Back squat 5, 3, 1+ reps @ 75%, 85%, 95%
Please download and print your worksheet!
Complete five rounds of the interval :40 seconds of work/:20 seconds of rest of:
Row (calories)
Deadlift, 100% BW
Weighted box jumps, 24"/20"
This is to be done "mash-up" style where you complete a row, deadlift, and box jump to complete a round. For the box jumps, choose dumbells that you can confidently jump off of the box while holding.
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Zac – need we say more?
So why no sugar substitutes? Take for instance the dilemma of the diet soda. Most diet sodas are calorie and carb free, caffinated, sweet and totally delicious (this can be debated). At first glance, this sounds Zone perfect and a great alternative to that nasty water-stuff.
Let's start with a very basic principle of the Zone - hormone regulation. One of the primary benefits of Zoning is the hormone regulation that results from eating a low-glycemic balanced meal. By controlling your carbohydrate intake and monitoring the glycemic impact of your carb choices, you limit the amount of insulin released by your pancreas. This maintains a neutral to favorable insulin sensitivity (as opposed to insulin resistance) and circumvents excess carb storage as fat.
Enter the sweetner. Sweetners are just that – sweet. When your tongue tastes something sweet entering the mouth, it talks to the brain (specifically the hypothalamus) and says "Hey, here comes energy!" The brain then says to the pancreas "Yo, dump some insulin because here comes glucose!" And there it is – a big insulin dump, but all for nothing. The body is now very confused and unable to effectively regulate insulin and all because of artificial sweetners.
Be sure to read the blog entries for Saturday and Sunday and post thoughts to comments.
