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DOMS = delayed onset muscle soreness. AKA the soreness you feel the day after a good workout :)

Yep safe to say that the initial gain was water weight. I gained nearly 2kg almost immediately when I started my reset, and ended up with a total gain of 4-5kg at the end of my 10 week reset. It took 3-4 weeks before I stopped feeling full aaaalllllll the time. But I went from eating ~1500 cals to 2400 cals and loved every…

Really depends on how much the deficit it. If it's minimal, then they could still be gaining small amounts of muscle because their body will use stored fats for energy, along with losing body fat which would result in losing inches. A lot of them could be newbies to lifting though - I think a lot of people come here from…

Me too!! I'm not registered but my box is going to program the open WODs each Monday so we can all have a go. Once I finished the first round I thought to myself that I'd be happy with 3 rounds, and stoked with 4. Well, I was 11 reps off completing the 5th round so I'm very happy :) Got all DUs unbroken but the snatches…

When there is running in a WOD that someone can't do and they row instead, it always goes up a little. ie; 400m run = 500m row 800m run = 1000m row

Haha thanks! Didn't really have a choice once I'd started - I'd never live it down with the coaches if I walked out. A few months ago one guy walked out when he saw "Karen" on the board. They still bring it up :P It definitely made it a little more fun doing it in partners, and it was nice to see that I was faster than my…

Haha I have to agree with this. Not that I drink it every day, but 2-3 coffees a week is no problem in my books!

I've never been so close to walking out of the box upon seeing the whiteboard as I was this morning, but am so glad I did it. It was a killer, but felt great once finished. WOD, in partners: 50 cal airdyne (alternating 5 cal each) 800m run together 2km row (alternating 250m each) 800m run together 6 x 120m sled…

Will be interested to see what other responses you get, but in my experience HRM are pretty useless for anything that isn't steady state cardio, and for that reason I don't ever use them. I'm a crossfitter so am constantly changing pace, strength, movements etc and HRMs don't account for anything other than your heart…

Couldn't agree more. Getting in some quality protein and carbs both before and after training should make a significant difference not only to your performance, but to your recovery as well. Also make sure you're drinking enough water and getting enough sleep, and as the others said don't let your stretching and mobility…

Back squat PB at 72.5kg and RX'd 2 WODs in 2 days. Feeling good :)

Schwartz's Crossfit Melbourne Melbourne, Australia ...for anyone that might be travelling down under ;)

I personally don't track my calorie burn at all, ever. The only thing that the monitors track is your heart rate, and it then bases your possible calorie burn off of how slow/fast your heart rate is. The problem with trying to judge calorie burn on heart rate with something like crossfit is that it is not steady state, and…

Strength: Front squats to 10RM, 5RM and 3RM - got my previous 1RM weight as my 3RM Sets of 3 max weighted strict chin ups in between squats WOD in pairs: 4 x wall to wall sprints, alternating - 7 min AMRAP Sled up & back, alternating - 7 min AMRAP 250m row, alternating - 7 min AMRAP According to my head coach, cardio/no…

Sooo agreed. I don't do early morning classes (9am most days) but still aim for 8 hours sleep every night. Gone are the days of surviving on 5-6 hours sleep!!

Strength: In pairs, alternating sets of 3 x touch & go power cleans 16 min AMRAP **If you let go of the bar before completing 3 reps, you have to do 3 calories in airdyne bike We completed 19 rounds (so 19 sets each) and I did 2 reps of the 20th WOD: Again in pairs 6 rope climbs (3 each, alternating) 400m run (together)…

I agree, he is incredibly annoying, but to the point where he is so annoying that it becomes funny. I'm not entirely sure if he is real or acting, but I have to seriously HOPE that he is acting, coz if he's not then he is possibly the biggest schmuk on the planet... I'll just keep telling myself he is being silly so I…

Hilarious, but even more so coz we know it's all bull****. Unfortunately tooooo many people will watch this and think he's being serious, hence all the comments under the video!!

I definitely agree with this, but I also strongly believe in not only eating the right carbs, but USING the right carbs. Ie; fuelling my training and recovering from training with carbs, and focusing on protein, fats and veggies at other times. I will never rule anything totally out of my diet just because it might be…

I was going to suggest good mornings, but just with a broomstick so no weight. And make sure you keep the curve in your lumbar spine. Either watch in a mirror or get someone to watch you and stop as soon as you start to lose that curve. Go only that far down. I find them really useful.

THANK YOU for this info!! I'm heading overseas for 5 weeks in the middle of the year (World Cup, here I come!!) and am planning on visiting at least one box in each country (and collecting shirts, obviously) so that map site will definitely come in handy!!

Hey Sarah. First off, welcome!! I know from my own experience that it can be daunting to jump straight in to eating your TDEE cals and knowing that you'll likely gain weight during reset, etc, but I'd highly recommend doing a proper reset if you're coming from a long history of dieting. I did my reset for 10 weeks at 2315…

I've never tried paleo and have no strong feelings towards it one way or the other, but I do feel very strongly about finding a way of eating (rather than a 'diet') that fits within your lifestyle, your likes/dislikes and is sustainable for you. There's no point, in my opinion, trying something that deprives you of so many…

I'm not competing but I'm VERY excited to see what they throw at the athletes this year!!

Is it per year? Or a one off? I thought it was one off.... Either way, they are incredibly helpful and you'll often get a few different moderators answering the same questions and giving lots of advice so I reckon it's worth it if ETP is something you want to try properly :)

Don't feel silly. PRs are all relative, so as long as you're getting stronger and feeling good in your training, then you're doing great!! I got a 67.5kg back squat for 2 sets of 4 and was super proud, even though there was a girl in that session who was squatting around 100kg haha And how annoying are regular gyms where…

Yesterday: WOD 1: 10 back squats @ ~90% of 8RM 3 rope climbs 20 toes to bar 10 push jerks x 3 rounds WOD 2: 30 double unders 15 KB swings x 12 min AMRAP Today: WOD 1: Power cleans partner ladder (ie; taking it in turns to do 1 each, 2 each, 3 each, etc) 18 min AMRAP My partner and I completed 12 each WOD 2: in 4 mins -…

anyone??

I joined Eat To Perform last week and I'm glad I did. There's obviously plenty of free info out there on the internet but after seeing all the testimonials of people following ETP and being unable to find the specific answers I wanted, I figured it was worth the investment. The moderators/staff on the forums are super…

They do publish a lot of useful info for free, especially through their facebook group, but if you want their guidelines book and access to the science lab forum where you can ask questions, chat to other people etc then I'm pretty sure it's a one-off payment. I put off paying it for months but was getting frustrated coz I…