Hey Matt, thanks, as always, for the kind words. You are not the only Matt hitting Crossfit. Today on the main site there's an interview with Matt Hassleback, the Tennessee Titans quarterback, who trained at Crossfit this summer. Let's see if he has his best season ever.
That sure did happen to a lot of athletes who went vegan, such as Carl Lewis, one of the greatest Olympians of all time who said he had his best year after making the switch. John Salley, the ex-Detroit Piston, said the same thing. There are others, too, but the list isn't all that long because athletes are so indoctrinated into the chant of protein, protein, protein. But the animals that we eat, where do they get their protein? Oh, that's right, from green stuff.
Sorry about the rant; I'm just a sucker for irony.
Anyway, Crossfit in no way supports veganism. They are into the Paleo Diet, which is heavy on meat. The idea, basically, is to eat like a caveman. But I have heard it said that "hunter-gatherer" is a misnomer, that it would be more accurate to say "gatherer-hunter," since our forebears ate more berries than burgers.
Enough of that. I sound like a crank. I AM NOT A CRANK! Though I did get a bit cranky today (it happens). I'm all better now though. What do you do when you get edgy? Do you have a glass of wine? Do you pump some iron? Watch mindless TV? Or do you just go straight for the hard stuff and slam back a monster-sized bag of peanut M&M's?