Category Archives: Paleo

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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Sleep Deprivation Powered WOD

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

Of course there are days like this despite the convincing argument by T.S. Wiley for minimum 9-hours of sleep in Lights Out. Well, that doesn’t happen much… Last night work and my daughter’s homework piled up so I was down … Continue reading →

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Hunger for Strength

Posted on January 29, 2012 by

There is a strong community of intermittent fasting (IF) within Crossfit and many produced amazing improvements in performance while being on the fasting regimen. For some it helped to break through the performance plateaus as well. Certain movements that are … Continue reading →

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Sugar Free Double Unders

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

It has been a few months now that I haven’t had sugar or anything that converts to sugar (like grain, bread, rice) or anything that tastes like sugar (sweeteners). I have to admit, it took getting used to but all … Continue reading →