCBS is a well respected insurance company. I am grateful to be able to afford the necessary coverage and it has come in handy in recent years. However, they are contributing to sickness and obesity rather than doing things to improve the health of America. For example I recently received these coupons in the mail accompanied by the following letter.
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"In the pursuit of health". . . really? Let's look at these one by one:
Sugar Free Cookies: zero cholesterol! Ingredients: Enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), maltitol, vegetable oil (canola, soybean, palm and palm kernel sunflower), sugar free chocolate chips (maltitol, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanillin), natural and artificial flavor, salt, sodium bicarbonate, eggs, acesulfame potassium, whey, artificial color (FD&C yellow #5, FD&C yellow #6). (5501206).
Well I'll spare you great detail and cover this one with the artificial sweetner clause [ These are not food! Creepy laboratory products with sketchy safety record. Artificial sweeteners have been shown to produce an insulin response.] Not to mention the inclusion of processed grains and vegetable oils--known contributors to metabolic syndrome and the cocktail of chemicals.
Suggestion: eat some fruit w/ raw cream or raw cheese (the cholesterol will help)
Hellmann's Mayo w/ Olive Oil: sounds great and there is olive oil in it. However--Ingredients: water, soybean oil, olive oil, modified potato starch, vinegar, salt, sugar, lemon juice, sorbic acid and calcium disodium edta (used to protect quality), natural flavor, paprika, oleoresin. Man made fake fats and vegetable oils--need I say more?
Suggestion: make your own from quality ingredients such as olive or coconut oils or go without
Kellogg's Cereals "Take care of your heart": extruded, processed grains + sugars. That'll take care of your heart allright--make the heart surgeons a little richer.
Suggestion: nitrate/nitrite free bacon and eggs w/ some veggies or fruit on the side
Egg.land's Best Eggs: Really, excuse me I thought the free range hen that ate some bugs produced the best egg? Although this is probably the least bad out of the bunch. Watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZdlqdHOrKE
Suggestions: farm fresh eggs are ideal if you are able to procure; not that bad of a substitute but opt for the cage free organic if going with Egg.lands
Hormel Natural Choice: Ingredients: Turkey Breast Meat, Water, Salt, Potato Starch, Turbinado Sugar, Rice Starch, Carrageenan (from seaweed), Baking Soda, Celery Juice Powder, Lactic Acid Starter Culture (not from Milk). Not the worst I've seen but we can definitely do better. Not a big fan of potato starch and sugar on my meat but it's probably better than McDonalds.
Suggestions: roast a whole chicken, grass fed beef or turkey breast instead, can slice up for leftovers
Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom: certainly not freedom from disease This is from their Vanilla ice cream INGREDIENTS: Skim Milk, Cream, Maltodextrin, Polydextrose, Sorbitol, Contains less than 1% of Glycerine, Propylene Glycol Monoesters, Mono And Diglycerides, Guar Gum, Carob Bean Gum, Vanilla Extract and Artificial Vanilla Flavor, Cellulose Gel, Cellulose Gum, Annatto for Color, Carrageenan, Acesulfame Potassium, Sucralose, Vitamin A Palmitate. and this is from their Caramel and Vanilla Swirl Bars INGREDIENTS: Light Ice Cream: Milk, Skim Milk, Maltitol, Inulin, Polydextrose, Cream, Citrus Fiber, Propylene Glycol Monoesters, Mono And Diglycerides, Guar Gum, Carob Bean Gum, Carrageenan, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Caramel Color and Annatto Extract for Color, Sucralose, Vitamin A Palmitate. Chocolate Flavored Coating: Vegetable Oil (Coconut, Soybean) , Lactitol, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Whey, Chocolate Liquor, Soy Lecithin, Sucralose, Vanillin.
hmmm, anyone know another name for Propylene Glycol? Try anti freeze.
Suggestions: make your own from raw dairy. Next best Haagen-Daz 5, have in moderation occasionally
Sensa Weight Loss Product: What exactly is in SENSA®?
SENSA® contains Maltodextrin (Derived from Corn from the USA), Tricalcium Phosphate, Silica, Natural and Artificial Flavors. SENSA® also contains Soy and Milk ingredients. SENSA® is sodium-free, sugar-free, calorie free, and there are no stimulants, drugs or MSG.
Suggestions: A Paleo diet and CrossFit exercise, it's not rocket science
Summary of our healthcare system: FUBAR
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