09.23.09
CINDY
20 MINUTE AMRAP OF:
5 Pull Ups
10 Push Ups
15 Squats
OR
FIVE ROUNDS OF:
20 Push Ups
15 Pull-ups
10 Squats
THE LAST CLASS WILL BEGIN AT 6:30 SHARP!
POST WOD REFUEL
Male
above 12% – 30g prot/20g carb
8-12% – 30g prot/40g carb
below 8% – 30g prot/60g carb
Female
above 16% – 20g prot/20 g carb
12-14% – 20g prot/35 g carb
below 12% – 20g prot/50 g carb
ELITE WOD
WOD A:
2 rounds of max weighted push ups
WOD B:
WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT
20 MINUTE AMRAP OF:
15 Deadlifts 95# / 65#
10 Back Squats 95# / 65#
5 Overhead Squats 95# / 65#
POST WOD REFUEL FOR ELITE:
Male:
above 12% – 35g prot/15g carb
8-12% – 35g prot/30g carb
below 8% – 35g prot/45g carb
Female:
above 16% – 20g prot/20 g carb
12-14% – 20g prot/30 g carb
below 12% – 20g prot/40 g carb
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Aileen, Andrew, Cindy, Brittani, Hannah, James, Dave, Tracey and Dan!! 
FOUNDATION CLASS TONIGHT @ 7PM
If you are new or want to work on your form of the CrossFit Foundation movements, this is a great time to come in!
NEW FACES
There are LOTS of new people running around…if you don’t know somebody, please make sure you take a second to introduce yourself. If you are that new person, please help our trainers help you scale the WOD by being proactive and showing them your index card with workouts.
We are working on getting trainer shirts so that it is easier for you to identify who is who on the floor !
THIS ONE IS FOR THE DUDES
Our Precious Testicles: by Bryan Krahn
The other day, I was able to wrestle the remote control away from my wife long enough to switch from her beloved Food Network to the Discovery channel for a re-run of their picks of the 25 Greatest Americans of All Time.
I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that a PR firm chose the finalists, as it seemed they had attempted to appeal to every age, gender, and political stripe. The end result was 25 famous Americans of varying levels of “greatness,” ranging from safe and predictable choices (George Washington), to surprising and satisfying ones (Rosa Parks) to just plain bizarre (Lance Armstrong, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush).
George W. Bush? Anyway.
But despite that the 25 Greatest Americans came from vastly different backgrounds and varying points in history, to me all the choices appeared to have one thing in common: high Testosterone.
Martin Luther King, Neil Armstrong, Abe Lincoln, and Muhammad Ali; these guys couldn’t be more different in terms of backgrounds, but each of them seemed to have one thing in common: huge balls. They had the nerve to stand up for what they believed to be right, putting their personal safety at risk to make small steps into a great unknown, steps that would one day translate into giant leaps for mankind.
Hell, even their pick as the Number One Greatest American, Ronald Reagan, had a really high-Testosterone quality about him. He outwitted the Soviets at the ultimate game of high-stakes Nuclear Texas Hold ‘Em, and is forever immortalized as standing at the Berlin wall, challenging the Soviet leader to free the Eastern Bloc. “If you seek peace, Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Tear down this wall!”
That’s a pretty cool footnote to have in history. Who cares that he starred in Bedtime for Bonzo?
It could be argued that the men (and women) we all revere as “great” likely had high Testosterone, simply because the mythic qualities that we commonly associate with high T are often characteristics of leaders and risk takers.
Strength. Determination. Decisiveness. Aggressiveness.
Testosterone, it would seem, embodies what it means to be a man.
But if America’s greatest likely had high Testosterone, I’m afraid that guys in 2009 seem to have a lot of cards stacked against them. In fact, if left to his own devices, I’d be surprised if today’s man would have much T floating around at all.
Today’s Batshit Crazy World
According to reports, the number of men seeking treatment for low Testosterone is at an all time high. In his book, The Testosterone Factor, Dr. Shafiq Qaadri contends that much of this is simply due to the fact men are living a lot longer than ever before and are attempting to treat symptoms of what is widely regarded as a natural part of the aging process. “Our bodies are built for only a 45 year journey, not a 80 year lifespan,” he writes. “We just aren’t geared up for a service warranty that runs so long.”
But other authorities argue that even young guys have much lower T levels than their counterparts did 100 or 60 or even 20 years ago. Strength coach Charles Poliquin has gone so far as to say it was significantly easier to build muscle even 20 years ago because circulating androgen levels were that much higher.
Considering 20 years is hardly a blip in evolutionary terms, what is supposedly causing this acute drop in T in today’s man? The physical causes that medical authorities all agree on are of the obvious sort like testicular trauma, tumors, and castration, as well as some genetic disorders.
But experts are starting to indict various lifestyle factors as causes of pre-maturely low Testosterone. Lack of exercise, unhealthy diet, smoking, and excessive drinking are now widely accepted causes, as is the use of certain prescription or non-prescription medications.
Stress, anxiety and other psychological disorders stemming from trying to cope with today’s bat-shit crazy world may also play a part. And those Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI’s) the drug companies want you to go on to mitigate those symptoms? While helpful to some, they aren’t great for T production either.
But that’s just what the starchy lab coats can agree on. Depending how far you care to venture into the fringes of human performance, the suspected causes of low T is one hell of a list.
There’s insufficient quality sleep, too much artificial light, insufficient protein, and dehydration, as well as excessive aromatization, phytoestrogens, and xenoestrogens that leached into the Hungry Man chicken pot pie you microwaved for lunch.
There’s excessive cortisol and what’s referred to as “Pregnenolone Steal.” Pregnenolone is the mother hormone of a number of hormones, including DHEA and cortisol, and there’s only so much to go around.
Normally the system works pretty good, but in today’s world the body’s cortisol-fueled fight or flight mechanisms are on overdrive. Considering that in evolutionary terms, escaping a saber tooth tiger attack was more important than making babies, it made sense that the pathway to cortisol production took precedence.
But the system was built to deal with intense but relatively infrequent bouts of stress, not today’s non-stop rat race. Today that occasional tiger attack on the savanna has been replaced by a daily 2-hour commute on the 405 stuck behind a Buick Skylark doing 40, driven by an 80-year-old man in a tweed Rex Harrison hat, left turn signal still flashing from when he left the driveway earlier that morning.
Even our precious testicles themselves are taking a needless beating. Those skinny jeans that are all the rage with today’s Emo youth? Couple that with a pair of tighty-whiteys and you might as well transport your junk in an egg poacher.
And what about the electromagnetic disturbances from having your Blackberry glued to your person at all times? Hell, at least Plaxico Burress was smart enough to keep his phone in a holster and his Glock by his Johnson, even though it didn’t turn out so well.
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Aileen, Andrew, Cindy, Brittani, Hannah, James, Dave, Tracey and Dan
Good god, Ray, did you sign up an entire tour bus??If anyone out there is still not believing the Paleo diet works, or worried about cholesterol, mine dropped 13 points from last year, along with a significant drop in glucose levels and bad cholesterol. Forget the office lunch, go outside, and kill yourself a chicken.
Why would someone ruin Lynn by putting squats in the wod. How dare they.
It only took a year to break you of your non-heavy dead ways, Joey…we’ll break you with squats too
. Kidding…great job last night!!
Squats = High T
Fact.
B & R – better start planning another wall to knock down. You may have half of Bennett St. by year 2 anniversary if you keep up this pace.
We need a meet and greet party just to keep up with everyone!
Mike D – good to know about the cholesterol. would love if I could get off cholest medicine. Hereditary.
Kenley, Guinness is great for lowering your cholesterol; even if it doesn’t work, you won’t care…
Speaking of, you guys come up with a run n chug/kettlebell WOD back in the sweat sock and that wall will be down by 6:30 any night…
Kenley – are you doing Paleo?
CFPT v4.0 is something we are toying with
Congrats Mike D! Way to be Mad Paleo Yo
My favorite pooch in the gym!!!
B – Dirty told me to curse your name for the 5 round present this morning instead of her. Poor Dirty got the evil eye for this piece of s%*t WOD.
Now I’m sending those thoughts your way. Happy Wednesday
Nice job Mike D.! I have a similar issue I’ve been workin on. My parting gift from the US Army…
Whoopsie…sorry about that Liz. I’m bummed I missed the f-me sideways comments that I am sure were flying
I’ve been chatting with a few of you about the supplements that I’ve been taking for my back…here they are:
Hyaluronic Joint Complex
http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/source/joint.html
Krill Oil
http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/now/krilloil.html
Tumeric
http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/now/turmericbrom.html
Zyflammend
http://www.amazon.com/New-Chapter-Zyflamend-120-softgels/dp/B000WA3K0A/ref=pd_sim_hpc_1
It’s a ridic amount of pills, but it has been helping a ton.
Taylor’s pup is SO freaking cute! If you guys want to see the rest of my Crossfit Peachtree pics they are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/longviewdesign/sets/72157622037290349/
For the article, if you follow the link to the full article, you’ll see it’s on tmuscle.com. I started looking around, and the video on their main page has a guy doing super heavy half ROM bench press, and on his third rep he says “screw crossfit”. Pretty funny.
SaraH is officially official
http://crossfitpeachtree.com/coaches/
Yay, congrats, Grandma … er, uh, Sarah!
AHAHAHAHA Becka! You are not supposed to tell everyone what I look like before I go to sleep!
The more pics that go up of that puppy…the more I contemplate how I’m going to steal it!!! Might need to borrow a kidnapper van.
I walked over a few people laying on the ground, sweating profusely, and catching their breath
Thanks for the shout out, SaraH….
It was probably Joie. Mike D, you usually find a BOX and sit on it after you WOD, so I don’t think it was you.
B – I have not done paleo straight up yet. I have stopped eating legumes and wheat pretty much. I still eat pizza and mexican at least once a week. My hypoglycemia rid me of bread, potatoes, and pasta years ago, but i love me some chocolate and candy at night.
I do my best with each meal, but with work, neck, working out, online class, and now job searching, I haven’t been able to consistently get to the store and put meals together.
Taylor – you need to put a gps device on your puppy.
Is there an orientation for the new people?? The important stuff, like what makes a van a kidnapper van, where to puke outside, beer friday, that sort of thing….
so now we need a recipe tab, blog dictionary tab, pictorial orientation tab (pic of kidnapper van, Rey puking, beer friday,etc.)
I think that Jenny T would be an excellent orientation giver for cfpt. Kind of like a cruise director or social chair. She told me about all of that stuff before my first session.
Sarah – I was more referring to your blindness. If I wanted to let everyone in on the bedtime secret, I’d call you an awkward teenager!
Kenley – We also need a tab that has headshots of everyone so we actually know who is who. It’s too hard to keep up with the new folks’ names!
Becca – yes, the Katie, Katy, Jenn, Jenny, Jenny, Jess, Jess, etc. is quite confusing! need pictures.
Towards the bottom of my list is trying to find a social network type plug in for the blog…something that you guys can upload pics and bios too.
Until the Facebook…become a fan of CFPT
OK, WAY too much material in that article to let the blog die today..I don’t think Emo guys in skinny jeans are worried about producing viable sperm..I could ask AK directly, but who knows..Plaxico burress Glock/Johnson is just too easy…..
It is also about time for an “in ya face” comment or rant from Liz!
Bring it Ojile! 
Liz, maybe something about the flood being over so people can start driving at a normal speed again.
hey guys…including lurkers…lemme know what kind of content you are looking for on the blog? more nutrition stuff (anything in particular?)? more random crap about boy’s balls?
Well, I’m glad you asked Ray – because I just checked the blog to make a random rant.
So, today’s frustration regards mothers.
Don’t get me wrong, I love moms. I have one and I’m sure you all do too. But does anyone else find it rather unfair that mother’s in the workplace get more flexibility than those of us that are not mothers?! I mean, they get their own personal sick days but they also get the sick days of their children?! I mean REALLY? I’m totally at an disadvantage not having gotten knocked up. Maybe it’s just At&t, but it’s kinda BS.
* Note: no offense to all the working moms and all the moms at our gym
I love you all.
Oh..and Dirty, introduce me to that guy so I can sit on his face
Rant and inappropriateness just for you Ray.
nekkid pix of xfit gurls on de internetz.
I bet only Mike D’s nerdy tech fan brain understood that.
This blog sucks today, where is ROM Police? I want to pick a fight.
P.S., back is sore as shit after those deads yesterday. Whadddaya bench?
Excellent Liz…should be expect regular rants from you about this time daily?
If you do meet that guy you may become one of those moms with all those AT&T benefits from the sounds of things!
Nah – I’ll try and keep them to a random, unexpected outburst. They are more fun that way.
B – nekkid pix of xfit boyz on de internetz – ask Mike or Joey for clarification if need be
I’m totally at an disadvantage not having gotten knocked up.
Liz, I have a conference call at 3, but if you want to come by the office after that I will reserve the conference room and see what we can do…
WOW…Liz, I think Mike D. just propositioned you to be your baby daddy!
Thanks to crossfit and stregth training I was able to lift a bookshelf and slam it on the street when I saw my never used wedding gifts destroyed! Thanks for enabling me to let out some pent up frustration! And thanks to liz for the plastic crates! Gutting the house today- looking forward to working out some frustration with u all soon.
Dear cashews…
Why do you taste so good and make me eat 1.5 lbs of trailmix today?
-Fat Joe
Liz, I think I’m working for the wrong company. The moms here have to use their sick time or their PTO when their kids are sick or have doctor’s appointments.
And you guys get on me about never recruiting women…In addition to all that lost productive time, somebody gets a new pair of shoes and every woman in the office drops what they are doing to see.
Wow,so niceeee!! Thanks for sharing!