Paleo Challenge 2011
June 14th – July 24th

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The Teams

The 2011 Paleo Draft went down behind closed doors.  After the entire selection process and trading occurred we were left with the following teams:

Team Ant

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Week 1 Challenge

“Fran”

Goal:
It has become tradition for us to use certain benchmarks to measure success and improvement, those of you who have come through foundations recently can remember completing a “half Cindy” on Day 1 and Day 8.  In the mid winter Paleo Challenge we found ourselves doing “Helen”. So in keeping with tradition our Summer Paleo Challenge will use “Fran” as our benchmark. Good Luck!

Scores

Scores

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Week 2 Challenge

“Most Veggies Consumed”

Goal:
Eat your Veggies!
Purpose:
Without the grains in your diet you may find yourself lacking in carbohydrate department .  Carbohydrates are essential to the bodies energy production.  A lack of carbohydrates can lead to a lack of mental clarity and a feeling of exhaustion. Eat your carbs but eat the right ones!  Oh and remember 1/2 a slice of toast is equivalent to an entire head of lettuce, so if you think your eating enough veggies, think again.

Scores

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Week 3 Challenge

“Push Jerk 3×3″  & “Least Cheats”

Goal:
The goal of this weeks challenge is to limit the amount of “cheats” you are consuming.  A cheat includes eating anything that is not Paleo (ex. grains, dairy, alcohol, processed foods).  For simplicity of scoring we have decided that you can accumulate 6 cheats a day.  If you cheat by eating a bagel for breakfast that compromised the entire meal and you would count that as a cheat. Conversely if you decided to pig out and have a happy meal and soda for lunch that would still count as 1 cheat.  Keep track of your cheats and send them to your coaches. The second half of the challenge will require you to hit your 3×3 PR on the push jerk on Friday, July 1st 2011 and submit your score to your coach.

Purpose:
Going strict Paleo can be difficult.  In doing so we often find that our body enters a detoxification phase and we find ourselves tired and groggy from the lack of carbohydrates.  It is important during the first two weeks to establish a healthy diet where you are intaking adequate amounts of carbohydrates from the proper sources (ie. fruits and veggies), it is also important to eat often as we find that these simple carbohydrates break down quickly leaving us tired and in need of more fuel.
So after suffering through the first two weeks why on earth would you start putting those grains and dairy products back in!  It will only prolong the harsh detoxification phase.

Scores
“Push Jerks”

“Least Cheats”

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Week 4 Challenge

“Log The Most Sleep”  & “Best Attendance”

Goal:
1. Log the most hours of sleep
-Tuesday Evening 7/5 (last night) -> Monday Evening 7/11 (wake up Tuesday and submit final score)

2.  Log the best attendance
- Attendance will be calculated off the computer at the front desk. So make sure you log in every evening.
- Multiple WODs a day will count.

Purpose:
The body repairs and strengthens itself in the time between workouts, and continuous training can actually weaken the strongest athletes.  However, consistently training is the key to success and improvement.  Can you find the proper balance between the two?

Scores:

“Log The Most Sleep”

“Best Attendance”

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Week 5 Challenge

“Paleo Cook-0ff” & “FitDay.com Proportions Log”

“Paleo Cook-off“

Summer 2011 Paleo Cook-off

Goal:
Paleo Cook-off
The cookoff will be held this Friday at 7 PM.  Each team is expected to bring 1 food item, preferably enough for everyone to sample.  You may choose to bring an appetizer, meal or dessert. We hope that each team will work together to decide on what they want to bring and pitch in to prepare that meal.
Purpose:
Eating Paleo requires you to constantly prepare meals using fresh fruits, veggies and meats. It is our hopes that the last few weeks have given you a new found appreciation for cooking and preparing healthy and hearty meals. We scoured the web to bring you ideas for recipes in hopes of stimulating your cooking experience.  Paleo can easily become a chore if you let it. Conversely, it can be incredibly fun and rewarding if you try to find the joy in preparing new meals and experimenting with new recipes.

To read more about the Cook-Off click here.

For a list of recipes click here.

Scores:

“Best Appetizer / Side Dish”

1) Terita of Team Will

Best Apetizer - Bacon Wrapped Dates

1) Faith of Team Voigt

Best Side Dish - Shrimp Ceviche

“Best Entree”

1) Todd of Team Brandy

Best Entree - Veal Meatballs

“Best Dessert”

1) Rachel of Team Ant

Best Dessert - Almond Coconut Righteousness

“FitDay.com Proportions Log”

Goal:
1) Using Fitday.com log your daily meals.
1 Point for every daily food log that is printed and submitted.
1 additional point for every daily food log that fits the nutritional proportions of 40/30/30 % (carbs/protein/fat)
Purpose:
Crossfitting isn’t just about attending as many classes a week as possible or adequately resting each night. In order to be successful you must quantify your training by logging yours times, scores and weights through the use of a journal. However it doesn’t end there, it is equally important to quantify your diet.  Know what you are eating and how much of it you are eating.  Those of you who are struggling to lose weight or gain weight can stand to greatly benefit from viewing your daily caloric intake and your nutritional breakdown.  Do you find yourself physically drained by your new Paleo diet? A visual breakdown of your dietary intake may reveal that your carbohydrate intake is below the recommended 40% which could explain why you aren’t properly fueled.

Scores
“FitDay.com Proportions Log”

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Week 6 Challenge

“Fran Revisited RX & Scaled”

Goal:
Attempt the benchmark “Fran” again. 21-15-9 thrusters and pullups. After eating Paleo for 6 weeks we should see noticeable improvement in performance.

The Athletes Pre-Fran

“Fran revisted – RX”

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The Final Standings

 

	Event 1 -Fran	Even 2 – Veggie	Event 3 Push Jerk	Event 3 – Least Cheat	Event 4 – Sleep	Event 4 – Attendance	Event 5 – Cook-off	Event 5 – Fitday	EVENT 6 – Fran RX AVG	EVENT 7 – Fran SCALE AVG	Total
Team Brandy	2	3	1	4	2	3	x	3	2	3	23
Team Ant	6	1	5	1	3	1	x	3	3	2	25
Team Voigt	1	2	3	5	5	6	x	4	5	5	36
Team Will	3	4	2	6	1	2	x	1	1	1	21
Team Paul	4	6	4	2	6	5		4	6	6	43
Team Nick	5	5	6	3	4	4		2	4	4	37

 

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the winners

“Winning Team”

3rd Place – Team Ant

2nd Place – Team Brandy

and the winner is….

1st Place – Team Will!
Congrats to Terita, John, Jess, Zac, Ali and Ben

“Individual Winner”

The individual winner was chosen based on a vote conducted between all 6 coaches.  The criteria the individual had to meet in order to win was as follows:

1. - Most noticeable improvement based on before and after photos
2. - Full participation in all events
3. - Going above and beyond the required challenge tasks

Picking a winner was far from easy, there were so many athletes who fit our standards perfectly. However, only 1 person can be crowned the winner.

The Summer 2011 Paleo Challenge individual winner is…

Ben of Team Will!

Ben managed to shed 12.2 pounds, 3 percent body fat, and 1.75 inches off his waist.

Ben Before

Ben After