Could you eat and train like that for 30 years?

• Your food diary is nice, but can you keep that for the rest of your life?
• The Grapefruit Diet gets results, but can you really stay on it for more than a month?
• Seven workouts a week gets you big results, but can you keep that up for 30 years?
• Will you really weigh your food for the next 30 years?

Our goal is longevity and health for a lifetime. So take some time this week to write out guidelines that you can live with--healthy food choices, workout plans that you enjoy, and ways you can rest and rejuvenate--for the next 30 years.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about: (But this is not my standard)

Crossfit is: Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat. Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups, dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds. Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast. Five or six days per week mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as creativity will allow. Routine is the enemy. Keep workouts short and intense. Regularly learn and play new sports--Greg Glassman




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