Nutrition

Eat small meals throughout the day. Eat protein at every meal. Consume vegetables primarily. Take fish oils as a dietary supplement.

In Part 5 of this series, Dr. Barry Sears gives out basic instructions that are the keys to wellness—but don’t be fooled by the simplicity of his prescription.

The Zone Diet and supplementation with fish oils actually have profound effects on the human body at a genetic level. The food intake in Western… Continue Reading

“If I want to have an al-Qaida battle plan How to Destroy Health Care of America, the USDA food pyramid there would be exactly that. I can think of nothing that would accelerate the development of silent inflammation faster.”

In Part 4 of this series, Dr. Barry Sears pulls no punches in criticizing USDA nutritional prescriptions that are being adopted by countries around the world. Dr. Sears states that a Western diet that causes silent… Continue Reading

The primary cause of most long term illnesses is inflammation, says Dr. Barry Sears, creator of the Zone Diet. New! Part 3 added.

In the final analysis, it’s all about your genes, especially how an anti-inflammatory diet, like the Zone Diet, can turn off inflammatory genes and simultaneously turn on anti-inflammatory genes that promote cellular rejuvenation, repair and healing. Your ability to control inflammation becomes the molecular definition of wellness… Continue Reading

In another episode of our series on how real athletes eat in the real world, Josh Everett talks to the camera about his food choices over a 24 hour period. Josh’s food intake includes oatmeal with fruit, a turkey sandwich, apples, a paleo kit, macadmaia nuts, avocado, grilled meat and veggies.

But Josh also consumes lots of supplements: protein powder, liver powder, fish oil, digestin, creatine monohydrate, beta alamine, cod liver oil… Continue Reading

This is the 15th episode of CrossFit Radio Weekend, which aired at 6:00 p.m. PDT on Saturday, May 30th, 2009.


03:46 Tony Budding discusses the CrossFit Games: where they’ve been and where they’re going. Among the topics covered were the video submissions for The Last Chance Qualifiers and the growing international interest in the Games. As the Qualifiers drew to a close, Tony talked about highlights, lowlights and lessons learned. He also touched on… Continue Reading

Pat Sherwood is one of CrossFit HQ’s top trainers. He is on the road most weekends at the various CrossFit Level 1 and Level 2 certification seminars. He is also a great athlete who is cranking out some very impressive athletic performances. Proper nutrition is essential for optimizing performance. But how can that happen with so much time on the road?

This video is the sixth in a series in… Continue Reading

Robb Wolf is the co-owner and founder of CrossFit NorCal. He has also been studying nutrition for a long time and offers nutrition seminars all over North America.

In this video, which is a basic introduction to the Zone, Robb explains that the most acute benefit of the Zone approach to food is the accuracy and precision with which food is consumed.

There are three macronutrients that greatly affect the workings of… Continue Reading

Episode 63 of CrossFit Radio was aired on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 6 p.m. PDT.

02:50 Scott Hartley is running less and winning more. He recently won the Masters Indoor Nationals in both he 800 meters and the mile in the M45 category. Much of his training is based on CrossFit. His training log looks quite different from the logs of other runners. Michael, Cindy and Fran are a big part of how he… Continue Reading