Do this for yourself-Start recording what you Eat

Comrades,

I know that you have heard this many times before. I will tell you though, it works. Starting today, record everything that you put in your mouth, EVERYTHING.

Go to the dollar store and get a composition book and title it Food log. Keep it simple. Write down the date and one sentence on how you feel or your thoughts for the day. Start recording from breakfast until you go to bed. I want you to carry this book everywhere you go. Keep it close by. Why should I do this? Well, you will be surprised of how well you eat when you start writing everything down on paper. Basically, you start to think twice about what you are about to put in your stomach.

I have a client who wants to loose at least 40 pounds this year. This is a very attainable goal. I will tell you this, what you eat is more important than how much you excercise in my opinion. If you do not eat well, then your just wasting your money on your trainer or gym membership. So unless you have an endless supply of money or just don't care about your health, then start recording what you eat.

Recently, I had a great conversation with a good friend of mine about Americans and their health. Most American are overweight, have high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and high cholesterol, etc. They also are on all kinds of drugs to prevent the above mentioned health issues. Drugs cost money, money that we don't have. Health insurance goes up and then living expenses rise. How do we prevent all this? START EATING HEALTHY AND WORKOUT!!!!! If you make the decision to start writing down what you eat and really pay attention to your health this year, you will save a lot of money. Once you start to loose weight, most likely you will not need all those drugs that cost a fortune.

The solution is simple. Record what you eat and start moving around and I guarantee that you will rely less on all those drugs.

Starting January-Force Recon workout

On the RKC forum, Pavel posted a Force Recon workout. Some of my fellow RKC's have already begun to start this training routine. I plan on starting next week. Here it is, give it a shot.

TUESDAY:

Superset

Weighted pullups- 12kg- 5x5

C & P - Dble 24kg - 5x5

Rock bottom front squats w/ a 1 second pause- Dble 24kg- 5x5

Superset

Snatch: 32kg 5/5x5

Strict hanging leg raise 5x5

THURSDAY:

Superset

Single arm C & J- 24kg- 10minute (never put the bell down)

Heavy abs-fighter situps-5x5

Superset

Pullups- 100 total

Front squat-Dble 24kg-10 reps every time you let go of the bar.

Superset

Snatch-24kg- 10/10x5(100)

100 yard jog x 5

ENJOY THE PAIN!!!

Just because we do things fast, doesn't mean we do them Half-Assed

Whether you are into Crossfit or Kettlebells the above title should always remain true. Doing things half-assed will always result in injury, which then results in training time off.  Nobody wants that.  Take your time and try to understand the movement and what muscles you are working.  We all tend to forget what the hell we are doing and want to just get the workout over with or do it for the best time. It's time to think differently and train smart.  

Who cares if you are the last one to finish.  Do the exercises right and then you will see the results.  Most of our workouts we do are hard enough. If I say do 30 reps of something and you only get 18 then make those 18 the best reps you can do.

For example, lets say we are doing a C & P ladder. I can't tell you how many times I see clients simply clean the bell and then press the bell without creating any tension throughout their bodies. What are you doing for yourself besides going through the motions?  If you only do 3 C&P's on each side but make them your best reps, then you are training smart. 

Please don't cut yourself short because you want to be the first one done. Train smart and you will remain injury free and become stronger faster. 

Now go get some!!!!