Along with adding flavor to your recipes, a host of spices and herbs are known to have a number of health benefits. Some, like tumeric pictured above, are also known to have healing properties and can even be applied directly to the skin to aid in healing. Check out Nutrionize for an interesting use of tumeric that was used in helping someone recover from an ankle sprain.
Cinnamon is another spice that can be used to ward off sickness. Mark Sisson had a couple of articles that promoted the benefits of what he calls Smart Spices. Check out Smart Spice: Cinnamon and Smart Spice: Turmeric. Also, see here for a list of other spices and herbs along with their health benefits and quick suggestions on how to apply their use to your daily intake of food.
WOD – 12.21.2012
All Levels:
Partner WOD “Row and Visit Fran”
1000m row (buy-in)
40 thrusters (95#/65#)
40 pull ups
30 thrusters
30 pull ups
20 thrusters
20 pull ups
1000m row (cash-out)
Each partner does equal amounts of work, but it can be split up any way.
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Level One:
Same as All Levels (modify as needed)
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Teen:
Skill/Strength work: Front squats
Partner WOD
4 rounds for time of:
15m partner wheel barrel
10 burpees over parellettes
10 goblet squats
One partner works at a time.
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12 Responses to “CFIV Archive – Spice It UP”
Well, I’ve strained my hip flexors so I’m going to take the holidays off. I’ll probably be back on Thursday. Merry Christmas everyone!
Sorry to hear that Bob
Get some rest and enjoy the Holiday with your Family 
Merry Christmas!!!
Had to do 25+26 burpees today!
WOD (partner with Chris)
22:00 RX
Nice job everyone!
Wod (with greg): 19:02rx. greg actually did the whole thing and i just sat there in my ugg boots drinking tea ;}
LOL
You crack me up Steve!!
I’m not sure how I got my body to move for this WOD!!
Lea was my partner 15:33RX
Everyone did Awesome this morning!!
Hope you all have A Merry Christmas!!
I will be wearing my uggs and drinking some hot tea
Fun-ish WOD! Lol. Great way to start the weekend though!
Hope you all have a very very Merry Christmas!! Ill be outta town but I am so thankful for my CFIV family and cannot wait to see what 2013 has in store for us!!
Looked like fun! Can’t wait to get back in there! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
Partner Wod with Jose Rx and Priscilla(35#) Maria(55#)
20:04
Merry Christmas everyone and Happy New Year.
Miriam and I did this WOD together. 15:19
Andre Rx
Miriam did the pull ups with the black band, Thrusters Rx.
The WOD was fun, Miriam pushed me hard. I am good if the WOD doesn’t have running involved.
Caught up on all my burpees!!! Yay!!! No more forgetting for me
I teamed up with Tata. We set a great time, good job Partner.
22:03. I liked this one.