Why we need too sleep?
Adults need an average of 8 hours of sleep per night with the adequate range being between 7-9 hours. Everyone knows this, right? ๐๐ผ
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This is what happens to your body when you don’t get enough sleep ๐ค
โhigher risk of injury
โincreases “fight or flight” response
โincreases cravings for sugar
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Long term effects include:
โincreased risk of Metabolic and/or Endocrine disorders
โincreases risk of Alzheimer’s
โweight gain
To name a few...โ๐ผ
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Getting adequate sleep needs to be prioritized. Here are some ways to ensure you get a restful night’s sleep:
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turn off electronics 30 mins before bedtime โ
use blue light blocking apps or glasses 1 hour before bedtime
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set a nighttime routine
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avoid eating large meals before bed
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avoid alcohol consumption
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keep your bedroom cool (optimally ~65degrees)
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Repost from @drsara_dc ๐ก
Train with good technique
The first and most important component of beginning CrossFit is to follow our charter of mechanics, consistency, and then intensity.
Mechanics refers to technique—your ability to move properly through our core movements. For us, this means moving yourself and external objects in the most ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ manner possible.
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As coaches, it is our duty to promote good technique at all costs, being strong doesn’t mean much if you can’t move well.
The reason why weightlifting and powerlifting have such low injury rates compared to popular sports like football and soccer is because technique is such a high priority. Every day they work tirelessly to perfect the quality of their movement. This is how the best are able to lift tremendous weight and have ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ in their athletic career.
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Poor technique sets the athlete up for injury. This often means we need to decrease the weight on the bar until the movement quality improves. You don’t always need to stop training, but you NEED to stop pushing heavy weight. This means working on technique with lighter weight while you use individualized corrective exercises to ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ in mobility and coordination.
Lifting heavy weights poorly will make you stronger. However, it will make you stronger in the wrong way by reinforcing poor technique. Remember that it doesn’t matter how MUCH you can lift, if you can’t lift it in the most ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ manner possible.
Eat to perform
We chronically see two types of malnutrition with new athletes; many are eating too few calories to support CrossFit training, and many are eating too many carbohydrates which will promote the accumulation of body fat. Nutrition can help support not only your training in the gym but also how well you sleep, stress regulation, and your relationships with yourself and others. The CrossFit prescription for nutrition is:
Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch, and NO sugar.
Honestly, I was thinking it was going to be like the other CrossFit boxes I had been to before CJP. I thought I wasn’t going to last and that my first class was going to be a try out. I was surprised by how much commitment and effort the coaches put into each of us to make us better, a month try out turned out to be 3 years of continuous work. What started as a couple days a week turned out to be a life time commitment.
I was brought to CrossFit because of the functionality it provides for every challenge life versus just bodybuilding or power lifting. CrossFit forces you to break through mental barriers and past what you thought you physical or mental limit was.
We have something at CJP that I see and appreciate at every CrossFit gym I’ve ever vistied: a community of capable, caring judges and athletes of all shapes and sizes united under one goal of helping each other to get as fit as possible. That was my expectation when I showed up here on Day One (June 2015), and that perception hasn’t changed at all in the four years since.