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The Food Matrix: Paleo for Dummies
Categories: Nutrition, Workout of the Day
posted by: ruth
Helen learns the Turkish Get Up
Recently, there has been a surge of interest in the gym regarding Paleo and/or Gluten-free foods and what is ok to eat. Sometimes though we hear grumbling about having your options severely limited. We hear things like, “So, we have to eat the same thing everyday?” and “What’s left for me to eat?!” To help you out, here’s an exercise that Robb Wolf put together during the Nutrition Cert: Name as many meats, veggies, fats, and spices as you can:
So in the table above, we have 11 in each category. That leaves 14641 variations of meals. That’s 3 different meals a day for 13 years!! So, an example of a meal would be: beef & broccoli with olive oil and cayenne pepper. Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? It’ll take you 13 years to exhaust all the varieties of meals until you get to revisit it again. All it takes is a little imagination and innovation. Until you get the hang of it, though, we trainers will remain on-call at all hours as your Paleo Hotline/Sponsor.
Post any questions or comments you may have!
WOD 09.14.09
Snatch 5×1
4rds:
3 min work / 1 min rest
5 Hang Squat Snatch
10 Behind neck Lunges
5 Burpees
Post loads and times to comments.
8 Responses to “The Food Matrix: Paleo for Dummies”
Stephen
September 14, 2009 at 12:07 PM
behind neck lunges?
ruth
September 14, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Yup, barbell racked behind the neck a la back squat
ruth
September 14, 2009 at 10:08 PM
88-93-98-103-108F-103F
@43#
1+10L,
1+7L
1+10Sn
1+2L
ouch my legs..I finally figured out how to cycle the snatches faster in the last round so that my grip didn’t give out…but my legs did!
ruth
September 14, 2009 at 10:08 PM
oh and I did 10 Hang Squat Snatches because I’m an idiot…son of a …
Sean
September 15, 2009 at 9:31 AM
Snatches 5×3
110-120-130-140-155
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