Want to Improve? Improve Your Diet!

Warmup: 5 min Jump Rope


WOD: TennisWOD Benchmark Workout:


3 rounds for time:

                                  5 Pullups
                                10 Box Jumps @ 20"
                                15 Pushups
                                20 Air Squats


Tabata: Sumo Deadlift High Pulls @ 115/95 lbs


Note: This is the "official" TennisWOD Benchmark workout. You should really try and do this workout within your first week or two of TennisWOD so you can get a really good idea of how quickly you improve. You'll know you're starting to become really fit if you can do this workout in under 5 minutes. Although if you really want a challenge, the best of you will be able to do this in under 3 minutes!


On to the topic of the day. I'll probably write something about diet at least once a week - it's that important. If you want a really simple way to think about the food you should eat versus the food you shouldn't try this: If you can eat it raw, or by adding just a little bit of heat it's ok to put it in your body. If it requires any more work than that then it's not doing you any favors. 


What does that mean? Yes it means no bread, no rice, no pasta, no grains, no cereal. You can't walk out into a wheat field and start munching on it, and you can't "roast" it over a fire and eat it. You have to get a whole bunch of it together, grind the living crap out of it, dry it, process it, and it to other ingredients, and bake it at 300+ degrees for over 30 minutes. Is it edible, sure - is it healthy? Absolutely not. I can't spend the whole night detailing why, so if you're still curious google Robb Wolf's website, or "diet induced arterial inflammation", or "science behind paleo diet". It may be difficult to do at first, but I guarantee that you'll feel better if you eliminate all of the grains from your diet.