Nutrition Principles for Fitness Flashcards
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According to the CrossFit Level 1 Training Guide, what is the primary recommendation for food quality?
Answer: Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch, and no sugar.
The CrossFit Level 1 prescription for diet is direct and simple: 'Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch, and no sugar.' This serves as the foundation for food quality, focusing on whole, unprocessed foods.
An athlete is new to CrossFit and wants to improve their body composition and performance through nutrition. They have no experience tracking food. What is the recommended first step according to CrossFit's methodology?
Answer: First, focus on improving food quality by eliminating processed foods and sugar.
CrossFit emphasizes a hierarchy in nutrition application. The first and most important step is to establish high-quality food choices by eating whole, unprocessed foods. Only after food quality is consistent should an athlete focus on the more precise step of weighing and measuring for quantity.
The Zone Diet is a common nutritional strategy discussed in the CrossFit Level 1 course. What is the prescribed macronutrient ratio by calories in the Zone Diet?
Answer: 40% Carbohydrate, 30% Protein, 30% Fat
The Zone Diet, developed by Dr. Barry Sears and recommended by CrossFit for optimizing performance, is based on a macronutrient split of 40% of calories from carbohydrates, 30% from protein, and 30% from fat.
Within the Zone Diet framework, a 'block' is a simplified unit of measure. How many grams of protein, carbohydrate, and fat constitute one block of each macronutrient?
Answer: 7g Protein, 9g Carbohydrate, 1.5g Fat
In the Zone Diet block system, a 1-block meal is balanced with one block of each macronutrient. A protein block contains 7 grams, a carbohydrate block contains 9 grams, and a fat block contains 1.5 grams. Note: A balanced 1-block meal technically requires 3g of fat, as protein sources often contain some fat. However, the fat block itself is standardized at 1.5g.
What is the primary reason CrossFit advocates for weighing and measuring food portions after an athlete has established a foundation of high-quality food choices?
Answer: To allow for more precise and accurate control over energy intake and macronutrient balance for optimizing performance.
While eating whole foods is the foundation, weighing and measuring provides a higher level of precision. This accuracy is necessary to control intake for specific goals, such as optimizing physical performance, losing body fat, or gaining muscle, by ensuring the athlete consumes the right quantity of food to support exercise but not body fat.
According to CrossFit's Theoretical Hierarchy of Development, where does nutrition stand in relation to other athletic capacities?
Answer: As the foundational base upon which all other aspects of fitness are built.
CrossFit's Theoretical Hierarchy of Development is represented as a pyramid with nutrition as the broadest, most foundational layer. This signifies that sound nutrition is the critical base that supports metabolic conditioning, gymnastics, weightlifting, and ultimately, sport.