Monthly Archives: August 2008

Feeding The Machine 2: Optimum Performance

By Robb Wolf | August 25, 2008

Here is part 2 of the 3 part series. Sorry for the spotty posting. Weddings, moving the gym and a death in the family have kept us BUSY.
Feeding the Machine 2:
Optimum Performance Time!
There are a lot of acronyms, obscure lingo and odd terminology in CrossFit. KTE, HSPU, pistols, thrusters…burpees, snatch, jerk. Is it porn? An [...]

Posted in CrossFit | 38 Comments

Big thank You!

By Robb Wolf | August 18, 2008

A gargantuan thank you goes out to Craig Zielinski who updated the blog to the latest WordPress version and is generally helping me to get my act together with the blog. Check out his site Fast & Light and show the Scottsman some LOVE!

Posted in General | Tagged , | 5 Comments

Celiac and Elevated Liver Enzymes

By Robb Wolf | August 13, 2008

I’ve had a slew of questions regarding elevated Liver enzymes, the Zone, Paleo, CrossFit etc. We have two clients, both pharmacists, who had stunningly high liver enzymes, particularly ALK (alkaline phosphatase). Frequently AST and ALT are also elevated, occasionally even bilirubin. Both clients have seen a dramatic reduction in liver enzyme levels with the adoption [...]

Posted in Celiac and Gluten-Free | 16 Comments

Miltons Paleo Rebuttal

By Robb Wolf | August 8, 2008

I had a great question that involves Katherine Miltons rebuttal to much of Cordain’s work. Here is the question and my response:
 
Robb,
I’d love to talk to you about elite level athletes diets (olympian diets), and their high reliance on carbs and not so healthy food, sometime.. but too long to do here.
 
But on a different [...]

Posted in Paleo/Low Carb | 17 Comments

The Zone: Too Many Carbs?

By Robb Wolf | August 6, 2008

I received this message from Bian of Potomac CrossFit. Many, many people find the carb levels of the base zone to be too many carbs too often. This may be heresy in some circles, but it’s the facts. In Mastering the Zone Sears presents a flow chart for dealing with the too many carbs situation. [...]

Posted in Paleo/Low Carb, Zone Diet | 27 Comments