Are We Cool?
2 points for knee socks, 200 points for DUs in a skirt
2 points for knee socks, 200 points for DUs in a skirt
CFSB is growing by leaps and bounds every month with new family members, new equipment, impressive team showing at social and CF Games events, and good participation in the Paleo Challenge, seminars and clinics.
With all this growth, it may be time to start considering our longer term goals, particularly the most important one: coolness.
(Remember to check out the Paleo Challenge announcement at the bottom of this post!)
Some time last week I shared in the comments CF West Santra Cruz’s article on how to know when your gym has ‘really arrived’ and mentioned that Forrest keeps a copy of this under his pillow. If you thought I was kidding, please have a read if you haven’t already, and you tell me if it still sounds funny. On-rampers: if you think your classmates are whomever happens to enroll, think again. Consider that you were chosen.
I’d like to point out a few members who have been working tirelessly and selflessly on these goals and encourage the rest of you to help move us closer to our destination.
1. Knee Socks / Skins
While I think it was Arbel who may have introduced knee socks and skins for the men, it’s thanks to Lauren for working hard on this one for the ladies. Lauren set the trend, being (to my knowledge) the first female to sport knee socks in our new box and earned ‘Socks’ as her nickname.
Unless they’re compression socks like the Skins brand, then the “shin guard” argument I’m pretty sure is just a front used by people not yet comfortable with their new fashion statement. I have a couple theories about why knee socks have become a symbol of status among CrossFit affiliates.
In part, knee socks at present aren’t a popular accessory in mainstream fitness making them all the more appealing for a relatively underground, rebellious and purist fitness movement like CrossFit to adopt. Women who are donning the socks only do so when combined with short and tight shorts (or a skirt!), making for a powerful fashion/function statement about the intensity (and confidence regarding the visible results) of their workout and the importance of the ritual for it to get its own symbolic accessory.
2. Tattoos 
While we may not yet be at 60%, several CFSB members have some awesome body art or are actively working on theirs. Ask Chris H. about his DNA art, or Slaughter about his spiral of pain tattoo. I also keep meaning to ask about Scarlett’s and Jason’s.
3. Mohawks
One of our most hardcore on-rampers got us 2 points closer to our destination with his mohawk — and it’s not a fauxhawk either. Dan U. looks good and makes us all look good swinging the kettlebell with his hawk. I think he even has a kid — that should be an extra two points for being a cool dad. Nice work, Dan!!
4. Catchy T-shirt Slogans
While we probably have one of the most visually appealing and eye-catching affiliate shirts I’ve seen, we haven’t arrived at this one yet. Maybe you’ve seen my CF Hollywood shirt “Smoke you like cheap crack” with the old school car cigarette lighter? Well CF Hollywood did it again with their “Fitarded” shirts they debuted at the So Cal Sectionals. We need to step it up here.
5. The Shirtless Club
This will probably correlate with % of people eating Paleo or Zone, but I see this one improving as the temperature climbs and the beach body goals draw nearer.
6. Zip-up Hoodies
CFSB makes friends with CF Hollywood sporting their clever "Fitarded" shirts at Sectionals
I don’t totally understand this one. Maybe the hoodie has become too widely available and overused for it to still be cool? Personally, I’m going to save my WOD fashion budget for Lulu and wait for the pull-over to come back into style.
7. Vibrams
I’m pretty sure Slaughter is the only one on board here. Vibrams have their merits, and have become more popular, but for some reason these get negative points which I don’t totally agree with. Check out John Durant wearing them on the Colbert Report.
8. Lululemon clothes
This one is pretty much covered I think. Though if Forrest had it his way I’d bet we’d all probably have a complete CFSB Lulu uniform all the way down to matching undies and shoe laces. If only I didn’t have to sacrifice a month of rent to be able to have enough Lulu for how often I workout.
9. Paleo post workout meals
We’re getting there. Mariessa and I are leading the way on this one I think, and Slaughter’s PWO milk is hard to miss, but many more people need to be taking advantage of their PWO nutrition window. Here’s my post on PWO nutrition and Slaughter’s.
10. Noise complaints
What we haven’t achieved in our box, from what I have heard, we have probably collectively made up for in globo gym debauchery with Fran sessions at 24 Hour. I often wonder about the people across the street from CFSB. How are they not members by now with the amazing view they have from their living rooms of all the fun we have? We should all walk up there one evening around dinner time with the entire rugby team, right after a WOD and introduce ourselves with firm, sweaty handshakes.
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Paleo Challenge Complete!
Final week of the Paleo Challenge is here. Send in any food logs you haven’t yet, take your ‘after’ pictures, and do the same benchmark workouts you did in your Week 1 and submit it all to Remy by the end of the week! The next Paleo Challenge will begin in April. Get in gear by reviewing all the posts tagged with ‘nutrition’.
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Here’s a great crockpot recipe for Garlic Beef Stew & Cauliflower Mashed ‘potatoes’ from the excellent Everyday Paleo blog. The only thing I’d definitely add to this meal would be a dark leafy green and yellow/orange vegetable for the vitamins/minerals.
WOD 3/17/2010
A. Clean 2-2-2
B. For Time:
20 Burpees
5 Thrusters
15 Burpees
10 Thrusters
10 Burpees
15 Thrusters
5 Burpees
20 Thrusters
attention retractions and corrections dept: i have two (2) kids. =)
HA! … LOVE IT!…
GO SOCKS (o wait i just cheered for myself)
LOVE FITARDED!
AND… HAPPY ST. PATTY’S DAY!!!!!
Remy I freakin love this post!!!Hahaha I think by far, I loved the FITARDED shirts, I mean you could see them a mile away:)
On a side note, HAPPY ST. PATRICK’s DAY! For all of you that are interested in going, I have reserved a section of the bar at Gasser Lounge for our fabulous CrossFit people and friends starting at 8PM to celebrate the luck of the Irish:) If you need more details email or call me.
nwinters2983@gmail.com
949-290-9763
Yea! Thanx Nicole for putting this together! Looking forward to throwing back some green beer with my fellow Xfiters! Gasser (was the old Rebos across from Jersery’s for those of you, who may have braved to go there!:) See ya tonight!
PALEO CAN MAKE YOU FAT
WHAT? Did you read that correctly? Yup, you did…eating Paleo can absolutely make you fat. Liz and I were chatting about this a month or so ago…it was my concern that most people would start to look at gluten free foods or “paleo friendly” foods and think they were good for you just because they were “Paleo.” Much like the fat-free fad foods of the 90’s did us in back then. Check out this article from Primal Mama Cooks…
Yes, it’s true. Paleo eating can make you fat. That’s a pretty bold statement, you say? Yes, I would agree. But alas my friends, it is true.
It’s not what we eat. It’s not the lean meats, veggies, nuts and seeds and fruit. It’s not the prescribed exercise that goes along with it. If we examine the way the caveman ate, there is virtually no way he could have gotten fat. It’s how we eat today. What has happened is that we have taken modern eating into consideration and thrown portion size out the window. There is a misnomer that goes along with “unweighed and unmeasured” paleo eating. And that is the idea that we can eat all day long like gluttons and we will come out on the other side unscathed.
I will concede to the fact that it is very hard to overeat protein. It’s even hard to overeat vegetables. It’s a little easier to overeat fruit and incredibly easy to overeat nuts and dried fruit. Now try this one on for size…
I just made the most delicious muffins on the planet. So let’s examine the ingredients of said muffins. There’s almond flour, bananas, dates, coconut oil, walnuts, spices, eggs, carrot, etc. All the ingredients qualify as paleo. All of the ingredients are healthy and nutritious. There’s another common denominator here: All of the ingredients (except the carrot) are highly caloric. I don’t know how many actual calories these muffins have in them but I can imagine it’s off the charts. And then it gets even better. I dare you to make these and then just eat one. It’s impossible. They are so good they take your breath away at first bite. I have to admit, I knew this going in because I had a bite of my friend Marc’s at sectionals and they have been on my mind ever since. I broke down and made them this morning. I inhaled two of them in less than 90 seconds. When I get the courage to re-enter the kitchen I’m going to bag them up and bury them in the backyard. Talk about dangerous!
So what’s my point in all this? Just because something is made with paleo ingredients and it beats it’s conventional counterpart (the mega-muffin or bagel) in nutrition and quality does not give us the right to eat it with abandon. We have to use common sense and know our calorie contents.
A long while back I posted about Taco Bell and how they are duping us into believing you can have a lean body by eating their “diet” menu. The girl on the commercial had cut her calories down to 1200 per day. My argument was that anyone could loose weight on that little amount of calories (but, ooohhhh the rebound. Get ready to gain it all back plus some). The inverse is true of paleo eating. If we don’t stay conscious while we are shoveling food in, even if it is paleo, we will gain weight.
So here is my plea. To be successful on paleo, you don’t have to weigh and measure. But you DO have to be conscious. Just because the ingredients are paleo does not give us the right to eat unlimited quantities of food. If you want to make these muffins, go for it. But have one as an occasional treat. Try to pair it with some protein. I guarantee if you eat these day after day, they will blunt your results.
That was a lot of writing Jon.. And i’ve already had 2 irish coffees this morning. So i didn’t read it. Happy F-ING Saint Pattys Day. I have a special workout I will be doing at 6PM. And you must wear green AND a hat if you want to join me.
Wait – there’s a purpose for knee socks other than covering bruises and scars? And here I thought I was being vain. Turns out I’m cool! Finally! It only took a few decades!
I vote for this as our next t-shirt: http://www.gtfo.ro/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Some_Motivation_Requiredu2sDetail.png
HOLY CRAP THIS MADE ME LAUGH! Andrea, Greg, you are my effing heros!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crossfitsb/4440264866/
Jon are you serious with your post-it is St. Patty’s day for heaven sakes!!! As much as I want to know about getting fat off Paleo, all I can think about is green beer:) HAHA
Another great T-shirt slogan I saw at the games: “My wife can kick your husband’s ass.” Sorry, no tattoos for me. I have plenty of scars. I may get the skins, though, just to look cool like Arbel.
Great post Jon. I tend to overeat nutss and fruits. More veggies for me.
I am getting the sense that someone impersonated Jon so that they wouldn’t get their post deleted. It just doesn’t sound like him. Or, maybe this is what Jon does when he gets really drunk — makes muffins, feels bad about it and warns his friends. There’s gotta be a link to a supplements site embedded somewhere in that post by fake Jon… who’s gonna find it?
But seriously… why am I not a part of the shirtless club? When I have watched my calorie intake I was (okay, yeah, it’s mostly nut/butter intake). Pretty much anything other than calories in minus calories out equaling zero will make you fat. But if you’re eating truly ‘paleo’ you’re not eating the high caloric stuff in quantities that would tip the equation because that stuff (and calories in general) just was’t that available to cavemen. The guidelines I gave for the Paleo Challenge were to get the majority of your calories from meats and vegetables (qty protein I gave that Zone block calculator), and then a small handful or two of nuts plus the small amt of oil used for cooking meats/vegetables. If you actually follow that, you won’t get fat.
Haha oh wait, I reread it — he copy/pasted an article from Primal Mama in his post. Phew, mystery solved.
Dude, Jon I need that recipe for muffins… 9 man season is approaching & paleo leaves no room for my usual fuel sources.
Remy, I loved the angle you took!
Dan, You will earn 10 more cool points in the dad department if your kiddos have mohawks, assuming they are old enough and have enough hair!
“God created beer so the Irish wouldn’t take over the world.”
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all!!!
“Some Guinness was spilled on the bar room floor as the pub was closed for the night.
Out from his hole crept a wee brown mouse and stood in the pale moonlight.
He lapped up the frothy brew from the floor and back on his haunches he sat.
And all night long you could hear him roar “Bring on the God damn cat!!!”
Dear Diary,
Scarlett… the sock skirt combo is amazing… and no i dont wear them to cover bruises… they are just TOTALLY CUTE! hahah.
Jon… SUPER INTENSE… I can condense that one for you… DON’T OVER EAT!… Whoop there it is.
Greg… You dont need to stop eating fruits and nuts… you’re seriously the leanest person i have ever met!
AND slaughter… sounds super fun… but i already had 2 workouts this morning…
dude i’ve been on the search for those Virbrams in M40 orange/black .. everywhere in a 30 mile radius is sold out and their own website is sold out too .. and when i want something .. i tend to spend EXTRA money just to have it right away .. goin from 85 in retail to 129 on ebay .. i havent decided if i want it THAT bad haha
@Allyson – my daughter would NEVER go for it, but I went to pick them up from the mothers house the other day and found my son had taken scissors and cut off his own hair trying to shave his head (he’s 3)….
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs482.ash1/26391_368633977740_717357740_4132461_2485747_n.jpg
I have an extra pair of green striped knee socks for this WOD @ 6 to lend should anyone need
Hahaha wow, I got that whole article from another website. I definitely overeat on the nuts/seeds. But hey it’s better than cookies and cake right? Sorry to be so intense, but unlike most I actually woke up this morning to go to work, not start boozing at 10 am. In that aspect, who’s going out tonight? I need a beer like a fish needs water! 714-981-6558
Dibs on the striped Remy socks!!!
Jon have you not been following: Gasser Lounge around 8, bag pipes and all.
I confirmed that 3 tables will be held for us-Mike said to either say my name or find the Jesus tattooed guy-ha
1500 Aviation Blvd
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
I’ll be there tonight shortly after 8 I would hope. Look forward to celebrating 1/2 my heritage! My goodness my guiness!