Our goal for you is to eat for health and performance. The type of exercise we do will help build lean muscle and reduce body fat but the truth remains that you can’t out train a poor diet. The majority of any body recomposition goals will come through your nutrition choices.
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Paleo and Zone: Thai Red Chicken Curry
This curry tastes very authentic, as ex-long haul cabin crew I can vouch for that. It’s absolutely delicious, Zone and Paleo – the best of both worlds. The paste takes a while to prepare but the curry itself is very easy
Zone Recipe – Lamb Moussaka with Greek Salad
A Greek classic of layered lamb mince and aubergine topped with a white sauce and baked. My version uses courgettes (zucchini) instead of aubergine (eggplant) to save all the faff of salting and draining the aubergine. The topping includes ricotta cheese which makes it light and delicious.
Paleo Choco-orange Bars
200g Dates 200g Cashew Nuts* 50g Sultanas (optional) 20g Cocoa Powder (Green & Blacks Organic Cocoa Powder is nice) Zest of 1 orange Whizz up the cashew nuts in a food processor for 5-10 minutes until the oil is released from the nuts and they start to form a nut butter. This is important as [...]
Like Gone Bad
3 Rounds for maximum total reps 1 min Wall Ball 1 min Box Jumps 1 min DB Cleans 1 min Pressups 1 min Row (calories) 1 min Rest Afterwards we had planned on spending some time on gymnastic skills like handstands, L-Sits and Hollow rocks, but everyone was too exhausted from the fantastic effort put [...]
Jerk, Jerk and Triple Jerk
Jerk Tonight saw everyone working on their split jerk and then finishing with a little blast. We also welcomed Lee for her first CrossFit workout – well done! Skipping/Mobility/Warm Up Split Jerk – work on technique/find a 3 rep max 21-15-9 Pull Ups Kettlebell swings Ball Slams Sit Ups Jerk Our recipe for Jerk Chicken. [...]
In the Zone, Chilli Beef Soup
Tonight was another skills/’do a workout you missed’ day. Here to go with it is another Zone recipe for Chilli Beef Soup. This is inspired by something I had in the States back when I was an air hostess – if you’re in America and you see a ‘Corner Bakery’ then pop in for a [...]
The Zone Diet and a Recipe for Jambalaya
Today was a rest/work on skills/make up a workout you missed day. The Zone The Zone is the way of eating that CrossFit recommends to optimize performance. It balances protein, carbohydrate and fat to control your body’s insulin response to food. If you want to lose body fat it works. Chris won’t thank me for [...]
