What is this?
We’re a group of CrossFitters who lead some pretty hectic lives… the word “epic” appears in our twitter feeds all too often, we know our local bar all too well, and we do our best to balance crazy weekends (and sometimes week nights) with work with CrossFit and with… life.
We’re kind of tired of epic. Epic leads to hangovers and bad decisions. So, it’s time for a break… take a step back from the craziness and taking on a Paleo Challenge.
Here’s the deal:
- Someone will post here a few times a week.
- We must check in once a week on Thursdays, at our group dinner.
- The group dinner rotates between the five of us — it must be paleo, and we’ll publish the recipes for each of our group meals.
- In general, we’re following Urban’s Whole30 Challenge, with the following exceptions:
- Dairy is only allowed if you’re trying to gain mass… Arun
- Alcohol is allowed in limited moderation, and it can only be Red Wine or Whiskey.
- Dairy is only allowed if you’re trying to gain mass… Arun
- There might be a penalty for cheating, but we haven’t decided on that yet.
With that, check back here for posts from the five of us trying to clean up our diets.
Here’s a quick overview on what Paleo is all about - Paleo in a Nutshell
The penalty for cheating should be burpees. Or burpees-to-pull ups.
Robbie hush!!
After this comment and what I’ve seen on facebook, I’m a little scared to return to 530 am class tomorrow…
My opinion on penalties: I don’t like them. I think they make cheating ok, because you can just pay the penalty and be done with it. (See Urban’s Burpee Cookie post)
This challenge operates on trust and guilt trips. As in, if you cheat, there are no amount of burpees that will make it ok. You’ll have to live with letting yourself, your team, and possibly the internet down. Not too mention any sort of carb hangovers or lingering lovehandles. Nobody wants that. Just don’t cheat.
Greetings from Colorado! Just stumbled upon this website…very interesting.
but lodea – Do you really think punishment encourages bad behavior? I disagree. If you had to do burpees in a mankini in front of everyone at the group dinner on Thursdays, maybe you’d reconsider cheating next time.
Penalties work if they’re enough to traumatize or severely disrupt the person’s life
It just can’t be real easy, like oh you cheated…you have to sit on the wall for 5 minutes. That’s not tough, I mean it might be hard for some people, but it’s not really going to leave a lasting impression. However, doing wall sits wearing a baby diaper and a bonnet while your friends pull out their cameras and start posting your pictures all over facebook? That might…
I’ll keep following this page – very curious about the paleo diet – not positive I can completely climb on board, but I’ll keep watching from afar.