Editors Note: This is the final entry into the debauchery diary. I swear, the next article will have something, anything, to do with training - Chris.

For part one and two, click HERE and HERE.

Ok, Just One More Beer…

     I was jarred awake by a sudden scream, “HEY EVERYBODY! HERE COMES THE CHOO CHOO!” I manually peeled open my left eye, and noticed a growing swarm of activity around the kitchen. In the center, Mike was vigorously pumping and priming the half-full keg of Turbo Dog. Rest time was over. I better get up now. If these guys find me asleep, it’s gonna be hell…

      Feeling crippled and lame, I pressed my forehead down into my makeshift mattress, creating a tiny crack of clearance between body and floor. I wedged my hands into pushup position, and with a quick shove, popped my lifeless stone torso upright. A sharp pressure in my lower back surged, forcing air from my longs with an audible grunt. I placed one foot out in front of my body, pitching forward in a controlled fall. Just a quick shuffle later and I was on my feet.

     The boys seemed glad to see me conscious. “Dude, you look like shit! Here, you better have a drink.” Let me tell you, if I was ever capable of drinking twelve beers as a warm-up to the main event, those days were long gone. “God,” I thought to myself, “I could kill for a Diet Coke right now.”

When I walk through the grocery store, I like to look into other people’s carts. The weight of the individual pushing the cart is usually correlated with the amount of grain, high fructose corn syrup and sugar I see.

Sugar is obviously a bad thing, so lets just talk about grains. Refined grains are the most commonly consumed variety. A package that says “whole grain” probably still contains refined grains. In fact, if your food comes with a nutrient label on it, it’s probably refined. These grains are stripped of all the good things the grain industry would tout as benefits. Even if you do manage to consume grains that are unrefined, it’s important to understand that they still don’t compete with the vegetable gold standard.

Here’s why.