Category Archives: Travel

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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Flights are not Paleo

Posted on March 11, 2012 by

I flew to London on Virgin Atlantic today. The open bar area in the middle of the plane could easily accommodate an entire CrossFit garage gym… Hey, I can dream… (see my aspirational ‘photo’ below). One of the “advantages” of frequent … Continue reading →

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Travel and Injury Prevention

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

Cattle cars exist for efficiency of transportation and not for the convenience of the cattle. Yes, I am talking about airline seats especially on transcontinental flights. After sitting in airline seats for 6-12 hours a day the workout the next … Continue reading →

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Island Fever, Burpees and Fitness Ratios

Posted on February 25, 2012 by

It is time to head back to the mainland… At dawn I went back to Crossfit Upcountry to complete my 12.1 Open WOD. Afterwards on the beach I thought about fun fitness ratios in resorts like this like: 1) People … Continue reading →

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Furthest from Land

Posted on February 24, 2012 by

Hawaii is considered the island furthest away from any land (technically that would be Tristan da Cunha, but how often do you go there, really?), so most of my friends started the usual speculation on whether any of us could live … Continue reading →