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SINS Angel – Michelle James…

Published on April 21, 2012 By Adam

I first ran across Michelle James on Strong is the New Skinny on Facebook. Michelle has a great story and is a great inspiration no matter what your sport or goals. She pretty much says it all here, so I’ll just get right to Michelle and let her do the talking…  -Adam Here’s Michelle James [...]

SINS Angel – Nikki Rinaldi…

Published on February 26, 2012 By Adam

The SINS Angel post for today is a slightly different spin on the series. It’s still about a strong woman, but with a twist – this strong woman is also professional photographer who has a cool project in the works. Nikki Rinaldi is not only passionate about being strong, she’s passionate about photographing strong women. [...]

SINS Angel – Missy Barnum

Published on January 29, 2012 By Adam

Today is a big day for the SINS Angels Series. This is the VERY FIRST ONE! The plan is to feature a female blogger who is living the SINS ideal, blogging regularly and helping to spread the word that Strong is the New Skinny (SINS). It’s all about leading by example! So, the first SINS [...]

New Series – SINS Angels…

Published on January 27, 2012 By Adam

Once every week or so, Practical Paleolithic is going to feature ONE OF YOU! I’m calling the new series “SINS Angels” and the goal is to feature a female blogger who embodies the SINS ideal. This isn’t CrossFit specific or Paleo specific or anything-else-specific. It’s open to ALL women who can inspire others, have a [...]

One Serious Beast of a Weekend…

Published on October 19, 2011 By Adam

  Fitness Culture is Alive and Well in Connecticut… Wow! What a weekend! Honestly, I’m still recovering from The Beast of the East Fitness Festival that happened October 8 and 9th, 2011 on the Durham Fair Grounds in Durham, CT! It was a GREAT time! Besides all the CrossFit craziness at The Beast, it was [...]

It Probably Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does…

Published on June 19, 2011 By Adam

I’m on another emotional and spiritual growth spurt. I HATE these! I mean, I love them, but I hate them too. It’s great to grow and evolve – constant growth and evolution is really a foundational principle of my life. But, sometimes it would just be nice to coast for a while and enjoy the [...]

Squat, Deadlift and Bench Press Guidelines for Women…

Published on May 14, 2011 By Adam

In my last video blog on Westside and CrossFit, I mentioned the 300/400/500 Bench Press/Squat/Deadlift numbers Stuart McRobert advocates as a guideline for male athletes. At the time, I wasn’t sure what the numbers were for WOMEN. So, I did a little digging and came up with some answers. (Oh, BTW, by “Squat” I mean [...]

Article About “Strong is the New Skinny” by Joan Jennings…

Published on April 25, 2011 By Adam

My friend Joan Jennings wrote this great article about the Strong is the New Skinny movement for her Journalism class. A really well done article and worth a read! There should be an online version soon as well! The article deals with women’s stereotypes and changes brought about by CrossFit-style training, Paleo diet ideas and, [...]

Blogs for the SINS Body Transformation Challenge…

Published on February 21, 2011 By Adam

Here’s the current list of blogs I have for the SINS Body Transformation Challenge. If you’re not here, leave a comment below and I’ll add you to my list! Here are the details of the SINS Body Transformation Challenge. Get involved. Get motivated. Make the best progress of your life! http://yourbodyinmotion.webs.com/ http://outerstrength.wordpress.com/ http://krazykat9876.wordpress.com/ http://paleoandoverload.blogspot.com/ http://www.crossfitmommeghanphilpot.blogspot.com/ [...]

SINS Body Transformation Blog Challenge…

Published on February 20, 2011 By Adam

OK, everyone! It’s early Sunday morning and some cool stuff is already happening on the SINS Facebook Page! Today we hammered out the start of something that has the potential to be seriously awesome. We’ve put together the SINS Body Transformation Blog Challenge (and, no, we didn’t spend a lot of time working on the [...]