Set a PR on the Front Squat at CrossFit today and successfully completed Carson (but didn’t do all the cadence drills). I had failed to complete Carson at the same FTP a few weeks ago.
I am also eating a lot of potatoes. You are allowed all fruit on whole 30, I ate a few chunks of cantaloupe between intervals and it seemed to help. I’m still not sure if I would want to tackle anything above sweet spot on this diet.
For easy quick carbs on whole 30 - bananas, other fruits, white potato, sweet potato. I don’t find this restrictive. The goal here is readjust your eating preferences and habits to stay away from processed junk foods and sugar. It is supposed to only last 30 days. Many keep doing it longer to help themselves clean up and readjust their tastes.
I think that’s right to try by just ramping up the quality carb intake before/after workouts and seeing if that has an effect. The Whole30 doesn’t have to be a low carb plan (although lots of people end up that way by cutting out garbage carbs) and I do think you can balance training and quality nutrition if you’re thoughtful about it, which to me means keeping good quality carbs in every meal to support a modest training load.
I generally agree with that sentiment, keeping carb fueled doesn’t need to be massive carb, but it can still be tricky to get even 200g of carbs a day from whole foods, that’s what, 10 bananas? 2.5 lbs of sweet potatoes? Obviously you would look to balance over multiple carb sources but I do think it takes reasonable planning to get that level of fruit/starchy veg carb intake.
Glad to hear your general issues are clearing up - if you’re having trouble completing Pettit, I’d definitely look to ease up on your training while you sort out your dietary habits / triggers, as that should be a super low stress workout.