Negotiating with Terrorists..

As my hands were trembling, my arms shaking and beads of sweat poured off my body in only what be described as a "Jamie sweat shower" - I started to negotiate with myself....

The workout on the wall was

21-15-9 reps of
Pull-ups
Pushups

3 Rounds - 3 minutes rest between rounds..

For those of you who are not good with math, that works out to 135 reps of each.....

Anyway... back to the negotiation...

I was on my second round, and I actually started to tell myself that I should start cheating reps... add a few here and there... to get this god awful workout over with...

The fat Jamie on my left shoulder was whispering

"don't worry Jamie... nobody is watching... what's a few more reps"

It was at this point that the CF instructor called me on my BS..... "Come on Jamie, crank em out" ...

I truly was disappointed in myself....

From there on in, I made a vow, never to negotiate with a success terrorist...

In this case, I was the culprit.

It's amazing though, (and this has been a revelation over the last two weeks), that this terrorist can creep up on you from so many directions and take so many forms!

Most times, people are looking for "an out"... and any time one is offered, most reach for it and take it.

It's those who slap the hand away that will find their salvation.




I suggest that anyone here, get down to your local crossfit, for at least a workout or two every month, just to keep your crap in order...



Diet

The Importance of Protein

We all know that proteins are an important part of your diet. The current recommendation via the RDA is WAY too low.

And the current bodybuilding recommendation is WAY too high.

The answer, as always lies in the middle as far as I am concerned.

If you are a woman, who is weight training, I usually would recommend about 75-100 grams of protein per day.

For men, 150 or so grams will be plenty.

Of course, if you are dieting , I will raise that level on a person by person basis.

But make no mistake, protein is key to health and longevity.....

Completely Remove Protein.... You die.
Completely Remove Fats.... You die
Completely remove Carbs.... Nothing Happens....

So you tell me, if you had to cut calories from somewhere.....which macronutrient would you lower your calories from?

A basic diet prescription for health is the Zone. ...

There is nothing magical about the zone, only that it encourages lean proteins, lots of vegetables and carbohydrates in moderation.

Click here for link


READ ME



Workout for Monday PM

Squat 5x5
Bench 5x5
Powerclean 5x5


Then football.



Vanity Factor

To anyone that tells you they train for anything other than vanity (who isn't an athlete) - then I will tell you right now.. that they are a liar.

I tell people all the time, yes, vanity is good.

I mean, that's the reason there are so many gyms and so many mutli billion dollar supplement companies.

Vanity is one driver that is right up there with reasons that people get motivated to work out.

It's not always the healthiest, but gosh darnit, it's more healthy than doing nothing. :0)


Fear and Vanity....

People who have fear of failure, fear for their health or fear that they have to take their shirts off at the annual vacation have made some gym owners very wealthy. :)

I embrace unconditionally people who train for fear or vanity. :) At least they admit it.