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Paleo Nutrition Seminars, CrossFit Nutrition, and the Original Whole30 Program

Learn about the 9 factors of optimal health from Dallas & Melissa Hartwig, creators of the popular Whole30 program.

Take Back the Fun! What Really Makes You Happy?

A guest post from Kate Galliet, founder of Fit For Real Life and owner of ProKine Performance in St. Charles, IL Thanks to my first article (When Work Takes Over Your Free Time) you’ve recognized the value of separating work into work time and fun into fun time, you’ve improved your organization, you’ve stopped multi-tasking—all in the name of feeling less stress and finding more free time for fun. Now what? Bring in the Fun Here’s a classic question: “What would you do with your day if … [Read more...]

Take Back the Fun! When Work Takes Over Your Free Time

A guest post from Kate Galliet, founder of Fit For Real Life and owner of ProKine Performance in St. Charles, IL I was talking with my newly-retired mom when she mentioned she was tired and feeling like she wasn’t getting a break. My ears perked up immediately because I’d heard her say those same things when she was working full-time—but I didn’t expect to hear them again once she retired. What was keeping her time from being her own? So I asked her. She explained her daily schedule to me … [Read more...]

Whole Food. Whole Family. Whole9 Life.

We were overjoyed to read this wonderful quote recently on the blog Once A Month Mom. Frankly, as much as we believe in the physical benefits of eating whole, nutritious foods, we’d like to think that the Whole30® is about more than the healthy and tasty things you put into your belly. It is evident from conversations we've had, stories we've read, and emails we've received that the Whole30 program can be a bridge, a catalyst, a conversation starter, a door, or an olive branch when it comes to … [Read more...]

Hone Your Skills

You need to do more skill work. Yes, you. It’s okay – we get it. Nobody ever wants to do skill work. If you weightlift, you don’t really want to do muscle snatches and snatch pulls—you just want to snatch. If you mountain bike, you don’t want to work on your cornering in a parking lot—you just want to fly on singletrack and rail berms. If you ski hard, you don’t want to practice pivot slips or edge rolls—you just want to bomb down the mountain. Skills are boring. Sports are fun! But what … [Read more...]

LunchBots! Making Lunchtime Cool

One way to guarantee yourself easy access to Good Food (most especially during your Whole30) is to pack your food and bring it with you.  You can make awesome lunchtime fare from Paleo Power Lunch, but how do you get it to the office or job site? Here at Whole9, we’re most concerned with the quality of food you put in your body, but we’re also concerned about your overall health, and the health of our planet.  Whether you’re bringing breakfast with you on your morning commute or packing a … [Read more...]

The Official Whole9 Zombie Preparedness Guide

A question popped up on our Facebook page of how a real food-oriented (or Paleo) person might survive in the context of an apocalyptic Zombie Invasion. Upon giving it some thought, we realized this was an important question to address. All that fresh food in our household won’t last us long, and we aren’t about to abandon our health (and our ideals) in favor of the closest bag of Doritos, right? As a result, we believe we owe it to our readers to share our plan for survival when the undead … [Read more...]

The Power of Two: Our Paleo Comfort Foods Interview

Today, we are are being featured in Paleo Comfort Foods new series, "The Power of Two".  From Julie and Charles of Paleo Comfort Foods: "We’re starting a new series here today, where we spend a little time with some couples who aren’t just talking the talk but are walking the walk when it comes to eating this way. All of these folks have had a great impact on our lives, so we thought it only fitting to ask them some questions and share with all of you how they make this paleo lifestyle work for … [Read more...]

Yoga for the Type-A

yoga for type a

by Melissa Hartwig, who sometimes cheats at yoga In yoga, there are two kinds of positions.  The first requires strength to hold the pose.  The second requires you to soften and yield. I suck at softening. I approach my yoga the same way I approach my deadlifting – with the same Type A, stubborn, controlling personality that suits me oh-so-perfectly to someplace like Gym Jones.  And for some poses, that works beautifully. Standing splits against the wall?  I don’t look like that girl, … [Read more...]

174,203 Things You Can Do Instead of Watching TV

This is the first post in our Kill Your TV series, designed to help you navigate your television-less existence for the next 30 days. (You didn't think we'd spring it on you and then leave you hanging, did you?) Today's post is all about helping you through the first week without your beloved plug-in drug - and filling those hours with something meaningful. While it may seem obvious to those of you who have been without cable for a few years now, we're here to present the rest of you Kill … [Read more...]

My Mother, the Rodent

by Dallas Hartwig, who thinks we’d all be better off if we had to forage for our food Pantry plenty For my entire life, my mother has hoarded food. Not like the “hoarders” on TV, for sure, but as long as I can remember, she has stored food in the house like she was expecting an imminent extended famine.  (If the characters in The Road had stumbled onto her place, they could have lived there for years.) In all fairness, my parents always worked hard to provide healthy food, including loads … [Read more...]

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