Athlete Spotlight: Shira Shira won CFSB’s 2nd annual Paleo Challenge and cash prize by an impressive margin, thanks largely to her approach to the Challenge, to CrossFit and perhaps to life in general. I had to Google Shira’s favorite motivational WOD phrase “By the power of Grayskull!” (post your favorite to comments, please). I found that it’s the activation phrase required [...]
To master your personal chemistry set (your metabolism) is a long road. Some of you are just starting now, realizing what you’ve been throwing down the hatch all these years is working against you. The switch to the diet your body evolved to best process isn’t easy. By many measures, the standard American diet is [...]
Big shout out to the twenty-one Paleo Challengers vying for the best cave-body in the South Bay. Kitty total as of this week is $390 to be split by two winners from the motivated people only Category A group a.k.a. group “I wanna see my six-pack and win me some scrilla!” (check out rules and [...]
Competition for the affiliate cup team is warming up. We have completed our second CFSB qualifier WOD and the third will be today. The top six athletes (minimum of two males and two females) will be chosen to compete on behalf of CFSB at the regionals held at UC Irvine May 8 – 9. The [...]
The first Paleo Challenge this winter was, to say the least, challenging for most. Participation was high at first, and those left still filling out the food log found it difficult to adhere to the 80% rule (70% for firefighters) of meals being Paleo primarily due to alcohol consumption for the non-firefighters. All but one [...]
Optimal can mean many things to many people. To you, it should mean eating froyo at least every day, especially Pinkberry. You can see the Japanese culture-inspired decor, but you probably don’t realize the cultural and health connections between those neon toys that appear in the store and Pinkberry’s unique froyo product. Pinkberry froyo contains [...]
Four announcements and then a post! Pull out your calendars… 1. April Fools WOD As you might have seen in the comments a couple days ago, I would like to see a slip ‘n’ slide involved for our April 3 Saturday team WOD. If we do it in our parking lot or not, we will [...]
CFSB is growing by leaps and bounds every month with new family members, new equipment, impressive team showing at social and CF Games events, and good participation in the Paleo Challenge, seminars and clinics. With all this growth, it may be time to start considering our longer term goals, particularly the most important one: coolness. [...]
Every now and then I enjoy reading the paleo and nutrition blogosphere’s version of tabloids and op-ed to read various perspectives on and incarnations of ‘paleo’ nutrition. Often the nickname “Grok” is used in this community to refer to our quintessential Paleolithic ancestor. I found a recent post with a quote I liked: “…do you enjoy Christmas [...]
Paleo love is definitely in the air lately. The positive results are stacking up for the first wave of Challengers, and for plenty more who are figuring out that eating what we evolved to eat for millions of years feels good and will also help keep you healthy. Normally each week I’ll discuss some diet-specific [...]
