May 11th, 2012Coach Manny and I have been scouting out the new summer gear from a few of our favorite brands. We posted up a few pieces we are feeling at the moment.
FIRST STRING
BENNY GOLD BULLDOG SNAP BACK
Inspired by the classic John Thompson Georgetown Hoyas, or maybe his son’s more recent teams, war J.T. Triple Sticks (John Thompson III) w/a detailed and creative twist like only Benny Gold can do, this hat is getting most of the reps at the point guard in our hat rotation.
UNDEAFEATED SUMMER LEAGUE TANK TOP
Remember summer league basketball in high school? This tank concept is so fresh, and way better quality then your ghetto college intramural mesh or bunk cotton summer uni! Cop this right now at UNDEFEATED …
Sixth Man Award
MISHKA’S PAST-TIME SNAP BACK
Mishka comes correct with their interpretation of the boys of summer and America’s favorite pastime, MLB inspired snapper. A little over the top, maybe, or it might be the closer you bring in for the 9th inning to shut it down.
The Reebok CrossFit SoCal Regionals will take place this weekend, so we thought we’d breakdown some film and get a good game plan going. Team4orce would like to give a chest bump and shout to the athletes and teams we know representing in the events; Brick, North Pasadena and The Energy Lab, it’s go time folks…Give them the business out there
The Film Room
Is this guy wearing a Wu-Tang/CrossFit Parody shirt??? Bring the Mutha Fing Ruckus!!!!
The Regional Workouts
Individual Event 1
Individual Event 2
Individual Event 3
Individual Event 4
Individual Event 5
Individual Event 6
So last friday we took a trip to the Ontario, California to watch the whole F’N show and the rest of of the TNA wrestlers. I was super excited to see that TNA booked RVD last minute. I got into ECW back in 1997 when a friend of mine gave me a vhs recording of Barely Legal. Rob Van Dam was one of my favorite wrestlers from back in the day. He had so many great acrobatic signature moves it was hard not to watch his matches. Another wrestler thats was also performing that night was Kurt Angle. The whole card was very entertaining, there was never a dull moment the whole entire night. I will be defiantly be going back next time they are in town. Check out the pictures below and the video RVD’s entrance with a live band playing his entrance music.
TNA Tag Team Champions Samoa Joe and Magnus vs Christopher Daniels and Kazarian.
Jeff Hardy vs Kurt Angle.
Rob Van Dam vs. TNA Champion Bobby Roode in a non-title match.
Rob Van Dan with the the 5 Star entrance
This weekend was an eventful one for Team4orce. Friday morning we were sadly found recalling our favorite Beastie Boy songs, after being informed that hip hop legend Adam Yauch aka MCA died at age 47 after a three-year fight with cancer, R.I.P.
Check the Link For 10 Awesome Adam Yauch Rhymes: Beastie Boy MCA’s Best Lyrics. Link
Saturday we attended the first home playoff game since 2006 for the Los Angeles Clippers. Shout to Fat Mike and Big Al and the Clippers free throw shooting for making it eventful
Then Floyd Mayweather did what he always does, but not without a fight from Miguel Cotto
Sunday we watched the Los Angeles Kings steal the show on the west coast as they completed a sweep of the St. Louis Blues, recording their first playoff sweep in a seven-game series, and making NHL history by becoming the first No. 8 seed to beat both the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds.
Then we hit the one of our favorite spots to dig up fresh forgotten treasures…
We were reminded of our passion for music, vinyl, our humble beginning, analog came before electronica and starting over (coach Mike aka dj argyle has sold most of his record collection the past few years)…
The Masters of the universe had the original BOX cross fitters, it was a tin lunch box and He-Man ran things on both coasts!
Mr. T was one of the original gym rat, man’s man, boxer (Clubber Lang), street fighter, bodybuilder. Why isn’t there a benchmark Crossfit workout named after him?
Isometric (exercise involving the static contraction of a muscle without any visible movement in the angle of the joint) was the thing to do back in the day, like Zumba is today?
Then the Lakers got a win to go up 3-1 against the mighty Spurs…errr…that was Denver they struggled against? Playoff’s…#man’s game!!!!
So after all this action, you know going into this week of training we’re going to have to remember to stretch. This is definitely a topic that coach Mike has become a huge advocate of, and we wanted to share this article that breaks down some self-help in this area. Note the roller their using is the rumble roller, an amazing piece of equipment you should invest in.
Before getting into potential methods of treating and/or preventing excess skin after weight loss, let’s explore the phenomenon itself. What exactly is loose, or excess skin?
Most cases of loose skin are actually just cases of excess subcutaneous body fat covered by skin. And because subcutaneous fat is “soft” fat, it is looser and easier to confuse with skin. It droops and jiggles and the skin that surrounds it conforms to its shape. That’s not to suggest that legitimately loose skin isn’t a real problem, because it is. But I would wager that many if not most cases of loose skin can be explained by overly stubborn deposits of subcutaneous fat.
Stubborn fat is actually a real thing. As Martin Berkhan explains, adipose tissue is full of alpha-2 and beta-2 receptors. A-2 and b-2 receptors are the major lipolytic receptors in adipose tissue, meaning they interact with the catecholamines (adrenaline and noradrenaline) to cause stored body fat to release. B-2 receptors are associated with “easy fat,” or fat that burns off easily. A-2 receptors are associated with “stubborn fat,” or fat that’s harder to burn. All adipose tissue has both a-2 and b-2 receptors, and the higher the b-2:a-2 ratio, the easier it is to burn the fat. The lower the ratio, the more stubborn the fat. Belly fat has a notoriously low b-2:a-2 ratio, which is why it’s usually the last to go (especially for men). If your belly fat is stubborn, it may resemble loose skin even as the rest of your body has mostly leaned out.
If your loose skin is thicker than a few millimeters, there is residual body fat. And because adipose tissue – which, remember, is actually a major endocrine organ, rather than an inert piece of tissue – remains, the skin has no reason to return to its former size and elasticity. As long as the subcutaneous fat attached to it remains, the skin will appear loose and drape-y. Skin that fills your hand when you squeeze it isn’t just skin.
This isn’t really bad news, believe it or not. It actually means that you’re almost there. It means that your “loose skin” isn’t necessarily out of your control. If indeed it is simply stubborn subcutaneous fat, once you manage to lose the excess fat, the “loose skin” might just disappear along with it. In fact, I’d imagine that most such cases of “loose skin” can and will be remedied in this manner. Men, get down to around 10-12% body fat before you start considering surgery or anything drastic. Women, get down to 15-17% body fat before taking any surgical steps.
Hey, if that sounded harsh to you, at least I’m not as bad as Ron Brown, PhD, who claims loose skin is nothing but a myth. Go ahead and check out his argument, but try to avoid meeting his steely gaze. Lock eyes with Dr. Ron at your own peril; you will be consumed. Despite the intense shirtless photo, he has a point that skin is not a passive slab of flesh. Instead, it is an active organ that should be able to adapt to the body’s “internal and external environment.”
That said, if your loose skin is paper thin, closer to the thickness of your eyelid or the back of your hand (about 1 mm thick), and resembles rolled up papyrus or parchment, you likely suffer from excess skin. What can be done to prevent or deal with actual excess skin?
First and foremost, any weight loss regimen must be accompanied by resistance training. Yeah, I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: you have to be lifting heavy things in order for the best things to happen to your body composition. There are a few genetic outliers who can put on muscle as easily as breathing, but those folks probably won’t have the problem of loose skin anyway. For the rest of us, however, we need to lift weights in order to maintain and/or build lean mass during weight loss. If your loose skin is caused by a rapid diminishing of body mass, packing on a bit more mass in the form of muscle can mitigate the problem.
There’s no hard data on this, but I’d imagine that crash diets, ones that consume lean mass and fat mass indiscriminately in the pursuit of rapid weight loss, will be more likely to leave you with excess skin. If you’re losing weight and feeling weaker, disoriented, lazy, rundown, and generally crappy, you’re probably doing it wrong. Weight loss should imbue you with vigor and strength, easy, smooth energy. You should be burning clean body fat for energy, not breaking down your lean tissue. Remember what I wrote last week about fasting preferentially targeting body fat versus lean mass? Yeah, fasting might be just the ticket for ridding yourself of stubborn body fat while avoiding the accumulation of excess skin due to concurrent lean mass breakdown.
Another major cause of loose skin is compromised skin elasticity. If your skin loses elasticity, it will lose its ability to spring back to its former glory. Lost elasticity is usually thought of as a characteristic of growing old, but it can also strike younger people. Besides finding the fountain of youth, what can you do to improve skin elasticity?
One study found that dietary gelatin improved skin elasticity (PDF). Eating real bone broth, fatty gelatin-rich meats like oxtail, poultry feet, or short ribs, or even using gelatin powder as a supplement might be able to restore or preserve skin elasticity. You’re already getting dietary gelatin anyway, right?
Another study found that a proprietary blend of nutrients, including selenium (salmon, brazil nuts, seafood), zinc (oysters, red meat), vitamin C (vegetables, fruit, raw liver), and various carotenoids (fruits and vegetables, red palm oil), was effective at increasing skin elasticity.
Vitamin C is important for collagen formation, which is vital for skin elasticity. Make sure to get enough vitamin C.
If weight loss occurs and you’re at a low-enough body fat percentage to determine that you truly have excess skin, give it several months before you turn to the scalpel. My guess is that for Primal eaters who are eating a nutrient-dense diet (including plenty of the aforementioned nutrients), truly excess skin won’t be as big a problem as it might be for the general dieter
Source: Marks Daily Apple
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