Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat. Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups, dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds. Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast. Five or six days per week mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as creativity will allow. Routine is the enemy. Keep workouts short and intense. Regularly learn and play new sports.
~Greg Glassman
It’s time to start talking PALEO. You’re getting stronger and leaner, CrossFit is working. If you are still eating a lot of grains/dairy/sugar, then there is room to get better. Cutting this stuff out will be a lot like taking off the E-brake to performance, weight loss, lean muscle development. It may seem like a lot of food to NOT eat. After a month, you will not miss those things, but avoid them so that your day will be a little brighter. I see dairy, gluten, rice, sugar, beans, white potatoes, etc as a stomache waiting to happen and imminent bad performance in the gym. Paleo is a delicious and easy-to-digest way to eat, and if you’ve had my food, you have seen that it can be quite decadent, and very far from a sacrifice. Paleo is not a sacrifice. AT ALL.
I have been strict paleo for about 2 years now, and have the Nutrition Certification issued by CrossFit. If you want to try Paleo with a group to be accountable to, jump on the 30 day Paleo Challenge. More details to follow. Eat the food you were designed to eat. Skip the rest.
In the meantime, check out these links:
The Paleolithic Solution – a podcast by Robb Wolf – have a listen, learn a lot.
Robb Wolf – The paleo expert himself, and owner of NorCal Strength and Condtioning
MeatEats – a guide to paleo dining in Portland
The Paleo Diet - official site – Loren Cordain, writer of the Paleo Diet.
The Zone – Dr. Barry Sears. this guy knows how to weigh and measure for elite performance
The Paleo Plan - subscriber based site, delivers you a shopping list and recipes by the week
Paleo Cookbook Volume 1 – Scott Hagnas – Resident Paleo Geek, friend, CFPDX co-owner.
Paleo Cookbook Volume 2 – Scott Hagnas – Resident Paleo Geek, friend, CFPDX co-owner.
Paleo Shopping List – just go for it. weird meat is good for you.
January 30th, 2010 at 6:51 am
Hey, found your site by accident doing a search on Bing but I’ll definitely be returning. As for your post… I agree with a lot of what you’re saying here but wouldn’t it be just as easy to figure out another way to go about it? I mean why mess with your quality of life if you don’t have to?
January 31st, 2010 at 10:28 am
Thanks for the note! I will say I feel like my quality of life has become significantly better the more paleo/zone I have gone… stabilizing insulin levels has a significant impact in performance and general feeling-goodness. Thanks!
February 4th, 2010 at 12:15 am
Just killing some time on Stumbleupon and I found your entry. Not typically what I prefer to learn about, but it was absolutely worth my time. Thanks.