It’s not earth shattering news that consuming alcohol will negatively impact athletic performance. Zeke from CrossFit Coastal put together this piece detailing some of the impact. If you want to get stronger, faster, or leaner, drinking will slow you down.
You want to perform your best every time you’re at the gym. I know from personal experience, early in my life as a CrossFitter that a couple drinks the night before makes that max effort deadlift a lot tougher to pull, and metcons become even more brutal. That is, if you can make it into the gym after a night out. You’re doing supplemental work to slaughter your goats, you think you’re eating super clean, and you wonder why the progress you’re after isn’t there. Well, paleo with a boozin’ bias could be holding you back. Look, I’m not going to tell you to quit drinking altogether, but if you cut back on consistent or excessive drinking you’ll feel better. After all, don’t we do this to become more capable, and feel more alive?
April 27, 2011
Strength: High Bar Back Squat 3-3-3-3-3
WOD:
2 Snatches (45kg/30kg)
6 Burpees
4 Snatches
6 Burpees
6 Snatches
6 Burpees
8 Snatches
6 Burpees
10 Snatches
6 Burpees
I think it’s funny that I’m reading this while drinking a beer.
Eh. A few years back I watched “Requiem for a Dream” for the first time while smoking cigarettes and drinking whiskey, and it pretty much made me want to vomit.
HBBS: 35kg (PR)
WOD: 7:51 @ 20kg
I regret the beer now.
blackout
BS 95 kg
WOD: 8:51 or 8:15, can’t remember w/ 40kg.
Having a drink the night before the 5:30 class is a mistake you only make once.
BS: 105kg
WOD: 7:37 (40kg)
HBBS 65 kg (pr)
WOD: 8:23 rx
Whitten with a raging hangover < sharp stick in the eye
HBBS – 3×55, 1×60
WOD: 8:28 @20kg
OK, OK, i get it… thank you for the reminder.
HBBS – 112kg (PR)
WOD – 8:56 (Dennis can attest to the spectacular bail that slowed this one down)
Ha! And here I thought paleo + all alcohol was working so well for me.
HBBS: 57 kg PR
WOD: 7:22 @15 kg
HBBS: 85kg
WOD: 6:45 @ 30kg squat snatches
HBBS: 57kg PR
WOD: 6:17 @ 15kg (went light because snatches hurt my old shoulder injury)
Don’t forget:
Sunday 5/1 — 12:30/1:00ish paleo cooking party at my house, 24 Van Greenby Road, Lowell
bring stuff to cook, grill and drink… we’ll hang out, learn new recipes from eachother as we cook, watch the Sox game, have fun.
email me: cnikpak@gmail.com
HBBS: 102kg
No WOD today. Drank too much last night… j/k. Just resting.
HBBS: 115kg (PR)
WOD: 8:13 @ 30kg
HBBS — 60kg; not a PR but finally inching back toward pre-marathon lifts
WOD — 7:57 @ 25kg
This post brought me back to my days in college of doing the elliptical and nautilus machines hungover…or occasionally still drunk. Good times, poor performance 🙂
HBBS 50 kgs
WOD 9:50 @24 kg
I like snatches. Never thought I’d say that.. Oh, and no alcohol for me.. I’m 19.