Earn your cheat days in the gym. We’ve all heard this and it’s a cushy little thought process. And as long as our two feet hit the gym floor everyday it allows us to very easily justify “the cheat”. This is a mentality that I am guilty of adopting. But it wasn’t until I took a step back from CrossFit that I realized what that was doing to my progress. When I could no longer depend on torching through a lot of work on a daily basis to level off those extra calories, I had to begin to focus on how to get my nutrition in check. I learned that nutrition can go a long way. Farther than you think. But feeling strong and progressing to higher levels in your training requires a kind of homiostatis of the correct nutrition and work load on a regular basis. If you’re frustrated...
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