Tuesday Feb 9th 2010

Thanks to everyone who brought a friend to bring a friend saturday. We had a packed house and it was exciting.  Introducing your friends and family to CrossFit means a lot to us here at CrossFit Draper. Thank you and keep spreading the word; you are helping to change peoples lives.

A couple of announcments:  WOD times are now 4:30, 5:30 & 6:30 p.m. except Fridays there is only a 5:30 p.m. WOD

CrossFit Kids is moving days and times to Friday’s at 3:30.

Thursday February 11th at 7:30p.m. we will be voting on the nutrition challengers first and second place winners. Everyone that entered the challenge is invited to come and vote. Way to go everyone on the challenge. We know that there is a handful of you that are continuing with the Paleo Challenge keep up the good work. Those of you who fell off post to comments as to how you felt the first time you over induldged.

Teresa is making sure she is getting full range of motion

WOD

Handstand Push-up…[mov]
Handstand Push-up Variations…[wmv]
Handstand (self assist)… [wmv]

Liquid Death
Written by Calvin Sun

With the increasing popularity of the Paleo Diet, many people are turning to agave nectar as a sweetener in many of their favorite recipes. It’s understandable to see why people would think of using agave nectar as it doesn’t add any other flavors like many sweeteners and it tastes sweeter than sugar. Unfortunately, it’s not Paleo and it’s definitely not good for you. So imagine my surprise when I was walking through the aisles of my local Costco only to be confronted by a gigantic pallet of agave nectar. The labeling advertised it as a “low glycemic organic sweetener” and it must have worked because it was selling like there’s no tomorrow. Today, we’ll discuss some of the reasons why you should reconsider indulging in this sweet poison to read entire article click here