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How CrossFit Are You?

Posted on March 17, 2012 by

The CrossFit Open is a great challenge to test mental and physical endurance once a year. For those of us relatively new to CrossFit I think a monthly or quarterly checkup tool would be great to tell us where we … Continue reading →

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CrossFit Training Periodization

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

Being in the middle of the CrossFit Open reminds me of high school sports and doing road races after college. In most sports we go through training periodization from winter conditioning to sports specific training with the objective of being … Continue reading →

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Are we Nuts? – Paleo and CrossFit

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

No, I’m not questioning the movement… 🙂 I did recently start to wonder though about eating nuts especially roasted almonds during high intensity training. In the open WODs 12.1 and 12.2 I almost had to quit due to abdominal … Continue reading →

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Food Subsidies, Obesity and Paleo

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

Yesterday’s flight from London was a study in nutrition gone haywire. I had plenty of time to estimate the components of the airline food served on Virgin Atlantic: – 450g carbs (bagels, biscuits, OJ, breads galore, jam, potato, rice, veggies, … Continue reading →

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CrossFit Life Lesson 15 – Choose Your Identity and Outcomes

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

I ate vegetarian for 15 years and now I do Paleo. Recently I had a conversation with a friend who pointed out that these were opposites (and “how could I possibly switch sides”…). From the discussion came a very important … Continue reading →