Paleo Zone Diet - Day 1
by Chris Savage
Founder of Savage Workouts
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| Feed yourself wholesome foods to optimize results |
I approached it like I have all my previous hardcore fitness challenges (Marine Corps Boot Camp, Spartan Beast, Sly 1/2 Marathon, Tough Mudder, MMA fights, rugby games, etc., etc.,). I showed up completely unprepared, ready to see what fate would throw at me. I think of it like a car accident. The only one that ever survives is the drunk guy, because he's so relaxed. No expectations, no stress.
The ones that worked out: Marine Corps Boot Camp (nothing can prepare you for this version of hell) and Tough Mudder (it was a moderate challenge).
The ones that didn't work out: MMA fighting (lots of bruises); Sly 1/2 Marathon (I thought I was going to die on those hills and how did 13.1 miles turn into 14!); and Spartan Beast (15 mile obstacle course in 45 degree winds and rain). I performed as best I could, but I knew I needed to step up training if I was going to perform better in the future.
That's the plan for this year. Now my training partner, Dr. Tim Nicholls, and I, know what we are up against. That makes it easy to know how to design a program for both strength, muscular development, and cardiovascular endurance. We are playing for keeps this year too. We will perform our absolute best at this years races: Spartan Beast, Tough Mudder, run on the Sly, and my personal lifelong goal: The Ironman.
We have made a commitment to our training teams that we will do these races drug free, to the best of our ability. We placed in the top 1% in most of these races last year, so with excellent training and nutrition we plan on winning some of these races this year! In 5 years we will almost certainly win a race!
Hence the Paleo Zone Diet. Lots of Cross Fitters across the nation already know about this. I'll describe more of the diet as I learn more and take it for a test run. So far all I've eaten are chicken, eggs, water, and coffee. I know I need to step it up as far as veggies and fruit. Wait, not sure on fruit... I'll get back to you.
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| Paleo Zone Diet Foods |
Training today was difficult. I went to 24 hour Fitness with a training partner (Nate) and did a bench press, muscle-up super set followed by some explosive pull ups. I'll post some videos of these in the future. Then we hit some abs. This was after teaching and semi-participating in a Cross Fit class. We ran two miles for time. My best mile was around 6:30 as I'm recovering from the flu.
Well, I'll definetely do some more research on this diet and figure out how to best optimize my health and energy levels. The biggest exclusions as far as what I've read thus far, are alcohol and sugar. Looks like I'll be cut!
See you at the next race!
Chris Savage
Certified Personal Trainer
My clients that have chosen to participate have also noticed incredible results. I've had clients lose over a 100 pounds on pretty much the same plan!
Alcohol is obviously the biggest restriction of this diet. Physiologically is causes your metabolic and digestive systems to completely go out of whack. Detoxifying the alcohol becomes the biggest priority for the body at the expense of metabolizing fat or building muscle. So you cannot regenerate muscle tissue while under the influence of even .001 g of alcohol! It causes your muscles to atrophy, while your greater omentum (the sheet of fat that lies over your abdomen) stores more body fat.
