Colleen Fotsch made her rookie debut at the CrossFit Games last week. Fotsch finished 28th overall and made it all the way through Thursday and Friday. Fotsch was cut Friday night after ‘Mary’.
To give her gut a break from competing at the Games and the intense training leading up to Madison, she and her coach planned on her doing a 5-day deload in which Fotsch would go on a vegetarian diet.
Fotsch’s diet consisted of steel cut oats, grapefruit, avocado and vegetable soup broth in the morning. Lunch and dinner consisted of cooked vegetables and a vegetable soup. Each morning consisted of a teaspoon of baking soda in water and a tablespoon of flaxseed oil…instead of coffee/caffeine.
Also during this time Fotsch was limited to short walks, basically no physical activity during this time.
Halfway through, Fotsch’s coach decided to cut the deload to just three days. The reason was so that Fotsch could get back to training a little sooner.
With the new season format in 2020, the CrossFit Open begins October 10 so there is not a lot of time for the Games athletes to recover and get back into ‘Open’ shape.
But regarding the deload, Fotsch said, “it was a great reset for my body, I didn’t feel bloated, and I slept more and better than I have in quite some time.” She said she would definitely recommend doing this type of deload, but urged to speak with your coach before doing it.
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