Category Archives: Travel

Plank to the Burpee Cage

Posted on May 31, 2013 by

Traveling in Asia on a Paleo diet gave me many insights. The most important is that Asians (in China and Korea especially) eat practically no sugar and no corn or wheat. While rice staples do provide starch, there is no … Continue reading →

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36-hour Day

Posted on May 30, 2013 by

Anyone flying from Asia to the US knows this: the day seems endless. Exactly 36 hours from Hong Kong midnight to East Coast midnight thanks to the magic of the international date line. Of course, until airlines or airports install … Continue reading →

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Russian Roulette in Hong Kong

Posted on May 29, 2013 by

On this very quick 18-hour trip to Hong Kong I bumped into a group headed to Macau raving about the roulette tables there. It reminded me of a WOD we invented here a year ago but didn’t have time for. … Continue reading →

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Beijing Workload on a Rest Day

Posted on May 28, 2013 by

Coming to Beijing for work is always a very busy experience. The day tends to go from 7am until around midnight and good chunk of that is in traffic shuttling between meetings. Despite the city’s reputation for smog, sometimes it … Continue reading →

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Taiwan Hotel Gym

Posted on May 27, 2013 by

After trying the local fitness centers I finally settled for the hotel gym for today’s WOD. Surprisingly they had a regular barbell on a smith rack that worked well for an overdue bench press session. As for the dumbbells, there … Continue reading →

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