a few Months of CrossFtit11/9/2018 I did a Blog Post from a while back when I was very new to cross fit www.robalexanderhealth.com/health-blog/my-thoughts-on-a-few-weeks-of-crossfi Modified Crossfit for fat loss I've tried to play the slow game with crossfit as I really like it and want to be doing this type of work out for years to come. I've continued to go and seem to have found my routine with it. I go twice a week, do my own lifting at the gym (which has turned into me basically dancing) and I do 1 day cardio (on my full fasting day) with 2 recovery days. This has been a good thing and my crossfit has a day that is more lower body and one that is more upper body so that has been great. I lift very light at crossfit for a few reasons - - I am cutting weight so not able to really build muscle, instead I am lifting to tell my body that the muscles are being used. This way when the body is looking for fuel sources it will be forced to use my unused fat since my muscles are being used. I do the cardio to stimulate my lymph system. The fat loss comes from my intermittent fasting. I am sure to consume carbs after crossfit to strategically spike my insulin to feed and maintain the muscle. If I didn't do this I think the intensity of the crossfit would break my system down. -I have a bit of an injury with my arm and I don't ant to make it worse. It would be so easy to ghte wrapped up in the competitive part of crossfit and push myself harder than I should. I've tried to resist the temptation. - I have never done these type of lifts before and I want my nervous system to learn the motions with light weight so that I get the form locked in and then I plan on increasing weight later -I'm soar from what I do and so why increase the weight. If what I'm doing was effortless I would increase but even with the light weights I am very soar. Plus I am trying to find the sweet spot between the weight and number of rounds I can do in time. More weight would exhaust me much faster. Crossfit has lots of great components helping with psychology of a workout and has definitely helped me push my intensity. I haven't been to any other crossfit gyms so I have no idea what they are like. I'm sure I will try one just for contrast at some point. I did go 3 times a week along with my other workouts once and I just couldn't recover enough. Crossfit for weight loss is tough but it has been a good tool. I have lost so much weight from using the protocol https://www.alexanderprotocol.com/ I plan on switching gears at the end of the month from a weight loss plan to a muscle build phase as I can't get much skinnier. I think this will make crossfit even more fun as I will have enough food to actually build my strength.
If you haven't tried crossfit try it. don't get too wrapped up in the competitive part and don't get injured but do see what you are capable of. If you are in the central coast area come visit Grover Beach Crossfit
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Fat Loss- Loose Skin and toxins11/4/2018 I had this graphic made years ago. The overweight pic looks amazingly similar to my before pic from 5 months ago.
I weighed in today the lightest I have been in a very long time. I have lost over a sixth of me. A few weeks ago I hit a little bit of a plateau with the weight loss. So I ate more and exercised less. My body was recognizing that it needed nutrients and to recover. This isn't the strategy for everyone but it worked for me in this part of the process. I'm not completely focused on weight as weight isn't fat necessarily. I have tried to post that all over this site. It is does give me good information though. Things I'm learning What I thought was loose skin was fat I clearly have loose skin around my belly but I'm not sure if or when it will go away. I have so many stretch marks from when I got fat as a kid. Stretch marks are a real issue. I don't care about the look its feeling like I'm wearing a skin hoody that is the problem. I also tent to look at fat and toxin storage like a pond where everything settles on the bottom. The fat I am tapping into now is the oldest and potentially most toxic. The amount of weight I'm losing is less as I lose more which makes sense. I did get sick this week with a head cold. Not that big a deal but I feel like I'm processing a lot of toxins and it's weakening me. The last mile of the marathon is the hardest one. I know I need to keep loosing fat for a few more weeks just to tap into this deep layer. If I don't do it now I will have to come all the way back here some other time. Defiantly more hungry lately but able to eat way less in my window. I have found that taking activated charcoal at night helps with detox. I cycle DMSA and take 600mg of NAC everyday to keep my glutathione levels up. The goal skinny healthy Health Blog LibraryAuthorRob Alexander is on a journey to learn not just about health but everything else. Archives
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