Looking at the world today, it is easy to see that as humans we are at odds with a lot of things…religion, politics, race and yes, even nutrition. The fact is we are humans and humans hold beliefs. And while beliefs are comforting in a way, they can also be very limiting. If we hold […]
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Life comes down to choices and habits. For the most part you can take a look at a how a person spends their time to see what is important to them. In health and fitness, you can see it in how people prioritize their daily habits. If someone wants to have a lean appearance, you […]
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Nutrition is a confusing topic, as mainstream media puts out constant conflicting information. That’s ok, we’re going to sort through some common traps. In this recent CrossFit West Houston Nutrition Series, we have covered a lot of ground, what nutrition is macronutrients, micronutrients, fixing a bad diet and intrinsic motivation. There are a lot of […]
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A good nutrition program should seek to change body composition change (looking better naked), improve performance (crushing goals, weights, WODs) and achieve long term health (not being sick). This covers all the bases; you will look good, feel good and perform well. Sounds easy… So how come it isn’t so easy? We all bring baggage […]
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“You cannot out train a bad diet.” This is something we had on the white board by the entrance when we started CrossFit West Houston ,and it is just as true today as it was 8 + years ago when we first opened. Throughout my career in fitness, I have constantly heard people say that […]
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Remember when your mom told you to eat your vegetables? Turns out Mom knows what she’s talking about. Vegetables play a big role in the next topic on nutrition, micronutrients. While fruits and vegetables are not the only foods that contain micronutrients they are a really important piece of the nutrition puzzle. Micronutrients are important […]
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Macronutrients are essential nutrients that are needed in large amounts on a daily basis. If we consider our daily intake of food as a jar to fill, macronutrients would be the big rocks that take up the bulk of the room in the jar. These important nutrients help run the ship of our body as […]
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“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” -Hippocrates Nutrition is one of those topics like politics and religion that can get heated fast. We can make it simple or we can complicate the crap out of it. In reality, however, it is both simple and complicated. It is simple in that […]
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The holiday season is upon us. Time gets shorter, food is in abundance, and stress gets off the charts. Every year we see the calendar change, football season comes we know it is around the corner. The weather gets a bit cooler, and we know it is imminent. Halloween comes and bam it hits us. […]
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You’re probably wondering where I’ve been the past 4 weeks, aren’t you? You’ve missed me, admit it. Well, here I am, still trying to recover from the holiday pleasantries, and trying to get my eating back on track. Let me tell you, it’s a catch-22 to have a mother-in-law who is Italian. Every time we […]
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“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” This nutrition program is not about a short term challenge or a quick fix diet. This is about arming you with what you need to know about your life, your body, […]
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Sleep is one of the most underrated tools to improve performance and recovery. It is so important that early man still slept even though they did not have the secure environment of houses, locks, and security systems. Early man was low on the food chain more prey than predator, and yet from sundown to sunup […]
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We often see accessory work programmed consisting of trunk work, mobility, prehab/rehab, and even bodybuilding. Is this just to fill the hour, or is it important? Of course it is, and let me explain why! The fact that it happens to be at the end of the workout does not mean it is less important. […]
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The law of individuality tells us we are all the same, but we are all different. We are all made of blood and tissue but how we approach things or respond is individual. Everyone will respond differently based on genetics, stress load, nutrition, and recovery. However, there are some general things that you can focus […]
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