Crossfit, Paleo, Yoga

Good for you! I would expect opinions expressed on our swimming forum will be more pro swimming. Just as a similar post on Crossfit, Paleo or Yoga forums would be pro Crossfit, Paleo and Yoga. While I will personally stick with swimming as my main form of exercise and with my see food diet, I have friends who have are real advocates of Crossfit, Paleo and Yoga; and these programs work for them. I guess it gets back to Allen’s question “What is your goal?” and to that I’d add “What makes you happy and fulfilled?” Swim, do Crossfit and Yoga, eat Paleo; and if you find a balance with these and other demands in your life then go for it! Wet hanks for the advice! Swimming will definately be my main form of exercise, I'll be doing it everyday for 2 hours. I'll do crossfit most likely a couple days a week, and Yoga on Fridays. My resting day. It is not accurate to say that crossfit won't help at all. You are right on, lean muscle will help in just about anything. By all means do it. BUT: I did crossfit 7-8 years ago. It used to be more focused on body weight exercises vs. power lifts. I don't think it is a coincidence that when gyms started popping up the focus changed (I think they are franchises, can anyone confirm that?). When Crossfit started you didn't need a gym and you could find a WOD on the internet for free. I think Crossfit is benefiting tremendously from the great reputation that it (deservedly) earned in its' infancy. My advise to you or anyone: if there are lifts you don't want to do, don't do them. Do push-ups, pull-ups or whatever else instead. Finally on going Paleo: I wouldn't add a tremendous stress load to the body (Crossfit) and dramatically change diet at the same time. If you start up the Crossfit, fold in the diet changes slowly. I am no expert, just my thoughts.... thanks for the advice! Alright, I'm mostly looking at some Paleo variants for Athletes. It's just difficult to look at any diet other than Paleo after reading the Paleo Solution. I'm still consuming large amounts of carbs, and I've discovered that with Paleo, I can still eat 'clean' carbs, because Paleo doesn't have to be a low carb diet.

Good for you! I would expect opinions expressed on our swimming forum will be more pro swimming. Just as a similar post on Crossfit, Paleo or Yoga forums would be pro Crossfit, Paleo and Yoga. While I will personally stick with swimming as my main form of exercise and with my see food diet, I have friends who have are real advocates of Crossfit, Paleo and Yoga; and these programs work for them. I guess it gets back to Allen’s question “What is your goal?” and to that I’d add “What makes you happy and fulfilled?” Swim, do Crossfit and Yoga, eat Paleo; and if you find a balance with these and other demands in your life then go for it! Wet hanks for the advice! Swimming will definately be my main form of exercise, I'll be doing it everyday for 2 hours. I'll do crossfit most likely a couple days a week, and Yoga on Fridays. My resting day. It is not accurate to say that crossfit won't help at all. You are right on, lean muscle will help in just about anything. By all means do it. BUT: I did crossfit 7-8 years ago. It used to be more focused on body weight exercises vs. power lifts. I don't think it is a coincidence that when gyms started popping up the focus changed (I think they are franchises, can anyone confirm that?). When Crossfit started you didn't need a gym and you could find a WOD on the internet for free. I think Crossfit is benefiting tremendously from the great reputation that it (deservedly) earned in its' infancy. My advise to you or anyone: if there are lifts you don't want to do, don't do them. Do push-ups, pull-ups or whatever else instead. Finally on going Paleo: I wouldn't add a tremendous stress load to the body (Crossfit) and dramatically change diet at the same time. If you start up the Crossfit, fold in the diet changes slowly. I am no expert, just my thoughts.... thanks for the advice! Alright, I'm mostly looking at some Paleo variants for Athletes. It's just difficult to look at any diet other than Paleo after reading the Paleo Solution. I'm still consuming large amounts of carbs, and I've discovered that with Paleo, I can still eat 'clean' carbs, because Paleo doesn't have to be a low carb diet.