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2016 CFSB Whole90 Nutrition Challenge-Wellness Wednesday

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In this week’s Wellness Wednesday video we give you all the details for the 2016 CFSB Whole90 Nutrition challenge.

How will the Whole90 help you achieve your goals in 2016?

-It wil help you lose weight without calorie counting, carb counting, or point counting
-It will help you focus on health first, which leads to long-term sustainable weight loss
-It will teach you how to have a healthy relationship with food for the rest of your life

Click the link below to reserve your spot for the 2016 Whole90:

https://crossfit-south-bend.myshopify.com/collections/nutrition-coaching/products/2016-whole90-reserve-my-spot-deposit

Enter discount code “earlybird” at checkout until 12/15/16 to get $10 off for each month of the Whole90.

2016 Whole90 Gym Nutrition Challenge

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Hey guys,

It’s that time of year again! We’re gearing up for our 2016 Whole90.

What’s the Whole90? It’s our yearly gym nutrition challenge.

Year after year, we see so many people finally achieve their health, weight loss, and fitness goals just by changing their nutrition for the better.

We hope you decide to join us this year for what is sure to be our best nutrition challenge yet.

Here’s some basic info about our 2016 Whole90 nutrition challenge.

Why should I do the Whole90 nutrition challenge?
  • Whether you’re looking to lose weight, gain strength, be more healthy, or just look good in a bathing suit proper nutrition is the foundation for achieving all those goals.
  • Here at CrossFit South Bend we have the knowledge and experience to guide you, support you, and keep you accountable in your quest to achieve your goals.
What kind of results can I expect if I sign up? 
  • Check out our testimonials page to see what kind of results you can expect.
    • http://crossfitsouthbend.com/category/testimonials/
  • Depending on how much weight you have to lose, it’s definitely possible to lose 24-36lbs in a healthy and sustainable way over the course of the 3 months (about 8-12lbs per month)
  • Your health and fitness will also dramatically improve as a result of changing your nutrition for the better
When will the challenge take place?
  • Friday January 15th to Tuesday April 15th 2016
How does Whole90 nutrition challenge work? 
  • Month 1: Your coach will help you gradually transition from how you’re currently eating to a way of eating that consists primarily of real whole food
  • Month 2: All challenge participants will complete a Whole30, where you eat completely clean real whole food for 30 days with no exceptions
  • Month 3: After the Whole30 we’ll show you how to reintroduce certain gray-area foods like dairy, rice, and red wine back into your food rotation. We’ll also teach you how to eat healthy for the rest of your life.
What does the Whole90 nutrition challenge include if I sign up?
  • Personal Nutrition Coaching:
    • You will be given a nutrition coach who will be guiding you, supporting you, and holding you accountable to your own goals through the entire 90 day nutrition challenge
    • Weekly food journal review via email by your nutrition coach
    • Unlimited email questions to your nutrition coach
  • Weights, Measurements, and Pictures
    • Every month you will get weights, measurements and pictures taken at the gym to measure your progress and keep you accountable to your goals
  • Weekly how-to guides via email:
    • Each week we will send you how-to guides via email on a number of different topics. Topics include saving money, eating out at restaurants, and dealing with family and friends while eating healthy.
  • Weekly Nutrition Talks:
    • 10 weekly talks at the gym by CFSB Head Nutrition Coach Robby Gustin to help you maximize your success during the 90 day challenge
    • In person Q&A sessions at talks so you can get your most pressing nutrition questions answered in person
  • Whole9 Resource Guide
    • The Whole9 Resource Guide explains all the rules for eating healthy, provides delicious recipes, and offers you ready made grocery lists and tips for your Whole90.
  • Exclusive Facebook Group
    • An exclusive Facebook group only for participants in the challenge to share recipe ideas, travel tips, foods to try, and words of support and encouragement
  • Grocery Store Tour
    • Robby Gustin will be leading a Paleo Grocery Store tour at Whole Foods in early January that is open to all Whole90 participants
How do I sign up?
  • Option 1 (Easiest): Tell a coach at the gym that you’d like to sign up and they’ll swipe your card through the iPad to reserve your spot with a non-refundable deposit (this will also be your first month’s payment for the Whole90)
  • Option 2: Go to crossfit-south-bend.myshopify.com/ reserve your spot online with a non-refundable deposit
How much does it cost?
  • $75 a month for 3 months
    • This is for early birds who sign up from Nov. 30th-Dec.14th
    • Use code “earlybird” if signing up online to change the price from $85 to $75
    • This is 65% off our normal one-on-one nutrition coaching prices per month
  • $85 a month for 3 months
    • This is for anyone who signs up from Dec. 15th 2015 to Jan. 15th 2016
    • This is 60% off our normal one-on-one nutrition coaching prices per month
If you have any questions please feel free to email me at robby@crossfitsouthbend.com.
Best,
Robby

Wods 11.30.15 – 12.6.15

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NUTRITION – WHOLE90 NUTRITION CHALLENGE PREREGISTRATION IS UP

CLOSINGS – Holiday Closings and Hours

Classes – December Fundamentals sign up is here! Begins Tuesday December 1st

Classes – Mobility Class 4 Week Front Rack Fix

NEW CLASSES! Kids and Teens training starts this week! 

CFSB Wellness Wednesday – Amy’s Treat Corner – Sweet Potato Pumpkin Pecan Pie 

Holiday Food/Supply Drive – We could use your help! SMBHC Holiday Drive

Memberships – A note about membership holds over the holidays

Weather! – Snow snow Snow SNOOOOWWWWW

Classes- Mobility Class Time Change

Fundraisers: “One Dime at a Time Fundraiser” – Saint Joseph Health System[/accordion_item][accordion_item title=”Monday 11.30.15″ parent_id=”” id=”” class=”” style=””]Monday 11.30.15

A.

3 Rounds

45 Second Deadbug

15 Seconds Rest

45 Seconds Childs Pose

15 Seconds Rest

B.

Power Snatch & Kipping Skill Work and Warm Up – Coaches Choice

C.

Every Minute on the Minute for 20 minutes

Odd Minutes – Power Snatch x 2

Even Minutes – Chest to Bar Pull Ups x 5


 

Notes:

Deadbug – First position

Childs Pose – Alternate Driving the thumbs up for a 2 count

Power Snatch – Heavy but technical throughout the duration of the workout, score is the LOWEST weight you lifted through the rounds – so start with something you know you can keep up with, if you have to strip weights off, that is your new score.

Chest to Bar – Try as hard as you can to keep to the standard, if you can’t do chest to bar – do a regular kipping pull up – if you cannot perform strict or kip without a band, perform ring rows.[/accordion_item][accordion_item title=”Tuesday 12.1.15 – DECEMBER FUNDAMENTALS BEGINS” parent_id=”” id=”” class=”” style=””]Tuesday 12.1.15

A.

3 Rounds

45 Seconds Pillar

15 Seconds Rest

45 Seconds Elevated Hip Bridge

15 Seconds Rest

B.

15 Minutes to Establish Squat 5rm

C.

7 Minute Amrap

3 Push Ups

6 Double Unders

6 Push Ups

12 Double Unders

9 Push Ups

18 Double Unders

12 Push Ups

24 Double Unders

15 Push Ups

30 Double Unders

18 Push Ups

36 Double Unders

The Push Ups move up by 3’s, the Double Unders move up by 6’s.


 

Notes:

For the Hip Bridge – If you feel like you can add a little weight – throw a kettle bell on your hips and hump that bad boy to the sky. Just remember, you have to hit full extension before returning your ass to the floor. Try to stick with a nice tempo of repetitions – don’t just try to set the speed air humping record…which I guess, is a thing

For the Double Under Scaling –

If you are awesome, or even subpar at Double Unders – Full Amount of Doubles

If you can kind of do doubles, half of the time. – Match the rep scheme for push ups and do half the double reps – 3 push ups, 3 doubles, 6 push ups, 6 doubles…etc

If you just generally suck at doubles – Match the rep scheme for push ups and do half double under ATTEMPTS – 3 push ups, 3 double attempts, 6 push ups, 6 double attempts…etc[/accordion_item][accordion_item title=”Wednesday 12.2.15 – KIDS AND TEENS TRAINING BEGINS” parent_id=”” id=”” class=”” style=””]Wednesday 12.2.15

A.

8 Minutes to warm up to your first set

3 Rounds

At the top of each 2:30 minute mark – perform max reps handstand push ups

B.

In teams of two, alternating after full rounds, complete 10 rounds total (5 rounds each) for time of:

20 Kettlebell Swings 70/55

15 Thrusters 75/55


 

Notes:

Handstand Push Ups – you can transition to the next level once you’ve hit 12 repetitions across the board. Once you have, move to the next progression no matter what rep scheme you hit at it. Continue until you hit that progression for 12’s.

never done these before? settle into a progression that allows for an 8-12 range

Progression is as follows

Developing Scaled Push Ups: 30″ Chest Elevated Push Ups  –>  20″ Chest Elevated Push Ups  –>  10″ Chest Elevated Push Ups

From Push Ups to Overhead Position: Push Ups  –>  10″ Feet Elevated Push Ups  –>  20″ Feet Elevated Push Ups   –>  30″ Feet Elevated Push Ups

Full Inverted Handstand Push Up with Risers: Handstand Push Up  to 4.5″ riser –>  Handstand Push Up  to 3.0″ riser  –>  Handstand Push Up  to 1.5″ riser

Handstand Push Up –>  Kipping Handstand Push Ups[/accordion_item][accordion_item title=”Thursday 12.3.15″ parent_id=”” id=”” class=”” style=””]Thursday 12.3.15

A.

3 Rounds

45 Seconds Side Pillar Left

15 Seconds Rest

45 Seconds Side Pillar Right

15 Seconds Rest

45 Seconds Floor Facing Angels

B.

Every 3 minutes for 5 rounds

Power Clean x 3

Max Unbroken Ring Rows

Score is the lowest weight you hit for the power cleans.

C.

5 Rounds

1 Minute Alternating Turkish Get Ups

1 Minute Rest


 

Notes:

Power Cleans – Start heavy on this but technically sound.

Floor Facing Angels  are different from Reverse Snow Angels

Turkish Get Ups – Smoooooooth, smooth reps. Don’t get too heavy, and don’t turn these into a race. Pay attention to each individual step[/accordion_item][accordion_item title=”Friday 12.4.15″ parent_id=”” id=”” class=”” style=””]Friday 12.4.15

A.

3 rounds

45 Seconds Russian Twist with Kettlebell

15 Seconds Rest

45 Seconds Teapot Left

15 Seconds Rest

45 Seconds Teapot Right

15 Seconds Rest

B.

15 Minutes to establish Push Press 3rm

C.

21-15-9

Back Squats at 65% of 1rm, or 70% of 5rm

Ball Slams 40/30

Every 2:00, stop and perform 30 seconds of max No Push Up Burpees

Two Scores -Score is time in the workout, Second score will be total number of No Push Up burpees combined.


 

Notes:

Push Press- Try to beat your push press from the last time

Back Squats in the workout – Don’t have a number to go off of? just go heavy enough that you feel you can hit a smooth set of 10.[/accordion_item][accordion_item title=”Saturday 12.5.15″ parent_id=”” id=”” class=”” style=””]A.

2 Wods – 1 Clock

5 Minute amrap

50/40 Calorie Row

Max Toes to Bar in the time remaining

Immediately into…

5 Minute amrap

10 Power Cleans 135/95

30 Double Unders


 

Notes:

Two different scores for this workout – play it out intelligently and don’t smoke yourself prior to the second wod.

This wod will have a quick warm up prior – there is a lot to get done here, so stick with a scaling that you feel very comfortable with.[/accordion_item][accordion_item title=”Sunday 12.6.15″ parent_id=”” id=”” class=”” style=””]Sunday 15.6.15

A.

5 rounds of:

30 wall-ball shots, 20/14

5 full snatches

Rest 2 minutes

Score is total time, and weights used for snatch.


 

Notes:

Snatches are full- only if flexibility will allows[/accordion_item][/accordion][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Mobility Class Time Change

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Hey all,

There will be a mobility time change starting this week, from Wednesday at 6:45pm to Thursday 6:45pm. This change will be permanent with the addition of kids classes on Wednesday night.

We have one mobility class (this coming week) left in the 4 class series on fixing your lower body.

Let me know if any of you with a mobility membership won’t be able to make it to this upcoming mobility class! or if this inconveniences you for any future mobility classes during this cycle and we can adjust the membership accordingly 🙂

Sweet Potato Pumpkin Pecan Pie Recipe

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Today marks the beginning of a new monthly segment for CFSB Wellness Wednesdays: “Amy’s Treat Corner”

Every month Amy will show you how to make a delicious treat that you can share with your family and friends for a special occasion.

In this video Amy shows you how to make a Sweet Potato Pumpkin Pecan Pie dessert that you can bring with you to Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow.

SMBHC Holiday Drive!

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Hey all!

We are going to do a drive for the Sister Maura Brannick Health Center,

The Sister Maura Brannick Health Center is need of the following:

  • Food (with a specific focus on canned tuna, 24-oz or larger cans of spaghetti sauce, egg noodles and macaroni & cheese) but any non-perishable food items are good
  • Paper products
  • Personal care items (razors, shaving cream, deodorant, feminine hygiene products, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, lotion and hair care items)

At the whiteboard underneath the workout is where we will be putting the items! lets fill these boxes up, and then we will get more boxes, lets see how many we can fill!

Lets say, I’d like to see 6 full boxes by the end of December!

 

-B

Quads and Hip Flexor Mobility

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Typically one of the first places to go when people are complaining of low back pain, is the hip flexors. This issue is pretty prevalent in today’s society, in which for most of our day we find ourselves sitting down. Something we’re not really made to do for extended amounts of time. Sadly, this is somewhat unavoidable, given we need to earn a paycheck.

The hip flexors, or less commonly the Iliacus and Psoas aid in flexion of the hips, and rotation of the spine in the thoracic and lumbar regions.

When these muscles get tight, all kinds of funky stuff can send a good lift awry. Lumbar rounding, inability to “shoot the hips”, amongst assorted other fun actions, including the increased risk of injury.

Due to the nature of both our jobs and hobby, we’ll find ourselves in a compromising position quite frequently throughout the day, making it imperative that we mobilize the body and make sure it’s up to snuff and prepared for any activity.

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Wade’s Army 2015 Wrap Up

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Thank you to everyone who had a hand in contributing to our Wade’s Army fundraising efforts. Whether you made a donation, shared a post, liked a picture, told others about it or participated in our 5% day, it all made a huge difference. Now that the dust has settled and we have some concrete numbers, some pretty amazing things happened. In total we were able to raise $4,306 through our gym page + $2,047 from our Whole Foods 5% day for a total of $6,353!!! In 2013 and 2014, we had a total of $6,636 COMBINED! In one year alone we almost matched that, and we raised the largest amount of all gyms.  Wade’s Army was able to $109,824, and we accounted for 5.8% of that.

Thank you again for making this year so special ​and for being such an awesome community! Please continue to spread awareness for Wade’s Army and neuroblastoma all year long!

SNOW! snow snow snow. snow.

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Yes, check it out, there is snow outside. So lets go over some Snow related details.

  1. Shoes: Again, there is snow, on the ground, at this very moment. Which means when you go outside and step in it – it turns your feet into sloppy wet salt and dirt covered sponges. Please try to bring a different pair of shoes to train in. or drive a hover round from your car to the gym so that you don’t track a bunch of dirt in here.
  2. Being on time: You’ll have to get up earlier, and clean your car off, and maybe warm it up, and maybe jump it (you should all have jumper cables by the way) – take a flamethrower to it and read the wod ahead of time while your car is thawing out so you are prepared to jump into class. Whatever you have to do just know that you may have to wake up/get your shit together earlier, so that you get here on time. People drive slower or irresponsibly fast when it begins to snow – so prepare for worse traffic that you may have to cut through. But even if you DO leave late, this brings me to my next point.
  3. Driving: Don’t drive like a maniac. Every year we had a lot of students that have never driven in snow before. Go out to a parking lot and drive around for a while to get a feel for it, because each year we have at least one student that gets into a fender bender. If you are late to CrossFit, even though we don’t like it – don’t speed here just to get here on time.
  4. Class cancelations/delays? We will post any kind of delays or cancelations in two places on the blog – one as a post on the daily wod page, and two – as a banner on the top of the page.
  5. Holidays – most of the time we are closed holidays unless we post some abbreviated open gym hours. So just look for that as an individual blog post – again, on the wod page.