Food Revolution

WOD

"Metcon Mayhem"

Row 600 meters

Tire Sledgehammers 30 reps

Overhead Carry 100 meters 45/25

Knees to Elbows 30 reps

Run 400 meters

Alternating Pointers 30 reps

Walking Lunges 100 meters

Pull-Ups 30 reps

Row 600 meters

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I couldn't resist but say something on the blog this am. I probably should have posted it on the Food Blog but I wanted to make sure everyone would see it here. When I got home last night, I sat down to veg for a minute and there was a show on called, Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution. He was trying to introduce normal whole foods into a public school system. As I watched him interact with the administrative staff of the school, cooks and others, I was amazed at how far we have come from providing our most precious possession, our children, with the resources needed to live a healthy and productive life, good food! The kids did not even know how to use eating utensils. They had been eating processed and packaged food for so long, that they did not know how to eat properly. We have a society full of short cuts, take the easy road, and settle for second best attitudes. How can we accept this when it comes to our children? I can't! Take the information that we teach you in your CrossFit training about proper nutrition and share it with your family. Will they like it at first, maybe not. My kids don't like everything healthy we serve, but they are eating healthier than ever before, and they can independently make good decisions between good or bad food choices. Isn't that our job, to train our children in the way that they should go, so when they are old they won't depart from it? Be a vanguard for change and join the food revolution to eat healthy food!

Comments

Elisabeth commented on 27-Mar-2010 10:35 AM

Thanks for posting Jamie's video and making me aware of the pandemic mal-content food crisis that is facing the next generations. Stephen WOD scaled: abmat situps, and 55#SLDL= 16:55; almost 3 minutes off my previous - however, it was offset by 75# SLDL

Christi commented on 27-Mar-2010 10:31 PM

Darin, I saw that show the other night and was amazed that not only did the children get fed food that did not require the use of utensils...but that they could not identify fruits and vegetables! Makes you wonder what parents and schools are doing with the time they should be teaching! As a nurse practitioner who works in a children's hospital, I can assure you that obesity is starting younger and younger. We are seeing more and more one and two year olds that weigh 50 and 60 pounds! I believe we are going to have the first generation of parents that outlive their children due to weight related health issues if there is not a major change in how we eat as a nation. Very sad!

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