The following Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson

and is narrated by Tina Lehman.

CrossFit's criticisms, how do I keep energy levels high on primal?

Over the past two posts in this series, I've explained how a primal way of eating can not only support a heavy crossfit schedule, but elevate it.

Today I'm going to explain how going primal can help fix a common complaint among crossfitters.

Fatigue. No energy, no pep.

A distinct lack of physical and psychological motivation to train, let alone hit PRs.

This doesn't just make it hard to finish workouts and make gains.

It bleeds into the rest of your life and makes that worse too.

Here's a typical query from a committed crossfitter suffering from low energy. It bleeds into the rest of your life and makes that worse, too.

Here's a typical query from a committed crossfitter suffering from low energy.

I feel like I've been doing everything right lately,

eating clean, working out every day,

but recently wads that I'd typically do pretty well at have been killing me,

to the point that I'm last finished in every class.

This came out of nowhere. What could it be? Anyone else experiencing anything like this?

Eating clean. Eating too few calories and carbohydrates. We already know what's wrong with that.

Working out every day. This isn't just hard on the body, it's downright counterproductive.

Daily workouts will shatter most people, particularly on the level of CrossFit wads,

and have them out the other end in worse shape than before.

I'll be doing a post on CrossFit in recovery soon, but it's worth noting for today that CrossFit recommends three days on and one day off.

That plan may or may not work for an individual based on any number of factors. More to come there.

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