Breakfast Fit For A CrossFit® Games Athlete
Any athlete will tell you that what you eat before you compete can either make or break your game. Balanced meals full of real foods are a vessel for athletes of all levels to reach peak performance. The best way to succeed is to start winning from the very start of the day with a breakfast fit for a champion. We asked a few of our favorite CrossFit® Games athletes to share with us what they eat for breakfast to stay clean, lean and mean…
“My breakfast every morning is from Paleo Power Meals: an egg muffin (the eggs with sweet potato and bacon baked into it), five strips of bacon, sweet potato home fries, and a cup of black espresso. Then on the drive to work I have a Fuel For Fire with a big glass of water.”
--Mat Fraser
2nd Place 2014 CrossFit® Games
“My typical breakfast is: three eggs, a green smoothie (frozen banana, grapes, kale) or fruit, almond butter, and sometimes bacon.”
--Julie Foucher
3rd Place 2014 CrossFit® Games
“I wake up, have coffee, a Fuel For Fire, and a banana. Then, after I train, I have eggs and vegetables, potatoes or a muffin, fruit, and a glass of milk.”
--Craig Kenney
11th Place 2014 CrossFit® Games
“One of my favorite breakfasts is made by Custom Fit Meals: It is honey chorizo sausage (a little sweet and a little spicy!) with scrambled eggs and a side of paleo sweet potato muffins made with jalepenos (also a little sweet and a little spicy!) I have that with French press coffee with heavy cream and a glass of water.”
--Christy Adkins
21st Place 2014 CrossFit® Games
“For breakfast, I usually have four eggs and a pack of cinnamon and spice oatmeal, or I have four eggs with a Triple Berry Fuel For Fire!”
--Becca Voigt
24th Place 2014 CrossFit® Games
“For breakfast I have two eggs, an ounce of cheddar cheese, a couple tablespoons of avocado with salt and baked sweet potato slices.”
--Sheila Barden
25th Place 2014 CrossFit® Games
“For breakfast I usually have coffee with half and half, 3 eggs, a banana and almond butter or some avocado.”
--Rachel Martinez
28th Place 2014 CrossFit® Games
“I eat eggs, bacon and sweet potato pancakes for breakfast.”
--Dani Horan
18th Place 2014 CrossFit® Games
"For breakfast I typically eat scrambled eggs along with some fruit, usually an apple or pear. If I know I have a long workout coming up that morning I will usually add on one of the Sweet Potato Apple Fuel For Fire packs.
--Gretchen Kittelberger
36th Place 2014 CrossFit® Games