The
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Rest
Garlic Butter Bison Burgers
Three Operational Models of Fitness
Rest day
Bison patties infused with garlic and herbs, seared in butter and topped with melting garlic butter.
Defining fitness in a measurable, meaningful way
Enjoy the recovery time, or make-up anything you missed from last week.
Ingredients
1 lb ground bison
1 egg
1 clove garlic, minced
1 Tbsp grated onion (or ½ tsp onion powder)
½ tsp Dijon mustard
½ tsp sea salt
¼ tsp black pepper
½ tsp dried thyme or parsley (optional)
1 Tbsp butter or tallow (for searing)
2 Tbsp butter, softened
1 clove garlic, finely minced
1 tsp fresh parsley or chives, chopped
Pinch of salt
Lettuce leaves
Sliced tomato, avocado, or red onion
1 tsp olive oil (cold drizzle, optional)
Macronutrients
(per serving, makes 3)
Protein: 33g
Fat: 25g
Carbs: 1g
Preparation
In a small bowl, mix softened butter (2 Tbsp) with minced garlic (1 clove), chopped herbs (1 tsp), and a pinch of salt. Chill until ready to use.
In a bowl, combine ground bison (1 lb), egg (1), garlic (1 clove), grated onion or onion powder, Dijon mustard, salt, pepper, and optional herbs. Mix just until combined—do not overwork.
Form into 3–4 patties.
Heat butter or tallow (1 Tbsp) in a skillet over medium-high heat. Sear patties for 3–4 minutes per side, or until cooked to your desired doneness.
Immediately top each hot patty with a dollop of garlic butter. Serve over lettuce leaves with optional toppings like avocado or tomato. Drizzle with olive oil (1 tsp) if desired.
At an event in 2010, Greg Glassman discusses the concept of fitness as “constantly varied high-intensity functional movement,” and presents three operational models.
One model involves using the ten facets of physical adaptation, such as cardiorespiratory endurance, stamina, strength, and flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance, and accuracy to determine an exercise regimen.
A second model suggests that fitness is defined by how well a person performs on average across a variety of modal challenges pulled from the skills and drills of any sport.
The final model suggests that fitness is work capacity measured across broad time and motor domains.
Greg also states that this concept is a quantifiable approach to fitness and involves the application of Newtonian mechanics to human movement. He also notes that this philosophy is not just a sport, but also a community with a different business model than traditional gyms.
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