The following Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson and is narrated by Tina

Lehman.

Are CrossFit and Primal compatible?

Back when they were infants, CrossFit and Paleo were the best of

friends. Rob Wolf was giving CrossFit nutrition seminars. CrossFit boxes were running paleo

challenges and offering meal plans to clients. Tens of thousands of people were introduced to

paleo through CrossFit and CrossFit through

Paleo. Over time, however, they drifted apart. CrossFit met and fell in love with the zone

diet, a calm, well-mannered lad with impeccable balance, and Paleo's dad got a job in another

city. They ended up going to different schools. These things happen. It's

fine. Both CrossFit and Paleo are better versions of themselves for having met each other.

I've been interested in CrossFit for the better part of a decade. I've been to several of the games.

One of CrossFit's best and most well-known coaches Kelly Starrett was a

presenter at Primelcon Oxnard and a contributor to MDA. The infamous Grundler brothers were early

supporters of the Primal Health Coach certification program. Without CrossFit's early endorsement,

I'm not sure ancestral health would be as big and influential as it is today.

For the past year, my primal health coach team and I have been working with Absolution CrossFit

co-owner and coach Laura Rupis to understand what CrossFit athletes are missing in their diets and

lifestyles. We're convinced we can help them. I'm convinced we can help coaches help their clients

using a primal approach. Crossfitters want two main things. One, to perform better. They're interested

in eating healthy food, but they don't want their performances to suffer because of it. And two,

to lose body fat and gain muscle. Who doesn't? Losing body

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