Sunday Thoughts

Watch the video and post your thoughts to comments.
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Workout of The Day

"Benchmark Day"
Choose a workout and crush it!

"Kelly"
(compare to Saturday, June 27th, 2009)

"Josh"
(compare to Sunday, June 21st, 2009)

"Barbara"
(compare to Thursday, June 11th, 2009)

"Nancy"
(compare to Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009)

Post WOD and time to comments.

Comments

[Matt Major]

33:49 (rx'd)
didn't have it today. Pretty disappointed with my performance. I look forward to taking on Kelly again soon!

[Matt Major]

Great video guys...
I was struck how many times the word 'diet' was used! Dieting is not the answer to solving obesity!

As with most things in life there is no 'easy way' to accomplish anything of any significance. Unfortunately our society has evolved to point where we believe that things can be accomplished the easy way, partly because selling the 'easy way' has become so profitable.

Dieting & losing weight has become big business over the years and has successfully sold people on the 'easy way' rather than a healthy lifestyle. (theres no money in selling a healthy lifestyle) I think this trend is a trend that emerges in many different facets within our society.

The trend of obesity, unhealthy lifestyles & dieting is the root cause of our health care epidemic in this country... unfortunately I don't see this trend ending until someone figures out a way to sell a healthy lifestyle to the masses while at the same time finding a way to destroy McDonalds!

I would love to say that Crossfit is the answer, but its not... its just the solution for the small minority... to intense for the rest!

[Brandon]

Kelly - 28:35. Sorry to take your spot Chris!

[jaala is 18]

I didn't watch the entire video, but Gary Taubes has great things to say. Colin lent me the book, Good calories, bad calories (Taubes wrote this) and it is a super good read. Read it if you have time!

WOD: Michael (3 rounds of 800m run, 50 hip ext. 50 sit-ups) 18:53 PR

[Dr Rona Thau]

WOD = Mod. Barbara: 4 rounds @ 10-20-30-40 > 17:23

thanks for the support :)
great job everyone!
nice to meet you all!

[Mitch]

That was one long " Sunday Thought". To make it short- do Crossfit and get in the zone and listen to Rob Wolf.

WOD 19:33 (10,20,30,40)

[Dr Rona Thau]

p.s. forgot to put my other mod of ring 'pull ups' (pretty significant mod!) and bent knee push-ups

just watched the vid too all of it
rona

[JenT]

Barbara (mod): 10-20-30-40/bb,knee - 21:31

[Troy]

Barbara 35:41 (rx'd).

who funds ornish's peer review journals that he repeatedly speaks of? oh, ornish is going to be collaborating with the usda on the peer review studies, the people that fund production of whole grains? don't you have to process whole grains fairly extensively? so how exactly are they whole foods? ornish consults with pepsi and mcdonalds (funding?).

barbara had cereal and then a snack at the studio (guess she was hungry), taubes had eggs, sausage and tomatoes (no mention of a snack), ornish had egg whites and blueberries (no or very little fat, also no mention of a snack).

I think if the cattle industry could get lobbyist like the ag industry and come up with enough money together, they could get their own peer review journals started and then we could see the "other" hypothesis (taubes) come into play.

is it only coincidence that big agriculture says do this and big pharma says we can fix this problem and they both pay for studies for researchers and both lobby usda?

it's chalkdust torture i tell ya.

[Chris]

Josh, 65# 12:36 or 12:56 don't remember. No worries Brandon, nice job bud.

[Lisa Major]

Nancy, 20:18, 45# Back Squats

[KT]

Kelly: 29:3? (10# @ 10ft)

[Brandon]

I think Troy and Matt are both dead on when they say that "The Idea of Health" has become a business, and just like with all businesses it starts and stops with the bottom line. Agra-business, globo gyms, big pharma, the AMA, AHA, FDA, et al are not, and cannot be concerned with actual health and wellness because they are all primarily concerned with making money. Until this concern goes away you cannot trust anything that they say since their interests lie in taking your money, not in making you healthy. The optimal globo client is always not happy with their fitness and appearance, the ideal medical patient is always sick, the ideal food consumer is always hungry. Advice from independent sources with no financial incentive in your health is the only advice you can objectively evaluate, and these businesses are not independent.

Somethings in life are easy. I believe, contrary to Matt, that losing weight is actually quite easy - go Paleo with a foundation of diverse plant based foods (except grains however) + consistantly work out to the limits of your ability. What I do agree with, and I have infered from Matt, is that fighting against an institutional system is difficult. That is why losing weight within the "system" is almost impossible. Why? Because the system is set up to make you fail because if you succeed, you don't need the system anymore and you stop paying. Remember the business is "The Idea of Health", not true health, wellness and fitness.

As a jab to Orish, whole eggs have yolks. Great sunday post. Check out: www.naturalnews.com

[Marthab]

Finally got through the whole video. I think the main thing I learned...or reinforced was that there will never be 100% agreement on what works and what's best. I personally think that there is not one diet prescription that works for ALL of the people. If you read the articles posted the day before by Robb Wolf, that is quite obvious. I think Brandon hit it with the last 3 sentences...if you find what works for you, you no longer need the outside resources- be it pills, powders etc. I think on a personal level, that is the hardest part: finding what works for YOU, keeps you going at it. Everyone wants the easy fix and that's what all of the companies are banking on-literally.

A side note...losing weight is simple, not easy.

[Alex I]

Barbara - 19:03

10,20,30,40

[Kim P.]

Barbara: 22:00 (10-20-30-40, B-band, knee pushups)

I haven't watched the video yet, but reading everyone else's comments on it reminds me of something that Colin said during the "nutrition day" of my Elements course: "In our society, general healthiness is seen as the absence of disease/illness." This belief is perpetuated by the lack of preventive methods when it comes to the practice of medicine.

[Lisa Major]

I finally got to watch this video! WOW! My first question is who does Gary Taubes work for?! I agreed with so many of Dean's points (right up until he supported fast food chains and their intentions). I honestly couldn't get a firm grasp of Gary's perspective. He has so many arguments about the date that was insufficient that it almost seemed as though he was in support of eating high fat diets long term. Is he serious! While I agree that there needs to be moderation in the intake of fat as well as carbohydrates, taking an extreme approach to either seems absurd! It also seemed a common theme among all members of the panel that weight is THE distinguishing factor for health and that again is absurd! Only Barbara made the brief point that while on some "diets" we may lose weight, but is our intestinal tract, kidney function, heart health, etc.. improving as well? Gary, where is your study for this?

So here is what I ask of you: How do you define wellness? My definition: I will challenge my body with physical exertion and I will feed my body with what is necessary to do so.