COVID Protocols

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Monday, June 15th, 2021 is a big day for The Cave. We are making some changes to our COVID protocols given the very high vaccination rate of our student base, and Marin County in general. With the state tier system being dropped on June 15th,…

A week full of Healthy Halloween treats! #3 Whoopie Pies With Pumpkin Filling (Paleo, gluten/grain-free)

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Cookies: 1 cup blanched almond flour ¼ cup raw cacao powder 4 teaspoons coconut flour 3 tablespoons coconut palm sugar ½ teaspoon baking soda 2 tablespoons + 1½ teaspoons coconut oil, melted ⅓ cup coconut milk,…

Saturated Fats

A saturated fat is one that has been “saturated” with hydrogen. In the unsaturated fat there is a single double bonded carbon pair, in the saturated fat all available bonding sites are occupied by hydrogen. Saturated fat gets a bad rap…

Improved Health Through Taxation

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If you haven’t heard there are proposals for a tax on sodas. This “sugar” tax is similar to the various tobacco taxes. From experience with taxing tobacco it is pretty clear that taxation reduces usage. The taxes would lead to price increases…

You Don’t Know What You Can Do

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Everybody: you have no idea how fit you are.  This is a pretty funny statement, considering that we stress the importance of knowing your times and remembering how much you can lift.  We even have a fancy program (the athletics log) that can…

Running Barefoot Is Better

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Running barefoot, or at least with minimalist footwear reduces injury rates and encourages better running mechanics. We’ve talked about this quite a bit. Harvard just released the results on a study supporting this. Our shoes are causing problems.…

Being Fit Just Feels Good

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Several years ago I was doing conditioning after one of my gymnastics workouts. A coach at the gym I was training at walked up and asked me “Why do you do this to yourself?”. The first thing that came to mind was “Why don’t you?”.…

Pride

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If you said that training for several months hasn’t changed you physically, I would doubt you. If you said that training with us hasn’t brought about a psychological change, I’d call you a bold-faced liar. The way that we train does some…

How Was Dinner?

Katie distributed dinner for a bunch of folks today. Easy pick up from the kitchen, bring it home and eat. Pam and I were included. We want feedback. We have a few questions for those that took advantage of the offer. Send the responses to me…