If Americans ate only foods advertised on TV, a new report says, they would consume 25 times the recommended amount of sugar and 20 times the amount of fat they need, but less than half the dairy, fiber and fruits and vegetables.
For the study, being published this month in The Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers taped 28 days of prime-time television as well as Saturday-morning programming on the four major broadcast networks. They identified 800 foods promoted in 3,000 ads and used a nutritional software program to analyze the content of the items, comparing the foods’ nutritional values with the government’s food guide pyramid and recommended daily intake values for various nutrients. Continue reading..
When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Your perception of how your body looks forms your body image. Interestingly, a perfectly-toned 20 year old fitness model could have a very poor body image, while an average-shaped 50 year old man or woman could have a great body image. Regardless of how closely your actual figure resembles your perception, your body image can affect your self-esteem, your eating and exercise behaviors, and your relationships with others.
Start your weekend off right with us at 8am at the gym as we begin our partnership with the local Marine recruiting office. Once a month we will be hosting a Marine Workout of the Month. Several Poolees (those waiting to enter boot camp) and Marines will be present to join us for the normally scheduled Saturday morning FREE workout. Bring a friend and introduce them to CrossFit and introduce yourself to our guests. See you there!
Ring Support :5-:10 alternated with 3-5 sets of 10-15 Hollow Rocks
JAMA COOK COMING OUT OF AN OVERHEAD SQUAT!
THIS SEPTEMBER 25th CROSSFIT HENDERSONVILLE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN FIGHT GONE BAD 5
A fundraising community event/workout to benefit LIVESTRONG, Wounded Warrior Project and the CrossFit Foundation. This will be a big event for Crossfit Hendersonville. Now is the time to begin thinking about your commitment and inviting your friends. More detailed information will follow. In the meantime, check out the official FIGHT GONE BAD 5 website for more comprehensive information about the event.
DON’T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR HYDROSTATIC WEIGHING EVENT JULY 31st!
All of you at Crossfit Hendersonville have dedicated yourselves to living an active, healthy lifestyles. Not only do you pull yourselves out of bed at crazy hours, you pour yourselves into your workouts each week. In addition, many of you have sacrificed your “comfort” foods to healthy, life-giving “paleo” foods and painstakingly weighed and measured your “zone” porportions. Through all of this effort, why not take advantage of this hydrostatic weighing opportunity to see how far you’ve come or set goals for where you want to go? Fitness Wave will be coming to the FMC to perform this test.
If you are not familiar with Hydrostatic Weighing, this is exactly what to expect. Taken from the Fitness Wave website:
Hydrostatic Body Composition Test
Hydrostatic (underwater) Body Composition Testing is universally considered the “Gold Standard” of body fat testing, to which all other methods still compare. When you lose weight, it is essential that you lose body fat, not muscle. Muscle loss can slow down your metabolism, making it even harder to lose weight or become leaner. Periodic testing will help you track and graph your short and long term goals. In only minutes, you will receive a personalized printout that will give you the tools you need to succeed.
The individual is weighed underwater and then calculations compare land weight versus underwater weight. This comparison gives body fat versus lean mass. The test is conducted in a hydro densitometry tank in two feet of water that is heated to 93°.
Don’t miss out on an opportunity to accurately plug into your body’s needs. This could be the motivation you need to jumpstart your nutrition or maybe you have reached a plateau and this is the missing information needed to unlock just “why” you haven’t been able to drop that last 10lbs or maybe still, you’re just curious
We have several empty spots, so sign up NOW to secure yours by emailing lindsey@crossfithendersonville.com
WHY DO YOU CROSSFIT? WHAT SACRIFICES DO YOU MAKE? WHAT DRIVES YOU?
Check out what motivates Chris Spealler and Heather Bergeron, two Crossfit Games 2010 competitors:
Ring Support :5-:10 alternated with 3-5 sets of 10-15 Hollow Rocks
SUSAN HAAG WORKING ON STAYING ON HER HEELS AND FINDING HER DEPTH
WHAT DOES FITNESS MEAN TO YOU?
A positive self-image is one of the most powerful effects of training, yet it is far too often misunderstood as a cause. Effort, motivation, and dedication are all learned capacities we pick up through the course of our lives in response to positive or negative outcomes. This means that everyone’s past is necessarily different and has shaped their identity to this point in a decidedly unique way. This is unavoidable, but too many use it as a justification to fail, to continue to see themselves as unfit, obese, or physically unable. It’s as if God had given them low self-esteem and massive insecurity and its their duty to accept it. No identity is etched in stone. No one is fundamentally anything except what they do.
Check out the rest of what fitness means to Games competitor Blair Morrison, HERE.
The video below shows a lil’ bit of FITNESS THE CROSSFIT WAY. Remember that not only do you reap the benefits of physical adaptations with CrossFit, but with training you are able to build self esteem, character, a strong work ethic, plus much more. What benefits have you seen emotionally and mentally since training with CrossFit Hendersonville?
Ring Support :5-:10 alternated with 3-5 sets of 10-15 Hollow Rocks
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONJA SPRINGER!
CONGRATULATIONS TO LAURA McDOUGAN FOR PLACING 1st IN HER AGE GROUP AT THE XTERRA GAMES TRI-ATHALON IN GALLATIN!
What a huge accomplishment, we are all so proud of you! Here is a picture of Laura right before she crosses the finish line!
Do you have trouble reaching full depth in a squat? Tight Shoulders during PVC pass thru’s? Sore wrists after a set of front squats?
This article from Mark’s Daily Apple is a great resource on mobility drills for a few of these very spots. It is extremely important to work on our weaknesses and tight areas in order to continue seeing gains as well as protecting us for injury down the road. Click HERE for the full article as well as daily stretches to increase your mobility!
7 ROUNDS OF :30 ON/:10 OFF ALTERNATING INTERVALS OF…
Squats
Sit-ups
Push-ups
CASH OUT:
Ring Support :5-:10 alternated with 3-5 sets of 10-15 Hollow Rocks
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSICA SHELTON!
THE CROSSFIT GAMES 2010…
Did anyone catch the Live Coverage of the Games this weekend? If you did, you were amazed! If you didn’t, now would be a great time to subscribe to the CROSSFIT JOURNAL. Click HERE to subscribe for a whopping $25 /year. In the next few days and weeks, the Journal will have videos of highlights of all the events that took place over the weekend. Tennessee was well represented with Rich Froning Jr., out of Cookeville, who placed 2nd for the men and Michelle Kinney, from Memphis, who scored a Top 10 Finish. The athletes tackled a whole weekend full of workouts that were physically and mentally challenging beyond anything most of us have ever experienced! The set-up on Sunday looked more like an adult playground than a set-up for a workout. With ropes to climb, walls to jump over, and bars to swing on the athletes truly enjoyed the weekend of workouts in a twisted love/hate CrossFit kind of way. If you ever need some inspiration for a daily WOD, watch a few minutes of the videos that will soon be posted, and you will be ready to go! Here are the winners of the Games from the CrossFit HQ post today. From right to left, Individual Men, Affiliate Team, Individual Women, and Master’s Division.