The Crusher / Cheap and Fake

Two rounds of: 

21 - 15 - 9 reps of

Thrusters 35/65
Burpees
Ozzie pullups

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Rachel teaches nutrition at the UofU.  She requires that all her students shop at the local farmers markets at least once.  I applaud her!  

CHEAP AND FAKE;  That Outfit Makes You Look Fat

Rachel Jones, MPH, RD

University of Utah

 

Have you ever thought about what you do?  Have you ever thought about why you do it? Preparing for an athletic event takes a bit of soul searching.  It requires you to get up and do tough workouts every day.  Losing weight takes commitment to “push away” from the table long before others do.

 

When you meet someone who is dialed into their commitment, they are an unstoppable powerhouse.  At some point in life, you’ll need to go beyond doing things for the love of others and do things because there is something inside you that matters more than that. 

 

I agree with Neil.  The Biggest Loser is dumb.  Big change doesn’t happen in front of tv cameras.  That’s temporary.  You know what happens to all of the contestants six months from now.  It’s an entertaining and exploiting way for the rest of us to justify that “at least I don’t weigh 400 pounds and throw adult tantrums in front of America”.

 

Big change is quiet.  It happens in your darkest hours when everyone else is asleep.  When nobody is watching and nobody cares…..but you.   It’s when you say to yourself while driving alone…”I have more to lose by sticking with the familiar than risking change”.

 

When you wake up gradually to the understanding that you are worth more than people have led you to believe, you are on your way to breaking through a ceiling of mediocrity.   If you look around at what our society values, you will see that mediocrity is protected, guarded, subsidized, and even mandated.   But you are not mediocre.

 

You are worth being around people who support your success, whatever that looks like for you.  You are worth food that nourishes.  Food that comes from the sun, and dark rich soil.  Food that has one ingredient.  Food that needs no labels.   I’ve been talking with Utah farmers this fall.  They are warning me that they can’t continue to be farmers if people aren’t interested in eating food that is grown locally.  

 

I am dumbfounded that our “civilized” society doesn’t see a need to eat real food.   It is a reflection of what we value.  Cheap and fake.   It has been said that we are what we eat.  Start your own quiet revolution.  Try doing something different.  Be expensive and be real.   For the first time in history, Americans are spending the smallest percentage of their income on food.  Cheap food that overfeeds and undernourishes us.   As a nation, we are pathetic.  Farmers are dropping out of business like rain because they grow things that aren’t guarded, subsidized, or valued.  They grow apples, peaches, broccoli, and produce fresh milk that people don’t want to pay for.

 

But we’ll buy cheap and we’ll buy fake.  Because that’s what we value.  That’s what we are as a society.  That is the reality.  I am teaching the students at the University of Utah to value themselves.  “If you want to be different, choose different”, I tell them.

 

Weight loss for weight loss sake is temporary.   You want to be skinny so you eat smaller portions of cheap, fake food?  As the saying goes…win the rat race and you’re still a rat.  Change requires you to value yourself more than your society or others around you value you.   Anything else is temporary.  Anything else is cheap and fake.

Comments

[BrianS.]

Two rounds of 21-15-9?!?!?! What the hell?
17:43. The second round took twice as long as the first.

Those people who come at 5:00am every morning are crazy.

[Ryan Rigby]

20:30. That's just not right.

[Suzanne Martin]

trained w/Neil this morning and it feels good to be back! Kind of a mellow workout but after being off for 2 weeks its probably good. I look forward to coming back to classes next week too with all the crazy 5 & 5:45 am people!

[Ryan N]

5:36 first round, 6:32 second +15 extra burpees

[Jill T]

7:16 first round, had to leave early only did 15 and 9 reps of 2nd round.

[Julie Gates]

8:27 or something on the first round, didn't finished the 2nd because I almost passed out (seriously)...not a great day.

[Dave F]

6:45 First round 7:25 Secound Did my 15 burpees penalty. Yaked on my way home. Must have been a tough workout.
Thanks Neil & Lizz

[JL]

8:24 first round. 7:55 second round. All of you with your six minute rounds this morning "Rock".

[ashley]

my lungs are still burning from that damn row yesterday!
so today really sucked!
1st round= 5:27
2nd round= 4:54
so glad I beat it!
thank you neil!

[Tree]

1st round: 7:08
2nd round: 6:23
I guess the twist of having to do 15 burpees (other wise known as the devil's pushups)if I didn't beat my time worked!!

[Troy H.]

Ryan and Dave, 15 extra burpees?! Don't know why you would do that...

[Frank hewitt]

7:30, 7:20
that was a great one! Thank you Neil, "may I have another"!
Thank goodness for the "break" during the Aussie pull-ups or I wouldn't have made it. Hey did Rock get his extra 15 burpees done?! Rock I'm only making sure of this as a form of passive aggression because I'm envious that your times are always about 1/2 of mine!!

[Courtney]

1st round 5:27 RX
2nd round 4:48 RX
Crazy hard today! Loved it
Thanks Neil and Liz!

[Alison]

an idea for the FZN slogan....Frickin' Perfect

8:33 and 8:23

AND I hated this workout. It was so hard. If I had driven by myself I would have left after round one. Just call me wimp!

[Kat]

1st: 8:05
2nd: 9:..................(something)- 15 extra burpees. Thanks Matt for helping me through these!
Should change the name of burpees to throwupees.

[Tara Jones]

1st round 6:10, 2nd round 5:41. SOOOOO glad I didn't have to do more burpees; I think I would have died.

[Meredith]

7:48 then 7:15

[Tara Walton]

1st round 6:01 2nd round 5:50 It is amazing to see hard we would work to avoid more burpees. Love the burn in the throat hours later. It is a true sign of my addiction to FZN. Rachel loved the article. I couldn't agree more.

[Marcus Walton]

Incredible Neil, I hope you are bumping these work-outs from 1 round to 2 rounds plus penalties due to the fact that fitness is increasing at FZN, this brought me to my knees today. There is no freaking way 60 - 90 min of "working-out" in any other gym could equal what we did in 4 - 15 min here. You are a pioneer! 1st round 7:03 2nd round 6:57. PS Matt I had a lump in my throat watching you do the Ozzie pull-ups, I still can't believe what you've done!

[Paul L]

19:45 5:45 did it with no break. first round was just over 7. Second obviously wasn't.

[Alison]

Rachel- are you going to teach a nutrition class at FZN? Also, my kids are so stinking picky. Any ideas on how I can get them hooked on non-fake foods? Another question do you have any ideas on healthy meal plans on a tight tight budget?

[Celesta]

Holy crap! That was not so fun! I was sucking wind so bad after the 2nd round. I really didn't think it was possible to beat my first time (because it was so painful) but I did. 6:24 and 5:52. Glad that is over!

[Celesta]

(Neil-where were you?)

[Corey O]

That kicked my butt!! Now that its over with I can say I'm glad I came today. 8:15, 7:45

[Julie]

6:40/5:17 should have been faster on my first round, but those dang burpees were killing my foot. After the first 21/15 I had to finish burpees using the bench. Love FZ workouts!