Tuesday's Trauma

Hardcore training day, a little different to our usual routines. Burpees for as long as possible with a maximum time of 5 minutes. The only performer to reach the 5 minute mark is Jess. But do not feel down if you do not get to even 2 minutes. This is probably the hardest exercise on earth. Also, chin ups for 60 seconds without letting go of the rings. The fact that you do not let go still works the muscle so you are literally under tension for a minute which is a long and difficult time. We then finished the WOD with various other exercises, ie. push ups, sit ups, knee raises. A great evenings session.

I was watching Oprah today and Dr Oz was on talking about the mini studies they do with various foods.

Test 1: fresh vegetables and fruit - 5kg of it daily for one week. This studied measured the cholesterol levels of the participants and after just ten days their levels had dropped 25%. This is more then any prescribed pill has ever achieved.

Test 2: Tomato paste eaten four times daily for a week while the body was exposed to infra red rays. And then a normal diet for a week and the same amount of infra-red radiation (sun). The tomato paste (which is just condensed tomatos, and the same can be gotten from tomatos) reduced skin damage by 20%.

Test 3: Twins, both drink at least 1.5 litres of water a day to preserve skin. For a week, one drank as much as possible while the other drank none. Both stayed on the same diet. After a week, there was no difference in either of their skins substance. The water did nothing for their skin. Water has lots of other benefits but it seems skin health is not one of them. Why was there no difference? Because of the amount of water in the foods we eat - watermelon 95% water; potatoes 75% water; hard cheese 50% water. Interesting!