Thursday May 12th

Workout of the day

Training:
4 sets of:
Deadlift x 5-6 reps
rest :30 sec.
Elevated H.S.P.U. x max reps
rest 2:00 min.

WOD:
12 minute AMRAP:
12 KB Swings (70/53lbs)
12 Burpees
12 GHD sit ups*

*sub: Abmat sit ups using 10-20lb slamball 

 

 

I truly believe when we give people knowledge we empower them. We empower them to positively effect change within themselves.

The title of the following article may throw you off; you may read it and say "I don't have type 2 diabetes, this article doesn't apply to me", but nothing could be further from the truth. Perhaps if the title were "How to Put a Stop to Insidious Weight Gain" or "Stubborn Fat Loss?" more would be inclined to read the article in its entirety. Ahh, but smart are we who CrossFit, so I am confident you will take the time to read...

 

The Definitive Guide to Insulin, Blood Sugar & Type 2 Diabetes (and you'll understand it)
Mark's Daily Apple 

BITE ME, ADA

We all know by now that type 2 diabetes is an epidemic. We’re seeing words like crisis andrunaway all over the news and in the journals. Heart disease rates have been cut in half since the staggering margarine days of the 1980s, but diabetes has swiftly risen to fill that gaping void and meet the challenge of Completely Unnecessary Disease Epidemic.

Here’s my ultra-simple explanation of the entire insulin/blood sugar/type 2 diabetes mess. Big Agra could really care less about you. That’s just business. The pharmaceutical industry is not in it for the love of life. If that were the case, drugs would be much cheaper. The FDA has to think about public health, but it also has to think about treading carefully on the toes of corporate interests, because that’s how it works when you’re the biggest economy in the world.

Print this explanation out, stick it on your fridge, email it to your aunt. And put down the pasta.

and continue reading...

 

Comments

[scott]

Very good article. I have a few relatives starting the paleo diet and they are having some difficulty with the more technical parts of Rob Wolfe's "Paleo Solution". This may help them understand it a little easier.