Weekend Re-Cap

Wow, what a weekend! Congrats to Rich and Annie on being crowned the Fittest on the Planet! It was amazing to see not only these two athletes, but all of the competitors give 100% of themselves to the workouts. Again, big congrats to these two.

I had a great opportunity to talk to many of the athletes while at the games. Many things were unique about each individual, but the sense of community that was present was unbelievable.  You don't find in sports where opponents are cheering each other on. Not only would an athlete cheer on his/her fellow CrossFitter once they finished a workout, but they were rooting for each other DURING the workout! Amazing.

 It was extremely interesting to talk to the athletes about what they do outside of the gym. Many have regular day-to-day jobs: Firemen, teachers, nursing students, PhD programs, and obviously, gym owners. The fact that these guys/gals still manage to train the way they do is inspiring. That inspiration is obvious in how it has carried over in everyone else's life as well. For those of you that train at our box, have you noticed the intensity this week? It's INSANE! That desire to be an elite, next level athlete is more real than people realize. Let's keep this going! Now is the perfect time to turn up the intensity, and more importantly, dial in your NUTRITION.

Speaking with the athletes at the games, almost all of them agreed that nutrition was more as if not more important than training. "Working out is the easy part" is what Nick Uranker, 3rd place at the Central East Regional and 2011 Games Competitor, told me. "When you workout, you can just block out everything for 15 minutes. Even if you're working out 3 or 4 times a day. You're eating the rest of the day, everyday. The hard part is making sure you're getting enough vegetables in."

I couldn't agree more. This is where supplementation comes in for many of the athletes. The understanding that Phytonutrients are important was a common theme. Phytonutrients are nutrients derived from plant material that have been shown to be necessary for sustaining human life. Phytochemicals are non-nutritive plant chemicals that contain protective, disease-preventing, compounds. Their role in plants is to protect plants from disease, injuries, insects, drought, excessive heat, ultraviolet rays, and poisons or pollutants in the air or soil. They form part of the plants immune system (http://www.glyconutrientsreference.com/whatarephytonutrients.php)


So, how do we get Phytonutrients? Well, unless you plan on eating an obnoxious amount of fruits and vegetables (and by obnoxious I mean by the pound), you need to look into god, high-quality, natural supplements. Many of you know that I take the Multi Double-X, want to know why?!?!?! Not only is it an all natural, pharmaceutical-grade multi vitamin, multi mineral, but it is also a PHYTONUTRIENT (make some sense?). Over the next month, I will be talking more about Phytonutrients, and ways that you can make your life better. After all, what's the point of putting in all that work if you're not getting 100% in return?