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Ian-
The trainign at crossfit and evfit are fine for anyone of ANY
conditioning level...so long as things are scaled appropriately. The
needs of Olympic athletes and our grand parents differes only by
intensity, not kind. Everyone needs to squat, lunge, press, pull and
the like. If you need ideas on how to scale WO's accordingly ask a feww
questions on the crossfit message board:
http://www.crossfit.com/cf-info/messages.shtml the are loads of folks
there who can help in this area.
Keith-
It is interesting that Crossfit adopted the Zone. I am of the same mind
as you in that it does not fit well with my notions of intermitency and
randomness. I have eaten virtually identical to you for about 4 years
now following a cyclic low carb approach ala Natural hormonal
Enhancement/Metabolic diet and found it to be both effective and
enjoyable. Greg Glassman (the crossfit founder) has found the Zone to
very effective and for most people, easier to implement than CLC.
they have done this with loterally tens of thounsands of people so i
tend to defer to them on this, while I continue eating CLC myself!
The Performance Menu was born of the constant barrage of emails which
asked "what/how do I eat". Hence the recipes. we are hoping to get an
interview with Loren Cordain and the Enig/Fallon crew so it should be
interesting.
Robb
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>Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:43:30 -0500
>From: Iain Townsend <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Ideas please!
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>I have been suscribing to this list for a long time, and have decided that
>I am going to set up a group of friends to improve our health and fitness
>along evolutionary fitness lines. My problem is this: my friends and I
>are late fifties, overweight, with high blood pressure, high cholesterol,
>joint and muscle problems associated with overweight and so on.
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>I believe that most of the fitness prescriptions that men and women get
>are based on fear and guilt, so in line with the evolutionary fitness
>philosophy I want to develop a health and fitness 'game':-
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>* it should be fun, entertaining, varied, and I believe based on deVany's
>power law ideas
>* would of course involve Cordain's ideas on the paleo diet
>* it should enable a person to gradually change from t
>he way they are now
>to an appropriate level of (evolutionary) health and fitness.
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>I am aware of the exercise ideas on www.evfit.com, and www.crossfit.com,
>but these are WAY beyond anything these people are capable of. I don't
>want anyone to suffer heart attack, injuries or just to fail ignominiously!
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>I think there is huge potential given the galloping obesity in the western
>world and the recent criticism of the latest USDA's latest dietary
>guidelines.
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>So my questions are:
>* what would a evolutionary health and fitness program look like?
>* has this been done before? IF so, can you supply any details?
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>Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:46:37 -0500
>From: Iain Townsend <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: OOPs!
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>OOPs! Thanks in advance to any respondents!
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>Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 06:22:23 -0500
>From: Keith Thomas <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Performance Menu
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>On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:17, Robb Wolf wrote:
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>>I just wanted the list to know that we have launched a Paleo oriented
>>training/nutrition journal called the Performance Menu. The first issue
>>features an interview with Prof. Art De Vany.
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>>http://www.crossfitnorcal.com/pmenu/index.php
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>Thanks, Robb! The interview with de Vany was a treat, a real treat.
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>Until Art's book comes out, can I recommend Frank Forencich's "Play As If Your Life Depended on
>It". Frank arrived at similar conclusions to Art, but took a totally different route (including field
>work in Tanzania).
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>Like Art, Frank gives you the information and inspiration to define your own - holistic - program;
>he does not give a program.
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>I'm surprised that you have combined the Zone with Paleo as a basis for nutrition. Although they
>have a lot in common, the concept of voluntary caloric restriction (including the Zone's 'blocks')
>appears to me to be distinctly anti-Paleo. I certainly got a lot from Sears' "Omega Rx Zone" by way
>of background understanding, but unless I wanted to lose body fat quickly, I wouldn't drop the
>pure Paleo approach to food volume, macronutrients, eschewing groceries, eating seasonally and
>locally (as you recommend) etc.
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>I'm tempted to subscribe (having read the interview with Art), but I must admit to being repelled
>by the recipes. I avoid all books with recipes unless they have some other redeeming feature, You
>certainly had a redeeming feature this time!
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>Good luck with your venture!
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>Keith
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