By Guy Lawrence
What is CrossFit? I’m still struggling with this question when I get asked. But when I tell people the first thing I do in the morning is check the CrossFit Bare website to see what today’s WOD is, I usually get two responses that go something like this:
This post is dedicated to the latter…
By Guy Lawrence
Do you hang out in cafes? We do! Do you drink soy lattes? Mmm, we don’t.
This post was inspired by a conversation I had recently in a cafe (of course …) so let me paint a quick picture for you.
The one thing I’m finding as 180 Nutrition continues to grow is that Stu & myself seem to be involved in more meetings. This is actually a compliment and we are always looking at different ways to make them fun and worthwhile.
Our usual criteria is:
Just last week we had the NSW Police S.W.A.T team sitting next to us in a cafe. One of them approached us and it turned out that he uses our 180 protein supplement and also trains CrossFit. We hung out with them for 20min talking everything from CrossFit to diet and gave them bar samples and a t-shirt… relevant? No… Seriously cool? Oh yeah!
I try and stick to one coffee a day and anything after that I reach for the tea – but never the soy.
Turning up at these meetings, I can’t help but notice what different people order. Now I’m a live and let live kind of guy, as I certainly don’t like to judge. But it doesn’t take long before I get asked questions on health and nutrition, it simply comes with the territory.
During a recent conversation, I happened to mention that I ate 1 – 2 avocados a day as I have them in my 180 smoothies. The person I was meeting seemed quite shocked and their instant reaction was ‘what about the fat?’ They felt counting calories and a low fat diet was the way forward. This was said whilst they sipped on their soy lattes with honey (you can read my thoughts on honey & fructose here).
Without wanting to sound like a tool, my reaction was simple. I said I would rather eat half a dozen avocados a day than drink that soy latte. Naturally I had to explain myself, and here are my thoughts on why I don’t drink it… Continue reading
We are very excited to say we are about to officially release our all natural 180 Superfood protein Bars! Complete natural goodness that comes in a convenient, pop in your pocket protein bar with no hidden ingredients!
So for a bit of fun we thought we’d rally up some prizes together for a giveaway.
What can you win? You get all the goodies listed below:
Skins – Wheat Bags – T-Shirts – Kettlebell Pack – 180 Superfood Bars. I’d like to say there’s a round the world trip for two as well, but Qantas wouldn’t play ball!
