Think about your food

	Calories (kcals)	burpees for 130lb individual	burpees for 180lb individual
1 large French Fries	500	524	349
1 IPA beer	195	204	136
1 Slice of Dominos Peperoni Pizza	260	272	182
1 8 ounce Ted’s Bison Cheesburger	730	765	510
1 scoop of Ben Jerry’s Cookie Dough ice cream	270	283	189
1 12” Roast beef sub from Subway	970	1016	677
1 Cola soft drink	200	210	140
1 Fried Calamari Appetizer	700	733	489
1 Plain Bagel	320	335	223
1 Slice of Cheescake	1000	1048	698
1 Egg McMuffin Sandwich	300	314	210
1 Cadbury Creme Egg	59	62	41

I know how much everyone loves this motion:

Interesting chart on what it takes to burn off different types of food.  Do you think about what you eat or do you just eat?

Food

This is disgusting:
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=27165067&nid=968&title=innards-of-chicken-nuggets-revealed-by-scientists&fm=home_page&s_cid=featured-5

And if you're wondering what they look like pre cooked:

Private Blog

Gonna start posting some pictures and workouts and other things etc.....On a private blog, if you want to be able to read it, send me your email at jtr383@hotmail.com

Pictures

Here are some pictures from the summer including some from a fitness competition that a couple of us did and pictures from the old building to the new one.  

 Wall Balls over the goal post

 800m sprint

 1rm Snatch right after the 800m sprint

The new place

The Old place, still hard to believed we worked out here among the cockroaches but fitness is fitness no matter where it happens

Snatch

Awesome Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVTYRjSDyC4

Blake

"Men don' follow titles..... they follow courage." -William Wallace

More Nutrition.....

A Reason for Organics:  Avoiding Endocrine Disruptors

 

Most health/nutrition conscious athletes choose organic produce when they can---we want the healthiest food/fuel to be able to recover fast, so we can train again.  Organics just makes sense.  But is the organic produce we buy ACTUALLY more nutrient dense?  It's not really clear cut---there's been studies on both sides.  That point aside, one of the MAIN reasons for choosing organics should be micronutrient content; it should be because of what's NOT there:

?“A large body of evidence has accumulated linking specific conditions to ED pesticides in wildlife and humans” --2008 Feb;34(2):168-83. Epub 2007 Sep 18.  Endocrine disrupting pesticides: implications for risk assessment.

 

Thyroid hormone production can be inhibited by some ten endocrine disruptor pesticides(amitrole, cyhalothrin, fipronil, ioxynil, maneb, mancozeb, pentachloronitro-benzene,prodiamine, pyrimethanil, thiazopyr, ziram, zineb)

??“Most of the newly discovered hormone disruptors are fungicides applied to fruit and vegetable crops, including strawberries and lettuce. Traces of the chemicals remain infoods”—Scientific American, Pesticides May Block Male Hormones, Feb /2011

This is just the tip of the iceberg; it's essential for hormonal health to avoid as many endocrine disruptors as possible.  The Environmental Working Group has a great list called "The Dirty Dozen" (here).  Other areas to examine:  Plastics use in the kitchen, soy intake, and personal care products.  Big topic, with a big long-term health impact.

 

Mike Kesthely

Dynamic Nutrition

Optimum Performance Training Team