Movement RVA

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Recently you may have noticed our slightly awkward but amazingly informative training videos dubbed over with killer, non-copyrighted music, titled MovementRVA.  This is our next evolution to create as much helpful training information as possible. We believe that thoughtful information builds better athletes.Our mission is to deliver instructive, interesting, and polished print and video media to CrossFit RVA and the …

Meal Timing and the Performance Nutrition Challenge

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Let’s add another layer of complexity and talk about food timing— A caveat is required up front: general recommendations will generally work for a general population. Without accounting for sleep quality, recovery protocols, supplementation, and stress levels it’s impossible to make a recommendation that will work for every individual. I just started regularly eating whole, nutrient dense foods If you’ve …

Macros and the Performance Nutrition Challenge

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You know what to eat and where to buy it. You’ve met up with your teams, cooked your weekly meals and are ready to support each other through the next six weeks. What do you do next? Micronutrients and Macronutrients For simplicity we’ll quickly define the two main components of the food you eat: Micronutrients are essentially what we’ve all …

So you wanna win the PNC?

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So you wanna win the Performance Nutrition Challenge? Or maybe you just want to survive it. There are many paths up the same mountain but during the PNC there are really just many mountains. How to buy food at the grocery store First, and probably most important, you must repeat this mantra: “80% of my food will come from a …