Coming soon: 5:30 AM classes!
Starting Tuesday, July 19, we will be offering 5:30 AM classes on Tuesday and Thursday. Lovoka will teach on Tuesdays and Kyle on Thursdays. If you’ve been wanting to come at 6:30 and find the class is full, here’s your opportunity! Sign up as usual.
Read MoreNext Paleo Body Challenge: June 25
Saturday, June 25, 11:45 AM we will kick off our next challenge with a potluck and nutrition talk. We will start taking Before pictures and answer all your questions. Even if you’re not sure you want to go Paleo, come and hear us out and then decide. Paleo challenge veterans are welcome to do it again. More details coming soon by email.
Read MoreYoga starts May 2; Running clinic May 21
Don’t forget to sign up for Beginner/Intermediate Hatha Yoga. It runs for six sessions on Monday nights at 7:45, skipping May 30, Memorial Day. Also sign up for the running clinic on May 21, 1:30 PM. Learn what it takes to get faster and stay injury-free.
Read MoreRunning clinic, May 21
Garfield High track coach and CrossFit Endurance-certified trainer Marc Matsui will join us on Saturday, May 21, 1:30 PM for a two-hour running clinic. He’ll videorecord each of us running and then teach us drills to make us more efficient and less injury-prone. After we practice those, we’ll have a workout, and then Marc will record us again for comparison and analysis. Marc will also present information from Dr. Daniel Lieberman, professor of human evolutionary biology, Harvard...
Read MoreYes there is a potluck this Saturday at the gym!
I forgot to notify everyone about this Saturday’s potluck! In a heinous oversight, the Paleo Body Challenge participants are the only ones I sent email to. Everyone–please come to our party this Saturday, April 9, at 11:30 after the workout classes. Bring a paleo dish if it’s easy — or just come and hang out. We will be announcing the winners of the Challenge and giving away the prize. Come and admire the slender waistlines of the participants, many of whom lost 10...
Read MoreWhat Is “Paleo”?
I sometimes refer to the paleo diet as a whole-foods, grain-free, dairy-free, legume-free diet as a different shorthand than the word “paleo.” (Even though it’s not short!) This is because I’ve realized that talking about what is and isn’t “paleo” is beside the point. We want to eat foods that the paleo diet researchers are learning are good for us, as opposed to eating the foods that conventional wisdom says are good for us (ie “healthy...
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