FINALLY. I know it seems like I’ve been holding onto the recipe, but between good lighting for pictured, and the rest time, and making sure it’s right….sometimes it takes for freakin ever to get a recipe done and up. This is not a particularly inventive recipe. It’s basic as hell. It’s the same as 9000 other pastry recipes because honestly how many different measurements of flour, sugar, and butter can there really be and have them all work out? It’s not the quantities that this recipe is about – it’s the technique. It’s about where I suspect we’re going wrong when we try to sub in GF flour for a…
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The Truth About Macros
Сounting macros. “It’s the only way to lose body fat or gain muscle effectively.” “It’s obsessive behavior and leads to disordered eating.” “You have to count calories if you want to change body composition.” “It’s completely unnecessary – just eat whole foods with lots of nourishment and your body composition goals will follow.” “Measuring and counting is required.” “Measuring and counting is a waste of time.” “You can eat like this forever!” “No one can really eat like this.” “It’s actually really easy.” “It takes over your life.” “You can eat doughnuts!” “It’s SO restrictive. You can’t eat ANYTHING.” I have heard each one of these things said on the…
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Dropping In – What To Do When You’re Out of Town
I’ve been doing CrossFit since my husband opened his first affiliate in 2010, and coaching since he opened the second in 2014. I’ve dropped in at quite a few gyms in my CrossFit tenure. From local in NJ when visiting family to across the Atlantic in Copenhagen, Denmark. I have to be honest, I assumed what I’m about to tell you was a sort of common-sense thing…not to be a dick. A post in a CrossFit affiliate owners group the other day proved that assumption to be very very wrong. An affiliate owner spoke of someone dropping-in, and showing up without any previous contact right as class was about to start…
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Why Would You Want to Get BIGGER?! — The Bigness Project
I have been asked this no less than three times since starting the Bigness Project two weeks ago. It is funny to me that people do ask that question though. They’ve even said things like, “You’re pretty muscular already.”. Ok. Cool. Thank you! It took six years and probably upwards of 1000 hours at this point to get there. Anyway, that’s yet one more tangent for one more day. “Why do you want to get bigger?” It’s a valid question, given the environment of women’s fitness. The concept of doing a program with the goal being bigger muscles is still had for most folks to grasp. The goal is never bigger. It is, and seemingly…
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Deviled Eggs and Bacon
I’m going to a party, what can I bring? There are actually way more options that we tend to think. For some reason, we have this knee-jerk reaction of WHAT THE FUCK DO I BRING TO A PARTY IF I DON’T EAT BREAD?! The truth is, lots of things. Here’s the dirty little secret: Just because you don’t eat certain things, does not mean you are a hermit weirdo creep who cannot attend or have fun at parties. Wether or not you HAVE fun, even if the menu isn’t perfectly Paleo or exactly suited to your needs is something that’s totally up to you. You decide to put your party…
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10 Minute at Home WODs
With the Whole Life Challenge coming up, it’s going to be important to have some quick 10 min workouts in your back pocket for days that you can’t make it to the box. Even if you’re not participating in the Challenge, it’s good to have these ready to go for when you’re on vacation, or stuck at home with limited or no equipment available to you. These are all essentially 10 Min AMRAPs of mixed body weight movements: running, sit ups, squats, push ups, etc, in different sequences to keep things interesting. 10 x 10 AMRAP 10 Min: 10 Push Ups 10 Squats 10 Sit ups 2 Min Tests AMRAP…