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By: Paige Harrison

Paige Harrison — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:33:04 +0000

I have been training for the LA Marathon for about two months now. I have yet to eat pasta or bread or any other grain (or processed carb) and I feel great. Vegetables, fruit and protein are working really well for me. I am trying to be smart about the training as well….not over-doing it, but putting in the bare minimum of miles to reach the goal. I find this site to be very encouraging, as I have heard many, many criticisms of my diet as a long distance runner. Oh, wait, I do drink wine, I guess that counts as a “carb”;)

By: Green Onion

Green Onion — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:25:04 +0000

I found MDA by Simon Whitfield’s blog – an olympian triathlete. If he’s going by it, it can’t be wrong in my opinion.

By: Grok

Grok — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:38:05 +0000

The comments is this post are pure gold. This one is getting a bookmark.

By: kayrock12

kayrock12 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:16:12 +0000

I would love to hear more on this, so far I feel awesome, hardly any afib or flutter(still on meds) and when i do have an episode it is not bad at all. Thanks

By: Mark Sisson

Mark Sisson — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:32:28 +0000

kayrock, ironically (or not) I had dinner last night with one of the world’s most accomplished afib experts, Dr. David Cannom. He is on a mission to show how dangerous “chronic cardio” training can be if not approached appropriately.

By: kayrock12

kayrock12 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:29:10 +0000

I am so glad my friend told me about this site, the info obtain is awesome!!!! I am a runner distance 1/2 marathons and marathons and also have afib/aflutter. Since i started this my attacks of flutter have significantly decreased. Thanks Mark and my bud Paul for all this info, hope it makes me run faster at disney marathon.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:25:36 +0000

I’m currently training for Navy Officer Candidate School and lets just say the military is a devoted follower of CW. But a balance can be found. I do 3 days of lift heavy things about 45-50 minutes each, 2 days of 50 minute cardio exercises (plyometric jumping and capoeira but I almost think of that as play), 1 day of yoga for flexibility, and on my lifting days I might do a 2 mile run in 14minutes, 6 400m sprints, or just 20 minutes around the track.

But I do need to make some compromises. I eat more on lifting days because I do 2 workouts, and after my 2 cardios I do have a workout drink. But its all in moderation. You have to adjust the nutrition to your workout without going too far into CW

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Glycogen and Human Energy | Mark's Daily Apple — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:09:52 +0000

[...] athletes adapt their training and diet regimens to maximize fat burning efficiency. Check out Primal Compromises for Athletes for more on that discussion. As always, thanks for your questions and keep ‘em [...]