We're still on vacation on the Left Coast, but took a break from our nutrition workshop and training with Coach B to jump online to make a fun and exciting announcement! The familiar refrain of "Robb Wolf, Andy Deas" will soon include a special addition... "And Whole9". Yes, Dallas and I will be making a guest appearance on Robb Wolf's Paleolithic Solutions Podcast in early May. We're slated to record on Wednesday, April 28th, with the show's publication date to be announced shortly. For … [Read more...]
Funemployment! A Whole9 update.
Thanks for your patience - we realize posts have been strung out a bit over the last few weeks. Here's a quick update on where we are and what we're doing. First, and most importantly, Dallas and I are both full-time Whole9 as of this week. Wrapping up our former nine-to-five gigs took up most of our time and energy last week, but we're now free and clear and focused on Whole9 business... as soon as we get back from vacation, that is. We'll be in San Diego this week and next, for both … [Read more...]
Explore Your Neighborhood: The Frontier
A random but fun post about Dallas' favorite lunch spot. Photo credits: Dallas' iPhone. True story. Gorgeous, no? We're on the road a lot, and while we still "make" about half our meals while traveling (either packing a cooler or picking up food at the local Whole-Foods style market), we do dine out quite a bit. Unfortunately, most restaurants offer a serious set of challenges in our quest to Eat Good Food. First, eating out often means you are forced to sacrifice on food quality. I doubt … [Read more...]
8 weeks. 10,000 miles. Whole9.
We have amazing, fantastic, big-time news - some frexciting* changes are taking place here at Whole9. What's the word? After months of planning, Dallas and I have both decided to leave our 9-5 day jobs, so we can take the Whole9 full time. We've been gearing up for this huge life change, laying out the practical details of our upcoming job-less-ness (scary!) and making plans to grow and develop the Whole9 (fun!). We finally pulled the trigger and gave our notice, and as of April 1st, we're … [Read more...]
Man Training
Dallas is home in BC until the 19th, leaving Melissa in charge of the blog. Exciting! Our last couple of posts have been kind of, well, heavy. First we unceremoniously took away your “heart-healthy” Quaker oats, then we went public with our break-up with CrossFit. (Technically, I suppose we were dumped, but no girl wants to admit THAT to her friends.) Since it's been such a tough week, I decided to put a stop to all this seriousness and get back to my roots - an Urban-Gets-Diesel style … [Read more...]
Ice Rink Reckoning
by Melissa "I refuse your helmet" Urban There’s been a lot of talk in recent posts about “training so you can do cool things in real life” versus just "trying to be really good at exercising”. I like to think the stuff I’ve been doing in the gym has been preparing me for challenges I may face in the real world, or athletic adventures I choose to pursue outside of the gym. At least, that's been my working theory. This weekend, that theory was put to the test, and money met mouth in a very … [Read more...]
Our official response to the Robb Wolf situation
It's no secret that Dallas and I are Robb Wolf students and followers, and I've been asked many times to personally comment on the Robb Wolf de-affiliation. There's no reason to add fuel to the fire over here, which is why I've voiced my personal opinions in private. I will say, however, that it's a shame for all of us that the CrossFit community has lost two of its most valuable, educated and accomplished coaches. It's also a shame that we, as a group, have spent so much time following the … [Read more...]
Back to gymnastics… come play at CrossFit LIC!
Feedback on the Whole30 rocks, and I LOVE how you've all adopted the title so quickly. Thanks for jumping on the bus with that one - I'm glad it caught on. We've been hard at work on the web site redesign, and we've got some local nutrition stuff in the works, so stay tuned for more developments.This weekend, however, I'll be doing nothing but PLAYING. I'm heading to CrossFit USA in Berlin, CT, to help at Tucker's sold-out gymnastics cert. This is my fourth cert with Tucker, and they just … [Read more...]
Big Ups – The Koffin Edition
**Special shout-out... Happy Birthday, Dallas!** Here is the final installation in the CrossFit 603 "Big Ups" series. As some background... we traveled from Sacramento to San Francisco CrossFit with our friends Matt and Donna of MaD CrossFit to meet Adrian Bozman (Coach Boz) and take the Koffin's lunch money. When we arrived, Boz told us the creator of the Koffin - Larry Gallagher himself - was on site building some plyo boxes. How. Cool. Is. That? The Koffin is essentially two big boxes, … [Read more...]
The Whole9 vs. California Five Oh
Thursday, September 17, 2009 Maine Man Detained Outside Local CrossFit Gym, Charges Still Unclear By Melissa Urban Chief Correspondent, The CrossFit 603 WORD CHICO, CA (AP) – A Maine man found wandering outside a local CrossFit gym was held for questioning after alleged “mischievous conduct” involving a California Highway Patrol vehicle, although the police admit they are still not sure what charges technically apply. According to a the California Highway Patrol (CHP), on Tuesday, September … [Read more...]
