Here are a couple of pages from the Field Manual we’re building for Standard athletes… Glassman has always said and done some stupid stuff, but as a coach and a fitness pioneer, no one has changed the world the way he has. Let’s take a look at “Fitness in 100 words.”
800g Challenge!
JOIN THE #800gCHALLENGE® at The Standard
WHAT IS IT?
The #800gChallenge was designed by OptimizeMe Nutrition. Eat 800 grams (g) of fruits and/or vegetables, by weight, per day.
No foods are eliminated, but only fruits and veggies count toward the 800g. Eat the fruits and veggies of your choice. Hit the macros you want.
Raw, cooked, canned, frozen; doesn’t matter! If you can weigh it as a standalone and unprocessed fruit or vegetable, you can count it. Yep, that’s it! Here’s a one-sheet with all the rules.
So why 800g? It’s associated with increased health and is a simplified way to hit those recommended servings of fruits and vegetables. Read more here.
DATES
January 6th-February 2nd
SIGN-UP
You can register HERE:
www.Thestandard800gchallenge2020.wodifyrise.com
MEETING
We will host a meeting at The Standard to go over all the challenge rules and answer your questions. Be sure to be there!
January 1st at 9am
COST
$30 per person (This will be paid through push press at the gym or in cash to a coach)
SCORING
We will be using Wodify Rise to log scores and leaderboard throughout the challenge. More info on scoring can be found here.
PRIZES
The person with the highest points on each team will earn their money back! (Team captains are not in the running for this prize, sorry coaches!)
The team with the most points will be treated to Balance on The Standard’s dime!
Bragging rights are also a pretty cool prize.
Navigating Nutrition around the Holidays
Hey all! Kayla Genson here! With Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s just around the corner, we will be spending time with loved ones and great food. While many are excited for all of the yummy treats, there are others of you secretly sweating, wondering how you will get through the holidays AGAIN this year without derailing your progress. Or maybe you are the person who says, “Oh forget it! I’ll start over in January!” Then you spend the next month and a half eating garbage and feeling like garbage.
First, let’s take a second to BREATHE. Next, I want you to say out loud, “The holidays will NOT derail my progress.”
Good, now we can move onto to some helpful strategies to get through the holidays without feeling like you need to miss out or feeling like you sabotaged yourself.
1.) Try not to “save your calories”. This looks like not eating breakfast and possibly lunch that way you can engorge ALL the food later. This way of eating tends to lead to an all out binge that leaves you feeling miserable at the end of the night. Instead, eat a satisfying breakfast and lunch, that way when the holiday meal comes around you can eat mindfully because you will not be starving.
2.) If you track your food/macros: I encourage you to try not to on this day. Holidays are meant to be enjoyed with family, friends, and food. Don’t try to stress over how much fat is in your stuffing. Memories > Macros!
3.) Do not try to “burn off” your holiday meal. You know those memes that say 3 sets of 12 push ups burns off a cup of mashed potatoes? WRONG. The body doesn’t work that way, and you do not need to earn your calories.
4.) Have the dessert! Again, holidays are meant to be enjoyed with family, friends, and food. The slice of pumpkin pie will not make you gain 5 pounds of fat. Just maybe don’t eat the entire pie.
5.) Be nice to yourself. If you do go off the deep end one or two days, everything will be fine! Just don’t use those one or two days to keep stuffing yourself into a New Year’s Resolution that you don’t want to keep.
Hope you all enjoy the time with your families and eat super yummy food!
Love you guys!
Kayla