Post WOD nutrition on the Whole30 – Day 5

One of thew hardest things I have trouble adapting to every time I do the Whole30 is post WOD nutrition. I usually slam down some Progenex protein shake with coconut water – it’s almost like a reward for training – that sweet, sweet milkshake at the end. But no bingo when you’re on the Whole30. I might hit a banana and some coconut water but that’s only every second day…

On Whole30 I’ll try to eat within half an hour of training and it’s usually a matter of forcing down the standard meat + sweet potato + broccoli dealio. I don’t like it but it’s all about replenishing my glycogen levels and lost nutrients from working out. If someone out there’s got a better idea for post training Whole30 friendly options I’d love to hear them?

Food & Training

5am – wake

5:30am – breakfast – scrambled eggs + rissoles + almond butter

9:15am – train – Outlaw Saturday session plus Invictus (28.6.14)

BBG

Max snatch 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 95, 101(f), 101(f), 105 – should’ve had a crack @ 97.5 but my ego got in the way

coffee – I smashed a couple of long blacks as I trained – Had the Mocamaster brewing coffee (and keeping it hot) so why not right?

Max clean and jerk 80, 90, 100, 110 (clean only) – called it at 110 because shoulders felt pretty crap on the jerk.

Conditioning

Rudy hadn’t posted today’s workout so (after watching the AdaptCF Invictus crew train so we thought we’d jump on that as well. Damn, we should have waited…

A: 6 min AMRAP:

• 4 muscle-ups
• 12 pistols

— result: 6 rounds (did it as an EMOM) — rest 6 mins

B: 6 min AMRAP:

• 4 hang clean @ 85kg
• 8 HSPU

— result: 4 rounds + 2 cleans — rest 6 mins

C: 6 min AMRAP:

• 5 deadlifts @ 125kg
• 10 lateral bar burpees
• 50 double-unders

— result: 2 rounds + 5 deads + 10 DLs (no DUs)

D: 6 min AMRAP:

• 2 C2B pull-ups
• 2 thrusters @ 60kg
• 4 C2B pull-ups
• 4 thrusters

— result: Above is exactly how D was written on the board. A couple of our crew thought it might be an ascending ladder but I was more than happy to do an AMRAP of the above: 2,2,4,4,2,2,4,4 -> Turned out that it was an ascending ladder – oh well 🙂

11am – post train – paleo ball + coconut water

12pm – lunch in the gym – beef and pork rissoles + broccoli + sweet potato

12:30 – post lunch lunch – Got home and Madelyn had roasted up some broccoli with walnuts + fried up some eggs so I hooked in,

3pm – snack – multiple spoonfuls of almond butter.

4pm – went into the city with Mads and got a Thr1ve Salted Caramel Smoothie (almond milk – sugar free, made in the shop , dates, banana and cashew butter) While it’s technically Whole30 compliant – I’m aware it’s a substantial sugar hit so it’ll be interesting to see how the next couple of days go?

6:15pm – dinner – roast pork belly with the most amazing crackling ever (thanks Becca) + brussel sprouts & carrots + a lot of mineral water.