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Robb Wolf's report on exercise vs. diet

November 3, 2007 09:25 AM

Continuing the discussion of diet v. exercise, Robb sent in this case study.

He included these "before" and "after" pictures of his friends.

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Two very attractive people who were encased in a layer of flab transformed into their natural types. So many people you see today have this same "before" appearance, puffy and misshapen, sort of swollen and with a touch of inflammation showing in the face. Note the improvement in their skin in addition to the bodies. I would guess their blood lipid and hormone profiles are profoundly improved as well.

The "before" and "after" test here is not as clear as it could be to separate the diet or exercise elements because his friends had only been following the CrossFit program for a couple of months during a period when they were eating appalling food. They were, however, quite active in their work detailing cars and boats.

So, the "before" pictures are 2 months into CrossFit, but still eating badly. The "after" pictures are 3 months (a correction of my earlier post Robb pointed out to me) later of CrossFit and Paleo/EF eating. I just show the pictures here. Read Robb's full discussion here in a Word doc.

The results are convincing that EF or CrossFit Paleo works wonderfully. And, it is clear that an active job combined with terrible eating doesn't give you a good body composition or appearance. As to the importance of one or the other, I don't see a clue to point one way or the other. But, no one following the blog would attempt to eat terribly and engage in EF training. It is a package and a way of life that will transform anyone. I have another report coming up soon from a mid 50's practitioner who achieved sensational results by changing from a body builder style of exercise and diet to EF.

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Comments

Hey Art!
Just a small clarification. The "After" photos are only three months later.
Robb

Posted by: Robb Wolf [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 5, 2007 3:44 PM

Posted by: Minger [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 3, 2007 4:38 PM

I live in NYC and about an hour ago, world class runner Ryan Shay collapsed and died five miles into 20+ mile Olympic qualifying race. He was 28 years old. What a tragic shock. I don't know if he had some congenital heart defect or perhaps had an aneurism -- details have not yet been released. I do think that the typical high carb distance runner's diet combined with punishing distance runs can't be healthy for anyone.

Posted by: paleogal [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 3, 2007 10:50 AM

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