Lucky Number.....12

A big thanks to Mike Kesthely for coming in yesterday to discuss nutrition with us. I hope it was a big help for everyone and gave you some things to think about when planning your nutritional intake. Mike covered a tremendous amount of material in a short amount of time for us and attempted to hit on everything from the biochemistry involved in nutrition to different 2 excellent athlete nutrition plans. If you have any questions please feel free to ask myself or even better visit Mikes blog at http://confessionsofacrossfitcoach.blogspot.com/ he would love to hear from you and share his knowledge with your specific case. Thanks again Mike!

With a few new individuals starting up lately, I want to back track a ways and discuss the importance and necessity of scaling. Everyone at one point in time or another will scale a workout. It is just how it is. No one person unless you are the best in the world (and even then its questionable) is able to complete everything unscaled. Every athlete, weekend warrior or training individual will have a hole in their fitness regime, level or ability. It is because of this that workouts will always need to be scaled in order to fit that individuals needs and achieve an excellent workout in a challenging, safe environment. Scaling is not a bad thing.

In the case of an individual just starting out or returning to exercise scaling couldn't be more important. Scaling allows you to bring yourself back into a workout and exercise rich environment and avoid many of the aches and pains that keeps us from coming back. Really, who wants to work out when it hurts to bend over and tie your shoes.

On a side note if we could crush every workout without breaking a sweat, would it be any fun to still play? The fun lies in the challenge of attempting to get better. To master something you couldn't do before and the feeling of success you get when you achieve that goal.

Rounds in 12 minutes

12 KB Swings

12 Push Ups

12 Wall Ball Shots